Interactive vocabulary exercise from “Yi San” Part 1

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Episodes 20-22

Song-yeon joins the among the Royal Artists. If she places in the top five, she will be trained as an . But acting on the orders of Secretary Jung, a official of the “Dohwaseo” (Bureau of Paintings) her such that she can only use the black pigment. The competition’s topic, however, is to depict the colors of .

Episodes 23-26

Because of the that and killed so many people, King Yeongjo the to rule that he gave to Yi San.

Queen Jung Soon’s brother, Kim Gui-joo, arrives in the capital, begins gaining the of Yi San’s younger half-brothers, and around.

Hong Gook-young from his government post.

by Song-yeon, Yi San’s is lifted, and he begins going out to the . While out one night with Daesu, he meets a , old man who’s not only with but also with practical things like .

Princess Hwa-wan and Secretary Jung become of what Queen Jung Soon and her brother are planning with the Minister of Personnel for the year-end .

Princess Hwa-wan calls Song-yeon to her .

Daesu and the other royal guards look for Hong Gook-young; over drinks in a gisaeng house, Hong Gook-young explains to them his “Excrement Philosophy.”

Director Park gives more to Song-yeon and the other damos whom she has been training.

by the old man’s of Yi San’s death, Daesu Hong Gook-young, who then asks Song-yeon to into the storage area of the Bureau of Paintings.

Despite Queen Jung Soon’s order, her brother Kim Gui-joo continues with his assassination against Yi San.

Hong Gook-young realizes how the will be carried out, but as he tries to Yi San, he’s blocked from entering the palace.