Plot

Returning to the palace with a vengeance and an army, Lord Sangheon and Prince Wonsan spare no one in their bloody path to the crown.

Sangheon and Wonsan lead an army into the palace grounds The King tells Prince Gyeom to go to safety, Hyun is to help. The King goes to join the fight. Wonsan and a group go looking for Gyeom, they find them and after a short fight Wonsan kills the Crown Prince. Wonsan is then badly wounded, Ga On arriving with his sword. Inspector Jung arrives with more soldiers to help defend, tells the King to pull back into the palace Sangheon kills Inspector Jung, badly wounded in his fight to get to the old man, then he goes to see the mortally wounded Wonsan. Jung says farewell to his father, who dies happy his son wasn't like him.

The palace is littered with dead bodies. King goes to parlay with Sangheon again and gives up. In private she accepts any punishment. He says it was all because he made some mistakes years ago, saying she would have been a great King if she was a man. A doctor brings a single dark tea. She asks they share one last cuppa tea, she pours them both a regular. Both drain their cups.

Lady Kim hangs herself. In a flash back the King had asked Kim to brew a special pot with the father's poison. Bok Dong saves her at the last second. Jung overhears and rushes to the King, fighting his way through guards.

The King tells Sangheon he just drank poison, in a rage he goes to choke her. Blood wells up in both of their mouths, the grandfather drops dead first. Jung arrives and weeps as the King collapses in his arms.

Kim Hwi is getting ready for her wedding, Lady Kim and Eunuch Bok Dong bring her gifts. In the sunshine and in her dress she hugs Lord Jung happy as can be. They take vows at the secret cabin garden. The dream fades. She lies asleep, still alive as Jung watches over her. Waking, she hugs Jung.

The grandmother orders Sangheon's body to be removed. She then sits with Hwi to discuss the punishment. Kim Hwi is brought up on charges in front of the Council. King Hyun listens as mitigating arguments are made. The entire cabinet agrees and kneels pleading for mercy.

Earlier, Jung had asked Hyun and the Grandmother Queen that the King be restored to Dami and expunge all records as Kim Hwi. She leaves the palace in plain white, meeting Jung outside.

Ga On is now a Commander going to work in the palace security, he lives with the Bang siblings.

Former Queen Noh wanders the market, her time as Queen has been erased so she can restart her life.

King Hyun sits overlooking a hill. Bok Dong and Lady Kim are his retainers.

Jung chases a rabbit in a forest. Dami hunts with a bow. They bicker lovingly in their isolated paradise near a beach. He gives her a fancy hairpin. Kiss kiss.