Rookie Historian Goo Hae-Ryung (신입사관 구해령)

EPISODE 15

FIFTEEN DAYS AGO

ON THE DAY OF IMO

PRINCE DOWON HAD AN AUDIENCE WITH THE KING AT DAEJOJEON

ON THE DAY OF IMO

PRINCE DOWON

On the day of imo,

Prince Dowon had an audience with the King

at Daejojeon.

I'm the one that the Royal Investigation Bureau

should be looking for.

I helped the Westerner.

I'm the one who helped him hide.

And I'm the one who helped him leave the palace.

So I'm the one

whom you should punish.

How could a prince think of helping a barbarian from the West?

THE KING ASKED HOW A PRINCE COULD HELP A WESTERNER

This is why you never deserved to be a prince.

You may be a prince on the outside,

but you just can't hide your filthy roots.

I need to go to the palace. Get ready.

Yes, my lord.

You are becoming even more stubborn by the day.

I declined, but you insisted that I join you for drinks.

I am afraid I do not have many friends as I am not a kind man.

Please understand, Your Majesty.

Please allow me to pour you a glass.

No, thank you.

My stomach is quite upset today.

Let me pour you one instead.

Your Majesty, are you afraid that if you drink,

you might say something you should not?

What do you mean by that?

There is nothing I can't say to you.

Then please tell me truthfully.

You have not given me your answer to the question I asked the other day.

I asked you if there is anything about Prince Dowon

that you are hiding from me, Your Majesty.

They say that alcohol makes you fear no one.

How dare you spew such nonsense?

I have been hiding him from the world for he still has a lot to learn.

I am doing it to protect him since I, as his father,

am concerned that others may speak ill of him.

How could you twist my intentions like that?

I am already full of concerns about his future.

Don't make me more stressed than I am already.

You need not worry about him, Your Majesty.

I think Prince Dowon

is a brave young man who is certainly of the royal blood.

He disobeyed your royal order

and managed to protect the foreigner from the palace guards.

His wit and intelligence cannot be seen as ordinary.

It's time for you to let go of Prince Dowon.

A prolonged silence often breeds rumors.

Move over, please!

Gosh, could you please... There.

-Seol-geum. -Yes, my lady.

Can you turn the page for me?

Goodness.

Look at you. You look like a puppy rolling around in a bush clover field.

Are you really going to stay like this all day long without even getting dressed?

It's my first day off so long. Why must you do this?

Don't ask me to do anything.

I won't even lift a finger today.

Even so, you should at least get up

and walk around the front yard or something.

Come on, sit up.

You'd better not ask me for a shoulder massage later.

Okay, I heard you.

You nag as much as Officer Yang.

Don't lie back down.

What are you doing here, Your Highness?

You said it's your day off.

So I came to see you.

No one else is inside, right?

It is a lady's room.

You cannot enter in broad daylight.

Then are you saying I should come back at night?

You may come in.

Right, you can come in now.

What are you looking so carefully for?

It's not like it's your first time here.

But this time, it feels different.

It was just Clerk Goo's room back then,

whereas it's my woman's room now.

-"My woman"? -Am I wrong?

I thought that's how we felt

about each other.

I'm not sure.

Don't you think it's still too early to say

that we belong to each other?

What must I do

for you to think that it's not too early?

Would this help?

Or...

what about this?

You really have a bad attitude today.

You seem very determined.

What if I am

determined?

What do you think?

I should go lock the door.

I'd love to see you every day like this.

Somewhere outside the palace.

Without any sachaeks or uniforms.

Not as a historian and a prince.

Just...

like this.

In the mountains behind my house, there is a pavilion

that overlooks a beautiful landscape.

No one ever goes there,

so no one knows even if a tiger shows up

or if it suddenly thunders.

Is Officer Seong not here yet?

It's almost 9 a.m. already.

Let's wait.

He'd never come in late because of a hangover.

I'm sure he has his reasons.

What kind of reasons, though?

We haven't even heard a word from him.

Last time, he came in even though he was burning up with a fever

and ended up passing out while working.

That is true.

Shall I go to his house and check?

No, there's no need.

-Officer Kim. -Yes?

Yes, sir.

Why is he so cranky today?

I will issue an official approval about the decision soon.

Tell them to hold off the execution until then.

Yes, Your Royal Highness.

This petition was submitted by Officer Min from the Office of Royal Decrees.

"I, Historian Min U-won of the Office of Royal Decrees

ask that Senior Ninth-rank Historian Seong Seo-gwon be impeached.

Seong Seo-gwon

betrayed the trust of his fellow historians by divulging

information contained in the sachaeks,

thereby disgracing the mission of the Office of Royal Decrees.

I ask that he receives the punishment he deserves."

What? What is going on?

How could a historian request the impeachment of a fellow historian?

Continue reading.

What exactly is he guilty of?

-Well, the petition ends here. -What?

Officer Min, why don't you explain this to us yourself?

We need to know exactly what he did

for us to decide whether we should impeach him or not.

I accept

Officer Min's request.

Dismiss Officer Seong Seo-gwon and have him banished

to somewhere 500 ri away from the city.

But Your Royal Highness, I do not think

we should impeach him without knowing what he is guilty of.

We at least need to know whom he told and what--

Then are you saying that you

expect Officer Min to read the contents of the sachaek aloud right here?

Wanting to know what is in the historians' sachaeks

is a crime that is just as serious as divulging the information in them.

So please do not argue about this anymore.

Read the next petition, please.

-Hey, Officer Yang. -My gosh, sir.

You don't need to greet me.

Just tell me.

What kind of information did Officer Seong disclose?

Pardon me? What do you mean, sir?

Come now. I also belong to the Office of Royal Decrees. Don't play dumb.

I am talking about the petition

filed by Officer Min, demanding his impeachment.

I'm sure you know the details of what he did.

"Impeachment"?

Well...

I beg your pardon, sir?

Who...

Who filed what? A petition for impeachment?

Officer Min.

Is it true?

You filed a request for Officer Seong's impeachment?

I heard everything. Answer me at once!

Yes, sir.

I requested that Officer Seong be impeached.

You didn't even consult me.

What is your reason?

What did Officer Seong do wrong?

His Royal Highness forbade any further discussion regarding this.

Do not ask.

How could you say such a thing?

You've ruined a promising historian's life!

Let him explain first.

I'm sure he did it for a reason.

Even if that's the case, this is simply wrong.

When Clerk Goo was arrested,

we even went on a strike.

You did everything you could.

But with Officer Seong, you file a request for his impeachment?

How could you do that to a fellow historian?

You're so heartless.

You know what it's like to have a petition filed for your impeachment.

I cannot let this slide.

Let's go and protest or something!