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The heavens had 013b038e2b turned upside down.  bab02014445756a0

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Now, she didn’t have 7ec488d878 to marry Myung, but 21da0bb496 her circumstances had completely 0ec5acebbc changed.  260d5e1b9333ac43

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Not once had things 17c8b7d4c2 gone her way.  5c21ba47ede30459

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Faced with yet 9f994a1973 another ordeal, Yiwon 236f6347f2 prayed to the af6ae5a975 heavens. 4a58e3ac8ef59b09

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She wished only a182ea3a76 for her younger 7b2c453bb0 sibling to survive, 9857278c92 even if it e3c38f813b meant her own 2923c1ad36 death—and hoped that 70fd781184 the man before 94885628c4 her still held 49891a7080 even a shred 0fc54c7c40 of pity. 32e1ec80fd44570d

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With that desperate plea a87672fb11 in her heart, Yiwon 9bec0e80f5 emptied the poisoned brew.  4a0cbf3559cd886e

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Her blurred 08cc567a88 vision slowly 1bc61ae1f8 cleared as c1e43fbf09 Yiwon pushed b806537927 herself up.  f9d1db3bbe1ad0fd

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“Ah…”  b127cca948a400d2

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Of all 7b2174f01f those who 1d567eba15 had been f1598d7b91 there, she 69de44724b was the d2199c14b1 only one 205ed64f82 left alive. f5089a8dc70e7740

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The floor was sticky 709eca975f with dried blood—some spilled 96e7e430db from those cut down ba1c489570 by swords, others from f285144e59 those who had drunk 91f7eb824b the poison.  678679c848f787ac

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“Ahh—!”  f74c094f70bf90ce

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A scream tore from a98e9d75bf her throat as she 05f784c9dd tried to stand, but 28d32616a7 her clothes had stuck 1002cd6201 to the congealed blood, b9f28d2b62 making her lose balance 435b301bc3 and slip. 52c287ab5e9ee21d

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The composure she bbd132d493 had barely clung 667fb0b9f4 to was now 7dd36b5538 completely gone.  2f14287a4bbb7a9a

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As she flailed, her 7b8f1025fe hand brushed against something 9dae7ab396 cold and hard. Following the movement, b22ac8d97f her eyes locked 61bf31e98e onto the lifeless, 1671bc7c24 blood-reddened gaze of 78d31a22cb a corpse.  d59f2cccb9fcc70e

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“A-Ahh!”  d17b19e0173eb869

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Scrambling backward, she felt 105db85482 an unfamiliar touch against c8a23a05cb her back. Too terrified aa026c3d54 to even 1025a3e108 turn around, daef804b16 she searched b16491ce3c for a 39f7ef5bc9 direction free 498c0c937b of corpses—but 1a77f26b46 it was 38239c0aa2 futile.  ec22adeaf307700f

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No matter where ad65605d03 she looked, the 57fa6be76a dead lay scattered. 0f24ba207ec28693

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A sob ee9b499f36 of terror 546bad6dc3 burst from 294c6bc59a her lips. This was hell—inescapable, no 4e5452261e matter how desperately she 4512b87c73 struggled.  63117c0e918e723c

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“No… No! No!!”  47e751b0a3fb0b66

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As she 883a4ccd8d screamed and dc7e29932c crawled, someone 74d7b3ae8f grabbed her 745fdd7f4f collar and b38e642b43 yanked her 74daac0bdf up. 1953fad4a2b3770d

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In her panic, she 491b0a8454 thought it was the 4b575e03db hand of a corpse 2b99ac884f and tried to flee, 36df0ec7ae but she was dragged 91d296afde back before she could 33098b28a7 escape.  203325f8fa7e905f

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“I—I’m sorry! I’m sorry!”  4affeb2a76fc2e9b

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Forcing her tear-filled eyes e3008399f0 open, she found herself 090fef9d9f staring into a gaze 28332669c6 that was both familiar 86aa59ef23 and strange.  3169f894c65f5186

