Shin Yool (still in male mode) and Wang So part ways at the hotel. The next day So and Eun Chan are down at the docks keeping an eye on some suspicious guys who have just gotten off of the boat. If the guys are supposed to be here in secret then they're doing an awful job of laying low as they seem to purposely pick a fight with our duo. Rather than blow their own cover, Eun Chan and So run away with the gang in pursuit.
Ah, it was all a ruse as here comes a second boat with the real team of assassins on it. Thankfully during all the melee Eun Chan notices this and trails the bad guys.
Hiding from the port authority, Wang So seeks refuge on a docked boat. It just happens to be Yool's vessel. Although she thinks he's committed a crime and is eluding arrest, Yool still helps So out by misdirecting the guards. So promises to pay her back someday for the help.
Bidam Wannabe #2 (wouldn't it be nice to know his character's name?) meets with the Chinese assassins in the woods. The head guy is one we've seen before. He's the red ninja that Wang So cut with the poisoned blade back five years ago. While it didn't kill him, the poison did leave a nasty scar on the assassin's face. He's here for revenge and tells Bidam Wannabe #2 that he had heard the man referred to as "Prince."
This is reported back to Wang Shik Ryum. So now they know it's a prince that killed Kim Jong Sik. Problem is the old king was rather prolific and there are numerous princes running around. At least they've got Scarface who remembers what his attacker looks like.
Wang So goes to the Chunghae Trading Co. looking for his drinking buddy he knows only as Gaebong. By this time Yool is back to being female but when she learns So is looking for her/him, she quickly changes clothes. Yool has her hopes up that he's here because he finally remembers her but instead Wang So just wants to wet his whistle again with his drinking partner. Disappointed, Yool has So thrown out and orders him to never come here again.
During court, Shik Ryum is riled when the king finds the backbone to turn down his uncle's plans to build a castle out West.
Back in prince mode, Wang So goes to party with some gisaengs. He's heard there's a new girl at the place and he would like to have some private time with her. The girl, going by the name Cheong Ok, is actually one of Wang So's black ninjas working undercover.
However, So isn't the only one with a gisaeng spy. His wife, Yeo Won, has the head madam reporting how the other nobles are reacting to the king's refusal to fund the castle.
Yool is back in her sickbed. Baek Myo thinks Yool's poor health is due to being thrown into an icy river when she was a baby. Like So, Yool was born to royalty and was the subject of a prophecy her people, the Balhae, didn't like so they tried to kill her. Baek Myo, a court maid, was the one to dive into the river and save the baby.
Yool recovers although she figures she won't live to a ripe old age. Wang Uk comes to the shop to moon over Yool. Her adoptive family likes him as a match much more than they do Wang So.
Afterwards, Uk and his sister stop by Shik Ryum's place to announce they're throwing their clan's support behind the old guy. Yeo Won is wanting to put Uk on the throne.
During their investigation, Eun Chan and Wang So find a connection to Chunghae Co. So swallows his pride and offers to show his butt if Gaebong/Yool will hire him at the company so he can do some undercover work himself.
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