Yoon-kang infiltrates Lord Choi’s home and holds him at gunpoint. Lord Choi switches to bargaining mode, asking for his life and pointing out that he has the power to give Yoon-kang whatever he wants in return.
Yoon-kang growls, “Don’t fool yourself. You’re already finished.” If this military coup fails, Lord Kim will die by the law, and if it succeeds, he will die at Yoon-kang’s hand.
At the home where the queen has taken temporary shelter, Soo-in and Ho-kyung are the first to be confronted with armed intruders: Choi Won-shin leads a team of gunmen in, and they raise their weapons. But before they can shoot, a woman’s voice commands, “Stop!”
It’s Hye-won, leading a small army of armed men. Choi Won-shin immediately retreats, and she orders her men to capture the gunmen.
Then she presents herself to the queen, announcing that she is here to serve her. Both Soo-in and the queen are skeptical, knowing of her father’s allegiance to Lord Kim, but Hye-won states that her father was found innocent of any accusations and is in fact nearby to aid in the queen’s protection.
She says that her father will be capturing those gunmen sent by Lord Kim, and Soo-in, who knows the truth, gapes in shock.
In the woods, Choi Won-shin and his men corner a quartet of peasants, who beg for their lives and have no idea why they’re being chased. Choi gives the order, and they are shot to death. What are you up to?
Then he has those four bodies taken back, where he presents them as the captured gunmen. Evil bastard. Soo-in tenses up fearfully, but she’s the only one who knows this is an act, and Choi is acting his part fully, assuring everyone that they are safe now, with him here to protect them.
Minister Kim claims credit for this plan, telling the king that he ordered Choi Won-shin to take out the assassins sent by Lord Kim. Gojong knows that Minister Kim is a member of Suhogye, but Minister Kim claims he only followed because he was coerced. Dropping to his knees, he exclaims that he doesn’t request that the king believe him, only that he spare his life; Minister Kim will then go out and round up noblemen to assist the king.
You have to give them credit: Minister Kim and Choi have planned this out very shrewdly. Choi turns to Ho-kyung to say that he was sent by Minister Kim, who requested that he report to him: “He told me himself that you are his son.” Just the thing to appeal to poor Ho-kyung, who so desperately wants some sort of acknowledgment from his father.
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