Jewel in the Palace - Episode 09

Jang-Geum’s name is on the list of people who didn’t pass the exam. At this time, the queen arrives and she begins to taste the food and is enchanted by Jang-Geum’s cook both in taste and creativity. The mother of the young girl who stole the flour, who is also the person tasked to in charged of this examination and the ex-head of Royal Kitchen tells the queen it was actually her fault that Jang-Geum lost her ingredient which resulted in her failing the test. The queen orders her subordinates to allow Jang-Geum to stay in the palace.

The palace girls that passed the test, including Jang-Geum are officially recognized as palace cooks. Jang-Geum go see her adoptive family. On the way back she stops by her mother’s grave site and tells her deceased mother about her success and weeps. She remembers her mother’s words and her mother telling of Jang-Geum to be the best palace cook, and to look for her secret recipe book she hides in one of the kitchens inside the palace.