Surviving the Romance Fantasy

The look on her face as she gazed at the lady who was still like that… seemed like the gaze of a guru who could pierce delusion.

*

– ‘Taepyeong-ah. I’ve decided to take care of the pilotage of Jin’s aunt a couple of times within the week, so you can escort her on the way back and forth.’

– ‘Since you can’t bring all the ladies-in-waiting every time, you’ll only bring four or five, including the chief lady-in-waiting. I won’t have to suffer that much.’

So the lightning fell.

“You are the warrior of Baekseon Palace. I think I saw it once the last time I went to Baekseon Palace. I’m glad to hear that I can be escorted by you…”

dear lady.

if you help me

“…I will guide you to Baekseon Palace.”

in front of the concubine.

The appearance of the lady-in-waiting, Jin Cheong-rang, who came out to the outer palace accompanied by the ladies-in-waiting, is so cheerful that I don’t know why.

Even the clothes are strangely full of energy, so if anyone sees it, it seems like it’s going to be a regular event.

As for me, I was running ahead of Suk-bi, who was sweating cold.

Spring in Qingdao Palace is beautiful. Walking through the palace full of buds in bloom cannot be so romantic. Of course, from my point of view, this romantic scene cannot be so cruel.

Those eyes of Jin Suk-bi, who had already experienced it once, fly behind her and stick to her.

Talk to me, talk to me, talk to me, talk to me, talk to me

“Why is the Baekseon Palace so far away from the concubine…”

“It’s boring… It’s hard to just walk around quietly…”

“When I think about walking so boringly every time… I feel so drained…”

Talk to me, talk to me, talk to me, talk to me, talk to me, talk to me, talk to me, talk to me, talk to me

It was when I was trudging along, staring straight ahead to escape the pressure on my back.

“Come to think of it, you went to the Blue Dragon Palace once when you were lying on my sickbed.”

I have to talk first from the other side of the gear.

The last time I went to the Palace of the Baekseon, I was ahead of the Baekseon, so it would have been rude to chat with the escort.

However, there was no problem at all in talking to him while on the move because he was free… At this point, he was a one-man.

I tried to turn my stiff head and nodded while trying to keep the cold sweat as best I could. For now, it was best to respond as bluntly as possible.

If you talk directly like this, it’s hard to ignore the words now. The other side was a person who held the position of hostess of the Blue Dragon Palace.

“Yes, yes…”

“I wish I could have pretended to know me at that time…”

“A mere samurai is not someone to talk to casually.”

So I lowered my head and looked forward again.

The words are as short as possible. Respond as if there is no room for further conversation.

Before he came, Yeon-ri had talked about it with a mouth-watering momentum.

I never thought this would happen…

dear lady…

If you’re helping me…

“Your loyalty is so trustworthy.”

Saying that, Jin Sukbi suddenly turned her head away.

Covering her expression with her sleeve, Jin’s expression is strangely red as she pretends to be viewing the flowers.

I wonder if throwing a word of praise that he was very loyal at best was a lot of courage on my part. It was like taking a break for a while.

After walking along the outer palace garden for a long time, I took a deep breath and spoke again.

“…Have you… received the treasure chest… well…?”

“…Ah, yes… Thank you very much.”

so silent again.

The sound of trudging.

“I heard you had a fever. Can you tell me more?”

“When I was young, I got sick for a while and got better.”

Short answer in principle. silence.

The sound of trudging again.

“Muh.. Is there anything difficult about living as a warrior?”

“Yes, I am very satisfied.”

Grind your teeth and answer. and silence.

After that, there were several questions and answers, but I kept all the principles that Yeon-ri was desperately talking about. They were short answers that completely cut off the flow of conversation to the point of wanting to do one like this.

It couldn’t be more perfect than this. You’re doing really well, Seol Tae-pyeong!

It was around the time I walked all the way through the outer palace and entered the stone wall road near Baekseon Palace.

– sniffle

Here, I again encounter a completely unexpected ordeal in life.

When I heard a strange sound, I turned around and saw the maid’s shocked face first.

After that, when I looked in the direction of Sukbi, the eyes hidden behind the sleeves were full of moisture.

If you don’t panic here, it was a machine, not a human.

