I was taken to my room of luxury, but I was completely isolated from my companions, which I had already found very strange from the moment the mother of The Crown Prince kept me under lock and key. I had no idea why she would want to do this to me after all that I had done for her, but I didn't have the time to think about that nor did I care anymore. I was completely done with this so-called Royal Family who were nothing but a bunch of greedy and corrupt, stuck up, greedy and incapable bunch of old farts and it was rather embarrassing and infuriating to believe that these idiots were capable of running a nation and ruining the lives of the people on a mere whim. I hated them and and a much as I hated to admit this; I was beginning to understand why my husband simply couldn't quit being at the palace, even if it did take a toll on him. Honestly, if I were not currently pregnant now, I would have taken over this place again as I did in my youth and wipe out every single one who had The Royal Bloodline along with my husband if he didn't put me in such a vulnerable position. Honestly, I was starting to believe that if it wasn't for my epileptic condition, then my husband wouldn't need to be so intense with me all of the time and he wouldn't rush to get me pregnant as he did now. Maybe if I was healthy like every other woman, he would take me long with him for his work instead of leaving me alone with family, and he wouldn't use our intimacy as an excuse to hold me down or use it to get what he wanted. And yet he still chose to impregnate me and love me still and talk to him about his work. I was still involved in some way or another, but it wasn't enough for me anymore. I didn't know what was going on with me, but I was stating to feel restless as my pregnancy came to an end, it was as if somebody had blown the hope of life in me once again and I was just aching in my heart for my husband to return to me and our children who were obviously missing him dearly as I was.
"…you stop right there Seo Yeon; turn around and face me at all times when I am speaking to you." "And why should I do that when all you do is ignore me, Young Master?" "Are you sulking then? For me not paying as much attention to you as you wish me to?" "I am an epileptic and disabled orphan girl with no memories about my life, how do you expect that I feel right now? If we were friends as you say? You know what? Never you mind, I do not expect you to care about the lives of lowborn…" "And just what is that supposed to mean? Hey! I told you to look at me when I am talking to you…!" "Let go of me! Young Master! I told you to let go…!" "Now you listen here Seo Yeon, just because you are angry at me, it doesn't give you the right to ignore me at will!" "Are you kidding me! You can do it to me but I cannot do it to you!" "Damned right I can do it to you since I am busy working on getting you out of here! I am not ignoring you at will, I am just busy and tired woman!" "Then let me help you so you will become less busy and tired!
"Look here little girl; I know you think yourself capable just because you managed to get my housemaid and so-called concubine to step down, but my father is a very different level of scheming and cunning, believe me you!" "Who are you calling a little girl, sir! I am more than that and you know it!" I could help myself but to release a small chuckle at the memory of this fight we had at his father's yangban. Did I know what I was doing at the time by saying that to him? Was I already aware of him…watching me at all times, even when he was in a bad mood as this one? From the moment I said that, could feel his mood change as he took in my words and instead of holding onto me to keep me from harming him, he actually pulled me closer to him as if he were acting on my words, but I still had no idea even now if he was just doing that to scare me or not. "Young Master…please dignify yourself in front of me…" "Dignify myself? And how can I do that with you constantly bumping into me and only touching me like this!" "You…!" "Rather than loosing your pretty little temper like this, you just wait for me to have some free time and I promise you that I shall…" "You shall what? Forget it, I have had enough of your empty promises now! Leave me alone! Go on!" "You are still my responsibility to matter what you do and where you go and I can always find you, never forget that." He whispered into my ear when he took a hold of me from behind me and placed his head into my neck for only a single second of relief before almost pushing me away when we heard this father approach us from afar. But he still didn't let me go without telling me how much I had changed and how much it was beginning to irritate him, but when I offered to keep myself isolated in my quarters he didn't like that idea either. He was such a difficult and angry person back then and I was really hopeless on how to soothe and pacify him at first. I remember accusing him of taking liberties with me which made him smile for the first time I could recall ever seeing him do that…
"…you bandage my wounds with lowered eyes and a gentle temperament in my most desolate time, I have never forgotten this in my entire life, wife. I know that I have hurt you wife, but I shall make up everything to you I swear it." "Is that why you still keep my my first embroidery piece on your person, husband?" "Of course." "Then please stay alive to repay me for the dark world that you have pulled me in." "You have finally given me what I wanted wife, of course I shall return to you." "And what if I wasn't pregnant? Would you still find your way to me?" "I would have never stopped trying with you wife, even if it did take us decades to connive like this. And I will always find you…" "I will always find you…"
