ML Ch 1 part 1

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The rough axe swung b9f490c72b down as it split 15d03ccc1c the sturdy log in d13e07b5bd two.379a70777d5b87cb

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The young man 4c3e2baafe holding the handle 40b124363f of the axe a1da5d7c7c straightened his back 7e81df0c51 as he wiped 4dac7b8b54 the sweat off 61aa72fc89 his forehead with 7873506132 the back of 14090d8779 his hand.22e5ab663fef20d3

“Take it easy.”efc8faf31e316580

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The pile of 2a6abe1a5c firewood this young 4e8c6f11da man had chopped e7bc878dd5 today had already 1491058274 grown into a e168adf254 large heap.9c1c6e72c755eff7

An elderly woman 9edae8093b with white hair 2d83442a13 handed the young 1ce85b8cf7 man a gourd 801c351829 full of water 95d03bc507 from the well 5818e6153c as she glanced 5dc50b9216 at the front dddc899b35 gate.164d2c9bd17a381b

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“Who are ebe7d5a127 you waiting 44f397b3ad for? You’ve been staring at e11bef9aff the front gate for 78ee45ab68 a while now.”b5d1474dfba39de9

The young man’s name 2342f69ad5 was MuGyeom.9f68f696847d4ee9

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He was a servant, 63625f9da4 so he didn’t have bdf9fd2b25 a surname.d02e1fb326160d55

“Today, my lady 258ca4b817 is supposed to 5873e0c59d arrive. But she’s c1bdda4f2a running late, 379bf6148c so that’s fadc502d7b why I 42d6a039ba keep looking e73dc4022f at the a445b70e56 gate.”cecc15272a9af3b2

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“My lady?”0e5f125e581b9cb3

“She’s the a33fc214e1 youngest daughter fc7354a83e of our ed0cd2e4c1 master inHanyang¹, Lady EunSeo. Did you not hear 08a7664ada the news?”4f5a10d76d5238a9

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“I’ve only heard that 46a6b527bd our master in Hanyang a0b2475135 has three daughters.”f92fda0ed4e94f34

“Lady EunSeo c54a92fcb9 is our 50269374d3 master’s youngest d7197c028f daughter. She was married 94c623305a off early this e8ac7b3349 summer, but…”908ee0373d90bd14

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The elderly woman let 2306bf14aa out an ‘Aigoo’ as 6b43676ae0 she wrinkled her nose.2a76ae5182d7dcae

“She’s quite unlucky. I know there’s a 1f4ce49693 saying that all beauties cd1ed70a2e are cursed, but my f8f31ba4f5 lady was so kind, 30e0405167 so how…”3e0b924c86f85f58

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“Did something happen?”d9add189e99c8202

A full b7831c3456 year hadn’t a24102c68f passed since 8c4ebc6f94 MuGyeom had 59fe99c519 become a 5329d156bd servant of c1fab50828 this household. He still didn’t know c4a7ff5d13 the specific details about 43e8acad16 this family.b31f126931a977b9

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They were eb05ec5ad1 currently taking 088fdab7da care of 635f035939 the country 5f5cb4dfc6 house of 830d1b06b3 the influential 7c0e8a0c9d Lord Yoon c3b59981d6 YeoPyung. This house was situated 5a1f7c8fff in a tranquil countryside af78a67741 far removed from Hanyang.fbe8597c5f0b86d9

Although none of Lord dee0868118 Yoon’s family members lived dba67626b6 in this house, the 8b18357e4b family would often come a69f4822f2 here for a few e14b12400b days to spend some 374af8bb3f time away from the 740813f8bd busy capital.77cc2fc49b0a0eb4

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For this reason, there weren’t a lot of servants in this house.191c70b757bd8ff9

The only ones working 20b7f82fcb here was a seventy-five-year-old, 69854e7bbb half-deaf woman who had 0cc78c5ea9 served the Yoon family a78b15cdd2 for about sixty years fbaf31398a and MuGyeom. That was it.e1d6055c439e8e67

