Jang Geum’s father felt very guilty over this matter. He drinks alot of liquor and gets lost in the forest, hearing “voices” of the queen and her maid. When he wakes up, he finds himself in a dark cave. He then met a spiritual man, who predicted that 3 women will change his life, and that he will eventually die. The first lady is far away from this world, but she is still alive (who is the Empress that he had already met), the second lady would die for him, although he had save her life, and he would die because of the third lady, although she will save many people. If he don’t want to die, he should not meet the second and hence would not meet the 3rd lady. There is also hint showing that the 2nd lady where her head would immerse in water. Confused, Chun Su pleads the master for a clear explanation but the master vanishes in the air. Because of his words, Chun Su becomes aware and promises himself that he will never get married. He makes up his mind to live somewhere else to avoid woman number 2.
14 years later, Jang-Geum father was still haunted by the incident. Meanwhile in the Palace, they were busy preparing for the King’s mother birthday ceremony. Pu Royal Maid, or rather Jang Geum’s mother, saw her friend, Choi Cheng Qing (a.k.a Court Lady Choi) secretly putting poison into the dish which would be presented to the King’s Mother. She immediately report this matter to Court Lady, but because that Court Lady is related to Choi family, the Court Lady tells Chort Lady Choi what Pu Royal Maid saw. Obviously, the Chois’ plan to kill Yeon San Gun’s grandmother is ruined. Afraid that Jang Geum’s mother will tell anyone (she already told her best friend, who later becomes Court Lady Han), she was accused for having an affair with a Guard (they found the white powder that the guard gave her as a present, thanking her for helping him out), which is not true. She was supposed to be poison to death, but she was saved by her friend, Han Ae Choong (a.k.a Court Lady Han) secretly. The next morning, she was found and saved her life by Jang-Geum’s father, and when he first met her, her head was immersed in the river. This is a hint that signify he had met the second lady in his life. He kept following her, because he was worried that she would die for him. Soon, love began blossom and they got married. Jang-Geum was born later on.