Chapter 7.2

“What can you do for the authority of the royal family if you can’t silence one such rumor?”

“For such a father, wasn’t it the best solution for the royal authority to gather all the royal members and discuss concubine spies using a jokgu game?”

“It is for the sake of the future. What should I do? Even with more concubines, we should strive for the prosperity of the royal family. What can be done for the royal family if there’s no heirs?”

Doyoon also raised his cold eyes and looked at Lee Hak Soo disgustingly.

“Do you really think this is for the royal family’s prosperity?”

“If it’s not for the royal family, what will it be for?!”

“It would be for my father’s greed.”

“Wha- what?!”

Doyoon’s quite sharp voice made Lee Hak Soo’s heart shatter. Doyoon did not miss that moment and went further at Lee Hak Soo.

“Are you going to continue crawling through that luck?”

“Did you say it was empty luck, Jusang?”

The eyes of the two clashed. Doyoon’s cold eyes were hardened more severely. The two were standing as if they were about to kill each other.

“My heirs will be a tool for my father’s incessantly soaring greed without knowing that heavenly high. Yes, just like me.”

“Why on earth have you changed so much?! You were the timber of a King who was sharper and smarter than anyone else in this Joseon Dynasty!”

Lee Hak Soo approached Doyoon and shouted as if he couldn’t listen any more.The two fluttering fists seemed to represent Lee Hak Soo’s feelings. Doyoon looked at Lee Hak Soo, who was shouting at him and laughed. Then he took off the crown roughly as if he couldn’t stand it anymore.

“I would rather have my father sit on the throne in person. Wasn’t it the throne you wanted so much? Or should I give it to you now?”

“Lee Doyoon, you…!”

The eyes of Lee Hak Soo and Doyoon were fiercely entangled.

Doyoon was the son of Daewon-gun before becoming a monarch. Also, Daewon-gun was a powerful politician who always ruled the throne. The two were close but now they couldn’t be even further apart. Lee Hak Soo retreated and looked up at Doyoon with his eyes supported by evil.

“In other words, anyone, not me, could take this seat. And it is always a place where I can change my dedication if I were giving up.”

Once long ago, Doyoon clearly stared at Lee Hak Soo and gave his lips strength. He engraved on his heart a pledge that he would never fall apart and never break. Lee Hak Soo’s gaze at him also sank heavily.

“Is it so scary?”

“I’m afraid.”

“Why do you put such a weak word in your mouth?”

“How long will this emptiness would Iast? It only hurts me, and what are you afraid of? It is a life with nothing to lose or gain.”

The source of evil took down its roots and grew out of control. Doyoon, who stood at the center, thought he was the only person who could cut off the evil.

“This weak and stupid guy!”

However, Lee Hak Soo had to ignore Do-yoon’s aspirations. Then, standing next to Lee Hak Soo, Doyoon opened his mouth without strength, as if he was exhausted. The end of the voice was splintered.

“Be honest with yourself. Repent and ask for forgiveness.”

“Who am I supposed to ask for forgiveness and repentance?! Why?!”

“If you do, I will be happy to share your will with you, my father.”

Lee Hak Soo snorted. Then he passed and twisted his mouth as he turned to Doyoon, who had reached the front door of Pyeonjeon.

“You always try to go a different path from me. Do you really think that you will be able to become a strong monarch if you are against my will?”

“Think what you want. I just wear a dragon robe. It is the Father who holds the seal anyway.”

“…….”

“You made this bloody start with your own hands. For the first time, and for the life of me, father should take it all.”

“…….”

“The last thing that ends this life belongs to me.”

“What?”

“The end of this dirty life means that I will take it completely according to my will, with my own hands.”

And Doyoon without hesitation, opened the door roughly and stepped out. Lee Hak Soo shook his head and burst into laughter and cynicism.

Doyoon, who always confronted him, but Lee Haksoo’s hoped that someday he could figure out his will. However, Lee Hak-soo nodded as if he had decided on something.

“Is Juhwan outside?”

“Yes, sir.”

“Tomorrow, an officer will come from Cheongguk.” ( Qing Dynasty)

“……?”

“You will meet him in person at the ferry and bring him to me.”

“Yes, I understand.”

Lee Hak Soo also rushed out as if there was no regret.

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Today, Eunseol’s face shines even more in the sun.

“You are going on an errand, aren’t you?”

“I will be right there”.

Even today, the faces of those in the streets were full of vigor and vitality. Eunseol gently grasped her dress and walked to the bookroom. A woman approached Eunseol and said.

“Dear, have you heard the rumor?”

“What?”

“The Princess is alive!”

Yeoju whispered to Eunseol and looked around secretly. Then Eunseol stopped her steps and grabbed Yeoju’s hand with her lips firmly closed.

“What do you mean? Didn’t you say that the princess was dead?”

“I did. But now people are saying that the princess is alive!”

“Yeoju, you, what if you get in trouble again? This talk is done. Don’t say anything about that in the future.”

Eunseol shook her head and grabbed Yeoju’s wrist tightly. Then Yeoju began to whisper this time with a lower voice than before.

“What do you think? Is the princess of the late king really alive?”

Yeoju stared up at Eunseol with a face full of curiosity. Strangely, Eunseol’s heart started to shake at the word ‘princess’. It was a word that had nothing to do with her, but why is the heart beating so unreasonable? Eunseol looked back at Yeoju with her red lips firmly shut.

“Don’t get into trouble with useless rumors. If you hear such a rumor, bury it in your heart.”

“But Eunseol. All these rumors started for a reason. The fact that the current King has gone crazy.. It was all because he was greedy for a place that does not belong to him. Isn’t it really possible that the princess could be alive?”

The moment Yeoju touches her lips to say something more ..

“Ouch!”

Eunseol was struck hard by an armed man and they both fell on the ground.

“My lady, are you okay?”

At that moment, the eyes of the man who looked at Eunseol were growing. Then Eun Seol asked.

“Are you okay?

Eunseol got up in a hurry and looked down at the fallen man. The cold eyes of the man staring at her felt familiar. Eunseol tilted her head and could not take her eyes off the man. Eunseol’s eyes began to sweep hotly over the man’s half-covered face. Those eyes were familiar.

“Catch him! There!”

At that time, the sharp voice of the crowd that seemed to be chasing the man could not give a word to Eunseol. The man quickly ran away.

“Ah!”

Eunseol brushed off the crumpled clothes while looking in vain at the back of the quickly disappearing man.

“For sure it was a familiar face.”

Then Eunseol curled her lips anxiously, looking at the armed men chasing him quickly.

“For what reason is he being chased away?”

“My lady, are you okay? Ugh, I dropped all of the skirts!”

Yeoju hurriedly supported Eunseol by shaking off the crumpled clothes of Eunseol with her palm.

“If the mistress gets to know about this, she will be worried about you again! Let’s go home quickly.”

Eunseol slowly nodded as she looked at Yeoju. Suddenly, a dry voice passed by Eunseol’s mind.

‘My name is Lee Doyoon’.

Eunseol hurriedly looked back at the desolate streets where the man had already disappeared and only a dusty wind was blowing.

“The guard’s captain?”

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