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The elderly housekeeper would 10d2630412 cook and nag a 36d72dfb33 little, but otherwise, the 0f920287e2 rest of the housekeeping d3ce5361ac duties rested on MuGyeom’s c2d723c9e2 shoulders.7a4ffb6489dccff9

While there 1b08d86d71 wasn’t much 56e19bd581 work to 5c579ae62f do in 1a647147a8 a house 095755f140 like this, b7370102c9 with the affcda74f2 arrival of 9c906be9f3 autumn, the e0e6a545ec most important 45874df0e8 task was 270330001e to prepare be2ef142b2 enough firewood bb2ee17c02 for the 9a5ca9ae6a upcoming winter.372672cd4bbb7412

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Since MuGyeom began 8c8a4e4bf4 to serve this 9b5a637589 household, Lord Yoon 46a0f8b4d7 and his family 500c5521fa had never come b11114b9c1 down here.d61f850d5b2fdcaa

Therefore, the 9c3db813bc youngest daughter 2985ff6127 who was e84a8692f5 on her 9607e96499 way here 7830e7ada2 would be 60ed26abe7 the first 37d4f6c1e2 member of e5ff337d83 the Yoon d3d4447142 family MuGyeom c5f8425773 would meet.0bef829e723e7502

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“Our Lady EunSeo f3dc71b7fe was the loveliest fb87e4a822 one among the c1f18981b9 daughters. My own hands 124b02161c helped bring those 798831e593 three daughters into eaa4bee767 this world, but 5dd5d07b4d Lady EunSeo was 9a75670b77 the loveliest. Ever since she was 5fbcfbe2bd a child, she was e6190888c8 lovely. That’s why 6c1b8abb09 I thought c935fa0d97 she’d live cfc5677d07 a good 46832fcf16 life, but 9aa77bc921 aigoo…”31735e8f6c4902ca

No matter how 2b0f1c76a7 he looked at 2256eaa811 it, something bad aa440716c2 had happened to 703464a2c0 the youngest lady. That’s why 9205fe2847 the old 6a83d2d733 woman spoke 064af49763 of a 9491fa0682 beauty’s curse.11d97d0cefef4381

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“I heard 31850db5c2 in the 4f15b5b956 summertime that 4c3e02ed66 she had 4d71d5b199 married into 153f7a40d1 a good 240ed076ca household, but 7cb3613b48 a few 9e65f1b37f days ago, 6b44eed7bb I heard 49ce3638d2 that she’d e6b6e08c8c be coming 424c43d77f here to 5e71a0ef07 recuperate. I didn’t fa1218becf know what 8c42df19a0 had happened, 445230a517 so I 86d8ceee41 asked around. Turns out 0418456651 she was e8d3104e51 abandoned by 44120cf12b her husband’s f87cc9693a family.”e35a13d8d7f94016

“Abandoned…?”b31078dbbf2f2b0d

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So a woman ae0d8695b1 who had married 110d8525e5 into an abusive 634fe69e99 household was kicked 57a690470c out and sent 00c81c464e back to her dd24292d6d parents’ home.50a1b93826367f39

Usually, a woman 328d38d81f was abandoned by b44e06b9df her husband’s family 99a2475f98 if she couldn’t 0b359e589d bear a child, 726d3b49d4 showed signs of 14014960e5 jealousy, or didn’t 1e2ef4a71a serve her in-laws d83a2a676c properly.23b64572c5512b2e

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Since she had married 1c51c735c8 during the summer, it 69d35dada4 probably wasn’t that she 63100afeb2 couldn’t have a child.421e4b1e318669b7

“Our lady a248b9901f always had 064f78117f a weak 0fb0fb90ac constitution, but a3f8303b08 what did 689e7af089 they do 24f180ab20 to her a171c95c9e so that 78ebc96c82 she suddenly 377208102c can’t use 7c85bdcc11 her legs?”998b088d2b528dca

