History, Comedy, Politics
Lee
Soo is a blacksmith and lives with his father in the countryside. He is in love
with Gae-Ddong. She is a bright and diligent woman, but she is all by herself.
She is looking for her older brother, who was separated from her at an early
age. She works various jobs in order to hire someone to look for her brother. Lee
Soo wants to marry Gae-Ddong. To propose to Gae-Ddong and prepare for their
wedding ceremony, Lee Soo hires the Flower Crew Matchmaking Agency even though
he has been rejected by them several times. The agency consists of 3 handsome
men: Ma Hoon (the quiet and smart), Do Joon (live for once type) and Ko
Young-Soo (the cutest). They are the best matchmaking agency in Joseon.
The
King and the Crown Prince have passed away. Kang Mong-Koo wants to let the
Prince to take over the crown whereas Ma Bong-Deok wants to appoint Lee Soo to
be the King. Ma Bong-Deok is the father of Ma Hoon. Ma Hoon dislikes his father
because his father killed his brother.
During
the wedding day for Lee Soo and Gae Ddong, before the ceremony starts, it
rains. Gae Ddong tells Ma Hoon that something bad will happen. Ma Hoon consoles
her not to think negatively. Lee Soo has been kidnapped and is crowned as the
new King for Joseon. Lee Soo surprised and unbelievable. All he wants is going
back to his village and get marry to Gae Ddong. Lee Soo’s father told him his
true identity. He has no choice but to accept it. The late king's wife arranges a few court ladies for Lee Soo but none of them able to win his heart. Ma
Bong-Deok decides to kill Gae Ddong so that the King no longer miss her.
Ma
Hoon finds out that Lee Soo has been missing from his house. He tells to cancel
the wedding ceremony. Gae Ddong has being criticises by the villagers that she
brings bad luck to husband. Ma Hoon and Gae Ddong searches for Lee Soo
everywhere. He feels sorry for her that her wedding ceremony ruins.
Flower
Crew Matchmaking Agency wants to hire a woman employee to handle matters that
related to woman and Gae Ddong comes for an interview. When the assassins come
to Gae Ddong’s house to kill her, Ma Hoon and Gae Ddong hide in the
house.
Ma
Bong-Deok’s subordinate tells him that his son is at Gae Ddong’s house. He
asks his subordinate to lay low at the moment because he knows that his son
will start to involve in this matter. Lee Soo asks his subordinate to arrange
meeting for Ma Hoon. When he arrives at the palace, Ma Hoon knows that Lee Soo
is the King. Lee Soo asks him to take care of Gae Ddong on his behalf and he
will find way to make Gae Ddong stay by his side. Ma Hoon suggests the King to
forget about her in order to prevent unnecessary matter arise. Lee Soo insists that he wants to marry Gae Ddong.
Ma
Hoon is unable to tell anyone that Lee Soo is the King. Gae Ddong, on the other
hand, keeps searching for Lee Soo and her brother. As Gae Ddong manages to
persuade the Scholar Lee to marry with his beloved lover, Ma Hoon decides to
let her join the Matchmaking Agency.
Gae
Ddong has been tricked by the Bandit who runs away with her money for looking
for her brother. She is really upset and Ma Hoon gives her space to cry as
much as possible. One day, Ma Bong-Deok comes to meet his son. He tries to
persuade him to come back home and stop his matchmaking business. Ma Hoon
refuses it. Young-Soo told Gae Ddong about Ma Hoon’s brother. She is pity
towards him and consoles him as well.
Young-Soo,
Do Joon and Ma Hoon tries their best to make Gae Ddong a noble lady so that she
can gather some information for them. Do Joon always flirts Kang Ji-Hwa with
his handsome face. Kang Mong-Koo is the Second State Councillor and Kang Ji-Hwa
is his daughter. Kang Ji-Hwa was jealous with Gae Ddong when she see the ribbon
that Do Joon used to trick her. She is curious about Gae Ddong.
Ma
Bong-Deok tries to eliminate all the people besides the King. As the King keeps
siding the Second State Councillor, he asks Eunuch Jang to report everything
about the King to him. The King spends his night with a court lady. In
fact, they are just friend. The King wants to make them confuse about his true
intention.
Ma
Hoon starts to grow feeling for Gae Ddong when they spend most of the time together. They feel shy when they confront with each other due to their intimate relationship. Gae
Ddong accidentally meets her brother, Kang on the street when her brother keeps
calling her name. She asks the servant why her brother condition. The servant
tells her that he has been hit by a group of people and caused him like that. Kang is the servant of Kang Ji-Hwa.
