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[Episode 2]

His Majesty will personally give it to Prince Milpoong.

What is its content?

He will unlock the chain fettering Prince Milpoong first.

That way, he will be able to disentangle the complicated political situation with us Norons.

I have decided to right the wrongs suffered by Royal Consort Kang, Prince Milpoong's great grandmother,

and restore her status. (She was deemed a traitor by late King Injo)

Your Majesty!

Accordingly, let Crown Prince Sohyeon's Royal Consort Kang's posthumous name be Minhoe

and transfer and enshrine her mortuary tablet in Crown Prince Sohyeon's shrine.

Your order will be carried out, Your Majesty.

Your Majesty, your royal grace is infinite!

Your Highness! Your Highness the Crown Prince![Crown Prince Yoon (Namin)]

What do you mean by restoring Prince Milpoong's great grandmother's royal consort status?

Your Majesty, what is your intention?

You do not mean to depose the crown prince, right?

You do not mean to put Prince Milpoong in that seat...

It is not your place to intervene.

However, Your Majesty...

Are you saying I should just let the royal line of succession fall to pieces?

[Queen Inwon]

Hwon.

Your Highness, Prince Yeonryeong!

Congratulations, Your Highness.

Your long-cherished desire has been granted.

You will walk the royal road in the future.

Isn't it a natural outcome? The nation's foundation has been regained.

Your Highness, make haste and leave the palace.

I have contacted everyone in a hurry to discuss today's development.

You don't need to worry about me.

Hurry and go.

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To where should I escort you?

Let's go to Jeongdong.

Yes.

You are late. I thought you'd come right away.

I stopped by the palace briefly.

Oh, didn't someone come here—

Who do you think you are, to dare to look me in the eye?

Eyes... and then mouth...

All right, then, should I rip that mouth of yours now?

Would that be okay with you? Since I couldn't wash for days, it will smell rancid.

You lowly thing! How has a filthy wench like you found its way to my house?

If you want to talk about lowliness,

who in Hanyang (capital) can beat me?

In my opinion, this girl has found a perfect place for herself.

Isn't that so, My Lady? That low, filthy blood runs in my veins too.

All right, play.

Play as you've been playing.

No matter what is happening in the world, whoever becomes the next king,

that's all you have to do.

But you should have brushed off the dust outside of home.

At least the royal clan and noble families of this country

take gisaengs as their mistresses, not a lowborn like this one from the streets.

Are you a prince?

Be understanding.

She's a daughter of a noble family but had to marry a guy like me for political reasons.

She suffered mental pain.

She seems obnoxious to begin with. I can tell at a glance.

You're fine, from the way your mouth works.

But you are a real prince?

Just half.

Because my mother was from the lowest class.

I think I've heard about this.

The current king became smitten by some slave girl in the palace and...

Water maid. She fetched water in the palace.

Oh, yeah, that's right, a water maid.

But that had never happened before. They were just playthings.

A lowborn who's not even a court lady had never been made the king's mistress before.

- Not a mistress but a royal concubine. - Eyes or eyeballs, the same thing.

That is right.

A prince or a bastard, the same thing. I am that lowly prince.

Gross.

But I've heard that the lowly prince is not treated with much respect.

Because he is neither a prince nor a subject, he is not accepted anywhere.

I see that I am rather famous.

So are you disappointed?

No. It worked out well.

Since you have nobody to play with, you'll seek out only me.

That's why you didn't throw me away.

Because I am a lowly wench, you pitied me.

How long will this meeting last?

Do these people catch criminals with their mouths rather than with their legs?

Since there is an unusual development in the palace, their side will definitely make moves. More—

Hyung-nim! Hyung-nim Jeong Seok! I am here.

- Still? - I've been waiting.

Aigoo, what have I told you?

He is a born dog. Once latched onto something, he won't let go.

His biggest issue is that his intellect is also that of a dog.

Wow, Park Moon Soo, what kind of person on earth are you—

Surely he is a repeat offender.

With the money he got paid, that gigolo-looking guy bought and rides around on a frightfully expensive horse.

His excuse for failing the exam this time around is this, a gigolo.

He does look off-putting, though.

You already reported him to the Saheonbu (Office of Inspector General) and made a facial composite as well.

It will be assigned to the right inspector tomorrow.

By then, he will have run off all the way to Pyeongyang.

If you're really busy, Hyung-nim, at least show me the family register.

Noh Tae Pyeong, 52 years old. I'm sure I saw the word Hanyang too.

That's an abuse of power and is illegal. How many times have I told you?

Going by due process, we will lose the criminal, Hyung-nim.

I know your aspirations are uncommon.

That's why I cherish you.

However, pursue those aspirations when you become an officer of the Saheonbu by fair means.

Hyung-nim!

I better go now.

Oh, my wife asked after you.

She seemed like she'd prepare you some repast. So drop by one of these days.

But, Hyung-nim, that food is not important...

After calling you a cherished hoobae (junior), he is cruel to you.

