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Year 1719. Latter end of King Sookjong's reign.

Ill-talk that the Crown Prince cannot bear an heir is spreading widely among the land.

With that, Seo-In (Western faction) that had clenched the royal court

gets divided into Noron (Old Learning) and Soron (New Learning) factions.

And each, trying to enthrone a different prince to the royal seat.

And on the Crown Prince's side, only the powerless, minority-numbered Nam-In (Southern faction) remains.

Amid this chaos that's engulfed the entire nation,

Joseon had an institution of highest jurisdiction called Saheonbu (Censorate).

When practicing deeply the Prajna Paramita

perceives that all five skandhas are empty

and is saved from all suffering and distress.

Form does not differ from emptiness,emptiness does not differ from form.

You . . . you're . . .

We are all living lives hanging by the end of the cliff.

A slight push and we will plummet instantly.

Do you know what one realizes when that instance comes?

To lose power is akin to imminent death.

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His Majesty arrives.

It's certain.

The crown prince will not garner an heir, Prince.

[ Prince Milpoong, Yi Tan (Noron faction) ]

Prince, it means the crown prince's seat could get switched.

[ Prince Yeonryeong, Yi Hwon (Soron faction) ]

However, it's not just at that time, of course.

[ Min Jin Heon (Minister of Personnel, Noron faction ) ]

It's possible someone's life is plummeting right this moment too.

Life comes and goes.

I will hear you first.

Me, an inspector of the great Saheonbu.

Why I was summoned to Your Excellency.

You are a dragon from a stream.

Even though you placed first on the exam to your current ranking.

Since you are a Nam-In, you already know you cannot go high in your officialdom.

The reason you are not taking that cup is due to another engagement?

For example,

a Yadasi (night tea hour)?

How did you know . . .

A few miscellaneous inspectors like yourself plan to strike a mishap tonight.

Without understanding which way the world is turning.

The world sometimes calls Saheonbu officers, Haechi.

Haechi.

The legendary animal that judges good and evil.

[ Saheonbu ]

However, do you know why that animal only exists in legends?

It's because in reality, it's impossible to judge good and evil.

Byeong Joo!

You came!

I knew you'd show up.

That's because,

in reality, only winner and loser, survivor and dead exist.

Today, the reason why we, Saheonbu inspectors, gathered,

is not for politics or current trend,

instead, it's to keep law and justice.

Even if it's the weakest arm . . .

Even if it's the weakest arm, if that arm wields the knife of justice, that power is strong.

But as it turns out there are those fools who believe otherwise.

Episode 1: Low-born Prince.

We're here. They say it's Hanyang.

The liquor-peddling country bumpkin has succeeded in life!

To have come to this grand Hanyang.

The world is still full of bigger losers than you.

It's time to leave and you just won't tell me until the end?

What do you do?

A wealthy merchant? Son of a minister?

The most useless man in the royal court too.

I told you already.

But you are still the first person who ever treated a wench like me as a person.

Since I came out anyway, I'll check out the capital and go back.

If you get off ferry, get the luggage runners and go there.

Go first.

I might be late.

Where is it?

Can't be that it's your home?

Are you in your right mind?

I'm not even a giseng. I'm a liquor-selling wench off the streets.

If you go around with a thing like me, fingers will point at you.

Don't worry if it's that.

In this land of Hanyang,

that's the role I play anyway.

This way here.

This horse was originally picked out by Deputy Minister's madam to gift to their son-in-law.

But that son-in-law suddenly got a promotion.

You know, how the nobles can't get promoted easily if they ride an expensive horse, for that "upright official" policy.

So what if one's a noble? They can't show they have wealth.

That's right. It's better to wear the middle-tier hat.

With the royal winged cap, it's unsettled right now.

Hey, give him delicious superior tea.

Yes. This way.

The punk doesn't know about horses anyway so just wrap it up.

I'll start with 300 and end at 200.

Hey, did you finish trying it?

Your butt feels titillating, right?

What's the occasion for you to show me a genuine one?

