Season 1
16 episodes
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A desperate king hides behind a jester's mask, as betrayal and identity collide in a deadly game of thrones.
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Anxious about the traitors out there and haunted by the ghost of the brother he killed, Heon can never sleep in peace. He desperately asks the Chief Royal Secretary, Lee Kyu, to find a way to eliminate his fears. Like what the Monkey's hair does in "Journey to the West", a doppelganger of Heon appears before his eyes.
As soon as Heon sees Ha Seon, he leaves the palace right away. Eunuch Cho and Lee Kyu try to train Ha Seon to perform a perfect double of the King. Ha Seon gradually realizes that he is needed in the palace to die instead of the king. To frightened Ha Seon, Kyu advises the ways to survive in the palace.
Ha Seon returns to the palace to find a way to take his revenge on Shin Yi Gyum and those who give him power. Meanwhile, those who are after the King push ahead with the hunt to use this as a chance to kill the King. Lee Kyu and Eunuch Cho are worried that Ha Seon might get caught that he's a disguise.
Seon Hwa Dang falls ill after drinking tea with the Queen. This poisoning incident gets out of the Queen's hands. Ha Seon tries his best to find a way to save his queen as he promised. Meanwhile, Shin Chi Soo carries out his plan to dethrone the Queen and the Queen Dowager.
To solve the taxation issue, Lee Kyu and Ha Seon try to persuade Joo Ho Geol, who is known to be a calculation genius, to join them. Meanwhile, seeing how Ha Seon thinks to put the people before anything revives the dream Lee Kyu once had. With Woon Shim, Lee Kyu meets with Lord Gil's followers.
The story takes place in Joseon period, when power struggles surrounding the throne had reached extreme levels. In order to escape those who plan to assassinate him, the King puts a clown, who looks exactly like him, on the throne.