A fake Mu-deok seduces the Crown Prince with cinnamon wine
Brooding over Mu-deok's refusal, the Crown Prince finds her in his chambers, but she smells wrong; he unmasks the visitor as something wicked.
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11 moments.
The running soul shifter storms the palace gate
Tracked from Cheonbugwan to the palace, a mage is unmasked as a soul shifter at the gate and brought down; his pursuer learns the Danju is inside.
The real Danju speaks inside the palace
A hidden Danju reveals plans for the Choi family's return and Songrim's destruction, and orders the masked killer found.
The Queen's body hides Shaman Choi
A palace servant who needs energy blackmails the Queen, revealing she is Shaman Choi and the real Queen lives in another body.
The anxious King is told to invite Master Lee to the palace
Plagued by headaches and fear of soul shifters, the King hears from his herbalist that Master Lee might ease his anxiety.
Master Lee tells the King he is a soul shifter
At the palace the King rants about Shaman Choi, then Master Lee reveals his soul is over a century old in a borrowed body; Mu-deok seeks the broker.
Master Lee tells the King how he spots soul shifters
Master Lee says soul shifters look like anyone else and only fear reveals them, then offers the King a gift: a dog.
Gwigu the dog barks at the palace, and the Queen objects
Master Lee reveals he put Gwigu's spirit into a dead dog; its bark shows soul shifters are in the palace and the Queen demands it be taken away.
Jang Uk fights the palace guards to bring the dog in
Ordered to kill the 'wily beast', the guards attack Uk; Jin Mu joins in until the King orders everyone to stop.
The Crown Prince secretly rehomes a turtle
The Crown Prince has his eunuch move a turtle to Chwiseonru as a kindness, then refuses to meet Jang Uk's bride.
Jang Uk turns a palace apology into a taunt
Uk tells Bu-yeon to look lovestruck while he flaunts her to the Queen, rejects her plea to shift her soul, and warns her never to touch his wife again.