Well, we adjust the game for the player. Who'd mess with a man who cons the frauds?

This is hard to get even when you pay a thousand.

Take this punk and please save me once.

How did you chew that one?

I didn't chew it. I got chewed!

He told me to find a suitable one, out of nowhere.

Who would dare to take on such a big task?

But since my life's over already, it's no matter?

Look how disappointing your words are. It's not that, but your skills . . .

Give me a brush and an inkstone. You said the exam is at the Hour of Snake (9-11am), right?

You're going to let me live then?

It's late so I'll pull this punk there.

Avoid the dog craps as you go.

Last night there was that chaos, so the roads are a mess.

Chaos? Why?

Yadasi (night tea hour). Overnight, the Prime Minister was served Yadasi.

What? Prime Minister?

Move back.

Gosh, the Saheonbu inspectors served yadashi

to the Prime Minister.

Then what is this? It means he did commit a crime.

I told you to take this out immediately, so why aren't you?!

Yadasi? [Kim Chang Joong (Prime Minister, Noron Faction)]

How dare you rascals from the Saheonbu! Do you know who I am?

Are you curious about what yadasi is?[Yadasi: when inspectors mobilize together to charge a high-ranking official of a crime]

What?

It's for the Saheonbu to reveal secret crimes

about the high ranking people like him.

That's why the rampage is happening like this.

Isn't it fun?

Hey you bastard, go ahead and say it again.

Even a tiger!

gets bitten by a dog sometimes.

Even so, how can your scream be heard over your fence?

Interior Minister, why show up there suddenly?

Lord, Daesan is coming! [Saheonbu]

Lord Daesan.

Do you not realize the political timing?! The rumor of the Prince is all over the place.

Why mess with the Prime Minister who is the head of the Noron?

Have you heard? Between the Prince Milpoong and Prince Yeonryeong,

I heard the owner of the Crown Prince's abode will be decided.

Of course Prince Milpoong has the advantage.

Because of that, there are Namin gatherings supporting Prince Milpoong.

That's why! Why at a time like this did we, the Saheon, specifically pick

the Prime Minister who is the head of the Noron!?

Do you not know that the Noron is pushing for Milpoong?

I am not taking sides here. But I am saying if this is correct politically.

Just how have you been managing the lowly officials?!

What do inspectors mean in Saheonbu?

Some say we are swords keeping the laws. But we are not.

We are just 24 underlings.

Do you understand? The underlings like us

are just following the orders

and catch the petty thugs!

But last night,

some bugs who don't know their place and caused trouble.

It wasn't trouble but Yadasi.

And we inspectors can report the corrupted high ranking officers!

So you guys plan it without your leader and made me into a fool in the eyes of my superiors?

You are going too far.

Inspector Han did tell you, but you ignored him.

Why are you there?

Weren't you the one who is trying to climb the latter quickly?

Because you're Namin,

you want to hurt the Norons since the prince you're supporting is swaying back and forth in power?

Is this the kind of justice you were talking about? It's fraud!

Don't distort this as a faction specific issue.

The only Namin here is Inspector Wi and we weren't trying to practice politics

but were doing our jobs as Saheonbu inspectors.

- So you will continue to poke at the Prime Minister? - The Prime Minister put pressure upon the Pocheong

to hide the murder investigation that I was holding. What do you think the reason is?

It's certain that it's because Prince Milpoong, whom the Noron is supporting, is involved—

He said to drop it because there is no evidence!

If he didn't interfere like that!

We wouldn't have went through with a yadashi.

- Hey, Han Jeong Seok! You bastard! - Stop, sir.

Then I will leave now to do my job.

Stop right there.

Job? That's not your job.

Stop meddling in that and go on a round.

What a good timing. There's a test for government officials being held at Sungkyunkwan.

- Why don't you inspect the testing grounds?- Head Insepctor.

Yes! Head Inspector, that's who I am!

The one who hands out job assignments!

I'm warning you. Insubordination is not allowed in Saheonbu.

