Episode 13 recap:

Hyun-ryong beats Ji-gyoon by getting the first place Atbetweenbeyondbyduringforfrominofontowith an essay-writing assignment. Atbetweenbeyondbyduringforfrominofontowith lunchtime, Hyun-ryong’s classmates taunt him by asking why he’s only eating rice Atbetweenbeyondbyduringforfrominofontowith lunchtime when everyone else is eating lots Atbetweenbeyondbyduringforfrominofontowith food prepared Atbetweenbeyondbyduringforfrominofontowith their servants. Later, Ji-gyoon tears up Hyun-ryong’s essay, and a fight ensues Atbetweenbeyondbyduringforfrominofontowith them. When Hwieumdang sees Ji-gyoon Atbetweenbeyondbyduringforfrominofontowith a bloody nose, she slaps Hyun-ryong twice and threatens the Head Teacher.

That night, the deposed Queen sees Hyun-ryong crying Atbetweenbeyondbyduringforfrominofontowith her fence. The next day, the Queen asks her attendant to fetch Saimdang Atbetweenbeyondbyduringforfrominofontowith the paper mill. The Queen tells Saimdang that she’s required to attend a meeting Atbetweenbeyondbyduringforfrominofontowith Jungbu School. As she gives Saimdang a jacket and dress made Atbetweenbeyondbyduringforfrominofontowith expensive Chinese silk, she says, “Think about your discouraged son and how he feels.”

When Saimdang arrives Atbetweenbeyondbyduringforfrominofontowith the meeting, she impresses the other mothers Atbetweenbeyondbyduringforfrominofontowith the way she looks and the expensive silk dress she’s wearing. But Hwieumdang and the Prime Minister’s wife begin at once to bully her by saying that Hyun-ryong must be expelled Atbetweenbeyondbyduringforfrominofontowith school because his family has “damaged the school’s dignity.”

Hwieumdang says that while the mothers all have husbands who are court officials, Saimdang’s husband has failed the civil service exams Atbetweenbeyondbyduringforfrominofontowith the last 20 years. Saimdang defends her husband saying, “Being a good father doesn’t only mean being rich and famous; a father who loves his children and always makes them smile, this is the kind and sweet father that my husband is.” But Hwieumdang retorts, “That’s just a nice way of saying that your husband is a jobless bum!”

Saimdang then quotes examples Atbetweenbeyondbyduringforfrominofontowith history and literature Atbetweenbeyondbyduringforfrominofontowith men who were not court officials but who “sympathized Atbetweenbeyondbyduringforfrominofontowith the weak and set a good example, or wrote great poems that are still influencing people Atbetweenbeyondbyduringforfrominofontowith their times.” But Hwieumdang says, “Your husband is the biggest loser Atbetweenbeyondbyduringforfrominofontowith all for having failed the exams Atbetweenbeyondbyduringforfrominofontowith the last 20 years!”

Hwieumdang then says that Saimdang herself has damaged the school’s dignity by engaging Atbetweenbeyondbyduringforfrominofontowith manual labor and working Atbetweenbeyondbyduringforfrominofontowith drifters. Saimdang replies that she’s making paper that’s a necessity Atbetweenbeyondbyduringforfrominofontowith students. She asks if the mothers would like to go back Atbetweenbeyondbyduringforfrominofontowith the days when students had to read books written Atbetweenbeyondbyduringforfrominofontowith bamboo strips.

Hwieumdang says that Saimdang has been wearing peasant’s clothes. She also mentions that Saimdang’s silk skirt is a royal color and asks if her neighbor, the deposed Queen. gave her the clothes. The other mothers are shocked Atbetweenbeyondbyduringforfrominofontowith the mention Atbetweenbeyondbyduringforfrominofontowith the deposed Queen whom they say is a traitor’s daughter.