- [Two posters appear in town, one that says the King inappropriately keeps a shaman woman with him, the other that Princess-Elect Yeon Wu was murdered by the current Queen's clan. Ministers beseech King Hwon to punish the publisher of the second poster]
- Minister Han Jae Gil: Please eradicate and punish them in accordance with the strictest law.
- Lee Hwon: I understand your earnestness, but about the other poster related to me, you don't care about that. I am very disappointed. It is rumored that I never got out from behind a wicked shaman's skirt and neglected the affairs of state. Will you do nothing but just look on? Is it possible that you agree with the rumor?
- Minister Han Jae Gil: How can you say such nonsense?
- Lee Hwon: Or... did you promote that rumor to be spread?
- Shaman Gwan: [to the Queen] You might think that you did nothing wrong, you might think you're just a victim, but you're wrong. The sin of keeping silent when you knew, the sin of simply looking on as she was killed, the sin that you are in a position which you stole, the sin that you deceived the King and gave up an opportunity to repent for your sins, those are your sins!
- Prince Yang Myeong Gun: Luckily, I have some power to move the heart of the masses.
- Minister Han Jae Gil: The heart of the masses?
- Prince Yang Myeong Gun: Have you not heard of my fame at the Infirmary? I have befriended the commoners, without discriminating against high or low class. This is why people should do good. Who would have known it would turn out so useful?