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.