He’s the prince of the Korean Empire, he really hate the whole royal life, all these duties and monitors his every action so as not to violate his reputation. He loved freedom and peasant life, even though they’re poor, but he envied that they were free and happy. He faded away from realizing that all the nobles here are hypocrites and liars and ready to do everything ruin his reputation, so he often ran away from the palace disguised as a peasant and had communication with commoners