Rookie Historian Goo Hae-Ryung (신입사관 구해령)

Let's go.

What does it say?

I want you to write down what I say.

No! His Majesty will not forgive you for this!

Yeong-san!

Yeong-san!

You don't have much time left to save his life.

It's a son! You have a son!

Your Majesty!

They committed treason!

Prince Hamyeong and Min Ik-pyeong

invaded the palace with a group of soldiers!

You must hurry up and escape!

I want you to protect the Queen and my son.

Your Majesty.

We found a letter written by you

that was on its way to Qing.

We, the vassals,

can no longer serve a traitor who tried to hand over Joseon

to the barbarians of the West as our king.

You threatened our country's foundation through your social gatherings

and made the people of this country live in misery.

Admit your faults and kneel before us.

Let's get this straight.

It's not the letter that caused you to betray me.

It's because I refused to listen to the scholar-officials.

I just wanted to give everyone a chance to learn and do something meaningful.

Just like how I gave people from undistinguished families a chance

to become government officials,

I am going to do the same for the peasants and women.

That is what you're guilty of!

You tried to overturn the strict moral customs of this country!

What good are those customs

when they only allow the privileged to study academics

and spread their wings?

That is not what this country should...

Jae-gyeong!

Jae-gyeong!

- Hurry up and lie him down. - Okay.

What happened? Who did this?

I made changes to His Majesty's letter.

I don't know what to do now.

Please tell me what to do.

I'll do anything

to set things right!

It's not your fault.

They probably planned this for a very long time.

Teacher.

Please protect Hui-yeon.

You must stay alive.

I am a historian. Please let me in.

His Royal Highness has ordered us to strictly guard Nokseodang.

Even historians aren't allowed to enter?

- How is this considered "guarding"? - Your Highness.

Lady Hae-ryung.

I was so worried.

A bunch of men dressed in black barged into our house

and made a mess of your room and your brother's room.

They work for Min Ik-pyeong.

Are you sure no one got hurt?

Yes. We found a separate place to stay.

Let's go there.

I am scared to even walk outside.

Gak-soe, lead the way and show me where Jae-gyeong is.

What?

Yi Jin did that?

Yes.

His Royal Highness placed guards in front of Nokseodang

and forbade Prince Dowon from leaving the place.

He must've made up his mind.

The Queen Dowager sent you a letter.

Her Majesty has finally picked a date.

My lord.

Hae-ryung.

The person who found the daily record was Third Inspector Goo's sister?

Yes, I am Goo Hae-ryung, an apprentice at the Office of Royal Decrees.

Did you read the daily record?

Yes.

However,

I can't tell you what it said.

I can't reveal it to anyone

including you.

You must think that's your duty since you're a historian.

However, that daily record must be revealed to the world.

If we had that,

it wouldn't have taken so long to achieve what we had planned to do.

If your plan is to set things right

regarding what happened in the year of gyeongo ,

I'd also like to take part.

- Hae-ryung. - That day,

you two may have lost your teacher.

But I lost my father.

Why do you keep thinking that I wasn't a victim?

His Royal Highness refuses to listen to anyone,

and there are soldiers guarding Nokseodang.

We can no longer guarantee the safety of Prince Dowon.

If you have a plan,

please share it with me.

Chief Royal Secretary.

Did you really talk to His Majesty?

Yes, he told me that he'll be here.

He should've been here a long time ago. Why isn't he coming?

Do you think he's trying to turn his back on us

because things are getting out of hand?

I am not surprised. People have begun to find out about the dethroned king.

And on top of that, even the historians have started

to talk about the year of gyeongo .

Officer Min

is the one who started this.

He shouldn't have brought that petition to the palace.

Hey, watch your mouth.

I will punish

Officer Min myself.

However, the center of all this is Prince Dowon.

The dethroned king's son is alive.

And that's why the Queen Dowager and the people of Seoraewon

are continuing to have false hope.

My lord, are you planning to...

There will be a banquet

to celebrate the 20th year of His Majesty's enthronement.

And before that banquet,

Prince Dowon will vanish soon.

My gosh.

Your Highness, you should eat.

You can't starve yourself just because you don't feel well.

No, it's okay.

How are things outside?

Well, things are very quiet.

- It's like the calm before the storm. - What about Hae-ryung? Is she doing okay?

My gosh, I can't believe you're worried about her even in this situation.

The situation is what makes me worried.

I got confined just for talking about the incident.

But Hae-ryung

even wrote a petition to His Majesty.

And there's nothing I can do

to keep her safe.

Who's there?

Someone entered this place. Have you seen anyone?

No, that's impossible.

I can't believe they're going to hold a banquet despite the current situation.

They should consider what's going on.

His Majesty cares about his face more than the scriptures of Confucianism.

He's trying to show that the royal family is doing fine.

I really don't get it.

He always ignores what's important.

The Office of the Inspector-General?

What?

Hey, what brings you here?

Officer Min, step forward.

The Second State Councillor gave orders to imprison you

for having caused trouble and rebuked the vassals

merely with a bunch of rumors.

- Take him. - Yes, my lord.

What? No, wait.

If the petition is the problem, you can take me instead.

I am the one who wrote that petition.

Officer Min just did what I asked and read it out loud.

What do you think you're doing?

How can you accuse him like this? All he did was read the petition out loud.

You can't punish historians for what they say.

A historian's job is to record history, not speak of it.

- Move aside. - We can't do that.

This is obviously a retaliation.

You're trying to shut us up!

That's enough!

Don't cause a scene.

- Stay in your seats. - Officer Min.

But...

Are you okay?

- Yes. - How could this happen?

How could they use such an absurd reason

to arrest a historian?

Officer Yang, aren't you going to do anything?

Didn't you hear who gave that order?

He even arrests his own son.

Anyone who acts out could literally get killed.

MBC E39 'Rookie Historian Goo Hae Ryung' -♥ Ruo Xi ♥-

What brings you here?

Chief.

I have a favor to ask.

Your shift's over.

Get to your positions.

Your Highness.

- Hae-ryung. - Your Highness.

Whose house is this?

You should go inside.

They are waiting for you.

I...

So Baek-seon, the military chief,

am honored to greet the one and only heir

of the royal family.

I served the Queen

ever since she was pregnant with you.

I was there on the day

that you were born.

What kind of person

was my mother?

No one ever told me about her.

She was very wise and benevolent.

She never mistreated anyone just because they weren't aristocrats.