Kang
Ji-Hwa senses something amiss with Gae Ddong when she stops her for hitting
her servant. She set a trap to test her. She suspects that Gae Ddong is not a
noble lady who pretends to be one. She challenges her if she has received proper
manners that a noble lady should have.
The
Rogue wants to tell Ma Hoon the secret of the arrowhead. He is killed by
one of the subordinates of his father. Ma Hoon finds out that his death is
caused by murder not suicide. Kang Mong-Koo is also looking for the arrowhead
secret. He finds out that Ma Hoon is also investigating the case too. Ma Hoon
rejects the offer from Kang Mong-Koo when he asks him to in charge of this
matter.
Kang
Ji-Hwa starts to fall in love with Do Joon when she asks him to look up for
the King’s information. Do Joon finds out that someone is looking for Gae Ddong
and he told Ma Hoon about it. They come to the conclusion that, for the sake of
her safety, they want to make her as a noble lady. Before Gae Ddong manages to ask
Ma Hoon to give her a chance to learn to be the real noble lady, someone
knocks the door. It is Lee Soo. After meeting with him, Gae Ddong does not
feel happy about. She starts to fall in love with Ma Hoon and she does not
want to leave there after looking for her brother and Lee Soo. Lee Soo does
not tell her that he is the King. Ma Hoon talks to him in private asking him
why he does not give up on her. Lee Soo still insists that he wants to be with
her.
Ma
Hoon rejects to help Gae Ddong to be the noble lady no matter how many times
does she begs him. Do Joon refuses to help Ma Hoon’s sister-in-law for her
marriage. She reminds him his mother who ran away with another guy. Based on
Eunuch Jang investigation, Ma Bong-Deok finds out that Lee Soo is actually
studying at night and not enjoying his time with the court lady.
Ma
Hoon realises that his father is the one who after Gae Ddong and also the
culprit who kills the Crown Prince. He meets the King and tell him that he will
handle his marriage with Gae Ddong. He also tells Gae Ddong that he will train
her to be noble lady. He gives her 3 chances and if she failed to comply, she
will never be able to be noble lady.
Gae
Ddong feels that she is in love with Ma Hoon instead of Lee Soo. She keeps convincing herself so that she should be loyal to Lee Soo rather than falling in
love with Ma Hoon. Ma Hoon gives Gae Ddong the name as a noble lady – Lady Yun.
She is so happy about. When she asks him the real Lady Yun, he tells her that
she has passed away. One day, Kang Ji-Hwa comes to the matchmaking agency and
looks for Ma Hoon. She asks him whether he is willing to marry her. He
rejects her in a polite way.
When
Ma Bong-Deok threatens Ma Hoon’s sister-in-law with her daughter, Ma Hoon
advises her to go to the palace to meet the King. In order to appreciate the
honor of Ma Hoon’s sister-in-law, the King grants Ma Hoon’s niece marriage. While
helping Ma Hoon’s sister-in-law, Do Joon realises that his mother does not
abandon him. Ma Bong-Deok orders his subordinate to kill his daughter-in-law,
because she stabs her back for not allowing his family to receive the honour
for being loyal to the King. Do Joon protects her and sent her off the gate.
Ma
Bong-Deok teaches the King a lesson by threatening his friend who is a court
lady. She feels ashamed for the King and commits suicide. The King is upset
about it. Ma Bong-Deok also threatens the King with Gae Ddong’s safety and
orders him not to involve in politics.
Do
Joon asked Ji-Hwa whether she can be his. Ji-Hwa questions him why he does not
take the examination and he does not match with her social status. Ji-Hwa requests her father to make appointment with the King as she is concerned about her
future and she does not want to gamble her life with the man’s hands.
Do Joon finds out that Lee Soo is
the King and he asks Ma Hoon whether he is ok as if he is going to send Gae
Ddong to Lee Soo. Ma Hoon tells him that as a matchmaker, he should not cross
the line for falling in love with his client. He thinks that it is the safest
place for her if she is with Lee Soo. During July 7 – Valentine’s day, Ma Hoon and his partner bring Gae
Ddong out for a walk. He also tests her poem. She suddenly confesses her
feeling to Ma Hoon and Lee Soo heard about it. Lee Soo is heartbroken when his
lover no longer loves him anymore. He meets Gae Ddong occasionally and stops her from telling him her feeling. She could not stand anymore and tells him that
she does not love him anymore.
The
King finally grants to meet Kang Ji-Hwa. However, he asks someone to replace
him in meeting her. Do Joon volunteers to replace the King. He fools her for
being the King. She thinks that she chooses the right person. However, one of
the courtesan ladies, tells Kang Ji-Hwa the truth. She is very angry with him. She asks him who is
the lady that the King meets. Do Joon tells her that it is Lady Yun. Kang Ji-Hwa is really jealous and she could not understand why the King does not choose to
meet her.