"Yeon! YEON! WAKE UP! YOUR QUARTERS ARE ON FIRE! Wake up!" "I will always find you…husband, where are you…?" "Yeon! Wake up! Crown Prince! Someone as mighty as you should not set foot in a place like this where there is a fire!" "Husband…where is my husband? He promised me that he would find me…husband…" "The damage to this building is already quiet severe, why on earth would my mother put a pregnant woman in a place like this! How could a fire even happen in a damp place like this! The roof is practically rotting out there! Tell me! What is going on here!" "Yeon! Jeong Beom, you are going to have to pick her up and place her in my quarters, then I shall take her home with me straight away…" "My mother! I have no idea what is wrong with her! Since her last miscarriage, she had to burn mugwort earlier than usual to prevent earlier miscarriages or accidents, and all sorts of acupuncture's. My baby is healthy enough, but she shouldn't be around any pregnant women, not after after what happened to her!" "Husband…my husband…" "Forgive me Your Highness, but you really must make a choice now between your mother and father; your sister has already been caught for her crimes, and what about this now? It is obvious even without evidence that your mother was the one who set fire to this place on purpose to kill your man's wife! After everything they have been through together…my goodness, she is responsible for the death of his father and he still pursued her! If The Lord Nam cannot set his eyes on his wife at home, he will throw tantrums even then! So what do you think he will do when he hears news that his wife was deliberately harmed! She even gave her a plate of both sour and spicy biscuits to predetermine the sex of her chid!" "Very well, you know exactly how to handle this issue with the remnants of the plague that we have kept hidden in the palace…" "Very well, I shall get on this right away Your Highness!" "That will be the end of my mother, and for my sister, she can take blame for these crimes before she is to be married off to whoever will take her. And to add insult to injury…let us show her the evidence that her husband was the one who caused her miscarriage with more evidence than we have, like a fake perception. That will surely put an end to all of her fanciful ideas and make her grow up for once in her damned life! I shall not be saddled with these useless burdens on my shoulders when I take my father's throne with the help of The Lord Nam himself! My sister will kneel for an entire day outside my mother's tombstone to give her the respect that she deserves before we send her off…" "Husband…"
"Where is my sister right now! Why can't I find her! Where is she!" "Your Highness, we have just received word that your sister has escaped to the hot springs with a son of an official in your own court…" "My own court! Who! Why would she…how would she…who helped her to escape! Men! Guards! Bring her back here and have her slapped across the mouth 50 times before presenting herself to our father…" "Your Highness…" "Do not look at me like that! Anyone can harvest her cheap life like that, weren't you the one who taught me this? Didn't you also inform me of her plot to kill off my own woman slowly by poisoning her medicines to give her some sort of kidney failure? Via those mushrooms that she has recently been addicted to?" "Yes, I suppose that I did…" "What are you hesitating about man? What is wrong with you?" "Your Highness, you might want to exercise prudence; all of this years events has been linked to The Nam's, including some downfalls. I expect that if we shed light to these recent events of the fire and the hot sprigs, that life may become unfavourable for the Seo's who have a high place in our society and kingdom…" "But make sure to mention how she stole my wife's custom made prenatal herbs, and mix that up with her husband's despicable actions, that we we can unstable her at the right time…" "…it is still good that your sister can spire to be a pillar at court! Do you really have to go after her like this! Son!" "Mother for goodness sake! She has become as useless to me as you have! She lacks natural ability for anything, after you have even personally taught her yourself, mother! My sister is a magnet of trouble and a waste of space here in the palace! Anything she does is attached to my name, including her endless escapades with my ministers of all people!" "Son! How could you possibly…" "You womenfolk are all weak and incompetent here in the palace! Mothers who grew up in sheer poverty are stronger willed than you are, who has been brought up in the lap of luxury! And what about me? My pride? My aspirations! My titles! My expectations from an entire kingdom! And you! You shall have to choose between your own life and that of your spoilt daughter who is of no use to anyone at all! She lacks even your basic skills! Are you really going to let her reflect badly on me for the rest of my life mother! When I finally have the throne in my sight! Do not make me expose the fact that you practically besieged The Emperor with prostitutes and almost cost him his crown for it! How else could you have been chosen as his concubine when you have lowlier beginning than The Nam's and Seo's have altogether!" "You…are you really that embarrassed of me son? Is that why you are punishing us like this?" "If you truly loved me mother, you would be ready to sacrifice yourself for me at whim, in the same manner that The Lord Nam's mother did for him." 'My son…"