Episode 24
24 Jul 2008 Leave a Comment
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Choi sang goon looks at the books young-ro took from jang-geum and doesn’t see anything special about them so tells young-ro to return it.However young-ro keeps jang-geum’s mother’s booklet out of curiosity.Han sang goon walks in as yeon-sheng catches young-ro reading it and asks young-ro where she got it.Young-ro lies saying she found it accidentally on the ground fallen from the tree.Han sang goon takes and realizes it’s her friend myung-ee’s secret recipes.
Meanwhile jang-geum is flustered as she lost her mom’s book.Young-ro tells geum-young about it.Geum-young takes her to see choi sang goon ang tell her everything.Young-ro tells choi sang goon the booklet doesn’t belong to han sang goon like choi sang goon had said, since han sang goon asked her what it is and where she got it.Geum-young and choi sang goon wonder why jang-geum has an aged recipe booklet.Choi sang goon thinks alone and realizes the booklet could belong to the dead myung-ee,whom she helped to kill for her own family’s benefit.Then choi sang goon remembers many years ago her brother told her myung-ee’s child might be inside the palace but back then since they thought myung-ee’s child was a boy they didn’t suspect anything.
Choi sang goon puts the pieces together from the past and realizes jang-geum is myung-ee’s daughter. Choi sang goon tells geum-young,han sang goon had a best friend who was also a kitchen maid by the name of myung-ee.Because myung-ee saw choi sang goon put something in the king’s food, choi sang goon and her aunt who was then the kitchen leader before jung sang goon conspired to kill myung-ee by saying myung-ee had an affair with a palace guard.Choi sang goon remembers the past and finally understands why jang-geum was relunctant to tell them what she found in the kitchen and why she knew so much about food when she was a child maid.
Choi sang goon tells geum-young the story of myung-ee who was han’s sang goon best friend.The shocking truth that jang-geum is myung-ee’s daughter and is worried that han sang goon will find out as well.Geum-young assures her that han sang goon must not know the truth yet or else she would have done something when she saw the booklet young-ro stole.
Jang-geum is worried what might happen to her now that she lost her mom’s journal and someone might find out about her identity.She remembers her mother’s bestfriend and runs to dig the soil to see if she read the letter in pouch.The pouch was untouched and jang-geum is disappointed but thinks of a new idea.She goes around all the rooms and houses of the royal kitchen to smell all the vinegar to see which supervisor has the aged vinegar that her mother and friend buried together.
The corrupt lords and masters are getting nervous inside the palace because master Min jung-ho has been running a tight investigation to see who’s been stealing from the king.They complained to elder Oh and asked him to stop Master Min.Elder Oh goes to see jae-jo-sang goon and scolds her for not telling him earlier.The king is informed about the palace loss and wants to change the system.
Young-ro who was spying on jang-geum gives the letter jang-geum wrote to her mother’s friend (han-sang goon) to geum-young.Upon reading the letter geum-young gets nervous and shows the letter to choi sang goon .The two worry that jang-geum is close to finding out who her mother’s friend is.
The corrupt officers put their heads together to find a way to stop Master Min from ruining their corruptive behavior.One of the masters goes to see gam tuk-poh to ask him about the relationship between kitchen maid jang-geum and master Min jung-ho. Gam goes on and on about how the two are well-acquainted and even went outside the palace together once. (Gam-tuk-poh now he’s gonna get them in trouble)
Master Choi, elder Oh and another officer meet ouside the palace to discuss their cover-up schemes.Master Choi tells his visitors,choi sang goon and geum-young,about elder Oh’s plan to get rid of Min jung-ho so he will never again appear in their way.Choi sang goon tells her brother about jang-geum being the offspring of myung-ee whom they murdered.Choi sang goon shows master choi the letter jang-geum wrote to her mother’s friend and tells him this is a more urgent matter than the issue of master Min.
Geum-young is worried about master Min’s fate and goes to see him to warn him that he must plead in front of elder oh or else he may end up in big trouble.Min jung-ho states she should not have come if what she wants is for him to beg in front of someone else.Geum-young warns him that his stubborness will bring an ill-fate to jang-geum and asks if he still refuses.Min is rendered speechless showing his concern for jang-geum.Geum-young leaves and Min returns to his corridor thinking about the last part of geum-young’s warning.
Min jung-ho tells his boss he’s going to his hometown.Jang-geum overhears and chases after him to ask if he’s coming back.He tells her not to worry and says he will return soon.Geum-young arrives and catches the two of them talking.
Han-sang goon gathers all the subordinates and shows the sang goons evidence of internal stealing and asks the sang goons to cooperate with her so that no such thing will occur in the future.For their cooperation she will bear the responsibility this time.The sang goons are grateful of han sang goon’s generous gesture of taking the responsibility upon herself and promise to cooperate with her.Min sang goon is impressed by han sang goon’s leadership and tells chan-ee and yeon-sheng she wants to be just like han sang goon when she becomes the kitchen head one day.
Jang-geum hears about it and goes to praise han sang goon,then asks if she can come back to work for han sang goon.Han sang goon says no but she can come back after she completes 2 months of service at her new position.Jang-geum is satisfied and states her favorite place to work is next to han sang goon.
Jang-geum calls out to her mother saying she is unable to find her mother’s friend and sighs loudly.Han sang goon is preparing food and uses the aged vinegar in the dish.She uses up the vinegar and leaves the empty bowl by the food station.Han sang goon leaves,then jang-geum arrives. Jang-geum swipes the inside of the bowl with her finger and licks her finger.Then she realizes it’s the same vinegar that her mother buried and asks the child maids who was using the bowl before her.
The king tastes the food prepard by han sang goon and asks if she used the aged vinegar again for such fragrant flavor which seems to grow in flavor the more you eat,and han sang goon nods to show yes. Jang-geum goes around the kitchen looking for han sang goon.Han sang goon goes back to the food station where she prepared the food earlier and takes the vinegar jar to refill it.
Jang-geum arrives at the station and asks min sang goon who took the vinegar bowl and min sang goon tells jang-geum han sang goon took it since it was hers.Jang-geum runs out to find han sang goon .Han sang goon finds the letter jang-geum wrote and runs to find jang-geum.Han sang goon and jang-geum meet each other in the courtyard,Han sang goon realizing that jang-geum is myung-ee’s daughter, and jang-geum realizing han sang goon is her mother’s friend.
