Episode 29: The ritual

To raise the funds needed by the Queen Mother, Tae Won increases advantageappeasebusinesscommonly-heldconfrontscontinuouslydemoteddramaticallydrasticexemptedforgivenesshouseholdindifferentinstructionsjealousylivestockpanicplaguequarantinedraking inresponsibilityritualsupportvirtue the taxes on all trade groups in the capital — with Jung Nan Jung’s trade group advantageappeasebusinesscommonly-heldconfrontscontinuouslydemoteddramaticallydrasticexemptedforgivenesshouseholdindifferentinstructionsjealousylivestockpanicplaguequarantinedraking inresponsibilityritualsupportvirtue 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 advantageappeasebusinesscommonly-heldconfrontscontinuouslydemoteddramaticallydrasticexemptedforgivenesshouseholdindifferentinstructionsjealousylivestockpanicplaguequarantinedraking inresponsibilityritualsupportvirtue skills to poor people.

Shin Hye continues to beg Sung Ji Heon for advantageappeasebusinesscommonly-heldconfrontscontinuouslydemoteddramaticallydrasticexemptedforgivenesshouseholdindifferentinstructionsjealousylivestockpanicplaguequarantinedraking inresponsibilityritualsupportvirtue.

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

The King asks his elder brother to advantageappeasebusinesscommonly-heldconfrontscontinuouslydemoteddramaticallydrasticexemptedforgivenesshouseholdindifferentinstructionsjealousylivestockpanicplaguequarantinedraking inresponsibilityritualsupportvirtue him against the Queen Mother.

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

On the Queen Mother’s orders, Jung Nan Jung’s men start poisoning the advantageappeasebusinesscommonly-heldconfrontscontinuouslydemoteddramaticallydrasticexemptedforgivenesshouseholdindifferentinstructionsjealousylivestockpanicplaguequarantinedraking inresponsibilityritualsupportvirtue 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 advantageappeasebusinesscommonly-heldconfrontscontinuouslydemoteddramaticallydrasticexemptedforgivenesshouseholdindifferentinstructionsjealousylivestockpanicplaguequarantinedraking inresponsibilityritualsupportvirtue.

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

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

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

The Queen Mother then meets the King, telling him that, for the sake of the people, he must lead a advantageappeasebusinesscommonly-heldconfrontscontinuouslydemoteddramaticallydrasticexemptedforgivenesshouseholdindifferentinstructionsjealousylivestockpanicplaguequarantinedraking inresponsibilityritualsupportvirtue prepared by Sogyeokseo that will advantageappeasebusinesscommonly-heldconfrontscontinuouslydemoteddramaticallydrasticexemptedforgivenesshouseholdindifferentinstructionsjealousylivestockpanicplaguequarantinedraking inresponsibilityritualsupportvirtue 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 advantageappeasebusinesscommonly-heldconfrontscontinuouslydemoteddramaticallydrasticexemptedforgivenesshouseholdindifferentinstructionsjealousylivestockpanicplaguequarantinedraking inresponsibilityritualsupportvirtue the profits from the business that she has put up to take advantageappeasebusinesscommonly-heldconfrontscontinuouslydemoteddramaticallydrasticexemptedforgivenesshouseholdindifferentinstructionsjealousylivestockpanicplaguequarantinedraking inresponsibilityritualsupportvirtue of the plague.

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

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