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Oh dear. What to do?

That wretched informant is right here.

Prince Yeoning.

Even though I had a drink, I must be drunk on dreams as well.

Wretched? It's not a very flattering term.

[Jejwa Hearing Room]

Yes, it is me,

the one who took the civil service exam for someone else at the bidding of Prince Milpoong.

The informant of Prince Milpoong's crimes is me,

[Prince Yeoning, Lee Geum]

Prince Yeoning.

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Oh, the paper...

- Here. - Thank you.

You seem to be in a hurry. It will be less crowded through Tongindong.

Is that so?

You are done for! We can catch everyone now.

His name is Park Moon Soo. He is a hoobae (junior) of a Saheonbu inspector, Han Jeong Seok.

I heard that Prince Yeoning also showed up at the Saheonbu about half an hour ago.

Yes, an administrative clerk there is looking into the situation.

Haechi... Are there still people who expect the powerful to act with good will?

[Chapter 3: Ill Fortune of the Virtuous]

Your Highness Prince Yeoning, do you know what you are saying right now?

Prince Milpoong asking for a substitute exam-taker for the deceased Noh Tae Pyeong?

[Lee Yi Gyeom, Inspector General (Noron)]

This is the supreme council meeting of the Saheonbu!

Perjury at this place will not be tolerated even if by a royalty!

I am a Joseon citizen too.

How can I not know of the rigid authority of the Saheonbu?

However, Inspector General, it is true that I substituted another at the exam

at the bidding of Prince Milpoong and provided that information.

It is an indisputable, headache-inducing truth.

As everybody wished, the informant has come forward.

Is there anything more you need?

Just the substitute test-taking cannot prove Prince Milpoong's murder charges.

How will you prove the connection between those two?

That is why I propose that we arrest Prince Milpoong and investigate the matters!

What?! Arrest?

Are you suggesting that we drag a royal to the Saheonbu?

For what reason wouldn't that be allowed?

A royal is equally a subject of this nation.

That is the raison d'être of the Saheonbu.

Your Excellency Minister of the Interior.

What do you think you are doing right now?

We cannot overlook Prince Milpoong's crimes like this.

With the inspector's authority, we will go arrest him.

Are you declaring insubordination?

You rascals dare to!

Everyone, stop!

The supervisory right rests with me, the lead inspector.

Look here, Byeong Joo.

Yes, if the testimony is true, Prince Milpoong should bear murder charges.

However, how can we believe the testimony of just one informant?

Who can guarantee that this is not a trumped-up scandalmongering?

Wi Byeong Joo.

The Saheonbu that impeaches high-ranking officials at a mere rumor

and gets to the bottom of things at a hint from an unidentifiable informant

says, in this particular matter, that an informant who comes forward is not enough.

Even though that informant is a royal?

It is none other than that fact

that you are a royal!

Saheonbu cannot get mixed up with political maneuvers.

Oh, Saheonbu is just and equitable with everyone? It ought to be.

Good. Then, how about this?

If on top of one informant, I give you another?

Hey, hey, hurry. Pack expensive stuff first.

Oh, Dal Moon, what is Prince Yeoning up to?

He's leaving the capital.

Of course, he must be sh*ting his pants too.

I will be in hiding for a while too. While I'm gone, you...

- Who are you, punks? - Use the rear door. I will take care of them.

Hey, hey, hey!

Not you!

Hey, look me in the eye. Aren't you going to spill it already?

Hey, where is Gae Dol? Where is this bastard?

Aigoo, sir, how can you do this at a place of business?

There is a door at the back of the rear garden.

The face of a boiled horse head, a huge mole on the forehead,

Gae Dol of the Gae Dol Gangster Branch, you are under arrest for aiding and abetting a substitute exam taking.

What are you, wench?

Let's not get rough up more and just go quietly.

A damo (tea maid, female investigator)?

Hey, what are you guys doing? Remove her. I'm in a hurry!

Nice meeting you, Gae Dol. I've been looking for you for quite a while.

What the heck is this now?

Punk!

Come along!

- Lord Moon Soo! - Oh, Yeo Ji, give me some rope too.

Nice.

I'm getting excited. So this is how it feels out in the field.

How did you know to come here?

This. You got it from Prince Yeoning, too, right?

