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(Yuk Seong Jae)

(Kim Ji Yeon)

(Kim Ji Hoon)

(The Haunted Palace)

(All places, organizations, characters,)

(incidents, and backstories in this drama are fictitious.)

(Child actors were accompanied by family and were kept safe.)

What happened to him?

Is he dead?

Yes.

He is.

Who on earth did this to him?

I do not know, My Majesty.

When I came this morning...

bearing a bowl of water for His Highness' morning wash...

And there was no trace of intrusion.

Then who is responsible for this tragedy?

It is the same stench that filled the young prince's chambers.

Move out of my way.

No.

No... This cannot be.

Remove this.

This cannot be true. No.

Bo, wake up.

Your mother is here.

Please wake up.

Open your eyes!

Do not just stand there.

Make haste and save him!

The Eight-feet Spirit.

The Eight-feet Spirit will return.

Please open your eyes!

My goodness. Oh, my body.

Oh, my.

You...

How long have you been perching there?

Were you so concerned about Yeo Ri's well-being overnight?

To the point that you stood guard...

enduring the chill of the morning dew?

The Eight-feet Spirit is not an ordinary spirit.

You are right about that. That clever girl has even asked...

to retrieve her grandmother's shamanic tools.

It must not be an ordinary spirit.

You.

I hear that you are the most revered for your expertise in gubyeongsisik.

(Expelling spirits from possessed bodies and guiding departed souls)

Is that what Yeo Ri said?

There is an evil spirit called the Eight-feet Spirit.

I can only hold off the spirit temporarily with my power.

I cannot get rid of him for good.

Quack.

Could you guide the evil spirit out of this world?

Do you truly know nothing? Is that why you are asking me?

Know what?

The only way to settle the deep resentment...

of such a powerful evil spirit and truly guide to the afterlife.

The dragon's pearl.

Or something that could be found within the body of a serpent...

like you.

A glowing pearl.

Without it,

the resentment of the evil spirit will never be quelled.

Let us begin!

Here it goes!

Therefore, there is...

only one feasible way to guide the Eight-feet Spirit.

It is for you...

to sacrifice yourself.

Like you said,

you could hold off the spirit temporarily with the glowing pearl.

But that is all.

You must deplete the energy of the glowing pearl...

in your stomach and sacrifice yourself,

so that a powerful evil spirit like the Eight-feet Spirit...

may be guided out of the world.

What do you say?

Will you do what I suggest?

You quack.

You must have a death wish.

You want me to use up...

the energy of my glowing pearl and die just to get rid of...

the Eight-feet Spirit?

Are you planning to leave?

Yes.

If I delay it any longer,

I may never be able to save Scribe Yoon.

I should give it another shot now that I have Grandma's tools.

What is it?

What?

You are not ready to serve me as your guardian spirit.

You sounded so confident when you promised me offerings.

Offerings?

Does it mean...

you are accepting my offer?

I will decide after I see your effort behind the offerings.

I finished making it a while ago.

But you have been so distant lately.

I did not have the chance to talk to you.

I assure you that I made it with all my heart.

I fully devoted my heart to each woven thread,

praying with each one...

from scratch.

Will you truly be my guardian spirit?

Can you truly get rid of the Eight-feet Spirit...

and save Scribe Yoon?

Yes.

I will do what you want.

So...

prepare for the ritual first.

- The ritual? - I am stuck in this human body.

It may not be a proper spirit-acceptance ritual.

But it must still carry the basic elements of one.

Yes, you are right. Rituals are important.

What else must I prepare other than the offering table?

Oh, right. Wait here.

Hold on.

Bring my boy back.

My son!

I trusted you.

But you failed to protect my son.

How could you let him die?

I will rip you into pieces.

I will tear you apart and kill you!

Your Highness.

I, your humble servant, failed to protect Prince Young In.

Allow me to pay for my failure with my death.

Yes.

I will kill you then.

I shall kill you,

so...

he has company on his way to the afterlife.