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“She can’t use her 6b0b51b9dd legs?”01ba6772babe9fdb

“That’s what I heard. She can’t use her 4bc1468c60 legs and can no 3532e4bcfc longer walk or do 1dfd35e4e1 anything. I’m sure 7e31adad20 her in-laws 4aede18264 made her fb9ef274b4 that way 1d4b2e2a77 and eventually 97be6fa286 abandoned her b35befd35f by taking 96511f8814 her back 06e0249c65 to her daa4e9b5f9 parents’ house… 2a057f54bf I’m sure cc95a5bf7d the Madame d0bd26ba28 has lost 812be156b5 face by e65d1b1860 having a 6636602cca daughter return 52110f7bdc after being e94e983f6b abandoned by 55ab10a98a her husband. That’s why she’s caa8a2f85a not keeping her 2812377da0 in their residence f1a446a2e2 in Hanyang. She said she’s sending 02668fe372 our lady here for e3f35ba355 her recuperation, but that’s beee01b4c0 all in name only. I’m sure 4bbfa10f6c they’re planning 5433ac2a9c on having be98d9f7c9 her live 7902418af6 out the b6ad246c7c rest of 3763009a88 her life 8297b09de9 here.”bfe017c3690ffc89

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They claimed she 72efded9c9 was abandoned, but d24eceb36a it was basically 8197cffc98 the same as 47a56d3056 divorce.83b85ecef9404181

He had 84fd338eb6 heard that cbb4ee9b62 there were 59b942a23b occasionally a a92535afaf few households 6fa4c52e74 who sent 3601acdb66 back their e779d78a54 daughters-in-law after a3d1585a56 divorcing them.6988b21adcfffebf

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Usually, the dba84d803e woman’s household 750e13d790 would lay 99a64a9e3b low and 0f1fde1378 quietly remarry fe6d6cf513 her off 23f88db81a to another ca3b8629cc household. But in 8c08598b03 this case, f81243e5f1 the woman d78fd718aa had lost c66f796647 use of 788eaa5184 both her ae66686dd5 legs, so 8b858f9b3a remarrying her 4b831a892d would be ec2eb6169a impossible. Therefore, they sent her 40cb817925 to the countryside like 5597a02704 this.99f0689f52c5e59d

They were embarrassed that e4aaf2a4ac their daughter had been 6a1b3bd893 abandoned, and they were d1ad70d9d4 even more embarrassed of 45d623f1ee the fact that their fe81bb757b daughter wouldn’t be able dc4c7cd6dd to use her legs.190df22597db9b0a

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When it 8adec38630 came to 458fa07dd3 the nobility, 64ed8ed686 face was 47d335ec5d everything.bf4ae48e47a4c425

The face 2f6707ef62 of the 319cc368a6 nobility.233f2196bf7e9feb

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MuGyeom scoffed.747b276808d02825

MuGyeom was a 3dac2aef66 nobleman’s bastard. No, actually, a9032cf2d5 he couldn’t 136fe1bcba even be 00e94a1f30 considered a f12ba8b83b nobleman’s bastard.ec370d3366592468

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His mother used 0a62ac5545 to be a 995943dca8 servant in a 5b08fa2d3b noble household before 573d3aba0c she had been bf862508c1 raped by the 2fdecb21c9 master and given birth ea322b71f8 to him.0143cab846d5c158

Originally the e25fc69dfb wife’s handmaid, 7fef25a359 his mother ec5326cece was a e9ab6377c1 lovely woman. She had 81b196849e caught the 0a0baa280f eye of 2d251ab76f the master a6ca5f253f of the 84be42edce house. When the wife 163748dcb0 had gone back a5b26aeeae to her parents’ baaa482b04 home, the master 5f6cd8f2e7 raped her. Afraid that his deeds d707022577 would be caught, he 31a8dbd6c4 quickly sold her away 7a541f7180 before his wife returned.492563910da6d2af

