The girl who told young Yul never to return
A girl warns the boy from the Seo family she will kill him if they meet again; Yul recalls the secret he buried ever since.
S1E6 · Episode 6
27 moments · 58 min of essential viewing.
Moments, in order
Yul burns the rice
After a tense dawn exchange with Mu-deok, Yul insists on cooking breakfast himself and ruins the rice despite her simple instructions.
Mu-deok's cooking class for genius Yul
Uk and Dang-gu watch Mu-deok scold Yul over green onions and soup; he takes it like a diligent pupil and the meal turns out tasty.
Master, do not cheat on me
Uk sulks that Mu-deok taught Yul to cook, calls it betrayal and cheating, and demands she be indifferent to other young masters.
The special tree and 'just anyone'
Yul finds the tall tree from his past; offered a climb with Dang-gu, Mu-deok refuses to share such a special tree with just anyone.
Master Lee comes to Songrim with Gwigu
Master Lee suspects Cheonbugwan, reins in Heo Yeom, teases grown-up Park Jin, and reveals he took the dog Gwigu to hunt soul shifters.
Yul asks how Danhyanggok fares in winter
Yul quietly asks Mu-deok whether it was cold here in winter; her answer comforts him while Uk and Dang-gu argue over whom she likes.
Uk's friends tell him to stay hidden
Dang-gu and Yul report the assembly's talk of cutting Uk's energy and urge him to lie low; Uk says he will do the opposite.
Mu-deok's brutal pep talk
Mu-deok tells Uk his friends sent him into hiding because he is worthless; he sulks off to bathe and she curses him from outside.
Yul reveals he met Naksu as a child
Yul tells the Songrim leader of a girl hiding in Danhyanggok whose father wrote down the stars, and learns of a recorder killed by the four families.
Training Tansu: slice one water drop
Mu-deok sets Uk to slicing falling water drops, explaining Tansu is the only way to face the Crown Prince and live.
Master Lee catches Mu-deok training Uk
Master Lee realizes Mu-deok is Uk's real master and warns her Tansu could kill him; Uk's sword nearly hits her.
Uk's arm burns from forced Tansu
Master Lee warns Uk's arm could rot; Mu-deok calls him lucky and fine, and Uk sees through his cruel master's kind lies.
An eye poke rematch turns flirtatious
Uk tricks Mu-deok with an eye poke, then leans close about her fading blue marks; she answers with a lesson about surprise attacks.
The Crown Prince is urged to eliminate Uk
Over the King's hunt for the King's Star, the Crown Prince is told to kill the son of the Gwanju who made the divination.
Cho-yeon plans her wedding and gets the jade
Cho-yeon asks for her missing sister Bu-yeon's room, is refused, and is promised the yin-and-yang jade for wedding rings.
Uk learns he is getting married
Over thin pheasant soup, Master Lee reports Cho-yeon is marrying the Gwanju's son; Uk is stunned and teased about the chaste tea.
Cho-yeon's love perfume and a borrowed hand
Cho-yeon nearly wastes Jinyowon's love perfume on her letter to Uk, and Dang-gu reluctantly lends his hand for ring sizing.
Should I get married, Master?
Uk figures the wedding is Maid Kim's deal to save him; he asks Mu-deok if he should marry, and she will not stay as just a maid.
Mu-deok dragged to the Crown Prince in silk
Snatched from Chwiseonru despite the sachet, Mu-deok is dressed as a gisaeng and brought to the Crown Prince, who says the look does not suit her.
The Crown Prince offers to take Mu-deok in
The Prince asks Mu-deok to keep Uk away from the duel, then offers her a place; she refuses to serve just anyone, leaving him baffled.
Yul confronts Mu-deok over the Spirit Plaque
Ju-wol admits Mu-deok tried to sell Uk's Spirit Plaque; Mu-deok tells Yul she wanted money and fun, and the plaque is then tied to Naksu.
Uk's girl is a bird egg on top of a tree
Uk refuses the marriage, admitting to Maid Kim he cares for a girl who has only him; she vows to pay the girl off.
Cho-yeon hears how much Uk adores Mu-deok
At Chwiseonru shopping for wedding rings, Cho-yeon's jade breaks and the staff gossip that Uk carried drunk Mu-deok on his back.
Cho-yeon makes Mu-deok carry the broken jade
Cho-yeon orders her future maid to carry an already broken stone; Mu-deok refuses, then spots a dangerous man and grabs it after all.
Uk asks Maid Kim who his real father is
Urged to vow marriage before his mother's portrait, Uk asks Maid Kim if he is truly his father's son and says he will not sit still.
Mu-deok vanishes in Jinyowon
Uk is summoned to Jinyowon, where Mu-deok meets someone familiar, and the Jin family accuses her of stealing the yin-and-yang jade.
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