Officials find notices in Hanyang alleging the king is dead. Crown Prince Lee Chang tries to check on his father, but the young queen stands in his way. Determined to find the truth about his father, the Prince heads to Jiyulheon to search for the doctor who last treated the King. At the clinic, Seo-bi is caring for the patients, but they are starving for food. Yeong-sim, one of the patients waiting for the doctor, makes a stew for the people from what he says was deer meat. The people have a strange reaction that starts the outbreak.