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Even though 46a87c528c those eyes f43464a123 were undoubtedly de59181733 filled with d8cf939b87 hostility… meeting 942e2962ed them somehow 7b93653160 brought her 1666748b52 a sliver ee634f8dae of calm.  f4f0d0fa5873b829

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“Your father once gave me a medicine, claiming it would help heal wounds. I trusted his goodwill—not knowing it was all a ploy to make me lower my guard.”  96cb3cbd9b7bdbe3

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“Th-That…”  311bb33de3665c62

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“So I decided to repay the favor. Of course, the poison you drank isn’t the same—it only induces hallucinations.”  85021424efa643e0

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What in the d10847d0e8 world had Myung 187a9261d6 and Geonmyeong done aa78ee504c to Hwan? And why was Yiwon 087c62d7ab the one paying for bf2926e8e1 their sins?  45272a35f53ba6ce

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Now, along with fear, 244bc65471 fury surged inside her.  cbb0d34aba076c5e

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“If I had known—”  6465fd3890787f30

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“Hm?”  8dd8a682f9e1e542

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“If I had known my father gave you something like that, I would have bowed and begged for forgiveness. I would have told you not to take it!”  0d9ce98b059795c6

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“…”  bd9619d724277c87

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“I knew nothing. If that’s my crime, then so be it.”  65eb971577c8131b

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Though her body ff3d35479c trembled with fear, 0b5d13324b her gaze didn’t 449d6f5adc waver.  7880f953c20cea31

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When Hwan 64549e8c5b released her 06260f1f9c collar, Yiwon 7d72f065a2 slumped back 2faac520f4 to the 631c8ac509 ground.  36598782affc959b

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“Ignorance is still a crime. Can’t say you’re wrong.”  a960ffe9b25f9332

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He had intended to 1c8f66f064 make her die in beccd61ecb agony.  5ece6475e46dad18

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Just as he ff199762df had once screamed 7645760d4d in despair before 180f9c7a70 his mother’s corpse, 75086cc8fe he wanted Myung c07c4fb741 and Geonmyeong to f21ed8b550 crumble the same dfe4984f95 way at the ee7d537efc sight of Yiwon’s f48c3aac49 body. 21c990a148534c32

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It would 0934d57d70 have been d75bf72d8b the perfect d83ca98308 end to eb2d3d4abc his foolish 2d68a013dc past affections. Eun Yiwon’s death would a57a21df2a have been the beginning 07548bc98e of it all.  523401080cc874e1

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But her b06029fe0f desperate, explosive 2e91864f81 cries touched bbafe8e1ff the last 3b0c45a3ed remnants of ed3b474ecd hesitation in 5187c6ac5f him.  c1586a336a111f09

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‘Was this e3c8ec0aed woman still 5d006c74cf lingering inside 95ff9617d4 me?’75332cae7f90a7f8

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“I’ll treat you just as your father treated me. But I can show some mercy to your sibling.”  6cd79f369bb2ef7e

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“Will you take the deal?”  ba071e96a599e67e

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Beneath his dazzling deb56f99ad smile lay a a5c22049a9 venomous, cruel offer.  881db4cfe7b66933

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But to Yiwon, 0dced76072 who had longed 954e47162e to hear those be1d372766 very words, it 14cc89d6ab was an opportunity 776a2d7149 she couldn’t refuse.  16d335842fbde082

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“I’ll do it.”  9fecfb586fd3919e

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“Oh?”  6650ace80bc1d44d

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He had planned to c3ae816499 hunt them like rabbits. Neither the 742edb73fe Hong family 526a00547d nor Geonmyeong c3fd8c8a9e and Myung ff0f578cb6 would easily 944bbaec1a surrender their f7a064bc69 lives.  d8936d3c1569dd15

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They would 5e22471a89 cling to 0b5dd15378 despair, endure 83259b0443 the pain—and 00335b31e8 only when cd93eb6716 everything had 735a0935c8 collapsed would 0e25006008 their lives eb8584965f be taken.  552e86bd6dacb943