What the heck?

Let go of my arm. My arm!

Go easy on me.

What happened?

Please! Please!

Just once, even if just once, please. [Saheonbu]

Damo Cheon Yeo Ji reporting that I have captured criminal Gae Dol,

who aided and abetted Prince Milpoong, and have gotten a confession out of him.

Your Highness, how has this come about?

Somehow, I felt that you would be weak at making sly moves.

I was afraid that the supreme council might take the fun out of it, if known in advance.

I borrowed your underlings.

Your Excellency Inspector General...

Now,

we should wrap this up.

You in your way, and I in my own way.

How could this happen?

Lee Geum, this crazy bastard... [Prince Milpoong Lee Tan (Noron)]

I should have torn him to death a long time ago.

Still, I'll be okay, right?

We are all Norons after all.

If the Norons keep pushing their ways, the court or Saheonbu won't pose any problem.

Why me? Why, of all people, do I have to decide this?

No, catching Prince Milpoong now will come back as a huge burden to the Saheonbu.

However, if we cover up even this, what will the public say?

Public? We're talking about Prince Milpoong here!

The nation's next century depends on this.

Under the majority rule, the Saheonbu senior officials gathered here can vote nay.

Then I will take away the rights of the inspectors with my authority as inspector general.

Mobilize all your assistant investigators and meet up at Prince Milpoong's house.

Understood.

We will get ready, too, My Lord.

Let's go.

Traitor.

Hey, you punk, hey. Aigoo, that dude...

Why call a traitor a traitor?

Hey, dude, hey!

Is that why you suggested a jejwa hearing (Saheonbu's supreme council meeting)?

To invalidate it officially?

It's not late. Stop here.

Not in a million years. The one who should stop is you.

The senior officers will stop you in the end. You won't be able to do anything.

In the end, the powerful win.

The Norons are the masters of this world.

I'm advising you to side with them and choose to live.

How can I do that, Byeong Joo,

when the worlds we see are so far apart?

Inspector Han!

Enough with this nonsense!

These are lies unworthy of our ears.

This is a conspiracy targeting Prince Milpoong, do you understand?

We have to uncover the ulterior motive behind it. [Prime Minister Kim Chang Joong (Noron)]

What do you mean a conspiracy? Why would Prince Yeoning do such a thing?

Prince Yeoning is Prince Yeonryeong's half brother.

Do I need to say more?

I am not saying Prince Yeonryeong has an ulterior motive.

Even if there is one, it must be Prince Yeoning's doing alone, out of his brotherly concern.

If it isn't, that would make this a serious situation. [Minister of the Interior Min Jin Heon (Noron)]

There is no need to squabble more over this.

This is a matter of the anyway.

We just need to wait for its senior officers' decision.

What happens if I, the king, cannot trust the Saheonbu's judgment?

[Sukjong]

The monarch not trusting the Saheonbu...

that's a dangerous statement, Your Majesty.

On what basis are you making that statement?

In that case, on what basis are you doubting Prince Yeoning?

Why are you claiming that Prince Yeoning is slandering Prince Milpoong with disadvantageous lies?

Because he will not be punished for a mere substitute exam taking.

Isn't that right, Your Majesty?

Will you punish your own son for such a minor transgression?

However, the charges framing Prince Milpoong are different.

Those are serious crimes deserving severe punishment.

What if Prince Yeoning falsely accused Prince Milpoong while sidestepping penalties himself?

Even mere subjects in the streets would see the strangeness of this matter.

Your Majesty, His Highness Prince Yeoning requests your audience.

Prince Yeoning.

Your humble subject Yeoning is greeting you, Your Majesty.

Break down the gate.

Suddenly, I had this concern.

That some might suspect me of an ulterior motive, which does not even exist,

just because of my brotherly relations with Prince Yeonryeong.

However, there is neither an ulterior motive nor a mastermind.

I, who have led a dishonorable way of life, in the midst of such behavior,

just came across Prince Milpoong's criminal activities.

Is it true that you took the civil service exam in another's place at the bidding of Prince Milpoong?

That is true.

I made the deceased Noh Tae Pyeong pass the exam.

Moreover,

the one who chased Milpoong's henchmen last night and found the dead body was me.

