While reading a poem, King Young-jo’s (actor Lee Sun-jae) face turns ashen. King Young-jo gets furious and orders his servants to capture the poet who mocked him in the poem. San gets disturbed when he reads the passages in the poem.
While Dae-soo (actor Lee Jong-soo) is taking the military service exam, the exams are suddenly canceled. Afterwards, Dae-soo seeks out Hong Guk-young to confer with him about a wrong verse in one of the poems. Hong Guk-young tells him that Prince San’s life is in danger.
Worried about San’s safety, Nam Sa-cho (actor Maeng Sang-hoon) guards the East Palace at night. But under Oh Jung-ho’s orders, warriors explode gunpowder. The guards are shocked by the sound and San is also roused by the sounds. Park Cho’ s warriors enter the East Palace and start killing the palace guards. When San hears that the enemies are heading towards the Main Hall, he goes there, too.
Worried about San, Song-yeon (actress Han Ji-min) goes to Chugukjang in Shibi’s place. But the palace guards stop San from going anywhere because he is under suspicion of attempting to overthrow the king. While held back by the guards, San sees Song-yeon. After allaying Song-yeon’s fears, he heads to Pyeon Pavilion where King Young-jo tells him to personally go to the torture chamber and find out who’s behind the attack by interrogating the captured warriors.