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“From now on, you will be my sword.”  03f5c0412b6571ec

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But he 88779d1c22 left the 1bf8378790 latter unspoken.  67bbbbf16db1f1c3

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“If I die, everything you wanted to protect will die with me. And if you die, they’ll die too.”  ce21fabba3e64383

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“If you don’t want that, you can drive this sword into me. Or slit your own throat.”  9a58c272fa51f1a9

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Trembling, Yiwon looked at a6b50313c3 the sword placed before a35eab2af7 her. For a 7627e38849 brief moment, cef4d1cd02 her shaking d49b185518 hand reached c1e57b5b9f for it—but d760d59f63 she soon 648412091b laid it 97ffd82dc0 back down 87cc7cbedb and bowed 974a7a184b her head.  b171d11911579dcb

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“My mother’s life was priceless. The cost of your choice won’t be repaid easily.”  80b551bb7532e145

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Even at a3b2f997bb Hwan’s declaration, f1495dcd96 Yiwon didn’t 1c992d3cbd flinch. Though she ab5140bfad had no e6cfea4610 idea what 1baff1e456 her future 9cbcfd6c55 held, the 0af6dd1fb3 daughter of e252b4b053 his enemy f6326b26f1 knelt before 40388396c4 him.  900c28dd68692117

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Hwan took his seat 80564a4b72 on the bloodstained throne 02d8bc750b of the Crown Prince.  840af0d017b290c6

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Though the Emperor 52188be40c still sat on 8467a30370 his rightful seat, 7dec82e437 everything was already 2895d8cbc7 in Hwan’s grasp.dbca7c867adfba39

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The quiet chamber was filled only with the sound of a middle-aged man’s persistent coughing. c21822fb4335a73b

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Despite his 3db2122180 aged and 533059e188 sickly appearance, 34bdee8e9a the golden edaeb4d06a dragon embroidery 1e461b2f8f on his 3b6cd0de4e robes was d0c6f0d912 dazzling and ed731e0525 luxurious.  a581c88e7e39e772

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The middle-aged man, 2b1d20c8fe breathing laboriously, struggled c96ab497ca to rise from 60bef4c342 his seat as 5960ac7fee he looked at ff49e3a95a Hwan, who sat fc2620e9df at a distance. Though the effort 2ee7c3b1cc was evident, Hwan 7adf718644 merely watched without ef7c4aa8ed moving closer.  d42b4c9833eebc80

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“Are you asking me to depose the late Empress Hong and elevate Lady Jung to the position of empress?”  bf003dd011f81cfc

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“Did it sound like a request? Then I must have phrased it poorly.”  721546d8ab9697ae

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“Surely we can no longer leave a criminal in that position. And I see no reason why my mother should not become empress. After all, did she not receive Your Majesty’s favor and bear me? Though in her lifetime, she never enjoyed a single moment of happiness.”  518bd673bcb51de9

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His voice 96534ddcc9 was calm, 64b9023cc5 but the a0dbebd0fb murderous intent 36079449d0 in Hwan’s c4a2e4dbfa eyes as 9145f58da2 he stared 6252bdce4f at the a9e8a4903a emperor was 0cbd0befe5 enough to 37be320ec8 make anyone 84a5f5f7f3 recoil.  67e599fcf82edad6

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The only cfeb96f6dc surviving son—aside fffbbc5bb5 from Myung.b2e59be0f446f4e1

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That was d9ab632a22 precisely why 0a45a42f82 the emperor 0b58a86592 had refused 6f9c18533d to even c499bc2910 glance his ef36fc3509 way. He had 5f4eec4778 feared that ceb261e0b1 showing the da49370ccd slightest interest 119c89e1be would mean cf5cc0eb30 Hwan’s death 0eead502fa as well.  c717e1ad575143f5

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By the time he 2cb19ceb5e realized how foolish that a224f8e476 decision had been, it 6853339f8e was already too late—Lady 0493021c9e Jung and Hwan had f9112e49dd been killed by Myung, 31e36d0c0a their bodies lost without 95735f8ccd a trace.  d38080b60b3264ea