If you want to act on your own will,

resign and leave.

Look at the quality of this brush.

If the rain didn't stop, we would have been in big trouble. Right?

Your face looks pretty dry.

You couldn't sleep either? Worrying about if the tests would be postponed?

I slept well and there is no way that my face looks dry.

No, you're wrong. Your face is darkened all around.

Or maybe you have a chronic illness.

Wait!

What is this?

What are you doing?

Alcohol? You gave up early and drank all night?

Why did you do that? It's not over until the end, so why did you do that?

Not your business. There are lives that have already ended the moment they start.

You've failed the test before.

That's why your face looks rotten.

Let's just say that's why.

Well actually, my fail count is in the tens digits.

All the people here are like that.

It's not just you.

Right! There is a saying that goes "You must fail a thousand times to become the top."

So let's

until the end, okay? Persevere until the end.

Okay. But I didn't ask and I'm not curious, so...

Here. This is a brush made of yellow-throated marten fur.

A new brush.

You came riding on a nice horse.

But why does your brush look like this?

- No, I don't need—- I'm

Park Moon Soo.

And you?

What is your name?

You've been inspecting for so many years, so how dare he put you on a round!

That Joo Yeong Han! Can he do whatever he wants because he's the lead?

Are you really going to stop investigating that case like a coward because the opposition is the Prime Minister?

Ah Bong, how many years has it been since you worked under me as an assistant?

- Five years. Why do you ask? - You fool!

He's saying there's no way you can't bite into a steamed pumpkin.

Do you think that's something he would do?

52 years old, No Tae Pyeong?

Hey mister. Isn't it a bit awkward?

You, what is it again this time?

You told me that you were a Jang. But you wrote "52 years old, No Tae Pyeong".

You must have lived a troublesome life.

Even if you look rotten, you're saying your face is one of a 50-year-old? You're a daesool (taking exam for someone else), right?

A daesool...

Not knowing that, I even lent you a brush.

Inspector! Here, there is someone who is taking an exam for another person!

What are you doing!

I used it well, but this is not a brush made with yellow-throated marten fur but a hog fur.

I thought you should know.

A hog?

Pig fur? Hey!

You! This, this is mine.

Hey! You stop there!

I'll come for you soon.

You, stop! Stop right there!

Hey you!

Stop right there!

- Hey you!- Get him!

I'm telling you to stop!

Get him! Hey!

Isn't that Hyung Moon Soo?

What's going on? What's the problem?

Huh?

Where (do you think you're going)?

Wow, pretty good.

Punk!

I'm tired.

Let's go now.

Already? But I'm fine.

You take money to be a substitute test taker?

Some people wager their lives there, you punk!

I give you a warning. You shouldn't wager your life on it.

I saw it fleetingly and in this life, you're a no-go.

What?

Why this pimp looking thing!

Hey, you just stand there. Stand there!

Stand? I am standing already.

You!

52-year-old Noh Tae Pyeong!

That crazy . . .

Step aside.

This is Grand Prince Yeonryeong's entourage.

Move aside.

This is Grand Prince Yeonreong's entourage.

Are you nuts?

It's the prince's entourage. Move!

Moon Soo.

Brother Jeong Seok.

What are you doing? Why are you here?

You came just in time.

Some punk was taking the state test as a substitute at the test grounds and I was chasing after him but the prince . . . .

Wait a minute. The test grounds?

Why did you go there?

Can't be that you took the state test?

Again?

Well, so I think I might have.

Just ignore me, I said. Just pass by me like everyone else.

Why do you insist to acknowledge me?

So you are still boisterous.

Older Brother, Prince Yeoning.

[ Prince Yeoning, Yi Geum ]

Indeed.

Quite!

I wonder if it was a worthy sight to you all.

What a treat to the eyes.

I've never seen a dance like that!

Indeed, you are Prince Milpoong who posses all the six arts of a gentleman.

Since everyone has such high expectations of me, I gave it a try at sword dance.

But as it turns out, when I try at it, it works!