None other than I am the witness for all of Prince Milpoong's crimes.

Your Highness Prince Yeoning, what are you saying?!

That is why I voluntarily request to be exiled, Your Majesty.

What?

I entered the palace to make that request before Your Majesty and all the government officials.

Even if committed unwittingly, my actions aided and abetted Prince Milpoong's crimes.

Please punish me sternly

and send me away to the most remote land, Tamra.

(Tamra is modern day Jeju Island, where the most severely punished exiled were sent)

Hey, you lunatics!

You dare to cross my doorsill?

To catch me?!

What are you waiting for? Tie up the criminal.

Wipe them out. Destroy them all!

What do you mean exile? To Tamra?

Do you realize what you are saying?

Of course, Your Majesty, more clearly than ever.

Until now, the royalty and high-ranking officials of this country went unpunished for any crimes they committed.

Because the laws of this nation were overgenerous to them,

Prince Milpoong ended up even murdering innocent subjects

because he knew that his power would overrule the law.

However, this opportunity should be seized to announce that all subjects are equal before the laws of this nation.

I, too, will gladly pay for my crimes and repent.

Are you satisfied with that, Your Excellency Minister of the Interior?

Not only you officials but also the subjects will say that this is proper.

I-is that rascal out of his mind?

Asking for his own punishment, he's trying to destroy Prince Milpoong as well!

You will lay out the future government yourself?

Prince Yeoning, how dare you.

Saheonbu... What is happening in Saheonbu?

Put down your swords.

If you resist, you will not be able to avoid capital punishment.

This country's next king is me.

The ones who'll die are you bastards!

My Lord, slay him! Don't mind me!

Yeo Ji.

My Lord.

Strike! Guard His Highness!

Everyone, stop!

I will relay the order of the Saheonbu's inspector general.

Everyone, drop your swords. Now!

Head Inspector!

[Head Inspector: third highest rank in the Saheonbu]

What do you think you're doing?

This cannot be!

Your Highness Prince Milpoong.

Hey, you blasted lazybones.

Why have you come only now?

How can you mess up this badly?!

Drag off all these bastards first, especially that monstrous bitch...

You're that little mouse from that time, right?

We are duly enforcing the law.

You have no right to obstruct it!

- Yeo Ji! - Yeo Ji!

Where is this lowly damo acting up!

Please withdraw.

You can stop us from carrying out the law only over my dead body.

Who said I would stop you?

I

am here to apprehend Milpoong.

What? Head Inspector, what did you just say?

Arrest Milpoong and his minions right this moment and take them away!

This is none other than the inspector general's order!

Hey! What are you doing?

Don't you know who I am? The inspector general is Lee Yi Gyeom.

So why would he arrest me? How can he arrest me?!

Let go. Let go of me, you bastards!

Let me go!

Unhand me!

Caught!

I am Prince Milpoong!

Finally got that bastard!

Hey, hey!

As if a thing like that is king material.

The next century of this nation, my butt.

Head Inspector, my lord.

All the head and chief inspectors of the Saheonbu

with the exception of the inspector general and deputy inspector general have agreed to the arrest.

From now on, the senior officers will take over this case.

We are still the Saheonbu. We don't ignore a matter of this kind.

I'm sorry. Get it treated.

No, My Lord. The likes of this is nothing.

Hyung-nim! Yeo Ji!

Lord Moon Soo, you're here.

Prince Milpoong is finally caught! We did it!

Yes.

The senior officers of the Saheonbu came forward, at last.

Yes, this is how the Saheonbu should run. Isn't it so?

This is what a true haechi is.

Right, Hyung-nim?

Yes. It's the Saheonbu after all.

We work for the place that keeps this nation's laws, right?

My Lord.

Prince Milpoong is being transferred to prison.

I thought you might be curious.

Is it true?

So the Saheonbu came forward, after all.

What was the reason?

I had a way to protect you.

You could have feigned ignorance, to look the other way.

But why?

What use will come out of protecting the likes of me?

A punk who is useless anywhere.

Rather, if I could be a piece that lights the firewood,

then at least I have had a reason to live this life, right?

Was it for Prince Yeonryeong's sake?

So you reported your own misdeed and asked for punishment.

Do you truly not know what Tamra is like?

I have wandered all my life.

