THE FORBIDDEN MARRIAGE
THIS DRAMA IS FICTIONAL.
NAMES AND CONTENTS USED FOR PEOPLE, EVENTS, ETC ARE NOT REAL.
With all due respect
There is something Your Highness must know.
Your Majesty!
Where is that girl.
Your Highness.
Where is that girl named So-rang?
How can the worst fraudster
hide her true self and enter this place?
What do you mean a fraud?
That's not possible.
All this time that wretched girl
has completely deceived you!
I know you have great concerns about her
because she's close to me and due to the upcoming selection.
What if
I'm not wrong?
Will you send her away then?
You need to choose.
If she doesn't return pack to the palace.
I'll let go of her crime
for deceiving the King.
However,
if she insists on coming back to the palace.
I'll take care of her myself no matter what.
I heard everything.
That you don't have divine powers.
Then was that all a lie too?
That you can't receive the Crown Princess' spirit?
What…
did you just say?
That everything…
was all a lie?
Since when has it been a lie?
-Your Highness. -So-rang.
You can never return to the palace again.
From now on, there's no need to report.
However…
Stay as a Shadow Guard to protect So-rang
so she's not hurt.
Yes, Your Highness.
When did it all go wrong?
Is it
the moment when I first met His Highness?
-I… -Is it when
I started lying to him?
do have it.
Is it from
the time I wanted His Highness
to get better? Or is it…
When I tried to make a living by taking advantage of people?
When did it all go wrong?
Is it the
first time when I captured So-rang?
Or the time
I brought So-rang to His Highness?
Is it when I started to wonder
what kind of a person So-rang was?
Or is it when I snuck out to have a sneak peek
at my bride?
You should get going.
I'll look about pop.
It's difficult for you too.
You haven't eaten at all.
I'm really
sorry to you too.
DATING BOOK FOR SEOLO
EPISODE 10
Can you smell something?
A smell of great success!
This is awesome!
The time has finally come to achieve our goal.
But if we release a new book by Artist Jeong
people will be expecting a bit of skin.
But everyone is wearing nice clothes here.
It's a masterpiece depicting the sorrow and sadness
of seolo's during this era.
Let's focus on the literary value this time.
I'm with you on the literary value.
Anyway, this is great!
It really is awesome.
Artist Jeong, this is so great!
Oh my.
Did you guys hear? At midnight
if you bite on a kitchen knife
and see yourself in the mirror
it'll show your future bride.
So I did it last night.
Did you see anything?
I saw a moth.
A moth bride isn't too bad.
At least it'll come to me when I turn on the lights.
Shaman's house in the upper village offers soul marriage.
-Should I do it? -A ghost bride isn't too bad.
You can't see it but it still exists.
Is my bride
even born yet?
-It's so frustrating. -Frustrating indeed.
A moth bride or a ghost bride.
What's with him?
Will you be still frustrated after reading this?
DATING BOOK FOR SEOLO
Oh my I'm so busy.
But what is this?
What is this?
Oh this…
Oh my.
DATING BOOK FOR SEOLO
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The latest from Artist Jeong should come first.
When is the next book coming out?
Is this the joy of heaven?
Please hurry.
What?
No way it ends here!
MY HEART WAS ACHING SO MUCH I THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO DIE
Volume two. Please give me volume two.
It's free if you wait.
I can't wait. I'll pay for it.
If you want volume two come to
Shinwoongsa on the 15th day.
Shinwoongsa? Do you mean the temple?
I guess it's hard for you to make it.
You don't think I can climb the mountains?
I told Her Highness she was a fraud so she's now expelled from the palace.
But a formal investigation will put us in a difficult place.
It's because there's some
truth behind her lies.
Why did she
hide her name till now.
We can't spoil our work
just before the selection.
We have never
failed to kill
a woman
who was by the King's side.
Pop, time for your medicine.
So-rang. Leave me here and go. Hurry!
Pop.
-Where would I go without you? -My princess
go to the mountains or near the water.
Hurry! Hurry!
Seriously.
Why is he acting up again?
Please get out of here!
AEDALDANG
So-rang.
Are you okay?
What happened?
What's that?
-Go check it out. -Yes, sir.
It's a person! A person!
What about the girl who was with me?
My daughter is looking after her.
