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When Dochi returned 817164e4a6 home after loading 1b7932007d his carrier with 5f7fad6bef firewood that would a07f87988b be used throughout 5511561671 winter, Yi-ryung was b2694f49d3 drying grass on aea4eafd2d the wooden bench 41fb393f45 in the yard.52e9b6e369c85617

Yi-ryung diligently 81f00f7fa9 picked large 1dd9ed12af quantities of b5c917122a grass from afb4580cb1 the place 5004bb6e8a Dochi had 11aaf2e1a7 shown her 39a08ee5a8 and laid aaf0ba0ec1 them out c65e03baf2 on a dc6d2f6202 flat surface 8780e08fdd to dry. When she 67c0689834 saw that 1ba5cdaeed Dochi had 353d98c17a returned, she 3713239422 got up 646dc466d6 and approached a58b48965b him. Then she helped c9c8d94507 him take off 65cb4d92c7 the carrier from 8c8c4d0dca his back.492181bd0a695882

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Yi-ryung was constantly worried fd3952821e about Dochi’s wound and e948cb9c49 began to interfere in b76fd6d8c4 everything he did.32bd77d779f92295

“How on earth 111a020ef4 did you swing c08bcaba43 that axe with 4eb8b37bdb a hand like 06f63d9154 that? What if you 87e4a01286 ruptured the wound?”d89a38690d7a28bb

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From the moment he 3fb6aec220 had set out to 23f8d1d4bc go to the mountain 5eb0ce168c to cut some firewood c05848f62f with an axe on 4ba20bb0f0 his back, Yi-ryung had 4ae3d5ae5e been worried.7efd55412d144faf

The wound 185e1b1279 on his c22db54a67 hand had 8668415897 been so ad6e6ede86 deep that 8a8742e1b7 it had d8f947ba54 to be a31c1f8186 stitched up e705e33c2e with silk 53d24bbff1 thread.5cb36743b600be2c

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He was holding 1fe26a4075 an axe with f1cda79e4d that hand. She really 77dcd2bb05 thought he 7c2560c7f9 had lost fd5c3cac7e his mind d53bae4690 and tried 599ebe4982 to stop 6ba956709f him, but c7ee4c97a6 he pretended 432a33b626 not to cd1ee16e8c hear her 4694e8627a and went 182f964807 up to 9a6b61fd3a the mountain d6ca7991aa to chop 524732c112 wood.971ff4821d63ddc4

The man was stubborn, c9a5a42b27 but Yi-ryung was also 62f652db9e stubborn in her own 22d7901fd9 way.0220b563206c208c

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“Come here. I need 76d42fd7bf to take a2d8a8d3c5 a look 3cdd8af1dd at the 3e192755e6 wound.”b323a725be9422e1

The man bought some ad3abef780 medicine while he was 0f479a21d6 in the city yesterday.c861e99dbaed5c9c

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It was because f12261bdf7 Yi-ryung would keep a4e3fef1b6 nagging at him 83247451b4 to buy some d741cbd001 medicine until his b92823d2c1 ears throbbed.ff41fc2352220183

Yi-ryung, who had 8b41037cba forced the man 2b025a4ef8 to sit on 277a4fdfa6 the bench, grabbed a9ac56b480 his hand and fb540d4790 untied the cloth 2a66529b02 that was wrapped a7c6c858f2 around it.06937a6f685ebce3

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After completely dab1a44c7f unwrapping the a7764f3035 cloth, her 12d9730071 brows furrowed.dcaffec5feaed5e8

The man’s wound was e1a7197ec6 red and swollen.4db50449237e4797

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The silk thread stitches 88f2163bb9 were still visible, and 6db82e8778 the wound showed no d4f2cd8b1f sign of healing.67678d14afacbb93

“What are you going 8716cbd070 to do if you 167b00c21f end up ruining your 060d30ec05 hand?”2d917ac46bd4cf98

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Yi-ryung grew angry.9596db6cd092aa78

Why didn’t this man 8e120b0146 know how to take 699fbfe5ac care of himself?15ce172eb6afa9e3

