Interactive vocabulary exercise from “The Flower in Prison” Part 1

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Episode 29: The ritual

To raise the funds needed by the Queen Mother, Tae Won increases the taxes on all trade groups in the capital — with Jung Nan Jung’s trade group from paying the tax.

Sung Ji Heon and Ok Nyeo want to integrate the small trade groups into their own group.

Lee Ji Ham also agrees to join Ok Nyeo’s group so that he can teach skills to poor people.

Shin Hye continues to beg Sung Ji Heon for .

The Queen Mother’s bodyguard releases Officer Joo back to Jeonokseo under a status and orders him to find out why the hair pin ended up there.

The King asks his elder brother to him against the Queen Mother.

Acting on Chief Kang’s , the lady with the double jade rings enters Jun Nan Jung’s as a cook.

On the Queen Mother’s orders, Jung Nan Jung’s men start poisoning the and the water supply.

Ok Nyeo tells the Secret Inspector (aka the King) about how the Queen Mother and Jun Nan Jung could be involved with the .

As Ok Nyeo goes home after meeting the Secret Inspector, Tae Won her at the bridge.

Tae Won confronts Ok Nyeo and asks her why she has become cold and towards him.

News about the plague starts spreading, and people begin to . Businesses are shut down, and a whole village outside the capital is .

The Queen Mother then meets the King, telling him that, for the sake of the people, he must lead a prepared by Sogyeokseo that will the angry spirits.

Ok Nyeo begins investigating whether the plague is real by bringing along a doctor (a former Jeonokseo inmate) to the quarantined village.

Jung Nan Jung begins the profits from the business that she has put up to take of the plague.

Shin Hye sees Sung Ji Heon together with Ok Nyeo and, in her , decides on a plan against Ok Nyeo.

Through the plague, the Queen Mother wants to control the King. The belief has been that plagues are brought about by a king’s lack of moral . In the ritual, the King accepts for the plague. Later on, the King is confined to the Palace to pray for the lifting of the plague.