This show tells the story of a secret love between Lee Hwon Kim Soo Hyun, a fictional king of Joseon, and Wol Han Ga In, a female shaman. Wol was born as Heo Yeon Woo, the daughter of a noble family who won the love of the then crown prince, Hwon. Her enemies, jealous of her family's position in court, schemed against her and wrestled away her rightful place as crown princess and nearly takes her life. Years later, an embittered Hwon meets Wol, now a female shaman who has no recollection of her past.
Due to the sabotage that was held by the queen dowager Yoon, who seeks great lust for power, and Daehyung Yoon, who is a royal relative my marriage, the king's beloved half brother prince Uiseong gets killed falsely charged as treason.
Yeom Heo, who is the son of Hong-Mun-Gwan Dae-Je-Hak and the older brother of Yeonwoo, is a perfectly attractive man who is handsome, smart, and kind at the same time. After acing the imperial examination, he becomes the crown prince's teacher.
Nok-yeong senses a myserious energy from the two kids in front of the palace. The queen dowager orders her to look into the fortunes of princess's friends, so that a future queen can be selected.
Daehyung's party gets elated due to the prophecy that was told by the royal shaman. They make their move to make Bokyung as the queen.
Yeonwoo stays at the detached palace, Eun-Wol-Gak, learning her manners as the princess consort. Prince Hwon wishes her best luck while giving her a lovely look. The royal shaman Nok-yeong gets threatened by the queen dowager and performs a dark magic on Yeonwoo, who gets mystified by a unknown force.
Two people are digging Yeonwoo's grave in the middle of the night. Yeonwoo, who was shivering inside the coffin, gets rescued by the two, but loses her memory.
Nok-yeong gets summoned by Master Hyegak and advices Yeonwoo be careful of strangers.
Shaman Wol, who has a gag on her mouth, is inside the palanquin that heads for the capital's entrance.
Moon Hwon, who was awaken by Wol, questions her furiously asking who is behind her.
Hwon orders Hyungsun to bring in the royal physician and a female nurse to treat Wol. Woon, who realized that Hwon is in deep confusion, gives a letter to him saying that it was found in the possession of Wol.
Yang Myung stops Weol going to the king's quarters and confronts Nok Yeong. Her warning to not become closer to Weol leads to an argument.
Yangmyung steps back at the scene where Hwon and Wol are looking at each other. Daehyung thinks about the reason why Hwon has been traveling incognito. Meanwhile, Wol has decided to leave Sung-Soo-Chung. She recalls Hwon's smiling face and asks Nok-yeong a favor to serve in the king's dorm for the last time.
Hwon, who was about to sleep with Bokyung, gets struck by some random illness, which made the palace in a state of emergency. Bokyung seeks for revenge on Hwon, who gave her humilitation, and secretly plots with Daehyung. They try to falsely accuse Wol for the crime which will lead to dishonor on Hwon.
Wol has been expelled to a low-class hospital (Hwal-In-Seo), wearing a criminal marked robe. Meanwhile, Hwon loses the upper hand at the royal court and gets humiliated by the vassals.
Yeonwoo recovers her memory and asks Seol what happened at the time when she was ritualized.
Bokyung panics by thinking that Shaman Wol is Yeonwoo, who has came back from the dead.
After the mystery was solved, Hwon finds Yeonwoo at the Hwal-In-Seo and hugs her passionately.
Hwon was told by Gyutae Hong, that princess Minhwa is related to the murder of princess consort. Hwon discovers the whole plot step by step.
Street posters convict the king for having a shaman in his bedroom and the clan of Yoon for having murdered the previous crown princess.
On the day of Kang-Mu (Kang-Mu-Nal), Hwon gets surrounded by Daehyung's army while heading to the Royal Ancestral Shrine.
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