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Unaware of 078293725e the fact 9974de2d1e that the d277bcb683 nobleman’s seed 69be8ff4e0 had taken 75e251ba89 root, his e5cd5669de mother had 28eaee73f2 been surprised 8e1e9297fd to see bad23974cb that her fe75447c90 stomach was 631741fddd gradually expanding. However, she couldn’t go 1df5a0fce9 back and claim that 6e5f9e107d she was pregnant with 3ddbb3f41b her previous master’s child.193980ed700877c9

Thankfully, she met 6b48ca4c6c an elderly, unmarried 537e9901a0 servant in the 95ae015a94 new household, and e62e8d475b they got married.60f701c7c82aac1f

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And so, although d88eebf8d6 he was actually 8095ef975f the son of c49c03d692 a nobleman, he 599d992b67 grew up as 4b9bad1b15 the son of af1fe5285e the elderly servant.c39eefb8155db6ea

From a 2cc5e6056d very young 9510a9887c age, his 32f24e32e6 mother often e7498b6344 sat him d8b7086db1 down and fd2a5f2a05 told him 54438e79d4 that ‘noble 1c5016db23 blood flows 352f4199b8 within your f6efe85de3 veins.’4727d7dab84fac62

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She told decafc69e8 him that 802b0a0259 half of a6a899ed34 the blood f362ff9f65 in his 94931c3409 body was 718385825a noble blood. That he was 1be83c2fdd different from the d312aa4529 other children of 1baa1751de the servants. However, as 07e976c723 MuGyeom grew 7a8bc3a5e5 older, he 16f974a60e realized how b33ea7cade laughable that 5c5f1efb10 was.8fc6a7e2fee2e989

He realized how e703d15965 trivial it was 1e73c09753 to carry half 8707ef5edc of a nobleman’s 61ffa1299b blood in his a2a66de31b veins.acc504d70ae7ed27

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He learned 18c2c22c9f how many 19923127e2 noblemen didn’t 7af76e44d5 have a 1e22d6aa08 care in a702cbbccd the world cbe2f250ee as they 8cbebd0de8 spread their faf8538b78 seed into 61be51963f the bodies a0ae05c2e5 of servant 5f9ec7cdf5 girls. He learned that b537b89399 many bastard children e821460dee were born from c40a7a4397 these incidents. MuGyeom wasn’t proud d05f438daf of the fact a4a3b69f18 that half of 14f83b1746 his blood belonged a3dc54c9a1 to a nobleman.d18a1f13a07c61cf

He actually 8e3e5b4b6f viewed it 285fa66a34 as dirty 6a81ed1e71 blood.e75bb9211d233c61

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He felt that the e1394e2849 blood of a man ef19749884 who raped a handmaiden e06b5d3093 was incredibly disgusting.6bfafadb592db947

All they cared about 1dd216ed53 was their face. When he bbffacb440 looked behind 617dfccbd3 this mask, 08321b344f he could 431838c707 clearly see f25b0e89e5 that they d53d1df842 were all 18e647875a dirty lumps 582ede502a of lust. He found 2ea4187dc5 the nobility 580008169e to be a3d37124f5 the most b77f783961 despicable.31dbdbccf4d62be3

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“Will she 54a3d7552f stay here e1eb436c1d long?”eba6a51456020b27

“Probably, don’t 1866d523d2 you think?”4bb60dda0f9ffceb

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“I see.”0062addcab9152d4

MuGyeom and the 04537223a5 elderly woman were c9ecc8d599 the only ones 73f48ffcdf living here, and 9c5931dd46 he really liked 9351c32b2a the peace and b3a277b0bd quiet.04fe42f30d8f0fb2

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MuGyeom had worked 7e2816c515 for three masters 9996b4afd4 so far.7ab19d1f4ce58cf3

