The episode’s central political conflict revolves around a royal ritual and a brewing coup. Hae Soo, using her vague modern memory of history, accidentally inserts herself into the middle of the plot to poison the King. The tension is Hitchcockian: she knows a disaster is coming but can’t explain how she knows without revealing herself as a witch or a spy.
: Attempting to find a way back to the 21st century, Hae Soo returns to the prince's bathhouse. She accidentally witnesses Wang So without his mask, seeing the facial scar that he desperately tries to hide from the world. moon lovers scarlet heart ryeo episode 2