I made up each and every move!

But isn't a sword dance a bit too much?

The guests are having to suffer outside in this weather due to you, Prince Milpoong.

I don't see the crown prince, by the way.

- That's . . .- By chance . . .

Did something happen overnight, Crown Princess?

Not at all.

He has a stomachache so he's resting.

Oh no.

I wonder if he's laying down too often.

Since the royal seat shouldn't be vacated for any moment.

I thank you for your concern, but His Majesty and the current royal family will

look after the royal seat well, right?

By this current royal family, you mean . . .

I mean, it's not a concern to you, Prince Milpoong, as an outsider.

I apologize that I'm late, Your Highness.

Prince Yeonryeong!

I was waiting for you for so long. What took you so long?

I met someone welcoming so I came with him.

Since it's Your Highness's birthday, all the royal family should come.

By royal family, I think everyone's here already.

Who do you speak of?

Can't be, Prince Yeoning?

When in Hanyang?

Where does he think this place is, to come?

He thinks he's royalty too?

I bid you my greetings, Your Highness the Queen.

Have you been well?

Well, yes.

What an occasion for me to see you too.

Summon Chief Royal Secretary.

Right this moment.

Do you know what I hate the most?

Someone selfish. Someone exactly like you who gives troubles to others for your own benefit.

And I'm a prince no less!

And one who is about to become the king too!

You think I can't slash you because this is the palace, right?

I did wrong. Please, Prince.

You're wrong, bastard!

This is all going to be mine!

So your habit of doing things personally remains the same.

You'll end up in trouble doing that one of these days.

Inner Palace Guards are at Jinseong Gate.

You'll get caught doing this.

Go take a look.

Just ignore it.

Prince Yeoning. Older Brother.

This is why you're amusing to me.

Your attitude changes so fast. You called me older brother?

You're not an easy feat.

To come to a place like this too. I guess you do your sniffing around.

Are you going to cling to Prince Yeonryeong's side?

Stop your concern of me who has no interest in the happenings of the royal palace. It's tiring.

What concern? More like you don't qualify.

Since your mother is a low-born.

That's why everyone finds you uncomfortable, Older Brother.

A royal prince with low-born blood flowing in him.

It's embarrassing, no? No matter what.

Why do you cling to Prince Yeonryeong?

You're both sons of the king but one's a prince and the other's the abandoned one.

It doesn't prick at your blood?

Since you're singing about blood. Are you stealing your brother's wine?

You're not even the son of the king.

So in other words, outsider bloodline?

I am the direct descendant of Crown Prince Sohyeon!

The royal throne was supposed to be my father's and mine!

Stop your whining.

What law is that? It's whoever who eats it.

I hear Prime Minster Kim Chang Joong was served yadasi.

That was because of you, right?

It's obvious. You caused some trouble and Noron who's supporting you had to stop it.

And so that's how that disturbance came about.

What? Did you by chance get yourself caught killing someone?

Shut up, punk!

A thing like you as a king?

The next reign will be Prince Yeonryeong so stop your naught.

If you're good, you'll be spared so don't cower too much either.

Shove that aside.

Or you'll get hurt too.

Prince Milpoong.

You need to come quickly.

His Majesty is sending a royal edict to you right now.

What?

Me?

(Episode 2 will air shortly.)

[Episode 2]

His Majesty will personally give it to Prince Milpoong.

What is its contents?

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.

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 royal grace is infinite!

Your Highness! Your Highness Crown Prince!

What do you mean by restoring Prince Milpoong's great grandmother Royal Consort Kang's status?

Your Majesty, what is your intention?

You cannot mean to depose the Crown Prince?

You cannot 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 Royal Highness Yeonryeong!

Congratulations, Your Royal Highness.

You got your long-cherished desire granted.

You will walk the royal road in the future.

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

Your Royal 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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Where should I escort you to?

Let's go to Jeong-dong.

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're daring to look 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? In my veins, too, runs that low, filthy blood.

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 dust outside 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 pains.

