summary of palace
summary for episodes 37 to end
The queen Dowager yells at the king saying he doesn't care about her and all he does is to send incompetent doctors to her.The king and the lady queen is shocked by the mother queen Dowager's words and the king defends himself saying he worries about her all day.But the queen Dowager tells him she doesn't want to see his face again.Choi sang goon who is standing there smiles to herself.The king and the lady queen beg the mother queen to continue taking her daily medicine but the mother queen sends them away.
The teacher master (master shin) brings the medicine to the mother queen again.She refuses to see them but they come in anyway to beg her.Then the queen Dowager yells at the master shin saying she won't take his medicine since he caused the death of a past royal family member.
Choi sang goon alerts the king saying the medicine maids and master shin are giving bad attention to the queen Dowager's health.Min jung-ho meets with jang-geum and they agree that there is much conspiracy behind the queen Dowager being upset at master shin and the king.
In court the king announces his decision to get rid of master shin from the palace. He concluded that despite the need to streghten the nation's defense, he cannot be unfilial to the queen Dowager. Master shin begs the queen to take the medicine again but the mother queen is angry by his presence.Jang-geum butts in asking the queen not to put the king at test risking her own royal life.Jang-geum asks the queen Dowager to enter a test with her instead and states she is willing to give up her life. The queen Dowager agrees but holds jang-geum responsible should she lose.Jang-geum says she will win for sure.Choi sang goon and lady queen are listening outside.Choi is about to enter the room to scold jang-geum but lady queen stops her.
The queen Dowager signals jang-geum to start the quiz.Jang-geum describes the life of a shik-ee (food doctor)and asks her to guess who it was.Lady queen tells the king about jang-geum's exchange with the queen Dowager.The king is intrigued and wonders if the queen Dowager will guess the answer by morning.
The nae-ee-ohn medicine women scold jang-geum for butting in when it wasn't her place but they're impressed by her knowledge and courage.Yuh-ri is furious.Gam tuk-goo is worried about jang-geum's life but the jeju medicine mistress say jang-geum is confident for a reason so not to worry.Master Chung and min jung-ho believe that jang-geum will succeed.
Choi sang goon shows her frustration in front of geum-young and young-roh.Elder oh and master choi agree that they must get rid of the root of their problem immediately.
The Gam's try to figure out the answer to jang-geum's quiz.Young-roh, geum-young, the king and the queen try to figure out as well.
Next day, jang-geum's colleagues beg jang-geum to tell them the answer since they couldn't figure it out all night.
Yuh-ri tells them there's a meeting between the soo-rak-gan and nae-ee-ohn staff that jang-geum and shin-bi should attend.During the meeting, geum-young shoots a dirty look at jang-geum as she remembers the past when they were both kitchen maids during the soo-rak-gan competition.Geum-young tells choi sang goon she knows the answer.Choi sang goon goes to report to the mother queen that she knows the answer.
Jang-geum and master shin arrive at the queen Dowager's chamber.A grinning choi sang goon asks the queen Dowager what she wishes to do and states jang-geum is the same as dead.The mother queen replies she will accept medical treatment.Jang-geum smiles.Choi sang goon is surprised and distraught.The king and the lady queen are elated.Jang-geum, master shin, shin-bi, and yuh-ri begin treatment on the mother queen by examining her first.
Elder oh asks choi sang goon if the answer she found is incorrect since the mother queen went ahead with the treatment.Young-roh asks geum-young what she thinks of the situation. Shin-bi and jang-geum bring the mother queen's herb stew in.In front of the king, the lady queen, and choi sang goon, the mother queen states jang-geum is a bright girl.The king asks what the answer is.
The mother queen replies choi sang goon already told her the answer and it's not difficult. the answer is none other than herself.Jang-geum explains the self-sacrificing'shik-ee'is a mother.A mother sweats and toils preparing the right food to keep her family healthy.The mother queen is touched by the answer and she shares a tender moment with her son who apologizes to her for not being a good son.
Yun-saeng waits for jang-geum outside and runs to her to ask her if everything went well. Jang-geum replies things look optimistic.The king passes by and asks yun-saeng who she is. The head guard tells the king she is the Yeon-Sheng sang-goon.
Yeon-Sheng is sad realizing the king forgot about her.The mother queen is vomiting and unable to take in any medicine.Master shin explains to the king that since the mother queen's treatment was delayed she may have severe infection inside.The nae-ee-ohn staff meet to decide on the best treatment options.Their meeting was interrupted by the news that the mother queen is losing consciousness.
ep. 38
The queen Dowager is able to receive treatment for her on going illness.The nae-ee-ohn staff discuss what to do with her.Just then the mother queen lost consciousness.Master shin, yuh-ri, jang-geum and shin-bi examine her.They determine she has gak-gi-byung (breath disabling disease)The medical staff cook the herb medicine for her but she vomits it out.
