As Lee Gyeom and Saimdang ______ on the portrait, King Jungjong mocks their youthful romance.

Saimdang’s children ______ to work together to ease some of her burdens and heartaches.

But the officials ______ that she’s a girl and kick her out.

Saimdang struggles to keep her family together as her children ______ that their father has taken a concubine.

Lee Won-su cries as he reads Saimdang’s letter to his concubine, which ______ all the special care that he needs.

The leaders of the Japanese raiders secretly ______ Hwieumdang and ask her to sell to them one of Joseon’s military secrets.

Unable to answer Mae-chang’s last question, Saimdang simply ______ her.

But the Crown Prince brushes aside the objections and ______ Lee Gyeom and Saimdang.

But the Crown Prince’s reforms at the Office of Art ______ dissension among the artists, ______ the ministers suspicious, and ______ protests by the scholars.

Saimdang ______: “Thinking about his love and grace, and remembering the old times, I realize he’s always been the same. The paintings ______ a place to return to. How mysterious, the will of heaven!”