Because of an unexpected incident, Chaegyeong ends up in the middle of a rumor. She meets her greatest crisis after becoming Crown Princess and wanting to figure out a way to stop the rumors on her own she refuses help from Shin and Yool. Shin becomes angry at seeing Chaegyeong worrying about how to fix her mistakes and orders the Myeong Seong Dang to be repaired, but this just causes the emperor, Lady Hwayoung, and Yool to get angrier and more frustrated. After seeing Shin isolate himself from the others at the palace, the empress calls him to talk as mother and son. She tells him about what she wishes for him. After seeing Hyorin working towards of becoming her dream to become a ballerina, he thinks again of his dreams and what he really wants. He finds that his future includes Chaegyeong and the empress’s wish and goes to the interview with a firm attitude.