“Ji… Mrs. Jin?”

“Ugh… Ugh… Black…”

“Sister Jin… uh… for some reason…”

“Oh, no… it’s nothing…”

Gazes pour out of the twinkling eyes. The look in his eyes was like that of a wounded rodent, and it felt like it was squeezing his chest.

“That, just… no… but… you… when I saw you at the Blue Dragon Palace… you must have been a more cheerful and energetic man…”

“…”

“I don’t know how it sounds when I say this, but… It’s especially cold to me…”

“……”

It was pitiful to see that her round eyes had become puffy.

I just couldn’t help but repeat it over and over again.

dear lady…

If you help me…

*

In Gwibi, who was sitting in the inner room of the Suzaku Palace and embroidering, stopped thinking for a moment and stopped her hands.

Then I squeezed my eyes to relieve fatigue, and then I caught my breath again and looked up at the sky outside the window.

The eyes of Jin Suk-bi glaring at her were strangely cold.

After that, it was heard that he went to learn pilotage from Baekseon with the permission of his superiors.

Considering the contents of the meeting, he was probably being taught by Baek Seon from today.

There are only 100 people in Qingdao Palace who can teach a person the size of Lady Jin.

I knew that was true, but…

‘I… have a promise… but you haven’t done anything…’

The time to be swayed by emerging delusions has passed. However, isn’t it embarrassing as a member of Jeong Seon-ga to not be able to do anything after making a promise to Seol Tae-pyeong?

‘…’

For a long time, there was no progress in embroidery, just staring into the sky and thinking.

Eventually, the Ingwibi raised her voice as if she had made up her mind and spoke.

“Hyeondang. Is there?”

“Yes, my lady.”

Hyeondang, the head maid who was waiting outside the door, bowed her head and entered the inner room.

“…get ready to go out.”

“Do you have a place to go?”

Close your eyes and speak to yourself as if whispering.

Yes, isn’t it embarrassing that the governor of Jeongseon’s family and the owner of the Suzaku’s palace couldn’t keep such a simple promise? to rectify it

“I need to enter my palace.”

“…That… In the Palace of the Baekseon Palace, the lady is now…”

“…that’s what I know.”

Hyeondang shuddered at those words, but before long, he lowered his head and replied that he understood.

“I will prepare it soon.”

Closing the door to the inner room, Hyeondang closed his eyes tightly.

Just by looking at the princess’ eyes, she could already tell that she was captivated by delusion.

It’s not like there’s a big regular event in the palace…

I wonder if this is the right thing for a queen and a lady to appear at the Baekseon Palace at the same time because of only one warrior… but the lady-in-waiting was the one who had to fulfill her master’s orders after all.

I just prayed with all my heart that the premonition of this mayhem would go awry.

Baekseon Palace (3)

‘Hyeonbi Pohwaryeong reads people’s minds.’

These were the words of Shim Sang-gon, a school official, who had the greatest influence on putting her in the position of the owner of Hyeonmu Palace.

Munhagwan is one of the three closest aides to the Unseong emperor, and is in a position to finalize various policies while distributing the emperor’s name closest to him.

Since it is a position that can be considered one of the highest positions that can be reached as a civil servant, it has a strong voice within the Qingdao Palace, and it has begun to influence the process of selecting the crown prince.

He found a commoner woman who had no connection with the Kwon Munse family, and who did not have anything special about her, and recommended her to the position of the Hyeonbi.

After almost 9 months of numerous selection processes, where can you put such a person without fundamentals in the position of the Crown Princess, who can barely decide one person?

At first, both the Sangseo-gwan and the Central-seo-gwan rose up against his words at the same time.

However, after talking for about an hour with the woman he brought, Pohwa-ryeong, both of them eventually had no choice but to agree to her sitting in the seat of the Hyeonbi.

She has no magical powers.

However, in reality, Pohwaryeong read the two dignitaries’ hearts perfectly, as if they were visible.

*

“Heo-eok, the weather is nice!”

The scent of spring makes people feel good.

Seolran came out of the concubine for the first time in a while. The weather is nice, so I hum my own song.

Since she was seriously injured during the last birthday party, she had very little opportunity to go out of the concubine. It’s been a long time since I’ve been outside, so I’m even more excited about the scenery of Cheongdo Palace.