If it were possible, I would gladly...

sacrifice myself 10 or 100 times. However,

we must bring justice...

for our wronged prince, must we not?

Bring justice?

There is a powerful shaman in the Palace.

There was nothing I could do to stop this shaman.

We must find this shaman.

If we fail,

you will also be in danger, Your Highness.

My son, Bo,

died because of...

that shaman?

Yes.

A new presence must have entered His Majesty's inner circle recently.

That must be the presence of the new shaman.

Then the King...

Yes.

Technically, this is all because of that mystery shaman.

Had the shaman not attacked the General of Heaven and Earth,

the General would not have hurt Prince Young In.

But who on earth is this shaman?

(Episode 5: The Eight-feet Spirit Has an Ally)

I, your disciple, will accept you as my guardian spirit...

and serve you wholeheartedly.

I, Serpent Kang Chul,

will accept you as my disciple...

and always have your back.

Give me your hand.

When did you prepare the ring?

When you were putting together the table for the ritual,

I went down to the marketplace and bought it.

Do you like it?

Well, it is not awful.

I will not cleanse my hair yet.

When you save Scribe Yoon from the Eight-feet Spirit...

and leave his body,

I will cleanse it to make it official.

Suit yourself.

However,

even if Yoon Gap's spirit cannot return to this body,

you will continue to be my disciple regardless of the outcome.

What do you mean?

It is as I have stated.

I could leave his body in the end,

but it does not guarantee his spirit can find its way back.

Even you cannot be certain of it.

No, I cannot be.

Furthermore,

even if you manage to save Yoon Gap's spirit...

and bring him back to life,

nothing will change...

until I ascend to the sky as a dragon.

No matter how deeply you care for him,

I will never...

let go of you.

I know that.

So...

make sure to get rid of the Eight-feet Spirit.

Fine.

As long as you serve me as your guardian spirit,

I will destroy the Eight-feet Spirit,

leaving no trace of it behind.

Your Majesty, the departure of Prince Young In...

has left all of us in shock.

I propose that we postpone the court assembly...

and perform the funeral rites...

in accordance with the customs.

Proceed thusly then.

Follow the established customs.

However, you must pay special attention to the funeral.

Dispatch the chief royal secretary and offer condolences...

Your Majesty.

Your Majesty.

Your Majesty. Are you well?

Premier.

I must have been quite tired.

I asked to see you here,

but how could I doze off like this?

There is no need to put on an act in front of me.

Ever since the passing of the late king,

you have always...

viled your emotions, not revealing a hint of your feelings.

This very side of you has made you a great king.

However, watching you...

has been nothing but agony as if my heart was ripped from my chest.

I am well aware that you treasured...

the late prince.

Everyone...

only talked about him...

as a royal-blooded threat to my throne.

But my heart was only filled with pity that...

he had lost his father at a young age.

As he aged, his nature grew darker...

and his action led to much strife.

Despite his shortcomings,

I never once wished this would be his end.

Not even for a moment.

Your Majesty.

Could this truly be the spirit's doing?

Your Majesty.

Such a notion is preposterous.

Spirits?

Yes.

I know.

What I just said was nothing but a preposterous comment.

Yeo Ri.

Here.

We have a long way to go. So carrying this...

It is a caragana root.

It will come in handy one day.

Take good care of it.

Go on.

I might need to use this?

For what?

Never skip watering it.

Water it whenever the topsoil gets dry.

And...

What? What do you want?

- No. - Nothing. I was just looking.

I hope you live for another 1,000 or 10,000 years...

all by yourself, suffering from boredom.

- What? You... - All right then.

It gets dark faster in the mountains,

so you must hurry.

Go on.

Good grief.

I hope he does not feel so tired.

- I am worried about his condition. - Yes, that is right.

It is quite a long trip.

It is him! Lord Choi Won Woo has arrived.

Lord Choi.

Lord Choi!

It has been five years.

Your effort in enduring such a long journey is admirable.

My gosh.

I, only a humble man, do not deserve such a grand welcome.

