C3 Part2

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“You said that things have changed after she returned from seeing Consort Yu?”

“Yes, according to Yusun, this is the case. However, at first, the Mistress never let anything show, so Yusun didn’t notice it at first. That’s what I’ve heard.”

Although she left because she claimed to hate the clan and her husband, Consort Yu seemed to have some sort of lingering attachment to this place.

She thought Heon didn’t know about it, but Heon knew everything that took place within his house.

“It seems that my mother thinks that this place is still within the palm of her hand.”

Junghwan crouched down even further at Heon’s cold words.

The Consort Yu that Heon knew would use her silver tongue to make MoonWon’s heart waver. Her elegant figure could melt the hearts of any person, and her soft expression as she approached you would usually win her opponents over and make them do whatever she wanted.

‘She didn’t give Consort Yu what she wanted?’

If MoonWon asked the Consort to help her return to the Crown Prince’s side in exchange for information about the bamboo grove and Heon, the Consort would have wholeheartedly granted her wish.

Although he felt uncomfortable and annoyed whenever he saw her face, Heon couldn’t help but feel that MoonWon was a bit different from the other women he knew.

Although she had a difficult time withstanding Heon’s fierce aura, MoonWon didn’t avoid him. Instead, she approached him.

“How much have you progressed in preparing what I’ve asked?”

“Things are almost done on our end. However, Yusun says she will need more time.”

“I don’t care who you use or how you use them. Tell her she mustn’t miss a single thing.”

Hearing the cold command, Junghwan couldn’t stop his body from trembling.

After raising his collapsed clan and taking everything that had been snatched away by the Consort and the nobility back one by one, Heon’s personality grew harder and colder.

At times, Junghwan wished Heon would pause and take a breath. But instead of resting, Heon would merely charge forward.

Because of Heon’s efforts and sacrifice, he was able to come this far. However, Junghwan was worried. He felt that Heon was racing precariously towards his goal, and that he would collapse at any moment. The anxiety almost brought him to his knees.

However, there was nothing Junghwan could do. He merely sighed in silence and continued to speak.

“And it looks like the Crown Prince’s marriage has been postponed. It seems that they have discovered the corruption rooted in the Deputy Secretary General’s family.”

“Whether someone discovered it or it was merely time for the truth to be exposed… No one really knows.”

“Excuse me?”

Although the Crown Prince was gaining supporters, the Deputy Secretary’s family was under the Consort’s realm of influence. All in all, the Deputy Secretary General had started out as a merchant and managed to make it this far.

Because his house was one that had gained power by going back and forth between Consort Yu and the Emperor, it had definitely touched a nerve with the nobility. And yet the family disregarded this and the daughter had been chosen as the future Crown Princess. And this was all due to one reason.

They had the unspoken permission of the Emperor or the Consort.

And this permission had been shattered from one end.

“For now, give the people who are keeping an eye on this situation more money. Tell them we’ll give them more based on the information they bring us, and they’ll take care of the rest.”

“Yes, sir.”

Figuring out what family the future Crown Princess would come from was not an immediate problem that needed to be solved.

Either way, Heon’s foundation wasn’t based on the government post that came with his achievements in war. His foundation was based on the soldiers under his command.

Because SeoMoon was a nation that favored scholars and civil servants over the military, the imperial forces were a lot weaker than those in other countries. Therefore, whenever the country was thrown into war, the Emperor would use the soldiers belonging to noble families to fight the foreign nations.

Thanks to all the time and capital Heon had invested, Heon’s soldiers were one of the most powerful forces in SeoMoon.

Now that there wasn’t a war to fight, Heon planned on merely keeping an eye on the capital and focusing more of his attention on his soldiers.

“What did you do with the new weapons we brought with us?”

“We’ve placed them in the warehouse for now. Would you like to take a look?”

Heon got up from his seat at Junghwan’s words. As he began making his way to the door, he stopped and fixed his eyes on something outside the window. Heon’s eyes saw the entire scene unfolding outside.

“Master?”

“That woman seriously…!”

Heon hurriedly went outside.

Wondering what made Heon behave this way, Junghwan looked out the window.

“M-Mistress!”

Right now, it wasn’t important why the woman who was supposed to be in the inner residence was over there.

The problem was that MoonWon was currently climbing the tall wall with her long sleeves and skirts tied back. Below her, a group of servants had gathered as they murmured amongst themselves and tapped their feet.

Astonished, Junghwan ran out after Heon.

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