San (actor Lee Seo-jin) enters the torture chamber with a grim expression and he orders the men to stop torturing the prisoners. Queen Hyo-eui (actress Park Eun- hye) is told that San disobeyed the king’s orders to force answers out of the prisoners. She goes to see San and overhears him talking to Princess Hye-bin (actress Gyeon Mi-ri). Princess Hye-bin advises San to meet King Young-jo and ask for forgiveness.
San meets King Young-jo (actor Lee Sun-jae) and asks him for a few more days to prove that the accused are innocent. As San defends the late Crown Prince Sado’s honor, King Young-jo gets enraged at this and tells San that he will be banished if he is unable to prove their innocence.
Jung Hoo-gyeom (actor Jo yeon-woo) calls Hong Guk-young (actor Han Sang-jin) and offers him a high-ranking government position. Hong Guk-young asks Jung Hoo- gyeom to give him some time to think it over because it is such a big promotion. Hong Guk-young goes to Dae-soo (actor Lee Jong-soo) and ask him if he remembered the wrong verse he found in the test. When he analyzes it, Hong Guk- young realizes that it is a hidden code. Hong Guk-young and Dae-soo realize that someone is scheming to frame San for an attempted coup d’état and they try to figure out who the ringleader is.