Telling a person who's failed the exam 11 times to pass it first... Such cruelty.

It's only been 10 times so far.

Do you have to taste poo to know it is poo?

Isn't there a way?

Can't you two help me out?

Aigoo, we have no leftover energy.

Don't you know our inspector's case is awfully big?

Jang Dal, what's big or small when it comes to a case?

That's right! Yeo Ji!

Huh?

Why is Yeo Ji, the macho man, not showing her face?

Whatever the case, she will go at it with fire in her eyes.

The alcohol bottle grows ever smaller when you're paying the same money.

Small? These are small?

Oh, I see... This size is considered small.

I've never taken an interest in this before.

Is the size very small?

They must be as least that big

for me to be allowed in that room.

What is it?

Nothing.

I was just drinking. Really.

Then drink the alcohol.

Ah, I should steal a few tangerines from somewhere.

His Excellency Min ordered the girls out? Why?

Since they will talk about something important, he ordered them out today.

So particular.

Why come to a gisaeng house then? We should've just exchanged letters.

Your Excellency.

This way.

Here.

If redressing Royal Consort Kang's wrongs has been confirmed,

doesn't that mean His Majesty has made up his mind?

He will hand down the throne to Prince Milpoong.

But will it go without any problems?

As you know, the inspectors of the Saheonbu gathered at my house last night and did yadasi—

I know. I've heard that a cocky inspector from the Saheonbu

is investigating a few murder cases,

and he is suspecting Prince Milpoong.

I pressured the police bureau to stop it and

am suffering this humiliation at the hands of the inspectors of the Saheonbu.

There is a limit to how much I can rein in the Saheonbu.

But suspicion is just suspicion.

Nothing has been proven yet.

That is right. Prince Milpoong is the worst son of a bitch and scoundrel under the sun.

He also has many weak points. However, weak points are not necessarily bad.

Because of those, Prince Milpoong will become

a king who speaks the same language as we do.

Distressed, so distressed...

Why? Who's here?

Minister of the Interior.

About that case...

Of course I don't believe it was Prince Milpoong,

but the vibe is somewhat...

So?

As the head of the Saheonbu, I have to uphold my reputation.

I can't keep on stalling them.

There is an inspector named Wi Byeong Joo at the Saheonbu.

Wi Byeong Joo? You mean, that Namin Faction member?

Appoint him the lead inspector.

He will take care of headaches for us.

Prince Milpoong? Are you saying the substitute exam taking I did was at the order of Tan?

That is what I am saying!

Why would Prince Milpoong do it, though? Who was the person he had to make pass the exam?

How would I know the reason why a crazy bastard does a crazy thing

when I am normal?

You know Prince Milpoong's personality.

If things go wrong, we are dead.

Prince Milpoong does not know that you are the substitute exam-taker.

How on earth can you mismanage things this way!

You have heard the rumor about Tan's "Record of the Dead," right?

You know how dead bodies pile up around Prince Milpoong Tan!

"Record of the Dead"?

He kills people and records the number of dead bodies.

Is that what it means?

It's a rumor. It could just be a tale told among gossipmongers.

However, that notably many people died around Prince Milpoong

is definitely a fact.

What do I do?

I have to hold it in. Holding it in is the right thing to do.

Dear Bodhisattva of Great Compassion...

Prince Milpoong's estate steward was the first one, four years ago.

It was right after he visited the police bureau

to expose Prince Milpoong's wrongdoings.

After that, a bodyguard of Prince Milpoong and that bodyguard's wife...

The policeman investigating the case committed suicide.

A little while ago, a young widow raped and pregnant by Prince Milpoong died.

Even her elder sister...

Look here!

The police officer pursuing the case also lost his life in the end.

Practicing the profound Prajnaparamita, Avalokiteshvara illuminated the Five Skandhas and saw that they are all empty.

O Shariputra, form is emptiness. Emptiness is form.

(continuing to chant the Heart Sutra)

But I am no Buddha.

How can I hold it in?

When insects crawl up on you if you talk to them nicely!

They say there is no ghost who's died after getting everything off his chest.

But here is one bastard.

I will overlook your murder of my niece,

but please help me pass the civil service exam.

Thinking it over, I need to receive some money, too.

When his widowed child niece died, carrying a baby no less,

a sad excuse of an uncle comes to me asking for a government position in return for silence,

asking me for money...

What a son of a bitch he is.

If I told him that I would let him pass the exam, that ought to have been enough.

Why did he keep whining for more? So unscrupulous...

Hey, what was this jackass's name again?

Noh... What was it?

Tae Pyeong?

The reason you are telling me this is to warn me?

If it is true, that means Prince Milpoong wipes out anything in his path.

In his path... Do you mean the throne?

Palace politics is none of my business.

However, I am in charge of this case.

I will look out, too, but Your Highness must be vigilant yourself.

You have not called it a day yet?

You must be a damo (tea lady) belonging to Inspector Han?

Your name is?

I am Yeo Ji.

Are you here to see My Lord Inspector?