Although it's a very slight possibility
but after a big shock
your nerve palsy may recover again.
What happened?
So-rang.
You didn't…
How could you jump in like that?
You can't use your arms properly. What if you died?
Why would I die?
You…
What happened to your arm?
You can move your arm again?
Shin-won.
It's okay. It's all okay now.
You're so…
What if His Highness goes back to the way he used to be?
Your Highness,
have you been well?
I have to be well.
Without a doubt.
Isn't that what they want every time they kill all those women?
So that I can't be well?
After bearing my broken heart over and over again.
I finally understand now
why So-rang lied to me.
To gain my sanity back
she had to do something even if it was a lie.
Is it really you, Crown Princess?
I know it well that she didn't start
with ill intentions.
Your Majesty has to let me go
so I can leave this world.
If it weren't for those words.
I wouldn't have moved on.
To bring me back up
from my collapsed self.
To make me live
who is broken.
I will go knock out that ghost.
I want you to enjoy your meal.
Every action of So-rang
contained her earnest feelings towards me.
I knew that
and that's why I fell in love with her.
Your Highness.
There's a letter from outside the palace.
Are you awake?
I'm Hwa-yoon and this is my home.
Her father Master Sung saved us.
Really? Thank you so much.
Everyone involved in this
-thinks you have passed away. -Sorry?
I thought it would be safer so
I purposely left it as is.
I've sent a letter to Aedaldang.
I'm now a dead person?
If it's such a dangerous situation
why don't you both stay at my house?
-Sorry? -Think about it.
No one would imagine
that you would be at my house.
I really appreciate it but
I can't cause such an inconvenience.
Not too long ago something terrible nearly happened to me.
And I don't want that to happen to you.
Hello everyone I'm Wang-bae.
I'm Oh Deok-hun.
I'm Artist Jeong who drew this work.
Today, we're going to give out
volume two of dating book for seolo.
-The second book! -It's volume two!
Volume two! Volume two!
DATING BOOK FOR SEOLO VOLUME TWO
I've been waiting for this.
Why are you giving it away for free?
Because we all
have the same pain.
I had a friend who passed away who only
experienced one-sided love.
When he was dying
his biggest regret
was that he couldn't
fulfill his love.
Everyone wishes for a happy ending for the characters.
But it's hard since marriage is banned in Joseon.
What does that mean?
So, it doesn’t work out for them?
Then why are we reading this?
What we need to change
isn't the story's ending but our future.
Now, we all need to let the country know of our views
to lift the marriage ban and gain our rights.
I!
Want to date!
I!
Want to love!
I want to be happy!
-Me too. -I want that too.
Let’s unite as one under the name Moseoldan
and convey our earnest thoughts to our country.
That's right! That's right!
Yes!
I can’t marry a man I can’t marry a woman
It's 7th year of the marriage ban.
Strange messages covered each wall and children repeatedly sang strange songs.
In autumn when crops need to be harvested
-it started to snow and frost has formed. -Your highness.
-It was said that all this happened -The city is full of resentment
due to the growing sorrows of seolos.
of the marriage ban that's been on for seven years.
Please take consider of your people
and lift the marriage ban.
Please lift the marriage ban.
Your Highness.
Are these all
appeal for the marriage ban to be lifted?
Yes, Your Highness.
Where's His Majesty now?
Oh no.
Your Highness.
Your Highness, you cannot be like this.
You need to look worse.
Her Highness is here.
Yes, Your Highness.
Why are you in such a wreck?
What do you mean I'm a wreck?
-Oh no. -You should go now.
Oh no, what should we do?
Your Highness, it would be best if you come by later.
How can he never change.
It won't help us if His Majesty is on his full alert
during such a critical time.
No need to worry about him but to proceed with the work as planned.
What's wrong with His Majesty?
Is it because I dismissed her?
Is it something that big that his life depends on it?
People might think that I'm the one that's killing him.
When the girl was dismissed…
She was unfortunately killed.
The girl named So-rang.
I didn't mean to send her out to get killed.
There were people wanting to kill her.
You already know.
All women by His Highness's side for the last seven years have all…
Is it
their doing again this time?
It'd be hard to kill her inside the palace.
So maybe they waited for her to be dismissed from the palace.
There is something Your Highness must know.