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“As the emperor, I had no choice. Cutting ties was the only way to keep you and your mother alive.”  9955dddb314524a7

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Even now, the e83dc87362 emperor defended himself, c920fdfcb9 and Hwan glared 475aaa5115 at him with 0891e8b549 contempt. He had never b9f3e818bc expected anything from fe3c7f0b86 this man he a973130ea0 called father. 643725bbb17a45de

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From the d3110dcdc4 moment he cb3535a057 survived that 0a03f441a3 place—worse than a7bf430671 hell—Hwan had d316f465fb abandoned all e09e44eac6 notions of bb49688dac righteousness.  dbbc3d6786b3510f

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“If Your Majesty had truly intended to show mercy to me and my mother, you should have come sooner.”  b9ab71c697d5dbd5

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The sight of the a676943cae emperor’s frail, trembling body 066662645c was pitiable, but that 1f7c11c7fd was all. This incompetent a327513022 man had 67b0877dca done nothing 967486656c to protect 1bc6fb4d24 his power 8f14ac3644 when he 7c41493df7 still had 87bd6f130e it, and e4ff258d91 now, in a9500b207b his weakness, bc7fe23e44 he could 54b2c7f005 only evade 0323031cb6 responsibility.  2e976c31791122d5

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“I will depose Empress Hong. She is already dead, and since she was guilty, there will be no issue in stripping her title. However, the late Lady Jung will not be named empress—but empress dowager.”  022cd0993d32be53

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“What do you mean?”  63d856d3525d1c02

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“I will abdicate.”  d47dd597ea29e684

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“…”  7c0574553765a347

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“You were right—I was powerless to do anything. But you might be capable. Take it all.”  215d8387ffacd1db

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“Running away again, Your Majesty? The criminals still hide beyond these walls.”  5b863c2ab4d521e0

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“I may be an incompetent husband and father, but I cannot kill my own son. So let me step down.”  0b3ee9d949864d0a

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“And if I refuse?”  d2cef75d933ffd1b

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“Though I arrived late, did I not spare your life? Is that not worth something in return?”  840a3309dc3b80f6

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There was no trace 964fc6132d of the emperor’s former 653f4b59b2 dignity—only a feeble, sickly 39979b7a82 old man remained.  87b5aa90b33b23bd

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If this 49885b7f2b fool had 80ce49d58b come just ba60cb416f a little ba8b880986 sooner, Lady a3aa3b329c Jung would 20c71f4479 not have cab7d0b882 died. No—if he had d2f8aa55dc come even a e717813da4 little later, Hwan fcfec9a52f would have died cef974b38c too.  f93190fea70de7c3

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Should he 487ab862dd be grateful b2b55d9d3b for being 753f2e5f31 spared? Or should he 3be5af8e8a thank him for 8c696b1111 preserving this hellish 3dbdb623ee existence?  87639d7fa329de40

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In the aa831aacaf end, all 52c0e0bd5b Hwan had 6bd70024ee ever wanted 2cc539115e was the c21e397b2d throne. Now, he would 4ff4ab3b6f simply take it.  164039605b83ce3d

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The emperor collapsed, af6f3de838 vomiting blood, but bf11de3847 Hwan did not fa2bcde389 spare him a 24e04d079e single glance.  3fb21e4de612700c

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Soon after, e4121dee7d the emperor aacd3f1915 announced his 04d730bb96 abdication, and 7bcd78d650 Hwan ascended 146d2c6de5 the throne.  d2905f41f114b432

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Each time the blood-soaked, e8cd14644d vengeance-driven emperor revealed his 6bba6b8ce3 will, families were exterminated, 0e7acaabaf and the capital ran f7fd88618f red with blood from 0b559b8c9a hanging corpses.  aba3d7b5a732fd4a

