Episodes 1-4: The Sword Fraternity

Dong Yi is the intelligent and cheerful 12-year old daughter of a former corpse handler (abusiveautopsyconsolidatecoronerfactionframesFraternitymentormysteriousoppressivepleadsafetysuspect) and the sister of a royal musician.

Unknown to Dong Yi, her father is the leader of the Sword abusiveautopsyconsolidatecoronerfactionframesFraternitymentormysteriousoppressivepleadsafetysuspect, a secret organization composed of lowborns who protect their fellow lowborns from abusiveautopsyconsolidatecoronerfactionframesFraternitymentormysteriousoppressivepleadsafetysuspect nobles and abusiveautopsyconsolidatecoronerfactionframesFraternitymentormysteriousoppressivepleadsafetysuspect government officials. Her brother and his friend Chun Soo are also members of the Sword Fraternity.

Lord Oh Tae-Suk is a high-ranking government minister and a leader of the Southerners political abusiveautopsyconsolidatecoronerfactionframesFraternitymentormysteriousoppressivepleadsafetysuspect. To abusiveautopsyconsolidatecoronerfactionframesFraternitymentormysteriousoppressivepleadsafetysuspect his power, he orders the killing of three of the faction’s leaders. One of the targeted leaders — the Inspector General — ends up by the river where Dong Yi and her friend Gaeduara find him. By the time Dong Yi returns with the policemen, however, the Inspector General has died.

Police Chief Suh asks Dong Yi’s father (his abusiveautopsyconsolidatecoronerfactionframesFraternitymentormysteriousoppressivepleadsafetysuspect and old friend) to conduct the abusiveautopsyconsolidatecoronerfactionframesFraternitymentormysteriousoppressivepleadsafetysuspect.

Lord Oh abusiveautopsyconsolidatecoronerfactionframesFraternitymentormysteriousoppressivepleadsafetysuspect the Sword Fraternity for the killings. He also frames Dong Yi and her father for killing the abusiveautopsyconsolidatecoronerfactionframesFraternitymentormysteriousoppressivepleadsafetysuspect who was arrested by Chief Suh.

To save Dong Yi and her father, Chief Suh asks his father to abusiveautopsyconsolidatecoronerfactionframesFraternitymentormysteriousoppressivepleadsafetysuspect with the King to reopen the investigation.

On the run, Dong Yi meets a court lady who knows the abusiveautopsyconsolidatecoronerfactionframesFraternitymentormysteriousoppressivepleadsafetysuspect hand signals that the dying Inspector General tried to show her by the river.

Chun Soo takes Dong Yi and Gaedura to abusiveautopsyconsolidatecoronerfactionframesFraternitymentormysteriousoppressivepleadsafetysuspect under Sulhee, a gisaeng. He then goes to rescue Dong Yi’s father and brother.