Please do not be so modest.

Every scholar in our country...

admires and has great respect for you.

I only returned as there is a royal funeral.

I do not wish to make a fuss.

I urge all of you to return home now.

Notify me when everyone outside has left.

There is a place I must go discreetly.

You must be fatigued from the trip.

Do you plan to go somewhere else before offering your condolences?

We will be in the capital after this hill.

Let us go to the gate of the capital first.

If we cannot enter through there,

we will look for another way to enter the capital.

Five desires and seven emotions arise from the five senses.

They originate from the five sensory organs.

As long as I do not look at her,

desires or emotions will not stir within me.

What are you doing?

Did our trip to the temple make you want to recite the Buddhist chant?

Well,

as a guardian spirit, I pondered why...

humans easily gave into sin and readily turned evil.

I see.

So did you come to any fruitful realization?

Now that I reside in a human body, I have come to understand all.

Having a physical body like this is the problem itself.

It is also the source of their sin.

Our eyes, tongue, ears, and sense of touch...

lead to desires.

Hence, humans commit so many evil deeds.

Look at this.

You are touching me now.

Deep in my heart...

Wait.

Oh, no.

Stop the palanquin!

Stop!

I told you not to overeat earlier.

Yakgwa is not making me nauseous.

The palanquin is extremely unstable.

How could I not get nauseous?

You easily become nauseous in the palanquin.

You could have just stayed home.

Why did you have to follow your father to the capital?

Oh, that?

I wanted to look around the capital as I had been away for a while.

Why did you smirk like that?

Did you think you could fool me?

You are here because you want to meet this guy, Yoon Gap.

I already looked into him.

He was born out of wedlock.

He serves as a scribe which is basically a lowly post...

of no importance.

Did I say I planned to marry him?

I just wished to see his face once. That is all.

Nothing will happen by looking at his handsome face.

- My gosh. - What?

Oh, yes.

- What? - Go inside.

What? Why did you go into my palanquin?

He wants us to be quiet.

By the way,

what do you plan on doing in the palanquin?

Could you move back a bit?

It feels like I am being strangled.

Did you not see a man and wench on the run headed this way?

Tell him that I did not see anyone matching the description.

You heard that, right?

She did not see anyone.

Have you already forgotten His Majesty's command...

that you were never to show your face around the capital?

Why have you returned so soon after being cast out?

So we did not enter the capital.

What?

Yes, you are right.

We had no reason to run for our lives.

The command was never to enter the capital.

Why would you berate us for being outside?

Why?

Then you had no intention of entering...

the capital?

Well, no, I would say so.

In that case, you both must come with me.

Where to?

Will you take us far away again?

Will you?

Someone is looking for you.

What?

(Do not enter)

Will you tell us now...

what exactly happened?

We were thrown out.

Are we allowed to enter the Palace?

Follow me.

Where are...

The prince who lived here.

Is he dead?

How do you know that?

I saw a vision of him once before.

Three days ago,

he was found here deceased.

Something is off.

If he died mysteriously,

his negative energy or soul would remain where he died.

I do not sense anything.

A talisman?

There is more to this.

You.

It was you?

You did that to the prince?

No. It was not me.

It was not you? Then why did you try to run?

Because I knew you would suspect me.

What?

Yes. He had massacred my whole family,

and I did come here because I hated him.

But this was not my doing.

I did not forget the promise I made you.

No!

Go away.

The Eight-feet Spirit?

He appeared himself?

Darn it.

That explains the stench.

What are you doing here?

How are you in the Palace when I threw you out of the capital?

Was this your doing?

Did you dare go against my command...

and let them into the Palace?

Yes, Your Majesty.

I brought them here.

I know I could lose my life for this,

but I believed I was doing right by you.

What?

It was my idea.

My dear Queen.

I asked Officer Seo...

to bring them both back here.

Do not punish him.

Punish me instead.

My Queen.

He is a member of the Royal Guard.

How could you break the rules...

and give a personal command to an officer?

