"Mom, can we go back", asked Ji-Soo. They have been staying there for more than a year and Ji-Soo was still recovering. Her recovery was more of a mental one than physical. Yuna on the other hand was forced to work from home. One in a week Jenny's grandmother would come over to perform the energy cleansing ritual. Their life had changed since that incident and Yuna would never let her daughter face that again. "We'll go back once you are back on your feet again", was her usual response.
VISION
"Lady Seon is hereby ordered to write "THE VIRTUES OF WIVES" for a thousand times", said the head eunuch of the emperor. She was someone who had always kept a low profile. Even after she was demoted, she did not fight or express her disappointment. Her family had also abandoned her as soon as she had lost His Imperial Majesty's favor, they were now pushing her cousin sister. She had kept everything inside and had no one to rely upon. "Xiaoxia, I miss my mother. If she was here, do you think my condition would have been a bit better?", questioned her mistress who had fallen from the grace. "Niang Niang, please don't be sad. I'm sure wherever Madam is, she is looking at you and crying along with you so please be happy. I'm here for you", answered a twelve-year-old girl for whom her mistress was her only family.
It took her an entire month to copy the book but even after completing her task she was still forbidden to leave her palace. "Niang Niang, your cousin Lady Kim is entering the palace tomorrow with the title of Fu Ren", informed the maid who looked panicked. Lady Seon who was stitching her robe continued doing her work as if she had not heard anything. "Get up Xiaoxia, let us not pull anyone's attention and live quietly", said the woman who knew that she had nothing to lose or win. According to the traditions the women with lower status had to stand in ceremony to welcome the woman with the highest position, as the emperor was still without his Empress, so the Imperial Concubine was higher than the others. She was glad that she was forbidden to attend any form of celebrations. The entire palace was decorated, and a banquet was held in the honor of Lady Kim who she knew had always hated her and was in love with the emperor. "We enter this place with lots of hopes and aspirations, but we don't even understand that all we are trading for ourselves is cold and darkness", she thought to herself. The next day she was visited by the one she didn't want to see the most and it was none other than her cousin. "Well, well what do we have here, the mighty daughter of the Seon family is held here in captivity?", mocked Hua Fu Ren (Lady Kim's name after entering the palace). "I welcome Fu Ren to this humble abode", bowed Concubine Duan (Lady Seon's given name after being demoted) in ceremony. "Aiya, cousin let us not do this when we are alone, we are family after all", said Hua Fu Ren. "It is only proper for me to respect you, Niang Niang", retorted Concubine Duan. "Then keep kneeling until I say so", said Hua Fu Ren with an evil grin.