Your Highness's suspicion was right.
Someone used Her Highness
to get rid of So-rang from the palace.
What would be their motif to use Her Highness?
It would be to have control
over the selection.
For seven years they have repeatedly killed to extend the marriage ban.
Do you think they'll let the
selection to be in the hands of the royal family?
Firstly, investigate the people around Her Highness.
I will abide by your orders.
Are you going somewhere?
When we finish off a few things now
-you won't need to be a kidnapper anymore. -Sorry?
It was a good source of money during the time of the marriage ban.
But in the new upcoming era
you would need to find something new.
The investigation unit is all over it
so it's best to disband the group
so that no evidence is left behind.
When the hunting is over.
Will my life
be over?
Do you think… I'll kill my hunting dog?
Don't you worry.
I'll be offering you a new position.
We'll be taking over the palace as the new owners.
So what's there to worry?
Just focus on the work that's left.
Are we safe to be out like this at night?
Lately, the kidnappers
capture girls from good families.
I don't know but I heard we're okay.
No one from Yeowonhoe's been kidnapped.
-See you tomorrow. -See you tomorrow.
Why did you ask for me?
I received your letter.
You wrote So-rang is safe and sound.
In case you're heartbroken.
Me? Heartbroken?
Is your hand okay?
That's a relief.
When I was able to move my hand again
the first thing I did was write to Your Highness.
Then you should've written it in the letter.
Did I…
hurt you?
Not at all.
Since I've turned my back without fulfilling my duties.
I'm the one that betrayed you.
So then, the suffering is all mine.
Please don't spare me.
The greed I dared to have.
The promise I couldn't keep.
It should never be forgiven.
Even till the end, you don't consider my feelings.
-I'm sorry. -If you're sorry then come back.
It may have been easy for you
to let me go but for me to let go of you…
has been difficult.
Come back again to protect me by my side.
Do I…
even have the right to miss His Highness?
You've been here all this time?
Oh Miss.
Miss!
I thought this would stop you from crying.
This really makes me get a hold of myself.
When you think everything is your fault
take a bite of this.
I don't think everything is my fault.
Because it is my fault.
Miss, I'm a fraud.
I didn't have a guilty conscious when I swindled around
for a living.
Then eventually,
I hurt someone really badly.
And it was to the person
that loved me very much.
That's why I'm being punished now.
That's why…
So it's obvious that I can't never see him again.
And yet I shamelessly
still want to see him.
But I don't think you're a bad person.
If you were really a bad person with ill intentions
why would you be crying silently every night?
Because…
It's all my fault.
Then is it your fault that you nearly died
by falling off the cliff?
Then is it your fault that you have to hide in this place?
I think you're trying too hard to blame yourself.
Don't hate me too much because it's the fruit's fault.
Miss, this is…
Where are you going?
It seems like someone wants to talk to you.
What were you doing?
Well I just
wanted to hide and cry a little.
But I couldn't.
I think
that Miss is quite something.
-Can't be worse than you. -She's another level.
She's unique in a subtle way.
But where did you go?
I…
met His Highness.
-What did he say? -He wants me to come back to the palace.
Did you say yes?
No.
But I came to my senses.
I didn't think about what was best for His Highness.
And I didn't fully consider your feelings and
feelings of His Highness.
I've said it before.
That we should stop being friends.
But…
I think we can be friends now.
Why all of a sudden?
It suits you better when you're with His Highness.
That's why I started to think
that I should take you.
To a place where you can smile.
But you already know.
That's not possible anymore.
I'll only be satisfied if I see you happy.
Only then
I'll be happy as well.
What do you think? I'm a good friend right?
You want us not to be friends
then be friends again.
Let's be friends again.
Don't break our friendship again.
-I won't accept you back next time. -Sure.
Oh my.
Thank you ma'am.
I'm not married.
Marriage is banned yet you think I'm married.
Where are the people that always came by?
One person
would have drifted far away.
Because I couldn't win his heart.
And…
And the other person…
Is love when you're happy when the person is with you?
Or is love when you're sad when the person is not with you?
What do you mean?
You must've felt something after he drifted away.
The depth of longing is love.
I don't know.
It's so obvious in romantic books
but it's so difficult in real life.
Is there fondness growing inside your heart somewhere?
Where is that flowing to?