Because...

I cannot lose anyone.

Not my son...

or you.

I cannot lose anyone.

I cannot allow anyone to die...

before my own eyes...

the way Prince Young In did!

You can be the sage king who upholds law and order.

I will be...

an immoral mother who holds purging rituals.

If you fear this could tarnish your immaculate reign,

all you must do is drive me away.

That is the length I will go...

to protect you and my son.

So Your Majesty.

Please...

Enough! Stop!

You there. Did the lord master send you?

Will you please lead me to him?

I will explain everything.

Please take me to him.

Oh, my gosh.

My lord master.

My lord master.

My lord.

My lord master. Please.

I was not behind Prince Young In's death.

The General of Heaven and Earth was angered.

Please give me one more chance.

My lord master.

Did you hear how Prince Young In died?

The General of Heaven and Earth...

will not do anything as trivial and possess others.

He will take lives directly.

You can get what you want without getting your hands dirty.

So please,

give me one more chance.

My lord master.

My lord master.

My lord.

My gosh. What is happening?

He gives you a month.

Prince Gwang must die by then...

or he will have your limbs ripped out.

Very well.

I understand.

I understand, my lord master.

This was under the prince's chambers.

That girl found it.

This was written...

with ash from a fire.

Yes, Your Majesty.

When we were on Mount Bugak,

the Eight-feet Spirit burned the charcoal in the sacred rope,

and it let out a unique stench that smelled like burning.

The Eight-feet Spirit relates to fire.

Fire?

It is a fire spirit?

That is correct.

It moves through fire...

and can light its own flames.

I think the Eight-feet Spirit was burned to death.

Of anyone who could have a grudge against the royal family,

does anyone come to mind?

We must identify the spirit and know what their grudge is...

if we are to truly send it to the afterworld.

I have no idea.

I cannot think of anyone.

Hot! It is burning hot!

Hold it up.

It is not hot.

Hold it up.

I am incompatible with fire and I cannot touch it.

Why you...

Like this?

The writing is crude,

but it was written with great power.

The Eight-feet Spirit...

has not fully recovered yet.

It is not doing well at all since I stabbed it with the blade.

How can you tell that from one talisman?

Come on.

Think about it.

He feeds off the souls of royals to gain power.

He needed a victim,

but had no energy to move himself.

So he entered with this talisman that breaks through locks...

and inhaled the poor prince.

Someone...

offered up the prince as a sacrifice.

To the Eight-feet Spirit.

Are you saying...

someone in the Palace is aiding the Eight-feet Spirit?

You are catching up at last.

Who on earth would do something so scary and immoral?

The problem is that it does not end there.

The Eight-feet Spirit possessed the young prince...

and taunted him for a long time.

It enjoyed every moment as it drove the prince mad.

But it was different this time.

He killed the prince right away.

To heal the internal injury it sustained...

while fighting us on Mount Bugak?

Yes, that is right. And...

it will continue on this path.

If you cannot stop him, you die on the spot.

That goes for both...

you and your son.

We uphold Confucian's teachings,

and I am King of such a nation.

That is why...

I cannot command a purging ritual.

However, this goes beyond spirits. It now involves people.

As King,

I am about to say something that goes against...

the beliefs and rules that I held dear.

Can you stop the evil spirit?

I cannot say for sure.

However,

there is someone I must save...

by eliminating the Eight-feet Spirit.

Yoon Gap will be reinstated as Royal Scribe.

I will keep him close...

and he will carry out my secret errands.

Yeo Ri will work at Sanguiwon.

As the private glasses-maker to all the royals,

she will make glasses for me whenever I ask.

Your Highness.

You must be so distraught.

As soon as I heard the news,

I was overcome with sadness...

and it felt as if the skies had fallen.

Do you know...

what I am most resentful about right now?

I carried him and labored to birth him,

and yet I never loved him as a son.

I actually...

hated him.

Your Highness.

I never hugged him. Not even once.

I never...

called his name gently, with love.