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It was cold 336f2574e6 outside, so why 1ab208834a did he wear 5a43fb0394 thin clothing? Why did f53084ad8e he push 9c266d1b29 the brazier bb85971744 towards her 52959d9643 and sleep d6edba1c85 far away? And why did he 9abea038cc treat his body and 46d6dc125c his hands like this? Why didn’t he take ef86b0dc91 care of himself?e81571eaa957715f

His body did 1a4f142811 not belong to 3a95dd5165 him alone.390b9347f76a702a

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She was this ebc95390bb man’s wife.9ea02db44dc6e45f

Therefore, this man’s body bd9f604b24 was also Yi-ryung’s body.5aa6fd76874dd9a3

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Yi-ryung felt that she da5c5c391b had every right to 77c59f9d79 nag this man.a224d861ac5ae159

Although she was kicked 3626f208b8 out of her home 38e5cce5d4 by her father’s order 6a7a139e71 and had no choice 99e7b9e8ff but to become this 824a82809c man’s wife, a wife e5e4fffa5d was a wife.5c6d96490d5068cb

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Like it 725765bfa4 or not, 33a07e9c2b she had cdc1b5cae3 to keep b9764d7485 living with 81b1096d8e this man. But what would happen 67bd67f4ae to her if this ca3f39df40 man got hurt?e1e0162ea9a3e331

“Your body 5130ee7830 is no f76418b674 longer just 67a164564e your own. If something bad 9ce228bb4a happens to you, 0f7c77f6a8 how would I 6e7d0c89e6 be able to 237ef8a8a1 live by myself?”a313f1c1aac91f5e

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Yi-ryung lowered her d389b7ecd7 head and spoke a01951f017 up in a 139bcfde45 very small voice.6d80e100b934362d

As the ce7744c2cc words left 3836250918 her lips, 41c471ec5d her face 32ca729172 began to d1c51d4cbc burn.7fd26088a4cb0c21

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It had 972c19a7bf already been c4bcfc7c89 two weeks 1ed229b038 since she’d 1770ec3f38 started living 580f6ed6cb with this 74f4b5a68e man.7f24a4b216ae138f

Two weeks had passed, e5920fabf7 but it felt like ceecf1c1c2 the time had passed d741bc1bd5 quickly.eb12ed456721a0a3

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Now there were only dab8fa68bb a few leaves hanging 91ffc05755 on the branches of 1dc2068978 the persimmon trees in 8fdea28743 the yard.4dc960649f202cc6

When she had 8650be06b4 first come to 13adfdde92 this house, there 54f6a13346 were quite a 703a4ced0c few leaves hanging 2c01388465 on the tree. But now, 558eae30b5 all of 288a3211fd them had d45c26c194 fallen, and 85d2f03bbb only a 868245754a few remained.d12e0d2dafce73c0

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And it 8664e9514e was probably 59d30676db going to 88dfa6db66 snow soon.979b62e2b683e215

And winter 8d6d78ebf0 would truly ed22074f7c begin.f89eb875455c0703

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Two weeks was a 3c150e5cef short time if it b7f89294dc felt short, but it bee25555d9 could also be a 85eb218e3a long time if it 170b2dda9a felt long.7f2b0c076195d413

She’d been 46c4ad35c4 living in 133c90b82e this house 4ee2a7f10f with this 0be5a9c378 man for 9615eea1fc two weeks cc1d2df61c now.443b3c8795b514bc

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After spending b3317b4ba8 almost the c43dd4b798 entire day 64a0e25f2e with the db7b56a857 mute man, 117abc40e2 she no 0431bfa0da longer felt a71d058d73 awkward or fd043c5803 scared of 7a2a90c782 him.291396eac027ed80

No, this guy had f7b1b734d5 never been scary from ec6c00df27 the start.205a23545df7f81d