Seol-ran knows best how beautiful Qingdao Palace is when the cherry blossoms are in full bloom.

Maybe that’s why walking toward the outer palace in the cool breeze feels more special than usual.

In fact, there was nothing much to enjoy in the life of a concubine’s maid.

It is said that becoming a concubine and serving the owner of the Four Grand Palaces or Cheonryongchae is the highest honor among ladies-in-waiting, but Seolran had no particular intention for such an honor.

Even if it is shabby and narrow, the only advantage is that there is a private room and that you receive a little more green salary.

For Seolran, whose first goal is to marry Taepyeong, it is good that conditions are being created to raise some funds.

Still, for Seolran, who likes to go out, it was very frustrating to be alone in Cheonryongchae all day.

On the way back from an errand to deliver a few messages to the kitchen of the main palace, I stopped by Baekseon Palace and looked at the calm face for the first time in a while.

Seolran had been lying down for quite a long time after the birthday party, and after that, there were many regular year-end events, so she could hardly go out of the concubine.

As I was working hard at the Cheonryongchae, I had to hear some news from the outside, but the officers said that the young escort warrior of Baekseongung had cut hundreds of ghosts in one night.

As soon as I heard it, I noticed that it was the story of Seol Tae-pyeong, and on the one hand, I was worried that I might have been hurt, but on the other hand, I was overjoyed that I had become a regular warrior with a reward.

I can’t congratulate you on this as a sister.

Since it has already been two months since Seol Tae-pyeong became a regular warrior, there is no sense that it is a bit late, but from Seol-ran’s point of view, it was something that could not be overlooked.

That’s why, by targeting the timing, he succeeded in leaving the concubine as an errand.

“It seems that the ingredients for Cheonryongchae have been misrepresented, so I am on my way to go on an errand to inform the kitchen of the outer palace.”

“Right. Come to the concubine again before sunset.”

“yes. Musa. You always work hard.”

I reported that to the commander of the enemy palace who was standing guard at the concubine, and left the outer palace and walked through the warm spring sun.

With the help of my colleagues, I brought a flower crown and delicious refreshments in a bundle.

I plan to stop by Baekseongung and show it to Tae-pyeong, applaud him, pat him on the back saying he did a good job, and check to see if there are any scars left.

‘Come to think of it, in the fall of last year, Lady Jin suffered a lot because she briefly harbored feelings for Taepyeong.’

At the time, I was really shocked, and I was worried that the real Tae-pyeong would be beheaded.

I was so worried that I asked the lady-in-waiting of Baek Seon-gung about the situation through Nine, and fortunately, a letter came back saying that everything had been resolved.

Yeon-ri, the middle-class maid of Baek Seon-gung, was trusted by the Baek Seon-gung, and she was a person who was easy to look at, so there seemed to be nothing to worry about.

‘It’s really fortunate that the hostess seems to have opened her eyes right away.’

Thinking so, Seolran hummed and walked down the outer palace path.

*

“Ji, now, Lady Jin and Lady Jin are visiting the Baekseon Palace.”

Lily’s face turned pale.

At the same time, Seolran’s face turned blue.

The place was in front of the middle gate of Baekseon Palace.

“What the heck are you talking about… Yeon lady maid…”

“Sister Jin came to learn some piloting from Baekseon, and Lady In came to sword-to-sword with Tae-pyeong.”

“Soo, even if that’s the case with you, it’s so strange that Consort In came all the way to the Baekseon Palace to see Tae-pyeong.”

To see such a low-ranking samurai come directly to Baekseon Palace. It’s a strange thing for anyone in the world to see.

If the purpose was to sword-to-sword, it would have been reasonable to see Seol Tae-pyeong and call him to the Suzaku Palace.

Which princess in the world would take this long walk with her ladies-in-waiting to see the face of a low-ranking warrior?

However, it has already happened.

Seolran saw the floor of Baekseon Palace beyond the middle gate.

There were two people with the position of head maid. In the concubine, Seolran was the one who couldn’t even speak to them.

One is Hoi-in, the lady-in-waiting of the Blue Dragon Palace, and the other is Hyeon-dang, the lady-in-waiting of the Suzaku Palace.

