Dong-yi vows to find the evidence that proves the Deposed Queen's innocence and bring her back into the palace. The Southerners are more powerful than ever. Jang Ok-jeong takes her place as the Queen, and her son, Yi Yun, is declared Crown Prince. Queen Min is stripped of her title and exiled to the countryside. They also frame the innocent Queen Min for the Queen Dowager's death with false proof. However, she is horrified to realize that Jang Ok-jeong and her brother, Jang Hee-jae, are poisoning the Queen Dowager for refusing to acknowledge Ok-jeong as a royal concubine. Originally, Dong-yi admires Ok-jeong on the basis that both are clever, ambitious women from the common classes. Unaware of his true identity, Dong-yi befriends the King and becomes his trusted confidante. The court is split between the Westerners faction (backed by the Queen Dowager and Queen Min) and the Southerners faction (backed by the King's favored concubine, Jang Ok-jeong). She hides her identity and enters the palace as a servant for the Bureau of Music, determined to reveal her family's innocence and find the true orchestrators of the noblemen's deaths.ĭong-yi rises from the humble position of a servant to a court lady inspector through her shrewd investigative skills and relentless drive for justice. Set during the reign of King Sukjong in the Joseon dynasty, the series is based on real-life historical figure Choe Suk-bin.ĭong-yi's father and brother are members of the Sword Fraternity, which is wrongfully accused of murdering noblemen.
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