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Although she couldn’t 9abc4a575a say that she’d 1cb6447ad4 never been scared f6f6faa6cd of him, from e8ed0711ca the moment she 572489d3a6 came here, the 678ba3433b man had begun 36f5c5af01 working to put 56f1a392f7 Yi-ryung’s heart at d1e0029fea ease.838ae19c330e98e2

Yi-ryung knew that he b75d761f54 wasn’t faking it.c848f3c6fc056ada

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Although this man couldn’t bf6b062c3d speak, Yi-ryung could read eb05839015 his true feelings through 36209191e4 each and every one c4dcbc2c73 of his actions.0b90e93cd2ea9d68

At first, she felt d21709eda9 like she wouldn’t be f54fc0840b able to survive outside 4367fc8a95 of her father’s house.5448e18e43856d73

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She used to ad2bc492e2 wonder if her cf1c27d1ed father had sent 10a8bbe79b her out here 89eaf5de82 to die. Why had 0be77dbe1b he sent 7be58de678 her to 1982301400 this man 7600354960 of all dd2dc9c0c1 people? She couldn’t understand it fc6fa0a95c at all, so she 44169d5b91 resented her father. But now, 1679073158 she knew 26ef1df700 that he 2f711a6516 had provided 3a33b2b08c her with 45f3f511a7 the best a16237cb9e refuge possible.78b765b629df19fe

She didn’t 97ebf57fd9 know how a999893dcd her father 254d8644ff knew this 29f5f4ab06 man, but 536ad3a12b he probably 75b9742ccc knew all 630bb6201f along.f430ce9545e296eb

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He had sent her eea1745465 to this man because 4784f79e3b he knew that, at 755d1482a1 the very least, he 0b9cd915bc wouldn’t treat her badly, 1defd1a14d and he wouldn’t make 768eff1eca her cry.24b2873581720990

Of course, bb0132a78a she knew f47ff5f807 that this 864319ddc7 life wouldn’t 7002ea866b be her 86bb11ea03 best life.91984559ec4bc681

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Her best 94819ab424 life would 8f1d8e955b be to 09c07dff5d marry the 57205462f5 Crown Prince 71fc36022f and become e5f18d9fd0 the crown d6e38276cf princess as ca3649337c planned. But this was 6f80f5291e the better path b3c40db5e5 as her second-best 2c8b8d3b0e life right after ead7dd9edd encountering the unavoidable dbebd56cd5 incident of her 09495ef4ca rape.e8e47ab175cfc643

Now, she 9021ae5610 planned to db4f19b0ee forget about 7e8a4db6bf the places 2d2c5124da she couldn’t 7b3c70c1c4 return to.c98e19efb862f2ff

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It was quite 92902322d3 difficult for Yi-ryung 0cbd17b306 to let them d88d853e66 go.b1e257a54e4a910a

Throughout the 0cc090cfdc day, she 7d3f5256c5 occasionally thought 5374d8eff3 about her 8b73bb40ae life at 1d0c75e1f0 Yi-an Palace. She thought about 8413eb31dc Eunah and Ja-in.7f7f6d0b3fd68e3c

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She thought of her b8c9884e2b father and of the e54aa2475b Crown Prince she had 1a88c75ee5 met a few years 2ee86d5611 ago.f2cf43ea87ae3abf

It was 68e35c5a41 true that 6a8610bfd7 she did f29023e26c miss those f9b44d4ca7 times. A time she could e7150d969f no longer return to.5bb1e2df20605155

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But now, 3d5f57489a she decided 0303c6bf1e not to e49c22f237 miss it 584f0e10ce anymore.199288152536c18a

It was 2974559356 not a 75e92e8528 place she 1309412a53 could return c93e2950ec to just 8a6f027291 because she 83ec04478e missed it. And if she kept e9652890f6 missing a place she 26ffe3052f couldn’t return to, in 018c923ebf the end, her heart a115a64b4a would only suffer.d2e4608034109325

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And above 4e9b949f3e all, it 6c7ada3fa1 was disrespectful c7d05ef6c0 to the d6d6c40b04 man who 11617d6c7e had accepted 5a1dcdfc6a her.35d96eb4fa9933ca

