The First Night With The Duke – K-drama Episode 2 Recap & Review
The First Night In Their Lives
Episode 2 of The First Night With The Duke begins with a flashback to the night Sun-chaek met the prince. She excused herself to get some fresh air and wandered near the river. While there, she started thinking about the exciting moment when the two leads of the story meet and fall in love. As she drunkenly walks back, she trips, but the prince saves her from falling into the river.
Of course, Sun-chaek recognises him, but he draws his sword as she excitedly grabs him. She starts challenging him and suddenly kisses him out of the blue, remarking on how handsome he is. She starts talking about his internal anguish over killing people. She adds how she understands him and goes on to comfort him.
The Prince is shocked as no one has ever dared to look directly at him or challenge him like this. Somehow, one thing leads to another, and she and Prince Yi-beon share a steamy night.
Presently, Sun-chaek wakes up in Prince Yi-beon's bed with no recollection of the passionate night they shared. Prince Yi-beon leaves after getting dressed, but he warns her to stay put. On his way out, he asks his head servant to send a wedding proposal to Sun-chaek's family.
Meanwhile, Sun-chaek ignores the prince's warning and sneaks out of his compound. She ends up wandering in the street when Eun-ae finds her. Eun-ae invites her to have tea together. As they talk, Eun-ae thanks Sun-chaek for helping her the previous night.
The conversation turns to how Sun-chaek disappeared after her cocktails became a great hit. Eun-ae asks Sun-chaek to teach her. Distressed, Sun-chaek asks if Eun-ae has met the prince yet. Eun-ae explains she hasn't, and that she is scared to meet him, given the rumours surrounding him.
She suggests that the prince might have a vitality problem, and Sun-chaek jumps to the prince's defence. Eun-ae is surprised by the spirited defence while Sun-chaek starts mentally recalling her night with the prince. Eun-ae asks Sun-chaek to be friends, and the latter agrees. However, Sun-chaek worries over how the events of last night have changed the story. She bids Eun-ae goodbye and continues wandering the street in deep thought.
At the palace, Prince Yi-beon updates the king on the rebels from the Heuksa Clan. The king is concerned about getting China's approval and an official appointment. However, the prince suggests they focus on getting the people's approval first.
Unfortunately, the king ignores this advice and asks Prince Yi-beon to join and lead an envoy to China. The prince courteously refuses and explains he intends to get married. Initially, the king thinks he is joking. After seeing that Prince Yi-beon is serious, the king gives him three months to figure his love life out.
After Yi-beon leaves, the king asks one of his guards to keep an eye on Prince Yi-beon. Admittedly, the king thinks that the prince is acting strangely. Outside, Prince Yi-beon runs into the King's mother. She suggests that he attend her banquet to pick a wife, but Prince Yi-beon turns her down. He seems wary of the King's mother and quickly leaves. One of the maids informs the King's mother that Prince Yi-beon brought a woman home the previous night. The King's mother hints that there is bad blood between her and Prince Yi-beon because of something that happened in the past.
In the meantime, Wool-yi finds Sun-chaek roaming the streets. She quickly informs Sun-chaek that her family is currently out, but the prince's wedding proposal has arrived. Sun-chaek and Wool-yi rush to stop the messenger from delivering the message. On the way, they run into Prince Yi-beon. Out of desperation, Sun-chaek stands on his way and is nearly hurt by his horse. Thankfully, Prince Yi-beon manages to dodge her.
The two talk, and Prince Yi-beon insists that they must take responsibility for what happened. He is set on marrying her after spending their first night together. Sensing that talking to the prince is a lost cause, Sun-chaek asks for time to tell her family.
The Prince gives her three days and warns her not to try to run away. He tells her that he will accuse her of treason if she does. Sun-chaek pictures her family being led to their execution thanks to her stubbornness.
A short while later, Hwa-seon visits Sun-chaek to confirm if the rumours about her and the prince are true. To defend herself, Sun-chaek makes things worse. In the end, Hwa-seon vows to get her revenge. Meanwhile, Su-gyeom grows curious about Prince Yi-beon's attitude change. At the same time, the head servant advises Prince Yi-beon not to use force to win over Sun-chaek's heart.
Unfortunately, Sun-chaek refuses to heed the Prince's warning and comes up with multiple plans to escape him. All of her plans to leave the capital fail. The prince knew she would try to run and planned accordingly. After all her attempts to escape fail, Sun-chaek figures she will make the prince fall out of love with her.
She tries to present herself as dirty, but this fails. She then tries to present herself as a worldly woman with expensive taste, but this also fails. She uses a compatibility test to show they are cursed if they get married, but the prince doesn't change his mind. Lastly, she tries to become a monk, but he stops her. He reveals to the head monk that Sun-chaek is no longer a virgin and forces her to give up being a monk.
After failing to lose favour with the prince, Sun-chaek tries to escape at night. Unfortunately, she runs into thieves in the middle of the forest. Su-gyeom comes to her defence and walks her back home. He invites her to join his Seonmun club. It is a drinking club disguised as an astrology club.
Sun-chaek agrees to attend once since Su-gyeom insists she must teach him how to make cocktails. As they talk, Prince Yi-beon appears and declares that Sun-chaek can't join the club.
Su-gyeom is puzzled and asks why. The prince goes on to say that he will forbid the unmarried people in town from meeting, as he has to protect something. Suddenly, Sun-chaek's brothers arrive home drunk. They are startled to see Prince Yi-beon, especially after he refers to them as brothers-in-law.
He is about to explain in detail when Sun-chaek tries to intervene and faints. Prince Yi-beon pushes Su-gyeom out of the way to make sure Sun-chaek falls into his arms. Everyone is shocked while Sun-chaek internally ponders if death is the only thing that will save her from the obsessive prince.
In the epilogue, we see Prince Yi-beon confront the thieves who attacked Sun-chaek. However, he spares their lives as he hurries to catch up with her and Su-gyeom.
The Episode Review
Sun-chaek is so funny. She went from a supporting character to the female lead after spending a night with the prince. Now, he won't let her go, and she has no idea what will happen next. She wanted to write the book herself, so she'd best get to it! I wonder what she will do next.
The prince doesn't seem like a bad person, and she might be better off by his side. After all, a moment like this doesn't come easily in life! On a side note, if you were sent as a character in one K-Drama, which one would you pick?
This episode delivers another entertaining watch though. The First Night With The Duke is slowly becoming our weekly favourite show and after this double bill of episodes, it certainly looks to be cementing its place as a mainstay. If they maintain this pace, we will have another historical K-Drama hit on our hands!
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