That...

That is...

what upsets me the most.

My lord.

I saw Yoon Gap in the Palace earlier today.

What do you mean?

He was thrown out and chased away from the capital.

It seemed that His Majesty brought him back.

He left the Royal Library a short while ago.

Not him again.

I remember...

nothing.

He said he remembered nothing,

but his eyes said he knew everything.

Why did the King bring him back?

Get that away from me.

It is good for you.

- Oh, my gosh. - Hey.

Drink this up. Come on.

- Gap. Drink it. - Do not come closer.

I told you I did not want it.

How can you say that about something this expensive?

I asked all sorts of people...

and went to a skilled physician a village over to get this.

A cow's brain, a snake's tail, and a dried centipede are in that.

How can you ask me to drink it?

I dislike the smell to start with.

- You drink it. - Our ancestors said...

what is good for you tastes bitter.

I was told this would help bring your wayward mind...

back to where it belongs.

Please.

You got thrown out of the Palace because you caused trouble...

with your amnesia and madness.

Drink this because I cannot and will not put up with that again.

How dare you, you fool?

- Yeo Ri. - Yes?

Hold him down.

Oh... Yes, I will.

Do not dare!

Stay right there.

I will use my palm blast...

even on you Yeo Ri...

Oh, come on.

Not that silly palm blast you keep talking about.

That is so not scary.

You dare take that tone with your body's guardian spirit?

Oh, my goodness.

He is talking nonsense about guardian spirits now.

- We must feed him this now. - Right.

Oh, whatever.

Here it goes.

Oh, my goodness.

What a waste of this precious medicine.

Yeo Ri. I will make another bowl.

- Keep Gap here. - I will.

I cannot stay here any longer.

I must leave.

Why? Not long ago, you said you liked her cooking.

You just had to take a few gulps.

Why did you cause this mess?

A snake's tail went into that.

Snakes and I are distant cousins.

How could I drink that?

I feel bad for her because she spent a lot...

when she does not have much money.

Look this way.

Hey!

What?

You are to stay at least ten steps away from me at all times.

What?

What was that, all of a sudden?

Gosh, that hurts.

Why does this keep happening?

When I am with her, I get this burning feeling inside me,

as if I want to eat her alive.

Seriously, what is wrong with me?

Goodness. What was that?

He treated me as if I had an infectious disease.

But back then, he did not...

My goodness.

I am just confused.

Yes, I am confusing him with Royal Scribe Yoon.

Yes, that is why.

That must be it.

How much longer do you plan to stay here?

Am I not allowed to stay here?

But His Majesty gave me permission.

It is not that.

Because you are here,

that troublemaker royal scribe is still lounging around here too.

Do not mind him.

He is still here, for he finds it comfortable to lounge around here.

How could I not mind him?

Here he comes.

How could you be either lying down or slouching around all the time?

Royal Scribe Yoon's body will end up with bedsores at this rate.

I used to live freely without a body.

But now, I am confined within this clumsy human body. That is why.

Do you even know how heavy a human body truly is?

Are you making a paper talisman?

Do you think you can catch the Eight-feet Spirit with it?

Your Highness.

I heard you had not eaten anything in days.

This is milk porridge.

Please have some.

Milk porridge?

What mother...

can eat...

after losing her child?

His Majesty asked the Royal Kitchen to prepare this for you.

Please remember how much His Majesty cares for you...

and have this porridge, even if it is just one spoonful.

I told you I did not want this!

I apologize.

I feel queasy.

Please excuse me.

Your Highness, are you all right?

The queen...

does not seem to be doing all right.

I know.

She looked white as a sheet.

She must be feeling very sick.

She was always weak like that.

She was like that even when she was pregnant with the prince.

She suffered from severe morning sickness.

She always had to stay in bed...

because she often showed possible signs of a miscarriage.

Your Highness.

Do you perhaps think...

It seems that she is going through some kind of change.

Find out.

The Eight-feet Spirit will appear...

on the Day of the Red Horse to cause harm to the prince?

