A Night With You: Episode 1

Cast:

Ji Chang Wook as Baek Dong Soo

Ha Ji Won as Hwang Jin Yi

Moon Geun Young as Shin Yun Bok

Moon Chae Won as Jeonghyang

Hyun Bin as King Jeongjo

Yoo Seung Ho as Yeo Woon, etc

EPISODE 1

1776, First year of King Jeongjo’s reign.

That time the military, arts, and education is flourished. The amount of scholars, artists and warriors have increased by many. Two of them are close friends, Dong Soo and Yoon Bok. Dong Soo is a warrior-turns-king bodyguard while Yoon Bok is a royal painter at Dohwaseo (Royal Painting Academy). They both get close because Jeongjo likes them as his loyal men.

Yoon Bok asks Dong Soo to take him to the market. Dong Soo refuses it because he has more important thing to do.

“Why me? Why are you not asking Kim Hong Do sonsaengnim (teacher). I’m busy this afternoon,” Dong Soo says.

“Ah, come on hyung! Sonsaengnim is busy for exam tomorrow, I have to draw for tomorrow... You know I can’t ride horse. You should take me to the market.”

Then Yoon Bok promises to show him to Hwang Jin Yi, the best gisaeng in Joseon. Dong Soo agrees eventually. He’s really curious about Hwang Jin Yi that becomes the talk of the capital.

The market is very crowded. At the market, there’s sword dance performance by Songdo troupe. They goes from market to market to perform dance. Hwang Jin Yi is dancing with sword beautifully. She has no fear and her eyes show charm and charisma. 

Yoon Bok is busy drawing the gisaengs doing sword dance. While Dong Soo is captivated by her beauty.  

Baek Dong Soo waves his hand to her, but she ignores him. He has never seen a woman as beutiful as her. He murmurs, “No wonder everyone said she’s the best gisaeng.” He takes a look on Yoon Bok’s painting and interested on it. The painting itself shows the gisaengs doing sword dance. The colors are so beautiful and vivid. It’s a painting that no one can forget. “You paint so well, Yoon Bok-ah,” he praises him. Yoon Bok seems shy hearing the compliment.

The performance is finished and the gisaengs are prepared to leave. Dong Soo asks Yoon Bok if they can spend the night at gibang (gisaeng’s house). Yoon Bok lights up, he also wants to spend the night with his favorite gisaeng, Jeong Hyang. He misses her gayageum’s voice.

That night Yoon Bok is with Jeong Hyang while Dong Soo with Hwang Jin Yi. But Jin Yi is a tough woman. She only wants to play gayageum and drink, not sleeping together. But Dong Soo brags that she’ll soon fall for his charm. She only plays gayageum then stops. She has no interest on him. It hurts his pride. He asks how much he must pay to sleep with her.

“Young Master, I’m not sure you can pay me as you’re not nobleman. You should pay me 50 nyang (coins),” Jin Yi said.

“50? 50 coins? But I only have 20 coins.”

“Then forget about it and sleep outside! But before that pay me 20 nyang first for this gayageum playing and drinks”

Dong Soo goes outside, broke and brokenhearted. That night Dong Soo unable to unlock Jin Yi’s heart, like many men before him. Many people admire her and even propose her marriage but she always reject them. He sleeps under the star that night, remember Yeo Woon, his best friend. He should just go with Yeo Woon rather than stuck at this gibang and can’t even touch Hwang Jin Yi.

In the morning Dong Soo and Yoon Bok prepare to leave from gibang. Dong Soo asks how much he pays for Jeong Hyang because Jin Yi asks him 50 nyang.

“50 nyang?! Jeong Hyang even accepts me with only 5 nyang!” Yoon Bok laughs.

Dong Soo feels upset, he wonders why Jin Yi asks so much. “Is it because she’s famous?” he thinks. They then arrived at the palace. Yoon Bok hurriedly goes to Royal Paintig Academy. The exam will start soon.

On the gisaeng house, Hwang Jin Yi prepares to entertain old nobleman from the capital. She seems not too happy about it. The ladies greet him but Jin Yi only looks down, doesn’t want to see him. The head mistress tells her to behave in front of him. She only greets him slightly.

While in the palace, Dong Soo meets with Yeo Woon, he wants to ask his help. Dong Soo says he thinks he likes Jin Yi so Yeo Woon should help him to meet her secretly at night. But the problem is she doesn’t want to meet him and asks really expensive price to offer her service. Yeo Woon smiles, his friend is really cute when he’s helpless. He says sure he will help him. Let’s plan the meeting! 

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To be continued...

Writer: kanz

Picture credits: as tagged, to owner