[Spoiler] 'The Merchant: Gaekju 2015' Seon-dol's unexpected social rank is revealed

On the 37th episode of KBS 2TV's Wednesday & Thursday drama, "The Merchant: Gaekju 2015", it was revealed that Seon-dol (Jung Tae-woo) was from a noble family, who used to be a prominent clan with a high rank official in the family.

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On this day, Seon-dol played go game with Min Yeong-ik (Ahn Jae-mo). Min Yeong-ik told Seon-dol a story about the prominent Nam Family clan from Uiryeong, who had been ruined and dispersed during the time Heungseon Daewongun had been persecuting the Catholics.

Seon-dol shook his hands when he heard the words Uiryeong Nam. Min Yeong-ik didn't miss the chance to bring up the question he wanted to ask. He said, "You lost both of your parents at the time. Didn't you?" Seon-dol was perplexed but he calmly said, "I'm just a humble peddler".

Mae-wol (Kim Min-jung) later gave Seon-dol a book of Uiryeong Nam's clan genealogy. She informed Seon-dol, "Sir Chief Royal Secretary went through trouble to find this for you". Seon-dol grabbed the book and was turning around without saying a word. Min Yeong-ik told him, "Hold my hands. We have to protect our queen. Do you think we can live again under Daewongun's ruling?" He tried to persuade Seon-dol to stand on his side.

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