Ji Mong wants to know why the king isn’t getting the respect and death he deserves. Thirteenth Prince Baek Ah (Nam Joo Hyuk) and fourteenth Prince Wang Jung (Ji Soo) rush up and see their dead brother on the floor. Now Ji Mong looks at the king’s lifeless body lying on the ground. Both men laughed and called him your Majesty. Wang So pipes up and says that he wants to be king one day too. The Crown Prince told Ji Mong that it didn’t matter if his life wasn’t long, it only mattered who he spent his last days with. He did tell his friend that his lifeline wasn’t long. He assured the Crown Prince that he would become King.
Ji Mong remembers a time when he was a young adult, the Crown Prince was young adult, and Wang So was a young boy. Does hope in defeating Wang Yo shift to Eighth Prince Wang Wook (Kang Ha Neul) or Princess Yeon Hwa? Wang Yo must think his biggest opponent is vanquished. Hae Soo stares at Wang So in horror knowing that he had no choice. He can barely utter the words but he wishes his brother a long life. He offers his support to Wang Yo, the new King.
But Wang So can’t find a way out of this trap. All the while Wang Yo stares at him intensely never wavering in his gaze and his demand for unconditional loyalty to him. Wang So frantically searches his brain to come up with a way out of this mess. Third Prince but soon to be King Wang Yo (Hong Jong Hyun) offers fourth Prince Wang So (Lee Joon Gi) two choices – save Hae Soo (IU) (and accept Wang Yo as King) or die with Hae Soo (and honor the dead King).