Untold Scandal

In the Confucian society of Joseon, where men were expected to embody the virtues of a gentleman and women the virtues of a chaste and devoted wife, Lady Cho defies expectations. She has mastered the Confucian classics despite the constraints placed upon her gender. Resentful of her imposed role, she outwardly performs the duties of a virtuous wife but secretly indulges in a game of seduction, asserting control over the men who seek to control her. Her partner in this pursuit is her cousin, Jo-won, a poet, painter, and martial artist who rejects the path of political ambition in favor of a hedonistic lifestyle, openly scorning the patriarchal values of the era. Though bound by an unspoken past, they maintain an alliance in their mutual pursuit of conquest.

But their world of secret liaisons and whispered betrayals is upended when Lady Cho proposes a new challenge—corrupting her husband's young concubine, the innocent and untouched So-ok. Yet Jo-won's desires have already been captured by another: Lady Jeong, a widow revered for her chastity, who has remained faithful to her deceased husband for nine years and been awarded a yeolnyeomun (gate of virtuous women) for her devotion. Unlike his previous conquests, Lady Jeong is no easy prey. A devout Catholic and a woman of unwavering principles, she is as untouchable as she is alluring. Determined to break the unbreakable, Jo-won embarks on a relentless pursuit, setting the stage for a battle of wills between the era's most notorious libertine and the most unyielding of virtuous women.