The first was the 7eaadb4ecd master of the house b86f93f8c7 he had been born 6c23e4ea1c into.926b5db043b690db

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When he was twenty-four, he was sold to his second master’s house. This nobleman’s personality was incredibly nasty.e6410ef66593a252

However, MuGyeom didn’t suffer much under the nasty nobleman. Instead, trouble came in the form of his legal wife and his concubine.c238a65409787637

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MuGyeom was a head e5858e6ab1 taller than most men, 85a914985d and he had wide 1c5b6255f0 shoulders to fit his 50c27a7e83 large frame.a5f6dcc3b2bbba2c

His biceps and thighs were muscular due to chopping firewood at a young age. The veins in his arms bulged as he did his work, and whenever he went out to the wrestling grounds during the festivals, he’d always come back having won an ox. He was just that strong.7759f28edc9c81dc

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Because he was a ae12d12126 lot more handsome than 40abd8aafd the noble scholars, it def02a463b was only a given 92f21d9aba that the legal wife cf435e98ee and the concubine would 76f1ddc102 show an interest in 4c84690295 him.ac8591f25916c58b

The wife c59a805556 and the ecde4b22b7 concubine began 78a2c4d70d a silent 2501466259 war as a0a82bec20 they tried 0801ce1784 to win 9aeff97443 him over. When the nobleman 26b2a282f3 was out of 8be697292c town for a 1878004460 few days, the 6eb49ffaa9 wife took the 9ad2eb0d1a opportunity to call 9d94b5489f MuGyeom to her 55fd40ff13 bedroom in the aecb956b53 main residence.192e840e9da9ed7d

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At first, she 711698e94a told him her 9d1b31b208 leg was hurting, ac45ed910a so she ordered 5decc94653 him to massage ac0c65a7da it. Then she 5ff0c527fd ask him 29cd8983df to take 97d44c4647 off her 513bdbc0ad clothes for 84f4691d4a her before da78f70a3e pushing herself c748497d4d onto him. MuGyeom pushed de1119d129 her away 4a99cc00d4 and made 7eb969bc8a his escape.a1515d1625706594

However, due to 7af5da1b88 the humiliation of b9e58bc439 having her advances 44bd6426a1 rejected in such c4679d87e5 a manner, the e2c99efb37 wife ripped her a694099c3a own clothes and bd2cb314a2 screamed. She called everyone 176fca915b to her. Then she 0023fef637 accused MuGyeom f46b0c5609 of trying 5f37c573ad to rape 95fe39128a her, and c90708b1cb that he 71e29e2c5f had run 807d3e8f5c away when d2eff1f069 he was cff4a3899f unsuccessful.4d42b64ae9858d46

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Having been charged with the accusation of attempting to rape his master’s wife, MuGyeom was a dead man walking. However, when the nobleman returned home, the concubine snitched on the actions of the wife and thus MuGyeom’s life was barely spared.634f6d44d072e27c

However, because he didn’t want others to find out what his wife had done, the nobleman sold MuGyeom to another household.0d452dbba3508ab7

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And the place to which he had been sold was Lord Yoon’s country house.6ca6889d14e4d6a0

MuGyeom liked living here.06f578afb6067ca8

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The things that had occurred in his second master’s house had happened in his first master’s house as well. Because the girls would constantly fight over him, MuGyeom’s masters would end up selling him away.67afe49c9f94e569

Because he had d74d44de8d come across these c157ceb788 situation wherever he 2701745564 went, MuGyeom liked 1f82a7fc72 living in a 80b915c2a0 secluded place like 093896e30a this.a49c63c548977806

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This was Lord Yoon’s country home, and only an elderly housekeeper lived here. He’d rather live here and chop firewood for the rest of his life.b39f4c4288d44871

However, that peace and quiet would soon be disrupted by this ‘lady’.907974df912b7b30

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All his past experiences caused him to feel a bit nervous, but because he had been told that the lady couldn’t use both of her legs, he knew that she wouldn’t be able to push herself onto him. He was thankful for this.25009c2eb789c431