The maids of the outer palace would have no way of knowing, but among the maids of the concubine, they were known as beings above the clouds.

They had discretion over the personnel of each court maid, so if they misbehaved, they had the right to immediately kick them out to the outer palace.

“I-I’d rather you die today. New Year’s Nine.”

“Tae-Tae-Pyeong.”

“You’re having a private conversation with the Queen Consort.”

“Where in the world is a low-level samurai who has a private conversation with the queen of the palace!!!!!!”

“I don’t even know about that!!!!! I want to know what the hell happened to this!!!!!!”

The two sat facing each other in the corner of the middle gate, sweating for a while.

“Well, you told me in a letter the other day. It seems that the problem with Aunt Jin has been sorted out…”

“That… I thought so…”

Yeon-ri spoke slowly, swallowing dry saliva.

“Ho… by any chance… do you know the adage of trying to remove a lump and attaching another lump..?”

“…Yes?”

What the hell are you talking about… Young lady…

When Seolran asked, Yeon-ri looked around to see if there were any ears around her, then lowered her voice to speak.

“This, the look in the eyes of the princess who is looking at Taepyeong is very unusual. I just took a sneak peek… and it doesn’t feel good.”

“What the hell is that!!!!”

“I know what I’m talking about, too!”

Listening to the story of the lady-in-waiting, it seems that Seol Tae-pyeong overcame the crisis of her life with Ingwibi during the last birthday celebration.

In the process, it is not difficult to imagine the forbidden love story between a low-level warrior at the end of the outer palace and the owner of the palace.

Seol Tae-pyeong’s face resembles his sister’s and is smooth, but his speech skills are not good and his actions are not refined. Even so, isn’t the princess of the palace of lords a person worth giving her heart to?

I thought about it, but no one could answer me.

“Cheo, at first, Consort In said that she would help Tae-pyeong. That’s why I can trust you if I’m a princess. I thought that Aunt Jin would take care of it so that it wouldn’t run out of control, but…”

“I did…?”

“Oh… Seol Nine should have seen the expression he made when he summoned Taepyeong while eating at Baekseon Palace today…”

Yeon-ri never thought that In Gwi-bi would have such a girlish side.

What kind of woman is In Gwibi? Isn’t he a person who is always dignified, stands in the center of everything, and stands tall enough to be considered a sin to even talk to him carelessly?

“Tae, I mean Tae-pyeong… Maybe… the possibility of drinking poison might have doubled…”

“Taepyeong-ah… this isn’t it… what the hell are you doing…”

“Don’t block the road.”

While we were talking like that, I heard a heavy man’s voice behind me.

Surprised, Yeon-ri and Seol-ran trembled and quickly looked back.

The commander of the red palace, Mirae-gi, was standing in front of the middle gate, shaking off his military uniform. After that, the two escorts of the enemy palace were also accompanied.

“Hikaaagh!”

His dignified appearance and the gently falling jawline on one side of him are truly handsome.

Future looked at Yeon-ri and Seol-ran, who were trembling with those sharp eyes blocking the road.

Then, as she turned her gaze toward Seolran, she flinched and trembled.

“You are… the Nine I saw once on the stone wall road behind Baekseon Palace.”

“Ah… ah…! Ah yes! I didn’t expect you to remember.”

Yeon-ri and Seol-ran quickly lowered their heads and talked.

“I’m sorry. Future sir. Now that a noble person is in the Palace of the Baekseon Palace… Could you tell me what happened to you?”

“A precious person..?”

“That, that…”

Lily stuttered.

He didn’t want to publicize the fact that two princesses entered Baekseon Palace at the same time on one day. Even more so, it seemed that there was nothing good to know about the fact that Seol Tae-pyeong was involved, and it was unconditional if the subject was a person with managerial qualifications for military officers in the palace.

If the loyal future finds out about this immoral situation, no one knows where to report it.

“Huh… Someone from the concubine is here.”

“Looking at you talking to me like that, you must be a fairly high-ranking person.”

If it is the commander of the red palace, there are not many people higher than him among the officers of the outer palace.

Almost the rank of general can be said to be higher than that of the future, and if he did not reveal his identity at all, it was highly likely that he was a person close to the emperor.