Su Gyeom confronts Eun Ae, asking if she's the one who wrote the letter that led Seon Chaek into the trap. Determined to clear her name, Hwa Seon decides to find the real culprit herself. Bun presses Eun Ae to reveal who her accomplice is, but she refuses to give in easily. Seon Chaek asks Yi Gyu to step in and help Bun out of his predicament.

Seon Chaek seeks out Sul Gi to ask about the identity of the wooden doll, but Sul Gi draws a fortune that even she struggles to interpret. The King fears that the Black Gang might come after him while Yi Beon is away from the palace. While Yi Beon is away and the King grows weaker, Yi Gyu begins to undermine him.

Yi Beon miraculously finds his way back to the Palace. Yet, the King, shaken to his core, believes it is Yi Beon's ghost that is haunting him. Meanwhile, Seok Chaek asks Eun Ae, her favourite character, when she started becoming so cruel, and Eun Ae answers without hesitation that this is who she has always been.