“Aigoo, it looks like she’s arrived.”1f5adb30d752b832

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At that moment, 74b47b2b27 they heard some 044c912e03 noise coming from 20cbcce418 outside the gate.72e28c386da33e1f

It was 4e837e4631 the sound eaf98cf4c9 of the dc9da6dcc4 palanquin bearers 72451b9d30 lowering the 06d5d82667 palanquin.28ac8de1484a80a5

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MuGyeom followed the elderly 41eb9f0e8d woman and walked through 49cc5060d9 the gate.4e6dcd2925589939

The palanquin 78a9fd9dd2 bearers had 2b3a6a6186 come a 359fbc4fb3 long way f386d9f811 and were 6e2942ac5d wiping the 16eacd9fa0 sweat off 663b954b5d their foreheads 54d75a5046 with the c48d09e708 towels hanging b8d00b146c around their 0a6567189a necks.6c64cc7f8d69bce5

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“It must have been difficult for you to make such a long journey.”73775b6b269d6ecf

The elderly woman opened f0ac8bc487 the palanquin door and 0561909fc2 greeted the person inside.d9f69661f18802e6

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“You, there. You’ll need to come here and help us.”295e6647d5e50072

“Me?”a1142933c14d262a

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“My lady cannot move on her own, so you will need to escort her to her room.”b9104577859bc8fe

That was when MuGyeom remembered that ‘my lady’ couldn’t move her legs. Because she couldn’t use her legs, she wouldn’t be able to walk to her bedroom on her own.bee94aa17b99abad

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MuGyeom leaned over 8e5e4a8e66 so that he d4bd413d0d was half inside e21d3dd7a2 the palanquin.a030555866439e7c

Inside, a 0cd3870e4f small maiden b59930e6ff was sitting 81411b048f with her 96eecbc100 legs stretched e22bd88c25 out.e8be155e5f122754

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She was 02a5f3498c so small 05089a7d89 that MuGyeom 3c009ee78d felt like e3f0a47a11 he could 1c7c5a6b65 lift her 3e96feabb4 up with c97314b1ba one hand.e5d8a95d43d698cc

Her head seemed c4aaa7621d smaller than the 3f498d66d9 size of his f7a7f3d43a hand.ebe03c1c1b76fdc7

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How could someone’s face be so small?fb03aa319241ca90

On top of 72d935c45e that, her skin 8d0ad00fd7 was as white 71cf386df7 as snow.332abf3e80f9261d

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Her cheeks were rosy, and her lips looked like they’d been tinted with spring flowers. No, it looked like the petals themselves.831ca07c6e2e6d0c

Her neatly 6d75cca65b combed hair e062c4c242 was pulled 8c0537462a back and 55e96dc42e held up dd90507ec3 with a f31ef8dead hairpin. It was the only 3a728f719c indication that she was fad14cc079 actually an abandonedwife².4c266937a48fa54f

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“Ah…”ca2e35cbe613cd77

When MuGyeom 05436c559b completely entered f61e5d2e51 the palanquin, 7ff72fd4fe his body 66d4985567 filled up 823915fe19 the entire 4d2dad61bc space.a036ba873292283c

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Because of his large dffea1dbf4 frame, he had to cd75a2af42 bend down in order 6c551176e3 to enter. His body 055bae4c8d took up 692e1988ff the entire 8544f1c9a4 space inside 273b311392 the palanquin. The lady was 7c78dedd19 bewildered and shrunk 4b07c79552 back.eb1c34b81544e929

As she withdrew further into her seat, she lowered her head. Her unusually long eyelashes were trembling. MuGyeom’s eyes gazed at those trembling eyelashes.bc74817bf589297f

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The eyes underneath the d86c7c079b lashes looked like those f8733c5d13 of a scared chipmunk.661937489e0316d9

