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My father asked you to identify traitors by their faces...

Isn't this a portrait of Grand Prince Suyang?

If you will turn to the portrait of the late King Taejong, Your Majesty.

Does it not bear a likeness to Suyang's current appearance?

What are you trying to say?

Are you claiming that since my great-grandfather plotted a coup to become king,

Grand Prince Suyang will do the same as well?

Your Majesty.

I have read the face of Grand Prince Suyang.

Not only has he inherited his grandfather's character,

but his features also betray a strong lust for power.

To me, physiognomy sounds no better than a childish riddle.

Father actually took this seriously?

Your Majesty.

Are you that scared of the Grand Prince, Minister?

This is not a matter of fear.

This is a matter concerning the fate of the country.

I am not saying this just because of physiognomy readings.

There have been countless rumors about the actions of Grand Prince Suyang.

You must strike down his forces before it is too late.

With this move, a mere footsoldier

threatens the life of the king.

9 PM!

9 PM!

You'll be tired once you begin your journey to China tomorrow, Uncle.

Shall we call it a day?

It will be little more than a sightseeing trip on horseback. You need not worry.

If you'll excuse me, I must briefly use the restroom.

Aim for under the earlobe.

All you have to do is push it in.

Wouldn't it be better if I did it, Your Highness?

Minister Kim Jongseo and Kim Naekyung sought audience with me today.

They said you might do something dreadful

in your desire to become king.

Who could know the future for sure?

Everything they say is guesswork based on people's faces.

It isn't as if they've been inside their minds.

Nobody knows for sure what lurks inside themselves.

Do not worry too much about such libel.

I do not want to believe them either.

Uncle, all I can remember is the kindness

you showed me when playing with me when I was young.

It is the only way I wish to remember you.

Even if my destiny is to live a life of immorality,

I promise you that I will do all I can

to fight my destiny and live a different life.

What is it?

We have received instructions to change the guards around this time.

From whom?

- From Minister Kim Jongseo...

- Since when was the Minister in charge of the palace guards?

I permitted it myself.

I thought the new rotation schedule was causing the guards fatigue.

I will retire to my bedchambers now, Uncle.

The face of a traitor...

Before Suyang departed for China, he had many of his men lie in wait near the palace.

I heard he had conversed with the king until late at night, so I thought it suspicious and searched the area

and discovered this poisoned needle in a crack in the floor.

The poison causes a slow death after ten days of fever.

It seems that he planned to have the king die

while he was abroad to evade suspicion.

The Grand Prince would resort to such foul play?

This must have been plotted by that advisor of his.

We must capture him while Suyang is abroad and learn of his plans.

How are we to catch him?

You said all you know is his voice.

Give me men, my lord.

I will find him even if I have to search all of Hanyang.

From researching the men closest to Suyang

we have found three suspicious people.

This man is called Ahn Kyungson

and was one of the royal bodyguards during King Sejong's reign but now guards Suyang instead.

The next one is a scholar by the name of Yi Mongga

who couldn't take the entrance exam as he was born a bastard son.

They say he spends day and night drinking with gisaengs.

The last one - apart from the fact that he was once a low-ranking gatekeeper, not much is known about him.

He quit his job quite some time ago.

He's never come back since.

But why are you looking for the fellow missing a neck bone?

Don't tell me he got himself into some sort of trouble?

Missing a neck bone?

He always stands like this, doesn't he?

What is his name?

He is called Han Myunghoi.

Han Myunghoi.

What are you doing? The Grand Prince is not even here!

The advisor is a man called Han Myunghoi

and it is said he has supported Suyang for about two years.

Yet there are few apart from Suyang himself who have seen his face.

I will be able to identify him just from his voice.

You've gathered quite a lot of trash.

Who is the man called Han Myunghoi?

Come out this instant!

There is no one here of that name.

Try looking yourself if you can!

Open your mouth and say something.

Say what?

Should I wail for you?

Did someone kick the bucket?

Or, what, shall I make chicken noises for you?

The King is furious that we broke into a house

while the owner was not present.

I heard he was reading physiognomy texts

so I had hoped perhaps he was finally

starting to think Suyang suspicious...

I was wrong. He worries for Suyang and has sent him several physicians

to cure the endemic he caught in China.

Perhaps blood really is thicker than water.

My lord... What did you just say?

Suyang fell ill with an endemic disease in China

but they say it is not a serious illness.

Did you say the King is looking at physiognomy texts?

I did.

The records of the late Han Dynasty are overflowing with stories of treason and rebellion...

This is it.

Fire! Fire!

Fire!

Were you very tired?

We could hear your sonorous snoring all the way from here.

I was snoring?

What - do I truly look like someone who snores?

I heard recently

that you can make people moles the size of watermelon seeds.

Let me get this straight. You've acquired identification to get into Suyang's house

and you want me to come with you and make him some moles.

Did you truly think I would agree to such an outrageous request?

I did.

How come?

Because of this.

The partnership contract we signed.

What about it?

Were I to ever get caught with my hands on Suyang's face

and I said my partner made me do it,

what do you think will happen then?

Why do I feel so hot suddenly?

Give it to me, you bastard! Give it back!

What on earth -?

Candidate, how well do you know Minister Kim Jongseo?

I respect the Minister very much.

If Lord Kim Jongseo puts

a yellow label next to someone's name

they will automatically be hired, which is why this is called Yellow Politics.

My lord, it is imperative that you

ask Lord Kim Jongseo to stop using these yellow markers.

But if we weaken the power of Minister Kim

we will only be helping Grand Prince Suyang.

Can't you see that without this

there will be no way to defend against Suyang?

For the next five days, the treatment of Grand Prince Suyang

will be handed over to outside physicians.

The physicians currently in charge of treatment may return to court.

You're new?

Yes.

The security is tight.

Really tight.

This look becomes you.

I like it.

If I end up breathing my last today

I'll come back as a ghost and haunt you until you die.

Don't hit me in the head.

Once he inhales this medicine, he will neither feel pain nor remember anything.

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