The chief royal secretary distributes the letter of Injo (Kim Jae-won) for punishing everyone involved in the case of conspiracy against the king. People helping Crown Prince Bongrim (Lee Min-Ho) to the throne including Princess Jeongmyeong (Lee Yeon-hee) and Hong Joo-won (Seo Kang-Joon) are deeply moved by the king's real intentions.
Kang In-woo (Han Joo-wan) orders to capture his father Kang Joo-sun (Jo Sung-ha), who has narrowly escaped from the palace to secretly be in league with Qing, alive.
Jo Yeo-Jeong (Kim Min-Seo) got arrested before she runs away from the royal palace still believes that Kang Joo-sun will help her out of difficulties but Kim Ja-jeom (Jo Min-ki) being jailed in Uigeumbu, the judiciary organ during Goryeo and Joseon dynasty, advises her to accept the situation.
Injo whose number is up lamented his folly telling Princess Jeongmyeong (Lee Yeon-hee) that he has hated himself not the princess and Jeongmyeong also asks his forgiveness for not understanding such a responsible position as a king.
Standing with Crown Prince Bongrim (Lee Min-Ho) in front of the throne for the next king, Hong Joo-won earnestly advises him to be fearful of the people whom the king has to take care of. After Injo died, Hyojong(Lee Min-Ho) just being enthroned hears the news of Joseon is in danger of being invaded by the Qing Dynasty due to a wily stratagem of Kang Joo-sun.
Kang Joo-sun escaped unharmed meets a man of Dorgon (The royal family of in the early years of Qing) who has sent troops to Joseon and he tries to expand his influence again making up a story that the new king is intending to conquer the north.
Kim Ja-jeom in Uigeumbu asking for a meeting with Jeongmyeong tells her that he has already known about Kang Joo-sun's scheme and he wants to help her to arrest him because he has realized that who is the winner. The criminal tells the princess who doesn't believe him that he doesn't want to beg for his life but wants to win even if he dies.
To avoid an armed clash between Joseon and Qing of the border, Kang In-ho keeps trying to find clues where his father hides. Ja Kyung (Gong Myung), a guard of Jeongmyeong, becomes aware of several assassins following Kang In-ho to kill him. The son of Kang Joo-sun senses that he is threatened life by his stepmother and he makes up his mind to use the bad situation to find out the position of the father. The righteous man lured the killers into a trap draws a sword against them.