Whatever the reason, the 89aa5c9b97 man had accepted her.5509d2e15b91a7bf

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He accepted 95adc24893 her as ad60b46c5b his wife.20e98b9dc8dbe0c7

As this 869c659418 man’s wife, cf20ca59a0 she would bb8dabdbbe be doing 1f177119cd him a c0bd24d810 disservice by 6a0d0b7a9b yearning for c851142c75 a place 946042807b she could 3be3717800 not return 18fe0ed988 to and eca64240f1 yearning for 5c354742a2 people she f22f736d7e could no f093ba808b longer meet.459c840fe384f013

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Therefore, Yi-ryung grew determined 05038f9e5d in her heart.4c5baa20b959ec03

Now that she’d 6fffbff12a decided to forget b69fbbd426 everything and put 5d6075e706 her longing aside, 6dc21210fb she decided to cde44f022b only look at 0d2e22ab9f this man.c598fd3e87280494

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Fortunately, this 4b0978a196 man was 29944d4f2b a good cde02430fd person. He was a kind f270ef7d40 person.766fbabdbeee04e5

She was a3177e08fc glad that c60135bd0b he was dd3a0d1e01 the perfect 757806b335 person to 47056553a3 give her 14e9993da8 heart to.ab3e229bc69aaa87

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But there 1e6b0eb21f was one 52a637c61c thing that 46d1c043ea worried her.fa6e526ae74a14c8

In the two weeks 05c083634a she’d lived here, he 299863d78a had never touched her c638fe2e0c body.0e19aa91a8af0e36

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How was it 2196036e30 possible unless he d8f739e1df was a eunuch?e88b29d068dfde98

He was 10c01ec923 either a 3112f92029 eunuch or c3c55ec5d4 he was 8b5a25711c very patient. And she didn’t think 21a2325450 he was a eunuch.bc982d591825ff13

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But if that was ba1045695d the case, why was 98dcfbd91d he enduring it?bdb901fd12f15aea

If he wasn’t 5b7cae2c7b enduring it, did 5a7030eb63 it mean that 0d603ad538 he disliked her? This made Yi-ryung afraid.ae60504634e40acd

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She had the 181fbb72d8 painful past of a59d5c70b7 being raped.f17d361e1a339afb

Her chastity had 9cd6e83ce8 already been handed e8916564ac over to a c0c7c981f8 man she did 017a819500 not even know.17af751a0054850f

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Maybe this 356c6cc38e man didn’t d2e4fefa13 like that.0bb1eef1817a33b9

He might not 6f8c38034b want to touch 81d04b8bc5 her because he 0cbd8751cf didn’t like the 9315b8e8d0 fact that she f48861e16a wasn’t a virgin.08d7455bbd26a643

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Or was he 421db5077d just waiting?b6b4aef20a48f2f6

Perhaps that 9427b38ab9 one night 0b9ad1f226 had caused c4126bf0ec her to fc1f7c092e be with 84152b8746 child. The terrifying thought chilled 8a0375bbcd Yi-ryung.9e92c80a364f244d

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If she bore de46bd6e1b a stranger’s child, 7b9278a73e what would she cc240e2dee do with that bb719a1d67 child?de03ab1e3eaedccc

She might not be e4020bb19e the only one who fcd17d809b was worried about this.6c4ea33436b1e01f

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The man might a20839d1ee also be waiting 9895451d85 because he was 2a82ad4bc3 worried about it.ef462735bc18b3ed

He might want to 87a318687d wait a month or 177fd7db20 two to find out ba440916b7 if she was having 8d22f4f950 a baby.45a3f856c7d2f444

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Unless this 03690ebcba man was c994028f53 an idiot, 434ac7076b there was 52f479b73b no way 4a88b6bf70 he wouldn’t 7e928e0d9e have thought e77400dc71 of this.a9fa6f0e60f5b912