You've been selected?
Yes. I was chosen for the first selection.
But there is no way I'll be selected.
I have a scar on my face when I was nearly kidnapped before.
Also there is a strong candidate.
Ye Hyeon-seon, the eldest daughter of Minister Ye.
It's highly likely
for her to be selected as the Crown Princess.
Are we safe to be out like this at night?
Lately, kidnappers capture girls from good families.
But I heard we're okay.
No one from Yeowonhoe's been kidnapped.
-Is that so? See you tomorrow. -See you tomorrow.
I think Yeowonhoe is involved with your
near kidnapping incident.
Yeowonhoe is…
the group made by Lady Seo from Minister Ye's family.
It's where maidens are trained who dream of becoming a Queen.
But isn't it strange that the maidens
from Yeowonhoe has never been kidnapped?
In other words, any maidens not part of Yeowonhoe who are likely
to be chosen for first selection are being kidnapped.
And all this is to
make the daughter of Lady Seo the Crown Princess.
They took my name
only to do something like this?
You have told me not to blame
myself for something that isn't my fault.
Shin-won.
I've been running away all this time.
Even when I knew they were hurting my mother.
Even when I knew they wanted to get rid of me by all means.
I was
too busy running away.
But
I won't anymore.
I'm the
real Ye Hyeon-seon.
I have a request for you.
A divine reading for an auspicious time has been done.
And the entrance time for the maidens is to be from 7 to 9.
For maidens from provinces
should arrive at Hanyang the day before and wait.
Although it's a selection
one must not wear sumptuous clothes.
You must wear yellow jeogori and red skirt
but cannot use any patterned silk.
You can put on powders
-but don't put any rouge on. -You can't put that on.
We'll be seeing them as they are.
So there shouldn't be any mistakes made
in any part of the selection process.
We'll abide by your orders.
How did she make it here in a state like that?
Give it to me Miss.
She's not dead?
I have a request for you.
Please take me as
your maid during the first selection.
You look splendid.
Did you think I was dead
Hyeon-hee?
Miss, let's go.
QINGYAN ANCIENT TOWN
Everyone will be nervous
and feel dazed by being in the palace.
But at times like this
finding composure is
the quality of being a true Queen.
FLOWER BUTTERFLY
In every stitch you make we'll be
able to see your patience.
And after the work is completed
we'll be able to see your insight and skills
to judge your womanly behavior.
Hwa-yoon from family Sung.
What made you think you could
enter the house of selection with your scarred face?
Actually,
about a month ago I nearly got kidnapped.
So something terrible nearly happened to you?
How does your family take care of you?
Luckily my father was skilled in military arts so could fight them off.
This is a place
to select the best maiden of Joseon.
We do not allow it even if it's a little flaw.
Hyeon-seon from Family Ye.
-What do you think? -With all due respect.
It is said that if you're virtuous
unfortunate events will be avoided.
As this is a place to meet the royal elders.
Just in case my behavior may cause
any harm to the palace
I avoided all unlucky events
and avoided listening to evil stories.
Hence,
I believe by presenting the neatest body and mind
was the decorum.
However, although this is a competition
I'm also a friend that was called in as a maiden like everyone else.
So I
would like to
hide her flaw.
A wound on a face disappears over time.
However, a wounded heart will not easily recover.
It still startles me when I think about the time
the kidnappers took me to an unknown place.
But I do not believe it is my fault.
What did you say?
After all, it's the kidnappers that need to be punished.
Since it's not the victim's fault
I didn't receive
any wounds to my heart.
If so, what do you think this place is for before coming here?
It's easy to find flaws in someone's appearance.
However, it's difficult to find flaws in someone's heart.
So it's a place where the Queen of the country
is carefully selected through the three tests.
Although all courtiers are part of the selection is on our side.
However we need to have
an extra arrangement just in case.
Thank you for your hard work.
I thought you may be tired
so I prepared some yakgwa
Seeing how considerate you are
we can be certain the maiden you serve is also virtuous.
Su-hyang!
Can you also give me one?
Who do you serve for you to act so thoughtless?
Don't you know the actions of a maid
can determine the reputation of who you serve?
So if a maid like me bribed someone
you'd also be able to determine my master's reputation.
Su-hyang, who do you serve?