That will also be a great travel destination.

Geum.

I wanted to serve filial duty to you as you requested, but in the end, I failed to do so.

It seems I am someone who cannot fulfill anybody's expectations of me, Your Majesty.

Why can't it be you, Geum?

You are a prince too.

More than anyone else, it should be you.

Why can't you be king?

Geum.

Say it again. What did you say?

Madam, please spare me.

No, what you said just now.

I said I saw Prince Milpoong getting dragged away.

That's not it though. Again.

Madam, I don't know why you're doing this.

You smiled.

The corner of your mouth went up as you said that.

Were you slightly happy?

Since Prince Milpoong and I are in that kind of relationship, were you delighted?

"So that wench has it coming too!"

You were so excited, right?

How can you make it so obvious though?

How can we let the old fart of this house (her husband) catch on too?

Take her away.

Madam! Madam, spare me! Spare me, Madam!

I'm worried if the higher ups will shake out Prince Milpoong properly.

They will do well. The high officers of Saheonbu take pride in their work.

Hyung-nim, not everyone lives on pride like we do.

Individual advancement. Family glory. Those things come first.

You rascal should pass the test first, I said.

I'm the one who lent decisive force in arresting Gae Dol.

Yeo Ji, you acknowledge it, right? Hurry and tell him.

Nope. Honestly, you were a bit of a hindrance.

What? Hindrance? How ridiculous! That's not it!

I flew like a butterfly and stung him like a hornet!

You should quit this losing act and go now.

The madam slaughtered a chicken!

- Sister-in-law made whole chicken soup? - She probably prepared wine too.

Wow! That's a great nighttime snack!

So are we becoming dogs again (means getting wasted) after a long while?

Hey, Ah Bong, let's play the "Seung Gyeong Do" game (a fantasy promotion board game). How about it?

"Seung Gyeong Do" game? Yes!

But shouldn't we have one more person here?

- Your Highness. - With whose consent?

To Tamra Island? Says who!

Do you see it?

I've become this wretched woman now.

An evil wife who hurls her own husband's clothes!

Did I ask you for spousal love?

Did I ask you for a grand lifestyle?

But because of you, I have to be chased to Tamra Island?

I can't live that way.

I can't fall any lower.

I'm sorry. I have felt this way towards you all along.

Of course, there is no reason to go to Tamra together.

I will give you a certificate of divorce before that.

Certificate of divorce?

You will dissolve our marriage?

Yes. I won't go.

What am I to you that I would go there with you?

Go. Go alone!

I think I should take these, since it's said it's very windy there.

Cho Hong.

I'll pack the things we need, so don't worry.

What did you just say?

Since I will go with him.

If you're throwing these away, I can take them, right?

What?

Who is it?

You're...

The front gate was open, so I just came in.

What is this wench now?

Who is it?

- That's... - If it's alright, I came to ask you to drink together.

If you're occupied, perhaps I should come much later, late at night?

What?

Did you just say to drink together? With me?

Yes. With whole chicken soup.

Whole chicken soup.

Take this inside.

Yes, Mother.

[Military Division]

Yes! A gyori (ninth high counselor of the senior 5th rank) of Hongmungwan (Office of Special Advisors).

You're aware that Hongmungwan can dismiss high officers from their positions too, right?

Ah Bong, I have regarded you as my own son.

And I'm your boss.

Do you want to die?

Not me. You know how I finally made a secret royal inspector after much toil.

I'm Lord Moon Soo.

Secret Royal Inspector Park Moon Soo. Dismissed.

You bastard! I hold a secret royal inspector position only in a board game and you wreck that?

- But you're the bigger pushover, so what am I supposed to do? - Pushover?

Just wait, my lord. I will give you a Saheonbu inspector position if I become a jeonrang (a low-ranking but powerful official within Ministry of the Interior who could appoint Saheonbu officers).

What? An inspector of the Saheonbu? You'll really appoint me?

Sa-heon-bu...

- Got it! - Hooray, an inspector! I finally got into the Saheonbu.

Nonsense.

Wait, arrest Ah Bong.

- Yes, Sir. - I'm a Hongmungwan special advisor.

- I'm sorry. - Oh, right.

Wait. Move this.

My turn, you rascal!

Get out, rascal!