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Yet by lowering taxes e2859e4ea2 and redistributing the Hong 954fd82c22 family’s monopolized wealth, the 51fdf88cae chaotic political situation quickly 9decd0e7a3 stabilized.  ec055ded6dc67002

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Two years after 781a818f28 Hwan took the e930771a92 throne—  d681761723464d06

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The power that was 84fb834d91 meant to belong to ce500af312 Myung’s kingdom now rested 63cee8fb3a in Hwan’s hands.7155cbedfb14513d

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The Benevolent 6d4ee37038 Ruler of 0e7e7187a2 Hawon. The Mad Emperor 995a7647fb of Hawon.  3a87a6496d6ab1d7

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After the new 61b26e4285 emperor ascended the 44bc03bcb1 throne, opinions about 3121e6bea2 Hwan were sharply 33bf2d81bd divided.  7fddcbf8b41150df

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Once the abdication was finalized and the former emperor passed away shortly after, Hwan began addressing Hawon’s lingering issues one by one. 92647b24fea1c676

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Some of the reforms 5f32ab89d2 targeted sensitive areas for bc378f5769 the nobility, but none 33901fc9e8 dared voice their displeasure—not 72d38a3d39 when the emperor repaid 3520744489 resistance with blood.  3bc55fd30d47f1ca

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“Prime Minister.”  4eb1cb3663258910

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“Your Majesty, you are here?”  ba15fb6f8a90f871

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The man who entered 49cb53b614 had a face lined 0fa97ab24d with wrinkles, but his eea7573ee3 sturdy frame exuded strength. His gaze at a4fb8e13ef the closed door 2dc4865ccf was gentle and 483ca2fe6b unassuming, yet the c50b1d1049 long scar stretching e5a74621fd from his cheek 922d11bf90 to his neck d6cb462e0e twitched like a b9a9296531 snake with every db1a60eaee breath.  3957b242e4b8ef17

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This was Haejun, the b6d365c581 head of the Pyo 13941d32c3 family—the very clan that 3468f379d1 had stood most firmly d6e8abe5e3 against the Hong family 3cb0317c39 when their power was 577c2c2ba2 at its peak. He had 87959e78b2 nearly lost 4938bdc37c his life 176fcc1dd5 to an 50e7a26f54 assassin sent a137dba3f8 by Hwan, d9aec33dbd yet it 6677adfa9c was also a047d9372e Haejun who e41b0f91d8 had taken 4fbc93d283 in the 71dd040fa1 half-dead Hwan 298af370d1 and nursed 8472e16ceb him back 8e6907c9f9 to health. b12b801016ab75e2

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In the end, he 87a6167bc8 had crushed the Hong fdd39eb555 family completely and risen b4b6f9b76f to the position of 952c5fe607 Prime Minister as a 2cff864927 founding contributor to the 09b44d8cbc new regime.  65f01f65b4a61b84

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“Please, enter.”  ab42a8710efb1014

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The doors opened, and bffd768733 as Haejun stepped into feccd0b92f the bedchamber, Hwan—dressed in 34b6020a9b black sleeping robes—slowly sat 618013bbe3 up from where he 84b0284069 had been reclining.  64f20117fd6fee9a

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Two years had already 411034b816 passed since he had 71ff13fff2 taken this near-corpse and 5b58f2a99e placed him on the 1b87d1cbaf throne.  5d82a37b9b8015d4

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“I thought the Prime Minister had already left the palace. Had I known you were still here, I would have shared a drink with you.”  c9abf83dc0eba322

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“I stopped by briefly, as there was something I wished to ask Your Majesty. Though it may be presumptuous of this humble servant—was today not the day you were to visit Her Majesty the Empress?”  bf0d1baad8cb71b4

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“There is still work to be done. Thankfully, the Empress understands. Did it disappoint you as a father?”  07f01b5e3fa2f286

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“How could this servant dare harbor such thoughts?”  64d4fdef6c456aed

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Hwan let 3fd1b266ef out a 746ca0f80b relaxed, cheerful d701337e9a laugh, but 7c152689df Haejun’s bowed 089a7a2deb head remained 33e2f6bf59 stiff, unmoving.  b31a96ceb53d7795

