Hwan teams up with Jae-yi and Seong-on to find a way to leave the palace after getting confined. Jae-yi finally remembers the face of the messenger who was at her house and is in shock. She runs to Hwan after realizing he's in danger.

After finding the royal secretary's journal suspicious, Hwan starts investigating what happened in Byeokcheon and the dried peony petals. After getting a mysterious letter, Cho Won-bo tries to subjugate the remnants of the thieves.

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The palace and the capital is in chaos after the shaman's curse. Cho Won-bo turns the crisis into an opportunity and starts to pressure the royal family. Hwan and Jae-yi tried to prove that a human set fire to the plum tree and they find out that the real culpirt is someone they didn't expect.

The Prince's Guards and the War Department has a match of polo while Jae-yi watches. The interrogation of the shaman begins and she starts to curse the royal family which brings chaos to the capital and the palace.

After Hwan decides that he can't trust Jae-yi, he kicks her out of the palace. Ga-ram is ordered a chusoeryeong and is put in danger. Seong-on is curious as to why Hwan is looking into the case of his ex-fiancé and Hwan feels lonely now more than ever without Jae-yi.

Jae-yi proves herself by solving the Cardial Point case and Hwan starts to trust her. Hwan listens to what happened to Jae-yi's family and trusts that she is innocent. Seong-on and Jae-yi run into each other by accident and she finds out Seong-on has been carrying something that has something to do with her.

Hwan, Jae-yi, Myeong-jin and Ga-ram finally meet. They head out to solve the Cardinal Point case. Meanwhile, Seong-on feels humiliated since he's competing against Sun-dol and feels upset when he sees Hwan and Sun-dol together.

Hwan gives Jae-yi a second test. She must figure out why the messenger he sent to Master Min's house was killed and Jae-yi finds out it has something to do with Hwan. And finally, Hwan gives the last test which is to solve a serial murdercase. Now Jae-yi must face her fiancé.

Hwan can't trust Jae-yi and tells her to come find him in the East Palace on her own. To get there, Jae-yi turns herself into a eunuch. Meanwhile, Seong-on is shock to learn that his father might have something to do with the written prayer incident.

After facing a crisis at the hunting grounds, Hwan finds himself in an unbelievable situation. Jae-yi claims that she's innocent and blames Hwan for the death of her family. Hwan is confused when he finds out Jae-yi knows about his secret. Meanwhile, Jae-yi's servant disguises herself as a man to learn from the mad scientist, Kim Myeong-jin.

A rumor about how Prince Hwan has been cursed by a ghost has spread throughout the country. He has a dark secret he can't tell anyone. People who are trying to get Hwan dethroned prepare a trap and Hwan must stand against them. Meanwhile, the one who killed Hwan's Master comes to see him of her own free will.