What makes you so sure?

The Eight-feet Spirit is a fire demon,

so it will make a move when the energy of fire is at its peak.

It attacked Prince Young In...

on the Night of the Red Rooster when the energy of fire was strong.

I took makeshift measures...

to keep the Eight-feet Spirit away from His Highness' room,

but without catching the Eight-feet Spirit,

we can never uproot the problem.

Then...

what can I do to help?

Tell everyone in the Palace that His Highness the Prince...

stays at the Royal Library until late at night.

It will be easier to catch the spirit...

with the paper talisman at the library...

than in His Highness' chambers.

I plan to lure the Eight-feet Spirit to the library.

Why do we not find a different shaman instead of a novice like you?

An experienced shaman with a powerful guardian spirit.

We cannot do that.

Any other shaman...

will only focus on getting rid of the Eight-feet Spirit.

But that...

might make Royal Scribe Yoon's soul ascend too.

Then I will forever lose the chance to bring him back to life.

The king will surely be thrilled to learn about your ulterior motive.

Take this.

My grandmother said this crescent dagger...

was imbued with divine power.

It may look small,

but she ascended countless spirits with that crescent dagger.

I once heard...

that the glowing pearl inside a serpent's body...

could be very powerful, although dragon's pearls would outpower it.

I clearly saw it in Mount Bugak too.

Even that mighty Eight-feet Spirit...

could not use its powers in front of the glowing pearl.

I will use the paper talisman to confine the Eight-feet Spirit.

Then you will stab it with the crescent dagger,

using the power of the glowing pearl.

I hear the prince...

has been spending time in the Royal Library every night.

Put this up in the library in secret.

Tonight, we will offer the prince...

to the General of Heaven and Earth.

If any suspicious person is seen in or around the library tonight,

do nothing and quietly observe.

You must catch them...

as they are leaving the library.

It is now the Hour of the Mouse. It was the time you mentioned.

Yes, Your Majesty.

The Eight-feet Spirit will show itself soon.

Please follow my aforementioned instructions if any problem arises.

Give me a piggyback.

What?

I see no eunuchs around.

I cannot ask Father to give me a piggyback ride.

Why should I give you a piggyback ride?

I have to stand guard here because of you.

Now, I even have to be your nanny?

Why, you little...

Your Highness, I will give you a piggyback ride.

Come here.

Your Highness. You see that, right?

The Eight-feet Spirit...

will see your undershirt in front of that water bowl...

and go there, thinking it is you.

Then I will cast this big net and catch the spirit.

You have no reason to be afraid.

I am not afraid.

- Do you think I am a little child? - My goodness.

Oh, right. My apologies.

I am serious.

I know that ghost well.

That ghost is not scary.

It is sad.

Sad?

Yes.

I do not know why,

but it was sad.

Very sad, in fact.

Sad? What do you mean?

It is here.

Is that ghost here now?

Hush, please.

Kang Chul, now.

Hurry!

General of Heaven and Earth, please appear.

General of Heaven and Earth, please appear.

General of Heaven and Earth, please appear.

Come forth and appear!

Kang Chul!

Darn it.

Like you said,

you could hold off the spirit temporarily with the glowing pearl.

But that is all.

You must deplete the energy of the glowing pearl...

so that a powerful evil spirit like the Eight-feet Spirit...

Shut it.

You darned monk.

Kang Chul's glowing pearl will not be enough...

to stop the spirit?

No, the paper talisman is getting ripped.

(The Haunted Palace)

Were you able to find out who the shaman was?

Are you all right?

So it was you. Yes.

Who are you looking for?

My younger brother.

A serpent.

There was another serpent.

Kang Chul, is it you?

So, about Yeo Ri.

I feel as though I wish to eat her alive or...

See if you feel that way with any other human being.

What do you plan to do with this dreadful thing?

The Queen is pregnant with the King's child.

So the General of Heaven and Earth will have another child to feed on.

And my queen? Is she all right?

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