Humorous, tender, a mystery, a love story, political intrigue.
Young and naive Prince Dowon/Yi Rim, a dreamer who writes popular romantic novels while waiting for life and love. He's been ostracized by the palace for reasons that only become clear in the final episodes.
He meets Goog Hae-ryung, a courageous young woman who foregoes marriage in order to become independent and be somebody rather than be merely a cooking and breeding little wife in the shadow of a man. She becomes a historian together with 3 other young and strong women. After initial sparring Prince and Historian begin to fall in love. After much intrigue involving the deposed and murdered previous king the mystery of Prince Dowon's real birth is finally revealed. The ending of the 20 episodes leaves room for a sequel.
The plot is good, the action pace is good, the acting is good. 5 stars. Not embarrassed to say I've watched it more than once.