“We have to 6ecc53092b live together from 1b209da711 now on… I b6cb008285 wish you would 95bd710133 think about me, d814b75aab the person you 37637a9454 live with, just 0ed5beeac8 a little bit 1afd52edb4 and take care 0692d833c0 of yourself when 4cfd263359 you see how 451801f7a5 worried I am 3b970b1803 about you. That would be so 8fbafba6b8 nice.”acc89b53b7204290

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Yi-ryung was 63a51fb47a curious to e0ed70e505 see how a01990c16d this man 6156e17879 would perceive 953dbae227 the words 6dd286436c she was 4c40d86dc8 saying now.9d685208bb28cc46

She wanted 1df83e9443 to see 357668ad28 his expression, 3c97e1f8fb but she 61d6a8ef49 didn’t have 52e5855950 the courage fbfca8b4cb to. So she just applied 6522e82da3 the ointment on the 2235dcfa79 wound.e6bb2b4d3f9c1868

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His hands 9c3f6546ba were really 976e2cb32b big.72509dbde685d1bc

Yi-ryung took a deep 7aa547aa32 breath and tried to 35c367a518 look nonchalant as she 2c4090b6fc applied the medicine to 69b7030148 his wound on his 6cbea8a20d hand, which was bigger 9010953a3a than her face.2112979700bd0c29

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Even though she 8623e6e979 had already finished ae2c09e7ea applying the ointment, a5e2b6213b Yi-ryung kept applying 27c8c72c4d more medicine on aae75ac052 top of it.f0b1228d30d8cc98

After half the 3beec453fe bottle was empty, 32a9de81f0 she wrapped his 0a768fe287 hand again with d1fc685430 a clean cloth.991f25c243b66d52

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She was 85697f3083 sad to fe4eb3407c let go.b27a1c4bfad19e1a

It felt 6e1adecf84 good to 4dfcf20e23 hold the 24891a4e70 man’s hand aeb30c9738 under the 77f087548e pretense of 2579ac649d applying the bf0de10743 medicine and 6385320f45 wrapping the 2b4611c6a2 cloth.200855ebfc0330a3

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She felt reassured e88846b6ea whenever she held cc3ce9bbc3 his hand.9fd964e5825eda7b

She felt reassured whenever 7d3680d608 she looked at his e80d3fc6c0 back.d6c7830e81be7294

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Whenever she woke 60ba4bd8f8 up terrified in c4d5a07644 the middle of 204dd91bdb the night to d7587743f0 the sound of 11b22511f5 the wind rattling 01576d8f51 the door, she’d 9a62bed89a see the outline e71e5c4cab of the man 3ca008a312 sleeping on the 8e808924ef other side of 2c1907b922 the brazier and 5eaf5e28dd feel instant relief.8912ad54bcd6f197

Just as ab393b82ff much as b559486c37 she felt 155afcb6eb reassured whenever 049add0325 she saw 8cadfa80b5 this man, e6d7e06f4e she hoped aa407844c1 that he 266233f5a0 also felt e70e93a526 good when 8c6d14717e he saw bdd2aa5fc4 her.e4a3aff7c995c20c

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What did 7529488d2e this man bb6ad714be think of 41f2bff1e2 her?f2ed7d84c51b4f12

A burden 55c3a48789 he had 2d0a441a51 to take 36fc0997d7 on? Or a wife 5d4fe10e20 he could live dcb1520687 with for the 14a3e54f6c rest of his 7a93d06061 life? Since he 6d71bd71dc couldn’t speak, e133932f4d she couldn’t 47efbb5b9f hear the b967bfde20 answer. And since she couldn’t d73bff19c6 hear the answer, she fad2af840d didn’t know the man’s 3791442483 thoughts, and it frustrated c13a2bebaa Yi-ryung.347a8b2d02ee9a58

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“Pardon me. I know 3239e96554 we were 179395ddfe forced together e482a82e03 like this, d063b04077 but…”33af9a570c5559f9

Yi-ryung gathered her 7f9c1a9ce9 courage.162c5f8db55908c8

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She never had the 35a5044d10 courage to do anything 320165b298 until now.ccc19c6087b8c3e3