Ma
Hoon realises that Gae Ddong’s brother is at Lady Kang’s house. He asks her
the reason for being a noble lady is to reunite with her brother. He is
relieved and he kisses her. Ma Hoon cannot hide his feeling anymore. Although
the King has ban all the woman from getting marries, he decides not to send
Gae Ddong proposal to the palace. He is hesitated to tell her that Lee Soo is
the King. He decides to tell her after her gathering with Lady Kang ends. One
of Lady Kang’s servant finds out that Gae Ddong is not a noble lady but she is hesitated to tell Lady Kang the truth.
Ko
Young-Soo is one of the wanted servant that has been ran out of prison. He has
been captured by Kang Mong-Koo and threatens him to tell him all the secret
about Flower crew or else he will send him to prison.
Lee
Soo’s god father comes back from the war. They are happy that they could united
again with each other. Lee Soo wants to reward him but the Chief State
Councillor Ma wants the King to punish him for failing to stop the assassin
from entering the country. The King accepts his suggestion and decides to
punish him to become his Commander of Royal Guard rather than giving him
rewards. Chief State Councillor is very frustrated with the result. Lee Soo
decides to join force with Second State Councillor to eliminate Chief State
Councillor. Lee Soo finds out that Chief State Councillor’s relatives illegally
act. He let Second State Councillor to in charge of that. Chief State Councillor decides to abandon his
nephew went he splits out that he can change the history of the nation. Chief
State Councillor instructs his subordinate to kill his nephew. The late king's
wife is afraid that her brother will be killed by her uncle. She begs the
King to save her brother and in return she will end her regency and let the
King to have full authorisation to rule the nation.
Ma
Hoon meets Lee Soo outside the palace. He tells him that he will not send Gae
Ddong to the palace to marry him. Lee Soo speaks to him that let Gae Ddong make
the choice. Lee Soo asks him whether he is in love with Gae Ddong. Kang
Ji-Hwa challenges Gae Ddong to join the Queen selection process in order to
prove that she is noble lady and will release her brother. Gae Ddong accepts the
challenge and joins the Queen selection process. Ma Hoon’s father finally
finds out who Gae Ddong is. He meets with Ma Hoon and asks him to stop or else he
will hurt Gae Ddong. Ma Hoon also threatens his father that he will reveal the
truth about the murder who killed the Crown Prince and also his dirty jobs to
the King.
Before
she enters the palace, Ma Hoon proposes to her and waits for her comeback.
She promises him that she will be back. Ma Hoon arranges Ko Young-Soo to enter
the palace as Eunuch. During the first around, Gae Ddong, Kang Ji-Hwa and Chief
State Councillor’s niece have been selected. Kang Ji-Hwa orders her servant to
take away Gae Ddong’s shoes in order to make her looks bad. She has no choice
therefore she goes to see the late king's wife with her bare stocks. Ko
Young-Soo goes to see the King and seeks for help. Before the late king's wife
questions her about there is a man who brings Lady Yun enters the palace,
Lee Soo comes in on time and explains to his mother about it. Gae Ddong is surprised to see him in the
palace as a King.
Ko
Young-Soo tries his best to cover the secret of Gae Ddong and the King. However,
the Second State Councillor keeps threatening him. He reveals to him that who
Gae Ddong really is. Second State Councillor feels that they have been fooled
by the King and Flower Crew. He is really angry about it.
At
night, Lee Soo met Gae Ddong and explains to her about his identity. He hops that she can always stay by his side as his family. Ma Hoon rushes in and
separates Lee Soo and Gae Ddong. Gae Ddong decides not to follow neither of
them. Ma Hoon tells the King that Chief State Councillor wants to harm her and
he is also the murder of Crown Prince. He tells the King to let go of her to
ensure her safety. He also reveals that
Chief State Councillor is his father.
She
wants to quit becoming noble woman and get back to her old self. When she is
about to leave the place, Lady Yun’s father tells her that not to disgrace the
family name. She changes back her outfit and continues to be the noble woman.
She recalls that she has received a proposal letter from Ma Hoon. She opens up the letter but she could not read it. She asks Young Soo for help.
Gae
Ddong’s brother is sold by Lady Kang. Lady Kang’s servant quickly
informs Ma Hoon about it. Ma Hoon and Do Joon tries their best to find where
her brother has been sold to. Do Joon buy her brother and Ma Hoon sends her
brother to her house. He frees Gae Ddong and her brother from becoming slave.
