Episode 14

Park Ki-woong

Lee Ji-hoon

Park Ji-hyun

Choi Deok-moon

Kim Min-sang

Gong Jung-hwan

Kim Yeo-jin

Sung Ji-ru

## Episode Synopsis

Hae-ryung criticizes a tale told by Yi Rim. Yi Jin defies the king with a royal decree. One of the historians makes a startling confession to Woo-won.

## Plot Summary

Goo Hae-ryung wonders about Goo Jae-gyeong and Mo-wha but he avoids her questions.

Mo-wha dwells on more memories. Despite being a servant at Sungkyunkwan 20 years ago, a teacher had offered her a place to study medicine – at *Seoraewon*. She meets Goo Jae-gyeong there, and practices her sutures in front of a Western man who looks like Jean Baptiste Barthelemy. He is implied to be Doctor Dominique.

Mo-wha cries as she remembers, realising who Hae-ryung is.

Jean Baptiste Bartelemey tells Prince Dowon and his attendants of the story of Rapunzel, captivating them. However, Goo Hae-ryung is not impressed with the far-fetched story when the prince retells it to her. He is heart-broken with her reaction, so she pretends to be interested.

The historians suspect that Officer Seong and Goo Hae-ryung are hiding something. Hae-ryung hurries to *Nokseodang* as it is surrounded by palace guards, interrupting Prince Dowon as he tries to learn French. They resolve to help Jean escape.

The group spread rumours about Jean having escaped out of the palace and into Hanyang to take the attention away from *Nokseodang*. The rumours spread and guards are sent out. Jean is disguised as Prince Dowon and manages to leave the palace and meet with Goo Hae-ryung. However, he sneaks out a window and leaves behind the royal robes and an apology – he is not a merchant, and had come to Joseon to find where his brother was buried.

Jean finally meets Mo-wha in person. She shows him where his brother was killed – he kneels and prays for his brother’s soul.

The palace releases an announcement – the King has ordered Jean’s accomplice to give him up, lest the 73 Catholics be executed. Crown Prince Jin is appalled at the sudden order, suspecting that the Second State Councillor has convinced the King to undertake such drastic measures.

Unable to accept the executions, Prince Dowon approaches the king and confesses, ignoring Heo Sam-bo’s desperate pleas. The King is outraged at Dowon’s betrayal, and orders the Catholics to be executed anyway. However, his eunuch responds that Prince Jin has released them.

The King confronts Jin while Song Sa-hui sits in.

> **Crown Prince Jin:** I thought it was wrong. A king is father to all his subjects. And what kind of father would use his children’s lives to achieve something?
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The Queen Dowager intervenes to reprimand the King, who is forced to back down. Song Sa-hui, recording the altercation, stays behind to comfort the Prince.

Eunuch Sam-bo treats Prince Dowon’s cut from his argument with the King. Goo Hae-ryung consoles Dowon, telling him that he did the right thing.

The historians debate why Crown Prince would have released the Catholics. Officer Min suspiciously eyes Officer Seong’s empty chair, thinking deeply. Heo Ah-ran mentions that Officer Seong had gone to meet Crown Prince Jin.

Officer Min takes Officer Seong aside, who admits that he had threatened to reveal the contents of Hae-ryung’s *sachaek* – thus revealing Prince Dowon’s hand in Jean’s escape – to coerce Prince Jin into release the Catholic prisoners. (It is presumed that Jin had complied to save Dowon from the King’s wrath, not knowing that Dowon was already confessing.)

The confession angers Officer Min, who believes that Officer Seong has betrayed his duty as a historian. However, Officer Seong had already chosen to give up his job to save the lives of the other Catholics, despite knowing it would disgrace him. Although pained, he asks Officer Min to punish him for dishonouring his colleagues.

Song Sa-hui is summoned to Min-Ik-pyeong. He orders her to reveal the contents of Hae-ryung’s *sachaek*, to determine what happened in the meeting with Prince Dowon and the King.

Heo Sam-bo suddenly calls for Prince Dowon with urgent news – the palace is finding Dowon’s bride and arranging his marriage. He turns to see that Goo Hae-ryung has overheard.

## Starring

### Main cast:

* Shin Se-kyung as Goo Hae-ryung
* Cha Eun-woo as Prince Dowon
* Park Ki-woong as Crown Prince Yi Jin
* Lee Ji-hoon as Min Woo-won
* Gong Jung-hwan as Goo Jae-gyeong
* Kim Min-sang as King Hamyeong Yi Tae
* Choi Deok-moon as Min Ik-pyeong

### Recurring:

* Kim Yeo-jin as Queen Dowager Yim
* Heo Jeong-do as Officer Yang Si-haeng
* Kang Hoon as Officer Hyeon Kyeong-mook
* Nam Tae-woo as Officer Son Gil-seung
* Yoon Jung-sub as Officer Hwang Jang-goon
* Ji Gun-woo as Officer Seong Seo-kwon
* Oh Hee-joon as Officer Ahn Hong-ik
* Lee Jung-ha as Officer Kim Chi-gook
* Park Ji-hyun as Apprentice Song Sa-hee
* Lee Ye-rim as Apprentice Oh Eun-im
* Jang Yoo-bin as Apprentica Heo Ah-ran
* Jeon Ik-ryung as Mo-hwa
* Sung Ji-ru as Heo Sam-bo
* Yang Jo-a as Seol-geum
* Lee Kwan-hoon as Gak-soi
* Ryoo Tae-ho as Song Jae-cheon
* Kim Yong-woon as Gwi Jae