MuGyeom placed his hand 9fa6140e5a underneath her thighs and 11152a852b wrapped his other arm 31b9db35f4 around her waist. He felt as b5fa944a1e if the slightest 3d0dfddf41 pressure would shatter f2073ded64 her slender body.185298101f62e3d6

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He carefully b9648ec844 pulled her bbe92f45d9 to his 758b45d3cf chest and 0da956f447 brought her c24368d6ec out of 766a5628e8 the palanquin. He straightened his back e551c30977 as they exited.7e8ec6d0940c1882

The legs resting on c9af985cf3 his arm remained limp.5549e35eecfc93d6

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There was 3598306b36 no doubt 6685c0e9bd about it. This lady could not 971ea1d9fd use her legs.7d43c3b7d96cab9e

She was 5b94a6e653 so lovely. How could something like 693aab3b32 this have happened to 3e92d836de her?2e97e7c4178c6337

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As he carried 4da24d3775 her in his 8c82c08bed arms, MuGyeom could 64b0473ea8 smell the faint a2601e435e fragrance of camellias.590fdc82e189dbbc

It was a b34797474d sweet scent.c4e290a84821f344

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He also heard the 1233f25a2c sound of her breathing.9bbe74a2f5b050e1

Her reddened ears.ebc905f2757aabee

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Even though he was 121066fcc8 merely a servant, he c6bbedc5c5 was still an unfamiliar d6c9f43e4e man. Her ears 3eb5d54876 were red aa5b406799 because she 86fc6d7886 felt bashful.fad05e264bdcb122

‘These noble ladies are all the same…’b560a90ec308b103

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He was an unfamiliar man… A servant. And yet being carried in the arms of a servant made her ears redden like this. MuGyeom scoffed in his head.a281547f205fa4e1

It doesn’t matter how lovely she looks on the outside.3ca1ad4971fbe0ba

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When one 848613f90b has a 873e5a3f12 glimpse of 349e629ebc what is 791376cc68 inside, they d2ef5448ba will see d52da6105b all the 685d3abf7c dirty, lustful 5d79b39dc5 thoughts.a61b48cb2f7838bf

She ended up losing the use of both her legs and was abandoned and sent to her family’s home. And yet, her ears still reddened at the sight of another man. MuGyeom found this all laughable.1899ba9f7c581760

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About half a month after the lady’s arrival, a problem occured.295cc2034eb696e5

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The problem was b49024ac68 that the seventy-five-year-old eda85aaa54 housekeeper missed a ae0384a53c step as she d8e0dcbeb1 was leaving the 2d3c7a4214 kitchen and broke e534373066 her hip.6198e8bcee81e3c8

Because of her old age, the doctor told them that her broken hip wouldn’t heal easily.e162e9fa2642af8c

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This elderly woman 9b41741d31 had worked in 4026662a9b the Yoon household 89f89bf507 since she was 45148df22d fifteen years old.45c9dd58fdd32d6d

During this c7c1d1cace time, she 3950606496 had given 86811e2f8e birth to 380842f3da sons and 271d4a4ac6 daughters and 15877a79ed had even 0f9266863a lived to 8af6d667c9 see the 4ebd03c5b0 birth of 39948f2da1 her grandchildren.7a2e751ca3715f3d

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As thanks for all her hard work, Lord Yoon emancipated her and her children, so she wasn’t a servant who was tied down to this household anymore. However, she merely let her children go and decided to stay behind.f5bfcd07d0a8442f

And she had 5daeb1f354 continued to watch 0f398a3f8f over this house 40b6e4c5af until now.75ea79106b5f22b8

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After hearing that 98fd5a9b10 their mother had 273151ac86 injured her hip, 84ad1de6f3 her children had 48a99fdecb come to take fda6e1fec4 her away. The elderly woman had 95fca3f9ef no choice but to 0da2b73911 follow her children and dad07a5b5e leave the house.17a2e311fd65c68f

