Rookie Historian Goo Hae-Ryung

Goo Hae-ryung tells Goo Jae-gyeong that she doesn’t want to get married. Yi Rim is curious about how the public truly feels about his writing.

Hae-ryung gets distressing news from Jae-gyeong about her betrothal. The king finds out about Yi Rim’s activities. Yi Jin makes a controversial ruling.

Hae-ryung sits for the examination and contends with Yi Jin’s questions about her point of view. Yi Rim tries to find the woman impersonating Maehwa.

Song Sa-hui tells Hae-ryung that she can take care of herself. Min U-won proposes to teach the recruits after they’re browbeaten by ladies-in-waiting.

Yi Rim briefs Yi Jin about the attack. Hae-ryung learns the truth about Maehwa and regrets what this may mean. Yi Jin asks Hae-ryung about his brother.

Hae-ryung is vilified for writing an appeal. Yi Jin asks Sa-hui why she chose to become a historian. Hae-ryung and Yi Rim find themselves in a bind.

The king dispatches Yi Rim to visit the region when advisers raise concerns about an epidemic. Hae-ryung volunteers to go and sees someone she knows.

Hae-ryung entreats Yi Rim to allow a controversial procedure that may ease the epidemic, but U-won questions whether she grasps her role as a historian.

Yi Rim gets a visit from Queen Dowager Im. The historians face a dilemma about their duty to record. Yi Jin approaches U-won with a delicate request.

An unexpected appeal is presented to Yi Jin, which forces U-won into a difficult position. Yi Rim asks Hae-ryung her opinion about the other historians.