Yeon Heung-Boo is an author of popular novels. He writes a novel to find his lost older brother. Heung-Boo then meets Jo Hyuk. Jo Hyuk is a nobleman and takes care of people. Heung-Boo finds enlightenment from Jo Hyuk. Meanwhile, Jo Hyuk's older brother is Jo Hang Ri. He is completely different from Jo Hyuk. He will do anything to gain more power. Heung-Boo decides to write a story about the brothers Jo Hyuk and Jo Hang Ri . Heung-Boo completes the novel "Heungbu and Nolbu" and the novel is a success. It's popularity soon spreads all across Joseon. Jo Hang Ri takes advantage of the situation and plots to gain absolute power in Joseon.