Master shin suggests to master Chung to meet with soo-rak-gan staff to discuss the mother queen's diet.Master Chung tells geum-young to avoid beef, pork and prepare barley and vegetables for the queen mother.Geum-young complains that the mother queen hates vegetables and may refuse to eat but adheres to Chung's request. jang-geum looks around the ingredients at soo-rak-gan making geum-young uneasy.Then jang-geum asks geum-young for the past menu used to the mother queen.
The mother queen takes a bite of the barley and veggie meal geum-young prepared but refuses to eat more.Choi sang goon is upset that the mother queen has to eat food she never liked and calls a doctor. Jang-geum comes up with idea to prepare medicine balls, using the medicine the mother queen couldn't take in liquid form.The teacher master approves and jang-geum goes to Yeon-Sheng to get her to help her make the balls.
The teacher master arrives with Jang-geum and yuh-ri.Choi sang goon yells at the medical staff for the unsavory food.Jang-geum presents the medicine ball and the queen mother tries it, then decides she likes it and agrees to eat them.The teacher master praises jang-geum for good thinking.Yuh-ri tells the master making medicine balls should be her task and not jang-geum's.
The lady queen watches as the mother queen tries to eat her meal but has no appetite.The only food she wants to eat are medicine balls.
Geum-young and yuh-ri are displeased by jang-geum's success.Yuh-ri sneaks into the place where jang-geum and Yeon-Sheng are making the medicine balls.Yuh-ri discovers that jang-geum uses garlic as one of the ingredients and goes to report to the head master.The lady queen arrives and hears the report
The lady queen and the master arrive at jang-geum's to scold her for using garlic, which is the mother queen's most detested food. Master Chung stands by the teacher master and jang-geum's position saying garlic is beneficial to gak-gi-byung.
The mother queen is presented with liquid medicine cooked with garlic and drinks it without trouble.The lady queen realizes she almost made a huge mistake by stopping jang-geum and reports to the mother queen.
The mother queen and the lady queen summon jang-geum and master shin to ask them how they made the medicine.The mother queen asks jang-geum how she got rid of the garlic smell she detests.Jang-geum reports she did it by steaming it first with green tea. the two queens are impressed by jang-geum's skills and hardwork. The king learns that his mother can finally drink the medicine she needs and is pleased.
Choi sang goon is upset by the king's positive reaction.Yuh-ri examines the mother queen and reports she is recovering.The king arrives to see the mother queen is pleased by the recovery.
The nae-ee-ohn women praise jang-geum and wonders how she knew such detail as the mother queen not liking garlic.
Yuh-ri is upset by jang-geum's popularity.Jang-geum goes to see the teacher master who tells her she worked hard.
Just then, the head guard arrives and sees jang-geum.Realizing she's familiar, he asks her if she's the jang-geum from soo-rak-gan.The head guard is happy to see her and tells her she can ask him for help anytime.Jang-geum says she has a request.
Yuh-ri overhears choi sang goon scolding the head master from nae-ee-ohn for jang-geum's success and states jang-geum must be rid of. Young-roh complains to geum-young about jang-geum. master choi, elder oh and choi sang goon discuss their new scheme to get the mother queen on their side again.
min jung-ho's boss tells min what's been going on. min jung ho is happy to hear that the mother queen is okay. yuh-ri goes to see geum-young. yuh-ri tells geum-young she can make her wish come true to get rid of jang-geum.
min-sg and chan-ee bring jang-geum to yun-saeng. yun-saeng and jang-geum cook the food that han-sg and jung-sg used to like. chan-ee cooks her favorite food 'ddok bok gi - fried rice cake'. the four of them cook and smile as they remember their old days in soo-rak-gan. afterwards they enjoy the dishes as they chit-chat. min-sg is upset that yun-saeng still hasn't won back the king's favor so takes her outside for 'seductive' breathing and looking exercises. during her absence, the king arrives at yun-saeng's room but finds her gone. the king decides to wait but the guards search for her.
Yeon-Sheng is found and rushed back to her room.By then the king has already left and Yeon-Sheng falls asleep crying.But the king returns and tells her when he first saw her she was crying too.Yeon-sheng bows before the king.The king dines and wines in her room.Yeon-sheng remembers min-sang goon's advice about treating the king and raises her chopstick to try to give him a 'seductive' feeding but she starts mumbling and shaking.The king is amused by her nervous and innocent behavior, and tells her to come close to him.Yeon-sheng scoots close to the king.The king undresses yeon-sheng and caresses her.
Min jung-ho visit jang-geum and tells her to be careful.She tells him his task is more dangerous and asks him to be careful too. The lady queen asks to speak to jang-geum, then asks her if she's the girl from soo-rak-gan and how she ended back at the palace. The lady queen remembers han-sang goon and tells jang-geum she knows she was a good sang-goon.The lady queen says in time she will resolve han-sang goon's innocence.
Jang-geum is touched by the lady queen's words.The lady queen asks jang-geum to be her close assistant and asks her if she could cook the dish she once made during the soo-rak-gan competition. Jang-geum agrees earnestly and goes to soo-rak-gan to start cooking.Geum-young arrives and sees jang-geum, then demands why she is there.