I'm just joking.
Something like yakgwa can't be served as a bribe.
Aren't I right?
It pleasures me to see
that each and every piece shows hard work from everyone.
Still
I have to pick the best one.
This undoubtedly is the best work.
Which maiden has done this work?
Read out the nameplate.
The eldest daughter of Minister Ye Hyeon-ho.
Hyeon-seon from family Ye.
Why don't you stand.
I'm very grateful for my insufficient work
to be selected as the best.
You have such a modest nature.
I think something is wrong.
A maiden is not allowed to speak
unless they are asked.
You're not allowed to see King's countenance.
So everyone bow your heads.
Did he now forget everything about me?
Was he always someone so far away
that I couldn't reach?
What? They switched your embroidery work?
I'm not a person that can't speak up.
But if I claimed the best work selected was mine
I would've been seen as a weird person.
It seemed all court ladies and assistants
knew what was happening but kept quiet.
Actually, I also saw some unusual movements.
Is it white jade again?
A valuable white jade as a bribe?
Yes, looking at the situation it wasn't
just one or two courtiers who got it.
Is there any way to uncover
this selection bribery?
Come back again to protect me
by my side.
Your Highness.
SUNG-HWE OF FAMILY SHIM
YOUNG-SEON OF FAMILY HAN
Now it's confirmed the names selected
for the next selection round.
Even if a Queen is selected
through this hard work.
If High Majesty doesn't care for the Queen
there is no other way to produce successors.
Oh.
What brings you here Your Highness.
You must be so busy finding a bride for your grandson.
Your Highness.
Soon we'll have someone joining the palace.
But look at your state.
You shouldn't be looking like this.
But what am I supposed to do in a situation
when everything is staged?
What do you mean by staged?
I know you're drunk
but your words are harsh.
I have picked the
maidens myself.
Are you doubting me?
It's not Your Highness but the people around you.
Even during the last first selection people cheated
and changed the maiden's ranks.
Who would do such a thing!
How can you not know that everyone has been bribed except Your Highness?
There is no way my people would do such a thing.
What if…
I'm not wrong.
Will Your Highness dismiss them?
-Your Majesty. -Didn't you say there shouldn't be any
scandals for the selection this time.
I would be the one to ask
for any crimes and punish them accordingly.
As they're from the Internal Courts
You're right of course.
Then, may I do the same?
I will ask for the crimes and punish my people of the Royal Palace.
Also, I'll be the one to decide and forgive them to
come back to the palace.
Is she still alive?
Search through all the courtier's rooms through an inspection.
Through this, we need to reveal who is behind all this.
I will abide by your orders.
Chief secretary.
There's someone I need to bring back to the palace.
I'm Seol Seon-ho, a newly appointed
internal officer.
How can you keep your mouth shut even if the evidence is right here?
We don't know anything about this.
Someone secretly put it in our rooms.
We have witnesses claiming you wearing a jade hairpin when you were off-duty.
Yet you still keep telling lies?
How dare you insult His Majesty.
Do I need to twist your legs for you to say the truth?
-Begin! -Yes, sir.
I'll tell you.
It's from a person who's no longer in the palace.
The jade hairpin was from the Head Lady Won-nyeo
who's left the palace.
What did you just say?
How dare you name someone who is no longer here!
Why would Court Lady Won
give out jade hairpins?
She said she had a favor
to ask later from us.
Do you know Court Lady Won's whereabouts?
After she left the palace…
Since her name is mentioned,
-she needs to be summoned. -That's out of the question.
It's all nonsense to interfere with the investigation.
So we need to investigate to drop the false charge.
How have you been?
Get ready to return to the palace.
Why all of a sudden?
His Majesty is
requesting for you.
Will he
punish me?
I need to beg for forgiveness.
Although it's shameless to ask for forgiveness.
But still…
THE FORBIDDEN MARRIAGE
I missed you.
I can never lose you.
We have to arrest them no matter what.
Is there anything I can do? You can save my life.
-What's this? -Who put lacquer
inside the tea?
Placer her in jail now!
Your Highness.
Do you know we captured the leader of the kidnapping organization?
You dare to capture me?
There isn't a day where I feel at ease.
Sometimes you have to risk your life
to reveal the truth.
THE FORBIDDEN MARRIAGE