"…Forgive me Mistress, but I simply do not understand why you sent that lowly family to infiltrate The Seo's when you can just be happy that you are in the palace one again and take full advantage of it's amenities." "You simply do not understand servant; that disabled girl stole my entire destiny; starting from changing the perceptive of the lowliest place in society that I had been brought up into. She has the endless favour of her older brother in a society where impoverished people like them are prone to sell off there family members for bread; she then stole the devotion of a half-breed that was almost completely loyal to me; not to mention getting over her trails and tribulations as a disabled orphan of one of the legends in history that she is part of the only family whose family wasn't torn apart and looked down upon by the rest of the nation. Not to mention that she herself has made so many valuable merits to this Confucius society that she is against that even scholars look to her to rewire the laws of a woman in society, most notably when it comes to education which almost every woman has had to fight for the right to attain." "But that is also due to her father's and brother's contributions to society also…." "Whereas I do not even know who my own father is! I have no idea even if I have siblings in the world or if I was left behind to rot and grow up in a brothel due to my sex! She has also found many ways to instigate people against me and she has reaped the benefits purely because she can never get over the fact that her husband like me first despite her decade long crush! She has completely spoiled that man for me now! He is a monster of her making that she had made him believe that only she can understand, soothe and indulge and heal all at the same time! She made me fight for a bastard like that and exhaust all of my efforts, causing me to make so many mistakes that allowed her to entrap me in the circumstance that I am enslaved to today! And as for Seo Hwi! I was also his first love! He should have put in more effort to help me like SeonHo always helped Yeon! He helped her, he stalked her, he made himself the centre of her entire world and vice versa…"
"Forgive me for asking you, but I simply do not understand who you love more…" "Seonho fits my ambitious purposes, but my heart…it has never stopped beating for Seo Hwi I suppose…but he regarded me as nothing but a mere ornament, just like he did her…and yet she still chose to stay by his side no matter what, even when he was as high as a kite…and even then he was still cold and kept his distance towards me! Can you imagine the nerve that half-breed bastard has! To turn me down! Me! The beauty of the village; the one that no man could lay his hands upon because I was technically not a kisaeng…and that was all before she changed her appearance, and so simply as well."
"So what is your plan now? Just in case that girl fails?" "I will never fail to instil pain to the people who have left me behind and made me suffer for years on end now. And what better time to do it when The Third Prince has one again become a subject under my skirt, so that it can force further humiliation on my enemies that can never be erased. They have forced me to be crazy in so many ways that I doubt that I can ever regain my sanity, my innocence and my morals back ever again in this lifetime! For every miserly good thing I have received in this lifetime, Seo Yeon has had it handed to her by the bow-full! How is that fair to me! Is hall no longer endure the fake smile that I had planted all over my face despite my bleeding heart and my bruised soul!" "There is no need to excuse your despicable behaviour Han Hui-Jae; everyone's life is tough and do not forget; for all of the glory that Seo Yeon has, she can never be a natural woman due to her epileptic disorder." "Your Highness, what are you doing here? Di you really come all of this way to see me? Why did you summon me? What has happened? Have you heard anything from that girl?" "Well, we have received something about her indeed…" "Which is? Please tell me!" "Well here; you can take a look for yourself." "What is this! Did he really…behead her and send her head to you like this!" "We both know that Seo Hwi could never, so who else could have done this?" "I…i cannot believe that…that monster…" "What monster? Do you mean the master that you created? You know that if you had not rejected him outright and humiliated him like every other woman has done to him; he could have been eating out of the palm of your hands instead of Seo Yeon's, right? You were the one who pushed him towards her, you the one who let him run off to her to lick his wounds and comfort him instead and you let him be indulged so far in the first place." "And what about you? Who I am to you?" "You…are the only weapon that I have to destroy Nam Seon-Ho, even if it means eventually destroying his shadow Seo Hwi…"
"The truth is that Nam Seon-Ho has long been infatuated with the girl before anyone ever realised it, why else would he risk her safety under the same roof as himself and his father instead of sending her away somewhere where she could have recovered and lived in peace for the rest of her life? He wanted to be close to her from the start…" "So what will you do for me in return?" "I will serve you like a queen…" "Or a kisaneg; why not? How else do you think that crafty girl managed to seduce her brother's only friend in the entire world?" "You want me to serve you as a servant instead of as an equal like Seo Yeon and her husband?" "Have you still not let go of your obsessions towards them both?' "How can I after everything they have put me through? Even now, I wish to chew their bones and drink their blood personally!"