Ma Hoon asks Gae Ddong to run away with him and stay by his side. Before the
second selection began, The King’s godfather meets Gae Ddong and persuades her to
come for the second selection as the King risks everything just to marry her.
If she does not show up, many lives will be killed. Gae Ddong has no choice but
to attend the second selection.
Second
State Councillor asks Ko Young Soo about Gae Ddong’s brother whereabouts
although he already know where he is. He threatens Ko Young Soo again to bring
Gae Ddong’s brother to the palace. Gae Ddong brings her brother to Ko Young
Soo and requests him to take care of her brother for her sake. Ko Young Soo
feels sorry for her but he is unable to tell anyone about Second State
Councillor who knows their secret. He asks her to leave the place for her
safety but she doesn’t want to.
After
a long thought, she decides to return the bracelet and also Flower Crew’s
handbook to Ma Hoon. He confesses his feeling to her in order to stop her from
going to the palace. Gae Ddong still decides to go the palace and leaves him
there. Both of them are in hurt.
Lee
Soo requests Ma Hoon to come to the palace as a substitute for astrologist. He
finds out that the existing astrologist has received bribe from Second State
Councillor. The Chief State Councillor also knows about it and he captures the
astrologist and finds his people to replace it. Chief State Councillor is
surprised to see his son come to the Hall. Chief State Councillor gives a
poison to his niece as if she knows that she is going to lose. His niece gives
the poison to Gae Ddong before she is summoned to meet the King.
Young
Soo brings Gae Ddong’s brother to the Second State Councillor. He interrogates
her brother. Her brother refuses to tell that Lady Yun is actually Gae Ddong.
Young Soo also refuses to reveal to the King and the Second State Councillor
that Ma Hoon is the one who turns Gae Ddong into noble lady. He puts all the
blames to Gae Ddong into to protect Ma Hoon. Second State Councillor is
disappointed as Young Soo does not follow his order. Lady Yun’s actual father
comes just in time. He confirms in front of the King and Second State Councillor
that Gae Ddong is his daughter – Lady Yun. The King does not punish Second State
Councillor for his mistakes and asks him to stop looking for troubles with Lady
Yun. After settling with her brother’s case, Gae Ddong collapses.
Based
on doctor diagnosis, Gae Ddong has been poisoned. Lee Soo finds out that it is
Lady Ma who poisons her. He removes her from the Queen selection process
immediately. The Chief State Councillor meets the King and seeks forgiveness
for his niece. The King does not want to. He decides to let the Justice
Department to have the full authorisation to investigate the case. Luckily, Gae
Ddong only suffers from small amount of poison. Ma Hoon takes care of her and
her brother at his Flower Crew.
Lee
Soo meets Gae Ddong at night. He gives her an authorised letter that the King
disqualified her to be his queen. After they apart, she has been caught by
Chief State Councillor.
Chief
State Councillor asks Second State Councillor to join force with him to
eliminate the King. The King knows about their plot. He also prepares in
advance to win the war. Chief State Councillor asks Second State Councillor
catches Young Soo and Gae Ddong and places them in Second State Councillor’s
house. Chief State Councillor threatens
Ma Hoon whether to save Gae Ddong or the King. The King meets Ma Hoon and they
decides to work together to fail his father’s plan.
Ma
Hoon asks Do Joon to look for Second State Councillor house as that might be
the place where they hide Young Soo and Gae Ddong. Do Joon asks Lady Kang for
helps to find their whereabouts in their house. Before that, she tries to stop
her father from being a traitor, but her father does not listen to her. She tries
to correct thing by informing Do Joon their whereabouts. Although Do Joon asks
her to come with him, she rejects that offer. If her father’s plan failed, she
will become a traitor’s daughter and if the plan is successful, she will be the
Queen. Neither choice she likes it.
During
the D-day, Ma Hoon and his father go to the palace and asks the King to step
down. However, he stops his father from eliminating the King. The Commander of
Royal Guard brings the guards and surrounded the Chief State Councillor. Ma
Hoon tells his father to turn in himself and apology for his wrongdoing. Chief
State Councillor knows his plan has fail. He kills himself on the spot. Ma Hoon
is shocked and upset that his father passes away.
Lee
Soo becomes a wise King and handle the country issues. He still does not want
to get marry. Ma Hoon and his team get many businesses as usual. Do Joon successful
passes his state examination. He meets Lady Kang at her compound. Lady Kang works to help the scholar to score in their exam. She asks Do Joon to wait until
she is as the same level as him before she marries him. Ma Hoon and Gae Ddong spend
their time happily together.