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 got smitten by some slave girl in the palace and...

Musuri. She fetched water in the palace.

Oh, yeah, that's right, a musuri.

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

That a lowborn who's not even a court lady will never be made the king's mistress.

- 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...

So, I've heard that the lowly prince cannot get treated with much respect.

Because he is neither a prince nor a subject, he cannot get 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 unusual development in the palace, their side will definitely make moves. More...

Hyung-nim! Jeong Seok Hyung-nim! 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 that money he got paid, that gigolo-looking guy buys and rides around 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 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 ran off all the way to Pyeongyang.

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

I've seen as far as Roh Tae Pyeong, 52 years old, from Hanyang...

That's an abuse of power and 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 Office of Inspector General by fair means.

Hyung-nim!

I better go now.

Oh, your wife was looking for you.

She seemed like she'd prepare you some repast. So drop by home 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 been 10 times only, so far.

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

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, where is 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...

So I will be allowed in that room...

What is it?

Nothing.

I was just drinking. Really.

Drink, then, 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? They 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 problem?

As you know, the inspectors of the Office of Inspector General gathered at my house last night...

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

is investigating a few murder cases.

And he is suspecting Prince Milpoong.

I pressured the police to stop it and

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

There is a limit to how much I can rein in the Office of Inspector General.

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.

Distressed, so distressed...

Why? Who's here?

Minister of Personnel.

About that case...

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

the vibe is somewhat...

So?

As the head of the Office of Inspector General, I have face to save.

I can't keep on stalling them.

There is an inspector called Wi Byeong Joo at the Office of Inspector General.

Wi Byeong Joo? That Namin (Southern Faction member), you mean?

Appoint him the Master 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 by which 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!

Umm, you have heard of the rumor, too, right?

About Tan's Records of the Dead.

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

Records of the Dead? He kills people

and records the number of the dead bodies.

Is that what it means?

It's a rumor. It could be just 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

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 Prajna Paramita, Avalokiteshvara illuminated the Five Skandhas and saw that they are all empty.

O Shariputra, form is not separate from formless, formless is not separate from form...

(continuing to chant the Heart Sutra)

Aish...

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 their chest.

But here is one bastard.

I will overlook your murder of my niece.

But please help me pass the civil service exam.

Thinking over it, 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... schmo or something?

Tae Pyeong?

The reason you are telling me this...

- Are you warning me?- If it is true,

that means Prince Milpoong wipes out anything in his path.

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

The palace politics is none of my business.

However, I am in charge of this case.

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

You have not called it a day yet?

You must be a tea lady belonging to the Office of Inspector General?

Your name is...?

I am Yeo Ji.

Are you here to see my Sir 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 Royal 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 His Royal Highness 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 meaning woman ).

What a shame that she lacked that one stroke.

Are you all ready?

Yes, Sir. All the preparation has 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 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 Records of the Dead.

You must take caution.

Brother! Brother 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. - Brother!

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

Give it, punk!

Here.

Punk.

You should put that spirit to studies and you would've passed the test as top roster 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, so 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.

Here, let's go!

Crazy punk.

He pays money to hire a substitute test taker in his situation?

Did he sell his wife?

What? He's ran off already! After getting caught by me!

It'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 wine.

Honestly.

It's fine. Continue 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 my name 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 extreme.

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?

30 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. Be thankful.

What are you?

What are you to be walking out of there?

Catch him! Now!

How strange.

Rats should live in fields but a pretty-looking rat lives in the mountain.

Right?

The boy's so cute.

So little. How can I catch you with you so pitiful?

Then give him to me since he'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 those things!

Both of our goal is that item, it seems.

Following Prince Milpoong's trail

is because you are aware of his crimes, isn't it?

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

Really?

Indeed you are a bold girl.

You will support Prince Milpoong, after all?

Stop protecting Prince Milpoong!

Where exactly is the likes of an informant with unknown source?

Can you not show the world the same as what I know?

Whether to be drunk in liquor or to be drunk in dream. I am faltering on that.