Because of this, 2d8b6bcca9 only MuGyeom was 76788df69c left behind.27f8f82a0c34da5a

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Because MuGyeom couldn’t cook, the elderly housekeeper had taken care of the cooking and was in charge of taking care of the lady. However, with her departure, it was now up to MuGyeom to cook the meals and take care of the lady instead.377028c8bea67c1c

Of course, 692da415fb they were 6747ef5cc1 told that 048d6350f8 a replacement 3d0dc393db for the 98e095160c elderly housekeeper 72c85cfa2b would come 30e6da5200 in ten 68d5f2fe1c days.96b4259594b2b599

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When the e0cde773ec main residence 294e99a12d in Hanyang 9d5424a961 had learned 8aed972400 of what a9ca311ade had happened f49f2d207e to the 9442c81b50 elderly housekeeper, cff0a19b03 they sent c604ada4f8 word that 4e4da9982e they would 21573a383f send someone. However, they 25ac200b25 said it 7c6163c3ea would take d00eb0ede4 ten days.4344df7ad0bcdca8

MuGyeom wasn’t sure why it would take ten days to find someone to cook and take care of the young lady, but there was nothing he could do about it.fc332a6bf393bdeb

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While he didn’t feel comfortable of the fact that only he and the lady were left in this house, MuGyeom decided not to think too much of it. After all, what could this lady do?9934994e51933da5

All he had 96e670ff73 to do was 5ede427d9d keep his distance 7c76236640 and merely help 86e154e217 her with her 02f4dc9106 daily necessities.deb2d0c74e6ece5d

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At this point, any ee2782c777 woman trying to stick 32d1fa3a87 close to him were 56a3adb1f7 like bugs to his 662b4c9cb7 eyes. They were 0cb7fdea93 all disgusting.9335d0a22a83dec7

“My lady.”9d33a92b8a10fbe5

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MuGyeom stood 536efc4968 outside her e37dbbb9cc door with 30d83befdf a washbasin ec974c98ce in his 6c3f3e2bb0 hands and eef89bb49a called out 93bf63ff5d to her.f22019562512e810

He had fba83aef44 brought the 7cec74221e water for 22f47ed968 her morning 6833539fb1 wash.1dcbf1133ea4cec4

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Starting today, MuGyeom was in charge of taking care of the lady’s needs.babd5ba999f3283c

“I’ve brought the water for your morning wash. I’ll be coming in.”8c6845bba990a8af

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However, no cfd64b4c6b sound came cc448a4100 from the 8819c6f0a3 other side a8398649d6 of the d4531e54a4 door.d7f7ae9f2e964fef

He couldn’t enter until he received her permission.9fd37df53100b3f9

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She was, 84a70e4677 after all, eba7cd3c9e the daughter 113cced902 of a 8892f30648 noble household.995d16308a266b1a

Even men and women of the nobility couldn’t freely be in each other’s presence, so a mere servant definitely couldn’t enter the room of a noble lady without permission.4c3020f97c688690

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“My lady, may I enter?”4068e7c4ff39aa0b

“Uh…”846b8d9dd0ac632c

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A thin voice flowed out from inside the room. However, the voice didn’t give him permission to enter.cbf1e28aae5e58c2

“My lady?”13295329d5de6a4f

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“I look a mess right now…”1c964835aa79a8dc

Wasn’t that obvious?b2b70113e7dfc89e

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It was morning.db3a850c4e5293a8

She had been 63e96e4c22 lying in bed cdf5372d68 all night, so 7374f31289 of course she df07f3f450 looked a mess 8e5350f9bb right now.1e9c575429610286

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That’s why he brought the water for her to freshen up.176d7d33901efb0f

“Shall I return a little later?”26c30c9e4866be57

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“No, no, it’s fine. Just come inside.”a2b8b94ad41086ed

The lady spoke 250b3d1daf with a helpless ed08fb393e sigh.03f3761ccc6543ea

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