이창은 강산이 쏜 화살에 맞고 깨어나지 못한다. 대비는 이창의 폐위교지를 준비하고, 강산은 단오에게 반지를 주며 마음을 전한다.
San successfully takes the King down. He gets chased by the royal guards, but he manages to escape. As the King is in critical condition, the Queen Dowager decides to enthrone a new king. Si-yeol finds out whom Hong-joo was engaged to and gets immensely shocked. Jang Tae-hwa learns the identity of the watchman that killed his son.