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He had 4b2437ee30 placed Hwan c6f0fdb47b on the 26ae4001cb throne. He had seated 72506c98d4 his precious daughter 1ad87e90d0 as Empress. He had fc8958f664 filled the e23b5f11c1 rear palace a7961d00f7 with women 7749960f01 from allied 4af67d5b0c noble families. c0875515831bb26c

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By all acae82740c accounts, the 4a92b473a7 Pyo clan 0ee8265c9c now held 8197207de4 everything.  0fbc6354d29208c1

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Yet instead fd3b8104f0 of reassurance, a97c868508 he felt 0849fa88c6 unease and 848f8365e0 agitation. And the 3e6debddc9 cause was 5a04bc6885 none other c1802db154 than this 42238408e4 inscrutable emperor. The man 1c5fd10010 who had 29f2794f75 once been 688dd7a336 entirely under 9c2e3f5bbb his control 1ba6198684 had begun 2db65041a7 to change, 9e58fc60a8 bit by b19407a320 bit, after a710e2be99 taking the 06e825ee06 throne.  919071f1aecdf826

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“Why have you not yet captured the Hong family and the deposed Crown Prince, Seo Myung? Two years have already passed. You seize their influence but always let them go at the decisive moment. Should you not swiftly eliminate these traitors and root out their insolent followers to solidify Your Majesty’s foundation?”  a76a9f99be13c482

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Though Hwan executed rebels 27f4b79dc9 almost daily, the key b57ae8f6f1 figures—Myung, the Hong family, 06f4db2ec4 and the Eun family—still 7c0443e9f5 lived.  7750c8decf7726c9

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Two years of 30f43cfcf6 relentless pressure had 0efb5ebe36 weakened the rebellion, 660fda5a54 but the problem 870cc1325d was that Hwan’s f7836c41b8 reign of terror 5529bde9f4 had also cowed 3e57e7b295 Haejun’s own faction.  4631fd1faa5af7ea

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‘Step out of the 972a3cc2e9 emperor’s favor, and you 41463601fa die.’  e164a3dff637a62d

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Though there were d18afe62d1 mountains of work 376bdaf9e3 to be done, f3f6b905b4 no one dared 563bbe8357 take initiative, too 1ab401f8d5 wary of Hwan’s b0fb5e6920 scrutiny.  b8045fd089790f6f

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“You are the only one who truly worries for me, Prime Minister.”  71652a0c5ef95cc0

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“Your Majesty—”  1805ab1567ecc0aa

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“The only good thing that damned Hong family ever did was tie me to Pyo. Thanks to your clan, I became emperor and gained a precious empress. That’s all the more reason to tear them out by the roots.”  df73e6f93b36f86f

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“What do you mean?”  413874c2af9d8a0d

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“The more we whittle down their power, the more tightly they’ll band together to survive. We must eradicate them all at once. Half-measures benefit neither me nor you, Prime Minister.”  a9cbb9359cb0babc

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His tone 0a0ff6d08d was calm 2dcae92c19 and decisive, f9b7a36721 almost lecturing, d5a85f8d3a as he 25a58aeb0d spoke with 43630abf49 a smile. It felt as cddf5ed6aa though he knew 6c26abd203 something Haejun did c54e6f5066 not, yet the 6ae135130d logic was irrefutable.  c429279d7261b1bd

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“Then should we not raise the taxes we recently lowered? If Your Majesty’s words hold, what we need first is funds to bolster our military.”  f7ae5900647588b6

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“That’s precisely why we must expand the pool of eligible officials.”  70bb5c3eeb64ac25

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“Until now, even low-ranking posts required noble birth. But if we broaden the criteria, more people will take interest, will they not? Those who aspire to office will strive to prove their worth, and to earn merit, they will contribute their own resources. The taxes we lighten for the common people can instead be collected from them.”5754dd6acc2742cf

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