Haechi (해치)

Oh dear. What to do?

That wretched informant is right here.

Prince Yeoning.

Even though I had a drink, I must be drunk on dreams as well.

Wretched? It's not a very flattering term.

Yes, it is me,

the one who took the civil service exam for someone else at the bidding of Prince Milpoong.

The informant of Prince Milpoong's crimes is me,

Prince Yeoning.

Oh, the paper...

Here. - Thank you.

You seem to be in a hurry. It will be less crowded through Tongindong.

Is that so?

You are done for! We can catch everyone now.

His name is Park Moon Soo. He is a hoobae (junior) of a Saheonbu inspector, Han Jeong Seok.

I heard that Prince Yeoning also showed up at the Saheonbu about half an hour ago.

Yes, an administrative clerk there is looking into the situation.

Haechi... Are there still people who expect the powerful to act with good will?

Your Highness Prince Yeoning, do you know what you are saying right now?

Prince Milpoong asking for a substitute exam-taker for the deceased Noh Tae Pyeong?

This is the supreme council meeting of the Saheonbu!

Perjury at this place will not be tolerated even if by a royalty!

I am a Joseon citizen too.

How can I not know of the rigid authority of the Saheonbu?

However, Inspector General, it is true that I substituted another at the exam

at the bidding of Prince Milpoong and provided that information.

It is an indisputable, headache-inducing truth.

As everybody wished, the informant has come forward.

Is there anything more you need?

Just the substitute test-taking cannot prove Prince Milpoong's murder charges.

How will you prove the connection between those two?

That is why I propose that we arrest Prince Milpoong and investigate the matters!

What?! Arrest?

Are you suggesting that we drag a royal to the Saheonbu?

For what reason wouldn't that be allowed?

A royal is equally a subject of this nation.

That is the raison d'être of the Saheonbu.

Your Excellency Minister of the Interior.

What do you think you are doing right now?

We cannot overlook Prince Milpoong's crimes like this.

With the inspector's authority, we will go arrest him.

Are you declaring insubordination?

You rascals dare to!

Everyone, stop!

The supervisory right rests with me, the lead inspector.

Look here, Byeong Joo.

Yes, if the testimony is true, Prince Milpoong should bear murder charges.

However, how can we believe the testimony of just one informant?

Who can guarantee that this is not a trumped-up scandalmongering?

Wi Byeong Joo.

The Saheonbu that impeaches high-ranking officials at a mere rumor

and gets to the bottom of things at a hint from an unidentifiable informant

says, in this particular matter, that an informant who comes forward is not enough.

Even though that informant is a royal?

It is none other than that fact

that you are a royal!

Saheonbu cannot get mixed up with political maneuvers.

Oh, Saheonbu is just and equitable with everyone? It ought to be.

Good. Then, how about this?

If on top of one informant, I give you another?

Hey, hey, hurry. Pack expensive stuff first.

Oh, Dal Moon, what is Prince Yeoning up to?

He's leaving the capital.

Of course, he must be sh*ting his pants too.

I will be in hiding for a while too. While I'm gone, you...

Who are you, punks? - Use the rear door. I will take care of them.

Hey, hey, hey!

Not you!

Hey, look me in the eye. Aren't you going to spill it already?

Hey, where is Gae Dol? Where is this bastard?

Aigoo, sir, how can you do this at a place of business?

There is a door at the back of the rear garden.

The face of a boiled horse head, a huge mole on the forehead,

Gae Dol of the Gae Dol Gangster Branch, you are under arrest for aiding and abetting a substitute exam taking.

What are you, wench?

Let's not get rough up more and just go quietly.

A tea maid?

Hey, what are you guys doing? Remove her. I'm in a hurry!

Nice meeting you, Gae Dol. I've been looking for you for quite a while.

What the heck is this now?

Punk!

Come along!

Lord Moon Soo! - Oh, Yeo Ji, give me some rope too.

Nice.

I'm getting excited. So this is how it feels out in the field.

How did you know to come here?

This. You got it from Prince Yeoning, too, right?

What the heck?

Let go of my arm. My arm!

Go easy on me.

What happened?

Please! Please!

Just once, even if just once, please.

Tea Maid Cheon Yeo Ji reporting that I have captured criminal Gae Dol

who aided and abetted Prince Milpoong and have gotten a confession out of him.

Your Highness, how has this come about?

Somehow, I felt that you would be weak making sly moves.

I was afraid that the supreme council might take the fun out of it, if known in advance.

I borrowed your underlings.

Your Excellency Inspector General...

Now,

we should wrap this up.

You in your way, and I in my own way.

How could this happen?

Lee Geum, this crazy bastard...

I should have torn him to death a long time ago.

Still, I'll be okay, right?

We are all Norons after all.

