Bu-yeon talks a disguised 'eunuch' into saving a turtle
At a shady cosmetics shop Bu-yeon senses ominous energy and guilts a royal posing as a eunuch into buying a turtle.
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11 moments.
The Crown Prince and his obedient turtle
Back at the palace, the Crown Prince insists the turtle only obeys him and solemnly orders it never to flip over.
The 'Turtle Shaman' and the eunuch meet again
Bu-yeon scolds the 'eunuch' for abandoning the turtle, confides her husband left her, and he admits he took it home after all.
Uk warms the turtle's water and the Crown Prince overthinks it
Uk warms the cold water for the Crown Prince's turtle; hearing of it, the Crown Prince spirals into imagining what Uk meant by the gesture.
The Turtle Shaman and the eunuch trade advice
Feeding the turtle, Bu-yeon and the Crown Prince, whom she takes for a eunuch, swap marriage advice and confessions of feeling like a fraud.
The 'eunuch' husband was the Crown Prince all along
At Jinyowon, Go Won meets the shaman he knew and learns she is Jin Bu-yeon, and that Jang Uk is the husband she complained about.
Go Won and Jin Mu on weakness and the lost turtle
The Crown Prince says Uk fights only to protect others; Jin Mu calls that weakness and dismisses the missing turtle.
The Crown Prince sides with Uk over a lost turtle
Go Won reveals he never went north and wants to join Uk against Jin Mu, giving the pettiest possible reason: Jin Mu got rid of his turtle.
The turtle leads Uk to the door of Gwido
The missing turtle turns up and a door to Gwido appears; Bu-yeon later admits she opened it herself and regrets what Uk saw.
Bu-yeon waits to fade as the turtle finds the plaque
Bu-yeon resolves to stay in Gwido until her soul vanishes so Uk need not slay her; the turtle then brings her the Jinyowon Plaque.
Master Heo's queen scheme and the King's rumored chastity
Master Heo plots to make his granddaughter queen; gossip says the new King practices chastity, and the King recalls a turtle son.