I stopped by to have a drink with him, but he must have been one step ahead of me.

I will tell him that you came by.

I'd appreciate it. Work hard.

By the way, your hairdo...

I just tried wearing it up.

Women wearing their hair up looked so pretty.

Please overlook it.

All right.

"Record of the Dead"?

But knowing how crazy that bastard is...

But Noh Tae Pyeong's substitute exam taking...

For what?

Here you are.

But why a bow, all of a sudden?

Milpoong is holding a hunting match in Yangjoo today.

What?

Why?

He means to celebrate Royal Consort Kang's restoration and show off his political might.

He is ever so anxious to brag.

That is not what I mean. Why would Your Highness go there?

You never go to such events.

Because I'm curious

about that bastard Tan's ulterior motive, what he's scheming.

You must be worried about Prince Yeonryeong.

- And you're worried about me? - You must not put yourself in harm's way.

I've done that all my life. Such nagging...

Help me with this.

Yes.

Nothing to nitpick. She puts up a hair knot better than any man.

Just one more stroke to "Yeo Ji" (여지) will make it "Yeo Ja" (여자 Korean for woman).

What a shame that she lacked that one stroke.

Yeo Ji, are you all ready?

Yes, Sir. All the preparations have been made.

Danger lurks in every corner. Will you be all right?

Considering how hard it has been for you to get to this point,

I must catch Prince Milpoong without fail.

From what I've eavesdropped on at the gisaeng house last night,

Norons seem to know about Prince Milpoong's crimes too.

Even though they know, they are busy covering them up for him.

It's so obvious. Who can deny it?

That's why they are trash.

Such a ruffian is about to become this nation's king.

We must sneak out his "Record of the Dead."

You must take caution.

Hyung-nim! Hyung-nim Moon Soo!

Ah Bong!

Over here!

Did you bring it?

You know I'm dead if I get caught, right?

I know.

This is illegal. This won't do.

- Wait. - Hyung-nim!

If you don't hand it to me, you'll die first by me.

- Give it, punk! - Here.

Punk.

You should put that spirit to studies. Then you would've passed the test in first place a hundred times by now.

There you are, 52-year-old Noh Tae Pyeong.

My deep condolences to you first, you punk!

You are indeed Prince Milpoong!

A hunting entourage of this grand magnitude is a first!

But our Prince Milpoong is someone who only does the best in anything he does.

Since he's the future king, what else do you expect?

It's true! True!

Whoever it is, the one who catches the biggest animal

will get a special gold toad with my name engraved on it.

Here, let's go!

Crazy punk.

He pays money to hire a substitute test-taker when he lives in these conditions?

Did he sell his wife?

What? He ran off already, after getting caught by me!

He's gone. Gone.

Well, not everyone who hires a substitute test-taker makes it.

He got caught by me red-handed so he took off.

If I can't catch Noh Tae Pyeong, then what about the pimp?

It's so great!

Right?

Prince Milpoong is now just...

Often.

Try this.

Great!

It's delicious.

Pardon me.

Here you go.

What is it?

Nothing.

I was just drinking. Really.

It's fine. Continue on your way.

Look here.

By chance, is Prince Milpoong over there in the tent below?

What is it?

What is it? What happened?

The poster. The roster of those who passed the state exam.

Already?

Wait. Let me see it.

Wait.

Please. It's fine if it's last place too, so please just put my name on it once.

First place: Noh Tae Pyeong.

It's there.

It's here.

Noh Tae Pyeong.

First place?

You're reckless.

No matter what an idiot Prince Milpoong is, he's not that dumb.

You can't open it with just a thing like that, I mean.

It's better to just take the whole thing away.

I'm curious too, about what's in it.

Move aside, please.

If it's money you need, I'll give it to you so put that down.

Am I a beggar?

Is it uncomfortable? It's better than being a thief.

Fine.

Your effort is admirable.

So about, 20 nyang?

Thirty nyang?

And not 200 or 300 nyang?

Why... trying to fix your life altogether is a bit...

It'll cost quite a bit to treat that, so supplement it with that.

You'll need your male part working, so I went easy on you. Be thankful.

What are you?

What are you to be walking out of there?

Catch him! Now!

You punk!

How strange.

Rats should live in fields,

but a pretty-looking rat lives on the mountain.

Right?

The boy's so cute and so little.

How can I catch him when he's so pitiful?

Then let her go since she's not a boy.

You have pride too, right?

Twisting a girl's wrist is a bit much.

A girl?

Come, Tan. Go at it with me instead.

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Catch them!

It seems both of us have that item as our goal.

Weren't you chasing after Prince Milpoong because you already knew about his crime?

You are His Majesty's second son, Prince Yeoning, right?

- Really? - You are a bold girl indeed.

So you will support Prince Milpoong in the end?

Don't try to protect Prince Milpoong any longer!

Where is this wretched informant, whose source nobody knows?!

Is it not possible for you to show the world the you that I know?

I'm trying to decide whether I want to get drunk on liquor or drunk on dreams.