If the Norons keep pushing their ways, the court or Saheonbu won't pose any problem.

Why me? Why, of all people, do I have to decide this?

No, catching Prince Milpoong now will come back as a huge burden to the Saheonbu.

However, if we cover up even this, what will the public say?

Public? We're talking about Prince Milpoong here!

The nation's next century depends on this.

Under the majority rule, the Saheonbu senior officials gathered here can vote nay.

Then I will take away the rights of the inspectors with my authority as Inspector General.

Mobilize all your assistant investigators and meet up at Prince Milpoong's house.

Understood.

We will get ready, too, My Lord.

Let's go.

Traitor.

Hey, you punk, hey. Aigoo, that dude...

Why call traitor, traitor...

Hey, dude, hey!

Is that why you suggested a jejwa hearing (Saheonbu's supreme council meeting) ?

To invalidate it officially.

It's not late. Stop here.

Not in a million years. The one who should stop is you.

The senior officers will stop you in the end. You won't be able to do anything.

In the end, the powerful win.

The Norons are the masters of this world. I'm advising you to side with them and choose to live.

How can I do that, Byeong Joo?

When the worlds we see are so far apart? - Inspector Han!

Enough with this nonsense! These are lies unworthy of our ears.

This is a conspiracy targeting Prince Milpoong, do you understand?

We have to uncover the ulterior motive behind it.

What do you mean a conspiracy? Why would Prince Yeoning do such a thing?

Prince Yeoning is Prince Yeonryeong's half brother.

Do I need to say more?

I am not saying Prince Yeonryeong has an ulterior motive.

Even if there is one, it must be Prince Yeoning's doing alone, out of his brotherly concern.

If it isn't, that would make this a serious situation.

There is no need to squabble over this more.

This is a matter of Saheonbu anyway. We just need to wait for its senior officers' decision.

What happens if I, the king, cannot trust Saheonbu's judgment?

The monarch not trusting Saheonbu, that's a dangerous statement, Your Majesty.

On what basis are you making that statement?

In that case, on what basis are you doubting Prince Yeoning?

Why are you claiming that Prince Yeoning is slandering Prince Milpoong with disadvantageous lies?

Because he will not be punished for a mere substitute exam taking.

Isn't that right, Your Majesty? Will you punish your own son for such a minor transgression?

However, the charges framing Prince Milpoong are different.

Those are serious crimes deserving severe punishment.

What if Prince Yeoning falsely accused Prince Milpoong while sidestepping penalties himself?

Even mere subjects in the streets would see the strangeness of this matter.

Your Majesty, His Highness Prince Yeoning requests your audience.

Prince Yeoning.

Your humble subject Yeoning is greeting you, Your Majesty.

Break down the gate.

Suddenly, I had this concern.

That some might suspect me of an ulterior motive, which does not even exist, just because of my brotherly relations with Prince Yeonryeong.

However, there is neither an ulterior motive nor a mastermind.

I, who have led a dishonorable way of life, in the midst of such behavior,

just came across Prince Milpoong's criminal activities.

Is it true that you took the civil service exam in another's place at the bidding of Prince Milpoong?

That is true.

I made the deceased Noh Tae Pyeong pass the exam.

Moreover,

the one who chased Milpoong's henchmen last night and found the dead body was me.

None other than I am the witness for all of Prince Milpoong's crimes.

Your HIghness Prince Yeoning, what are you saying?!

That is why I voluntarily request banishment, Your Majesty.

What? - I entered the palace to make that request before Your Majesty and all the government officials.

Even if committed unwittingly, my actions

aided and abetted Prince Milpoong's crimes. Please punish me sternly

and send me away to the most remote land, Tamra.

Hey, you lunatics!

You dare to cross my doorsill?

To catch me?!

What are you waiting for? Tie up the criminal.

Wipe them out. Destroy them all!

What do you mean banishment? To Tamra?

Do you realize what you are saying?

Of course, Your Majesty, more clearly than ever.

Until now, the royalty and high-ranking officials of this country went unpunished for any crimes committed by them.

Because the laws of this nation were overgenerous to them, Prince Milpoong ended up even murdering innocent subjects,

because he knew that his power will overrule the law.

However, this opportunity should be seized to announce that all subjects are equal before the laws of this nation.

I, too, will gladly pay for my crimes and repent.

Are you satisfied with that, Your Excellency Minister of the Interior?

Not only you officials but also the subjects will say that this is proper.

I-is that rascal out of his mind?

Asking for his own punishment, he's trying to destroy Prince Milpoong as well!

You will

lay out the future government yourself?

Prince Yeoning, how dare you...

Saheonbu... What is happening in Saheonbu?

Put down your swords. If you resist, you will not be able to avoid capital punishment.

This country's next king is me. The ones who'll die are you bastards!

My Lord, slay him! Don't mind me!