Highlights:
● Prince Lee Yeol says he is going to punish Eun Jo for treating him like a mad servant in their first meeting. Nevertheless, during their appointment, he is actually intends to bestow her a pair of flower shoes hoping that his gift can bring even a little happiness into her life.
● Prince Lee Yeol starts to understand the reason behind Hong Gil Dong's thievery. At first, Yeol thought Gil Dong is a greedy thief who is only stealing for his own gain.
- After he heard the story from Lady Dong Ju; a widow with a child, he gets to know the truth that many poor people who living in hardship have received the stolen goods from Gil Dong. It just that many of them are being quiet about it since Gil Dong asks them to.
- With that, Yeol comes to be in the same page with Gil Dong. Yeol says Gil Dong may continue to look after of his people in his own way, as long as his thievery is still in the range that Yeol can embrace of.
● Prince Lee Yeol & Eun Jo meet again after they both have been searching for each other since their first kiss.
- Turn out, Yeol still unknown of her alter identity as Gil Dong and Yeol recognizes her from her back that she is the thief of his kiss who he has been looking for.
Afterthoughts on the highlights:
● Not sure whether Yeol's good acts toward Eun Jo is because Yeol himself is a caring person or it is because he indeed start to care more about Eun Jo. Anyway, it is still a good thing for Eun Jo if she ends up with Yeol later in the story—a caring person is more often than not a caring partner too.
● It's a dismay that there is a misunderstanding from Eun Jo's side as Gil Dong. Eun Jo thought Yeol's talk for being on the same page as her is just a trick for him to stall time so patrolling guards will have enough time to catch her. Let's see how this confusion between them is resolving in later episodes.
● Yeol and Eun Jo have less screentime of them being together in episode 2 for those who are waiting to see their scene together. I'm happy they at least meet again before the end of episode 2. Can't wait to see how Eun Jo will act in front of Yeol who she stole a kiss from.
Other happening:
● As a viewer, we know Eun Jo is Gil Dong, but I'm still surprise to see Eun Jo's strong archery skill when she can shoot an arrow accurately right through a flying sparrow's heart.
● It is so impressing to see Hye Rim's intention of wanting to support the gisaeng and her future husband's relationship. Nonsense? Yes. She learns from a book that's a wife's virtue to do so. Hye Rim looks so harmless here. Can't she not be a 3rd person?
● Does Hye Rim's heart flutter for Prince Lee Yeol when he helps her from tripping on her step? If she in fact has fallen for Prince Lee Yeol, will she follow her heart? Or, will she try to love Jae Yi as a loving wife is one of wife's virtues too?
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