🟡 Yeol already knows Eun Jo is Gil Dong.
– It turns out he saw the arrows and butcher mask that Eun Jo threw inside the well floating to the surface before he left the spot.
– That's why Yeol is not shocked by Eun Jo being there at fake Gil Dong's burial site.
💭 Waa, Yeol is so understanding. The reason he did not tell Eun Jo that he knows she is Gil Dong is because he feels Eun Jo might want no one to know who Gil Dong really is.
🟡 Yeol (in Eun Jo's body) doesn't hold back in putting Eun Jo's in-laws in their place with ‘etiquette education’.
– Seung Jae is trying to reprimand Eun Jo (Yeol's soul) after he saw Eun Jo (Yeol's soul) parting ways with a man the night before.
– Seeing that Seung Jae doesn't know Yeol (Eun Jo's soul) was the man Eun Jo (Yeol's soul) met, Yeol (Eun Jo's body) calmly lies that the man was Dae Il, Eun Jo's brother.
– Just like that, Yeol smoothly gets himself out of the tight spot without budging an inch.
– She also demands due respect from Seung Jae to be given to her now that she is an elder in the family.
💭 Good job, Yeol👏🏻 That way Seung Jae will think twice first if he wants to bully Eun Jo later!
💬 Yeol is really intelligent in the way he stays calm when cornered by Seung Jae.
💬 Yeol looks cool too, especially when he firmly puts Jae Yi in his place. He reminds Jae Yi of his position by calling him “grandson.”
🟡 The King shows signs of addiction to the poisonous incense. He gives the order to resume the burning of the incense.
💭 Stupid King! Is it too hard for the King to know he is getting addicted to the incense and that this definitely isn't a good thing?
🟡 Hae Rim has called off her engagement with Jae Yi as Jae Yi requested.
💭 Does this mean we are going to have a love rectangle between our main leads? Hae Rim and Jae Yi will look cute though if they have a love line with each other.
🟡 Foreshadowing that Eun Jo will be caught for disturbing the foundation of Joseon?
– Eun Jo made a promise to Yeol that she will make sure Yeol is the one to catch her if there is ever a situation where she must be caught.
💭 Arghh... if there is a plot where Eun Jo must be caught, I hope the writer won't make it too hard on Eun Jo. It will put many viewers in agony if we have to watch Eun Jo being tortured with harsh physical punishment.
🟡 The Chief Secretary feels Prince Lee Yeol is oddly getting in the way of his evil plan, and hence he wants to look for an excuse as justification to remove Prince Lee Yeol.
💭 Rotten wicked Chief Secretary! What makes him even more rotten is that he didn't consider Jae Yi as his son. He told Jae Yi to do the job instead because he wants to avoid any potential danger from happening to him and his first son.
💬 Jae Yi is also a poor thing. He treats himself so lowly that he called himself a 'beast'.
🟡 There is a suspicious man with a wooden ring with the Hanja "名" on it.
– The man takes down Gil Dong's poster and receives a red paper with the order to catch Gil Dong.
💭 In my eyes, that man looks like a grim reaper because the poster he took down is a poster announcing the death of Gil Dong.
🟡 Soul swap again.
– Yeol (in Eun Jo's body) is stopped by the suspicious man with a sword when he is on his way to look for Dae Il.
– At the same time, Eun Jo (in Yeol's body) is stopped by Royal Investigative Bureau soldiers led by Jae Yi. Jae Yi said Prince Lee Yeol is to be arrested for releasing Gil Dong the murderer.
– Amidst all of that, suddenly, there is the sound of a ringing bell. Following that, both Yeol and Eun Jo are clutching their chests in pain, and with that, their souls return to their own bodies.
💭 It seems like there is someone—maybe a deity or supernatural entity—who is watching over them. When the bell rings, it looks like someone is watching Eun Jo from a distance.
💬 Will the soul swap happen every time they are both in danger? So they both can save each other?
Other happenings:
🔵 Poor Yeol. He looks so much withered after he heard the Queen Dowager doesn't want him to have any tie with a lowborn woman.
– He must be feeling so distressed thinking that his love for Eun Jo does not receive his mom's approval.
🔵 Gosh! The Queen Dowager is still not giving up on finding out who the lady Yeol (Eun Jo's soul) is running hand in hand with! Does the Queen Dowager intend to betroth Yeol to Hae Rim?
🔵 Oh my God! Eun Jo (Yeol's soul) get caught by Jae Yi walking around in the palace as a court lady. I was hoping Eun Jo wouldn’t get caught, but thank God at least Jae Yi won’t tell his father or his brother about it.
🔵 It's a bit frustrating to see Eun Jo not being cautious enough about her own distance with Hae Rim when her soul is inside Yeol's body.
– Talking and laughing together with Hae Rim about their common hobby, literally right after Eun Jo (Yeol's body) has saved Hae Rim from being mocked by other ladies, could make Hae Rim fall for Yeol! After all, Yeol is handsome too! Does one really need to be a genius for Eun Jo to be aware of that?
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