"You sure know how to bring everyone into your black hole of misery girl…" "What fool would spare their enemies at all? So now what will you do?" "Nothing; I have already began to lure that half-breed back into the kingdom, now it is only a matter of when, especially when I have his last remaining blood relative in my hands that I know he is dying to retrieve…"
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"…is everything alright my love? Look at your son, he is walking in your direction at 7 months old…" "Wife…what do you think about…" "Do not even mention returning to the kingdom to me husband, lest you find yourself alone in bed for the rest of your life." "Really?" "Aren't you tired of the constant pressure? The constant schemes that we always have to be on our toes about? And the exhausting effort of maintaining a wealthy lifestyle? And all of that effort alone can maintain a whole village of families instead. We cannot even go back soon after our departure and I won't have the children move anywhere until they are old enough to defend themselves. They need to grow up here to appreciate what they have so they do not grow up to be spoilt brats that think that they can get anything just because of your wealth. It is in this one regard that I agree with you father in how he managed his finances with you." "Really? I wonder what else you are going to teach the twins?" "I shall start educating them myself now that they are starting to walk…" "Very well, it isn't as if I can just bring somebody into the village to teach them especially, but I am starting with Chul's education now at least and little Geom will follow. I have also done the same thing with Bo-Geom…." "As long as you do not provoke the other children to be jealous, I am fine with it all husband. Chul already follows you around like a little shadow and Geom will soon follow up as well." "You cannot stop me from spoiling my princess over here; I will make sure she lives a full life before she is married off anywhere. And you cannot take your son out from his studies and let him play like some wild animal!" "Very wee husband, I shall ensure that he becomes a miniature version of you and nothing more." "Good, and as for you…" "What about me?" "You shall get pregnant again." "Excuse me?" "If you want me to stay here in this village with you and our family, you resale give me more of a reason to stay other than just watching our own children grow." "Husband…" You shall devote yourself to me all over again my temporarily relieving your duties to your sister-in-law until you are pregnant again. We must keep trying whilst we can and I will reduce the number of servants we have here so that you can just stay here at home with your family. If there are any materials that you want such as books for studying, then I shall get them for you and nobody else can manage the embroidery house as well as you can so I will leave all of the decision making into your hands. I promise you that you shall regain your freedom once you have birthed my children and any major decisions you feel we should take about the fate of the village will be relayed by myself."
"Are you being serious husband? I showed be educating the children myself right now and you just…" I did not give her time to answer back to me as I immediately called for whatever remaining help we had left to take my children away and put them to sleep earlier as I took my wife by the hand to continue with our plans to grow our family, no matter how forceful I was being. I had turned into a calm and mellow man here in the village, but it could not completely eradicate the dark nature that my father had instilled in me to take control of everything, although I found myself wishing I would never use it on my own children. I was well aware that I was already being overbearing by putting myself in charge of the children's educations, but if Hwi didn't want to uproot us all when it was already clear that our location had been compromised, then what choice did I have but to instil defence in our youth? They were ultimately the ones who were going to pay for defending their homes against The Royal Family sooner rather than later. Honestly, if I were not invested in having a family, then I would have killed The Third Prince myself long ago. I couldn't do anything about that now, although I do believe that I have given The Prince enough chances against his life and if he crossed the line, then I would have my son and nephews handle him in such a manner that nobody should veer find his remains. I just needed them to grow up now, and make more children in the process…
"What are you thinking about husband?" "My plans for Hyuk." "You must include me in them at all times." "And what if I do not?" "I will not hesitate to take my children away from you if I find that you are harming them." "Then I will find you and take them away from you in return and you will still have to follow myself and my orders for the rest of your life, don't you know that? Your role as my official wife is not something that you should ever take lightly in this world wife, because I have every tactic to make you follow me until the end of our days and even over several lifetimes." "Yes husband." "Wipe your tears away and get ready, for I doubt that any of us will get any sleep tonight at all."