We then cut to her married life with Jung, as Su etches a likeness of So on a stone, and Jung practices his swordsmanship.īut Jung gets the eerie feeling that they’re being watched, and suddenly leans forward as though to receive a kiss from his wife. The small box of belongings she brought with her contain the multiple copies of the poem she had So write, and she looks at them with tears in her eyes. She’s all smiles until he gives her back the hairpin she’d given him as a symbol of her desire to leave the palace, which carries with it the memories of So, who had given it to her. He explains how she’ll be set up nicely in this house, and that he’ll come to visit her often. But since they’ve been forbidden from marrying by the king, Jung’s prepared a more secret ceremony, though he tells her not to worry-even married, he’ll just consider them as friends. Su arrives at Jung’s secondary home, and finds herself thinking of So when Jung outstretches his hand to help her out of her palanquin.
Which leaves us to wonder, was it all about love? Altering history? Fate working in very mysterious ways? Who knows. It could’ve been worse (they all can be worse), but it’s certainly not what we would’ve hoped to see at the end of this sometimes rewarding, sometimes grueling journey through a modern girl’s integration into a time far from her own. We must not have wished hard enough for an ending that would magically solve the issues endemic to this production, since I can think of no other reason why this happened. 1,276 NovemNovemMoon Lovers: Scarlet Heart Ryeo: Episode 20 (Final) by HeadsNo2