Hong Seong-ki

Wolmae is a gisaeng living in Namwon. Her daughter, Chun-hyang, is secretly engaged to marry Lee Mong-ryong. Lee leaves for Seoul with his father and the new governor, Byeon Hak-do, begins coveting Chun-hyang.

A housemaid becomes pregnant by her employer's husband and she flees to the countryside to raise her daughter on her own.