Lim Ji-yeon was captured by the Uigeumbu as a runaway slave.

In episode 14 of JTBC‘s Saturday-Sunday drama ‘Madame Ok’s Story’ (written by Park Ji-sook, directed by Jin Hyeok and Choi Bo-yoon) aired on the 19th, Ok Tae-young (played by Lim Ji-yeon) and Cheon Seung-hwi (played by Chu Young-woo) were in a state of crisis where their identities were finally discovered, causing shock. As a result, the viewership ratings recorded 10.8% in the metropolitan area and 9.8% nationwide, and the highest viewership ratings per minute were 11.5% in the metropolitan area, and the target 2049 viewership ratings soared to 3.8% in the metropolitan area, ranking first on all channels on Sundays (based on Nielsen Korea‘s paid households).

Ok Tae-young realized that Park Joon-ki (played by Choi Jung-woo), with whom she had a long-standing grudge against Cheong Soo-hyun since the illegal open-water mining incident at Unbongsan Mountain seven years ago, was also involved in this Mansu-sam incident through her first meeting with him. On the other hand, Park Joon-ki tried to exploit Ok Tae-young’s weakness, who had connections to the Office of the Inspector General, by using the information that Ok Tae-young was a runaway slave, but he failed to make a profit and was defeated in a fight with the people of Cheongsu-hyeon.

Meanwhile, Ok Tae-young and Cheon Seung-hwi found a way to save Cheongsu-hyeon, whose people were starving day by day. They learned from the real Heo Soon (played by Yoon Byung-hee), who was captured unintentionally, that the nohwe that Ok Tae-young had been raising in his house was an expensive medicinal herb. So the two of them distributed the nohwe to the entire town for free in an attempt to revive Cheongsu-hyeon, which was on the brink of ruin.

Ok Tae-young and Cheon Seung-hwi went to Hanyang and secured a contract to sell the nohwe, but here, they were put in a position where they would lose all the expensive nohwe due to the tricks of the county magistrate Kim Nak-soo (played by Lee Seo-hwan), who smelled money, and Park Joon-ki. Kim Nak-soo tried to make a forged document and seize the land where the Cheongsu-hyeon people were growing yew trees for his own profit, but Ok Tae-young found evidence in the remains of his father-in-law, Sung Gyu-jin (played by Sung Dong-il) that this was false, and the land finally returned to its true owner.

But it didn‘t end there. Cheon Seung-hwi, along with the members of the Yuhyangso Hyangwon, not only committed cruel acts against the people, but also forged official documents to take the lead in exploitation, and petitioned for impeachment of Kim Nak-soo. As a result, Kim Nak-soo was arrested and taken away, and he died while being executed. In this way, Cheon Seung-hwi took the lead in implementing justice that was refreshing just to watch, relieving his wife Ok Tae-young’s long-standing grudge and giving a sense of relief to those who watched.

With this, the two seemed to have successfully concluded everything, but soon after, they faced the biggest problem they never wanted to face. The officers of the Office of the Inspector General who suddenly burst into the house said, “Criminals Song Seo-in and Gu Deok-i, come out and receive the summons immediately,” and mentioned the past names of Ok Tae-young and Cheon Seung-hui. Ok Tae-young signaled Cheon Seung-hui to run away and was then pursued alone.

The people of Cheongsu-hyeon were shocked at the sight of Ok Tae-young, who had helped them so generously, being pursued, and Cheon Seung-hui also watched from afar and writhed in pain. Although it is known that Ok Tae-young is a runaway slave, it is suspected that the ruthless Park Joon-ki is trying to use this strategically, and attention is focused on what choices Ok Tae-young and Cheon Seung-hwi will make as they are driven to the edge of a cliff.

Episode 15 of JTBC‘s Saturday-Sunday drama ‘Lady Ok’s Story’ will air on the 25th (Sat) at 10:30 PM.

Jeon Hyo-jin, Donga.com reporter jhj@donga.com
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