"Mistress Nam, how on earth do you carry out your work!" "My Lady, why are you so insistent on blaming me for everything when this was all your idea in the first place! It is clear to us all that we are being framed right as we spotted Se Hwi's brothel wife standing on the stall right opposite us, right? Planting stolen items right in the heart of the market place, disturbing everyone's mood against us and killing our merit and hard work like this, how cunning of them! Our good names and reputations for years have been sullied by this one blow and…" "Enough! I do now wish to hear this anymore! I shall not be defeated like this! No after everything that I ahem had to endure just to place myself with my marital family in the first place!" "My Lady! Please calm down! This is just a momentary obstacle with your prestige! Look! The very fact that we are not stewing in the dungeons means that we still have a little trust placed in us, isn't that so? And after this chaos is dispersed, then we will be alright soon afterwards…" "You didn't see the petty and triumphant look on the face of that Seo whore! It infuriates me s much every single time I think about it that it infuriates my heart! As a noblewoman, I ahem ever suffered so much disgrace and humiliation in my entire life! Very well, if she wishes to engage in a fight with me like this, then it is time for me to make my move, is it not?" "My Lady, what are you talking about exactly…." "First, we need to find your new servant for only she can help us with this task!" "My Lady, won't she be serving The Emperor tonight with his dinner?" "So what? She can still carry out my test even before then."
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"Your Majesty I wish to thank you note again for your dinner invitation, and for allowing me to escort my sister-in-law as well…" "Ah yes, how could I forget that you still see your childhood best friend as your brother despite your very obvious class differences." "Well, I am only a quarter noble, so there isn't that much difference. And as for my sister-in-law here, I wished ti treat her a little after helping me secure a place in the palace market experience for this charitable cause that my fiancé came up with." "And with the scandal that The Concubine Chung has caused. I was rather hoping that Seo Yeon could return to the palace and smooth things out for me…" "Unfortunately, she hasn't fully regained her health back yet, so she will not be of any use to anyone for now. But my sister-in-law here as well as Moon-Bok's wife are certainly more than capable of cleaning up the mess that The Chung Family has left behind once again." "Pardon me for the interference gentlemen, but just how many times will we be forced to clean up their mess? How long will this go on for?" "Seo Hyeon?" "Please forgive me once again, it just might be my hormones talking out of worry…since I am pregnant with the second grandchild of Seo Geom, Your Majesty…" "Is that so? We must congratulate you then! No wonder you spoke out of turn today, it is not like you at all, Seo Hyeon…"
"If one offends the monarchy, then it id easy to seek out rewards but hard to maintain them. It is easy to make mistakes for the pride of the palace and profits of merits, but arrogance is always seen as an act of rebellion. Even The Emperor himself can be seen as unfaithful to his people if he does not dole out favours to rebuke material gains. Favour will soon turn into disfavour, causing the people to rise up in rebellion and through this logic, I have not lost favour at all…" "Madame Seo? Forgive me once again, I am just reading something that I found from the market place earlier amongst the stolen relics from the palace."
"Is that so? From what you have just recited, it sounds rather blasphemous to me." "Your Majesty, forgive me but I do not understand why you sound surprised over this book when I clearly saw you Royal Stamp mark the first page of it?" "Excuse me? Would you care to repeat that, Madame Seo?" "It is exactly as I said; only started to recite it when I saw your stamp on the first page. Although I do have to admit that the contents of the book did in fact surprise me a little as it sounded…rebellious itself. I was rather surprised to say the least." "Madame Seo, do you happen to have this book on your person?" "I do in fact; I thought it to be your property and I sought to give it back to you after this dinner." "I can assure you madame, that this book has absolutely nothing to do with me at all." "But your seal…" "His seal may be stamped on this, sister-in-law, but there is only one possible suspect that could have gotten a hold of this seal on behalf…of his father to publish such a book that your own husband almost got in trouble for when it was found outside of his home for anyone to see…" "Well well Lord Nam, this so-called book seems to be a poorly written version of pure fiction in an attempt to determine one's official position without the proper authority and excuse their so-called mistakes, and those of their fallen men." "Your Majesty, do you have any orders for me?" "Well, I had originally invited you alone to finally discuss me of your original ideas that you have been pushing our for years now, but it seems as though fate has finally given me an answer on how I should handle my third son, whom I should have deposed a long time ago with his Princess Consort. Madame Seo, i shall have the servants escort you to a room in the palace where I shall send you the rest of your dinner as you are now eating for 2. I would like for you to call upon Moon-Bok's wife as The Lord Nam has suggested to clean up the palace market fiasco before you can return for your husband. And as for you, Lord Nam, we shall make plans tonight that could last for weeks, which means that your long-awaited wedding will have to be pushed back once again. But I make a promise here to you tonight that I will personally host your wedding here in the place in return for your efforts and plans that you have made and carried out successfully on my behalf." "I thank you for this chance Your Majesty, and I shall have my servants watch out for The Madame Seo until she returns to her husband." "Very well."
"…brothe-in-law? What is going on now?" "Hyeon, I will send a letter out to The Imperial Concubine Park for assurance, but as of now, you must cease your communication with her and anyone associated with her husband until I bring both you and Hwa-Wol home, and the same thing goes for her. And you are both to eep your distance from The Chung Family once and for all, do you understand me?" "Very well, I shall trust you as my husband does, but please do not leave me on my won for too long. It is really eerie here without my husband or sisters-in-law…" "Very well, I shall make the necessary arrangements immediately, but allow me to escort you to your room myself and…"
"Brother-in-law! Your Majesty! Look at my servant! She is bleeding from the mouth after consuming my meal…" "Servants! Dae-Jung! Escort The Madame Seo out of here immediately before her pregnancy is disturbed like this! Hyeon, I shall find you as soon as possible, so do not send anyone to find me, ok?" "I…" "Servants! What is going on here? Protect The Emperor and call upon Moon-bok and his wife immediately! And do not taint this crimes scene at all! Everyone stays out of here until we can determine the cause of this action! His Majesty's quarters will be closed off to all, so close the palace gates until Moon-Bok's family arrives! Only they can exit and leave as they please!"
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"Young Mistress Seo, The Lord Nam has put me in charge of sending you supplies and other resources in his absence. He will only call The Mistress Hwa-Wol away for no more than a week until both women return by your side." "Do you know how long The Lord Nam will be away for? Heaven forbid if anything should happen to either one of them…" "Mistress, your fears of him being harmed is exactly the reason why he bought you back to your brother's residence for the time—being. He was strict in his wishes that you must never return to the palace under any circumstances…" "He is gone and it is the month of autumn soon; the time for abundance and harvest before the time of decay and decline. He should be home soon, he must, for he promoted me marriage within the month at long last."