Episode 9 recap:

Lee Gyeom artisanbroken downdeposeddifficulteducationexpressflirtget in the wayjustifiesmemorizemisunderstandingsmulberrymysteriousneighborsornerypersimmonspossiblypurposerelativesscammedsoft-heartedvirtue himself to Saimdang, saying he didn’t know that Hyun-ryong was her son and that she should not let their sad past artisanbroken downdeposeddifficulteducationexpressflirtget in the wayjustifiesmemorizemisunderstandingsmulberrymysteriousneighborsornerypersimmonspossiblypurposerelativesscammedsoft-heartedvirtue of Hyun-ryong’s artisanbroken downdeposeddifficulteducationexpressflirtget in the wayjustifiesmemorizemisunderstandingsmulberrymysteriousneighborsornerypersimmonspossiblypurposerelativesscammedsoft-heartedvirtue. Nevertheless, Saimdang tells him that to prevent artisanbroken downdeposeddifficulteducationexpressflirtget in the wayjustifiesmemorizemisunderstandingsmulberrymysteriousneighborsornerypersimmonspossiblypurposerelativesscammedsoft-heartedvirtue, he should stay out of her family’s life. (Later, Lee Gyeom thinks that Saimdang might artisanbroken downdeposeddifficulteducationexpressflirtget in the wayjustifiesmemorizemisunderstandingsmulberrymysteriousneighborsornerypersimmonspossiblypurposerelativesscammedsoft-heartedvirtue still have feelings for him.)

Saimdang finds plenty of artisanbroken downdeposeddifficulteducationexpressflirtget in the wayjustifiesmemorizemisunderstandingsmulberrymysteriousneighborsornerypersimmonspossiblypurposerelativesscammedsoft-heartedvirtue trees in the land that her husband was artisanbroken downdeposeddifficulteducationexpressflirtget in the wayjustifiesmemorizemisunderstandingsmulberrymysteriousneighborsornerypersimmonspossiblypurposerelativesscammedsoft-heartedvirtue into buying. To help her, she contacts an artisanbroken downdeposeddifficulteducationexpressflirtget in the wayjustifiesmemorizemisunderstandingsmulberrymysteriousneighborsornerypersimmonspossiblypurposerelativesscammedsoft-heartedvirtue, always drunk former artisanbroken downdeposeddifficulteducationexpressflirtget in the wayjustifiesmemorizemisunderstandingsmulberrymysteriousneighborsornerypersimmonspossiblypurposerelativesscammedsoft-heartedvirtue at the Office of Paper Production. But because of the artisanbroken downdeposeddifficulteducationexpressflirtget in the wayjustifiesmemorizemisunderstandingsmulberrymysteriousneighborsornerypersimmonspossiblypurposerelativesscammedsoft-heartedvirtue sheds and with only kitchen knives for tools, the artisan turns her down. He agrees only when Saimdang promises a 50-50 split in whatever they will be able to sell later on.

Hwieumdang thinks at first that Saimdang will use the paper for her paintings. When she finds out Saimdang’s real artisanbroken downdeposeddifficulteducationexpressflirtget in the wayjustifiesmemorizemisunderstandingsmulberrymysteriousneighborsornerypersimmonspossiblypurposerelativesscammedsoft-heartedvirtue, she orders all the paper merchants in Hanyang not to buy from or sell paper for Saimdang.

Lee Gyeom finds out that Hwieumdang has a artisanbroken downdeposeddifficulteducationexpressflirtget in the wayjustifiesmemorizemisunderstandingsmulberrymysteriousneighborsornerypersimmonspossiblypurposerelativesscammedsoft-heartedvirtue past, with no artisanbroken downdeposeddifficulteducationexpressflirtget in the wayjustifiesmemorizemisunderstandingsmulberrymysteriousneighborsornerypersimmonspossiblypurposerelativesscammedsoft-heartedvirtue to speak of, and that Min Chi-hyung has another wife.

When Hwieumndang catches a female servant trying to artisanbroken downdeposeddifficulteducationexpressflirtget in the wayjustifiesmemorizemisunderstandingsmulberrymysteriousneighborsornerypersimmonspossiblypurposerelativesscammedsoft-heartedvirtue with Min Chi-hyung, she orders the servant to be whipped and sent away.

In Jungbu School, Lee Gyeom teaches his students not just to artisanbroken downdeposeddifficulteducationexpressflirtget in the wayjustifiesmemorizemisunderstandingsmulberrymysteriousneighborsornerypersimmonspossiblypurposerelativesscammedsoft-heartedvirtue things but to artisanbroken downdeposeddifficulteducationexpressflirtget in the wayjustifiesmemorizemisunderstandingsmulberrymysteriousneighborsornerypersimmonspossiblypurposerelativesscammedsoft-heartedvirtue what they have in their hearts. He’s moved when Hyun-ryong begins describing Saimdang as a great person: “My mother taught me that I have to make the most out of even artisanbroken downdeposeddifficulteducationexpressflirtget in the wayjustifiesmemorizemisunderstandingsmulberrymysteriousneighborsornerypersimmonspossiblypurposerelativesscammedsoft-heartedvirtue situations. She made the most out of the difficult things; my mother is a strong but artisanbroken downdeposeddifficulteducationexpressflirtget in the wayjustifiesmemorizemisunderstandingsmulberrymysteriousneighborsornerypersimmonspossiblypurposerelativesscammedsoft-heartedvirtue person.”

The artisanbroken downdeposeddifficulteducationexpressflirtget in the wayjustifiesmemorizemisunderstandingsmulberrymysteriousneighborsornerypersimmonspossiblypurposerelativesscammedsoft-heartedvirtue Queen gratefully sends dried artisanbroken downdeposeddifficulteducationexpressflirtget in the wayjustifiesmemorizemisunderstandingsmulberrymysteriousneighborsornerypersimmonspossiblypurposerelativesscammedsoft-heartedvirtue for Saimdang and her children. Later, Saimdang and her children visit the Queen. When Mae-chang (Saimdang’s daughter) says that she wants to visit again, the Queen tells Saimdang that it will do her no good being seen with a deposed queen. Saimdang touches the Queen’s heart by saying that being kind to artisanbroken downdeposeddifficulteducationexpressflirtget in the wayjustifiesmemorizemisunderstandingsmulberrymysteriousneighborsornerypersimmonspossiblypurposerelativesscammedsoft-heartedvirtue is a artisanbroken downdeposeddifficulteducationexpressflirtget in the wayjustifiesmemorizemisunderstandingsmulberrymysteriousneighborsornerypersimmonspossiblypurposerelativesscammedsoft-heartedvirtue.