Episode 13

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

Officials search the palace for a prisoner on the loose. Woo-won shields a fellow historian at great risk to himself. Yi Jin receives troubling news.

## Plot Summary

Goo Hae-ryung dolls herself up for a day at work. Prince Dowon is constantly distracted by thoughts of Hae-ryung after their kiss, and feels awkward when she arrives at *Nokseodang*. She asks him to get used to the kisses.

Song Sa-hui records as an official informs Crown Prince Jin that a Western intruder has been captured at Uiji. The Crown Prince wishes to interrogate him personally.

At the palace, workers gather to watch the interrogation. The man does not seem to understand Korean, Mandarin, Japanese, or Dutch – but he reacts to the latter. Unable to communicate with him, Crown Prince Jin has him sent away. Goo Hae-ryung wonders if the man is French.

The intruder manages to escape his guards, causing gunshots to ring through the palace and a manhunt to ensue. Everyone is nervous about the man’s arrival as the palace is searched. The man suddenly attacks Eunuch Heo Sam-bo at *Nokseodang* and is knocked out by Prince Dowon and tied up. Goo Hae-ryung arrives and asks them not to surrender him to the Royal Investigation Bureau, fearing that he will be killed immediately. However, he escapes from the prince’s quarters before they can interrogate him.

Officer Seong is accosted by the panicked man. He reveals a rosary and says, “Amen” – the intruder visibly relaxes.

At a royal meeting, Crown Prince Jin is rebuked by his father for bringing the intruder into the palace. The King orders all Catholics to be captured, as they have a history of helping Western intruders.

The Queen Dowager manages to avoid being searched and speaks with Mo-wha, revealing that they both know who the intruder is, and that he knows of Seoraewon.

At the Office of Royal Decrees, all of the workers are patted down. Officer Min Woo-won notices Officer Seong’s rosary, and wrests it from his hand, switching positions with him. Officer Min refuses to be searched and is let go due to his parentage, saving himself and Officer Seong.

The guards search the library but are quickly rushed out by Officer Yang as the room contains confidential records. The intruder is revealed to be hiding there.

Crown Prince Jin feels immense guilt as the 73 Catholics captured face execution for their beliefs, as he brought the intruder into the palace and caused the manhunt. He holds back tears.

The intruder is found again at *Nokseodang*, raiding their kitchen and shocking Prince Dowon and his attendants by speaking Korean. The man is Jean Baptiste Barthelemy and is French. He claims to be a foreign merchant who is owed money by someone in Hanyang, but Goo Hae-ryung suspects him of lying.

Officer Min confronts Officer Seong about the latter’s Catholicism.

> **Min Woo-won:** You and your entire family almost lost there lives because of this petty thing. [The rosary.]
> **Officer Seong:** It is not a petty thing. I can even sacrifice my life to protect this belief. Have you ever thought about this? Everyone was born as a human being. But why are some noble and others lowly? Some people starve their whole lives. Some people get sold for money as if they’re an animal. But why do I get to enjoy such a plentiful life while they shed so much sorrow and blood? In Catholicism, they teach us we’re all children of the Lord. We’re taught that everyone equally deserves respect. I believe that we deserve to live in a world like that.
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Alone in the Office of Royal Decrees later on, Goo Hae-ryung reluctantly allows Officer Seong to review her *sachaek*, imploring him to keep it a secret.

Prince Dowon speaks to Jean, who describes France and how they rebelled against their King. He asks the prince if he knows a place ‘where dawn comes to greet you’.

Mo-wha decides not to knock on the Goo residence gate, but is found by Goo Hae-ryung who invites her in for tea. Hae-ryung introduces Mo-wha to Goo -gyeong, while they hide their shock and recognition. Upset, Mo-wha seems to realise who Hae-ryung really is, as Jae-gyeong does not actually have a younger sister. However, Mo-wha does not say it out loud, confronting Jae-gyeong when Hae-ryung leaves the room to fetch something.

> **Mo-wha:** What were you thinking? Why would you? How could you?
> **Goo Jae-gyeong:** Please don’t tell anyone. There’s still something I need to do. Please…keep it a secret until then.
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Mo-wha comes across Goo Hae-ryung as she leaves and has a flashback to her teenage days – she calls for her teacher, who is fast asleep at his desk. A child pops up and shushes her good-naturedly. Now, she realises the child is Hae-ryung.

## 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