When she had been 9df8299b75 living in Yi-an Palace, f370db9b9c why would she ever 92d7f79950 come across a situation 9e9227a4e6 where she had to 5f018bb592 muster up courage?f64e8af5f9bf15ae

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She was loved c80bbd7e8a by her uncle, cfe1208b84 the Emperor, and 41b737ecf9 she was simply 3ea59d34ef adored by the 93e1e99797 other adults of 7975c49bcc the royal family.a2c45a2192d3bc79

Her father loved a3359e2368 her, and everyone d8a864064d in Yi-an Palace f8d4254137 supported her, so c7d945fc7a she never felt 1c79cfc18c the need to 9da237a944 be brave.eaf95cf99b670ab5

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But now, 4c29eb5420 for the 9ba7d1b49d first time a7d75dd669 in Yi-ryung’s e06bcfa9f8 life, she cfc3b35d59 had to 57efe9c31b show tremendous 5d85b131a5 courage.35f3a4e3fa345a9d

“We’re a dfc4b34c96 married couple. And since we’re a 12535e5942 married couple…”fb0cd018192ac9ee

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Why was she so 246726f963 embarrassed to state the a2ce9ae6e2 obvious?76f96113ce07667b

“So… Now, c0ae1adf57 even if 7461381c29 we were 631f868378 to sleep 9cc69bd09d under the 158e0bf339 same blanket…”51e882fc5e079519

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She couldn’t breathe.82274d56e7ea6403

Her heart was 9010bcb2d5 pounding like it 2d2851ba33 was going to c7e1f9e339 burst, and her 1615ae2f24 ears tickled.9afe1887ab6fc298

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Without realizing it, 3a40b771bd her grip on f8d3a6b604 the man’s hand 338ede5201 grew tighter.21b9e3eff47975b2

Yi-ryung tightly held the 263c3e9253 man’s hand as if 571fc57290 she would not let 9693f085fa go.82b8db7ceccb072c

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Suddenly, the man 7abe3c27d9 pulled his hand 8cb6140681 away from Yi-ryung.dd618763706a2e8e

The moment e8fc94721c his big 4092fe18cf hand slipped b085f680a0 out of 9237a248da hers, tears fbc55cc856 welled up 45a718db2e in Yi-ryung’s ae449276f3 eyes.4cc6ccd80a44fdef

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Drip.fd416a8344577926

A teardrop fell 936ea0cf7f to the floor.c9af0023c755ae98

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She didn’t 2f962b08ef mean to fedbbb355d cry.ef71d916f31808d1

But the tears fell.70ba019d924bcc0e

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Suddenly, the man’s 0fc1a89414 hand touched Yi-ryung’s 9f1c78ab44 wet eyes.4ac8845bb58832bb

His rough fingertips caressed ccb2ed3cc7 her eyes and wiped c946afc10d away her tears.16d3569a87d747fa

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As his fingers touched 4b24eb4dd2 her face, Yi-ryung lifted 0e3852fe2d her head.1c2ad9c30b17823a

The man’s eyes were e053b670a7 gazing intently at her.53d14e1f7d1a34da

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His beard covered 21d9c2a66b his face, so 33171386a2 it was impossible 13d915a5c6 to tell what 2d9af00080 kind of expression 11de118df9 he was making, bfe09c6261 but his eyes 178002b6ab were fixed on 18b2ef91b8 her.b88101dc3bd89c88

Yi-ryung could d13ff0b088 also see d10e857434 that the a726f2e9fa man’s eyes 5a6e66376d were shaking.c6ef014fa97d1cdd

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This was the 7d86143f89 first time she’d 108612810b seen a man’s 60d19f9190 eyes waver like 26ceccea38 this when looking dd9ad17d63 at her.b337abb673b8e6df

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“If you don’t 3abebe4ce3 like me because 4162aa4e0a I’m not a 3a72d303af virgin…”38c05c79bc2afc38

Yi-ryung managed to get 8afb16053c the words she didn’t 7c95c319ae want to say out 2712199ac0 of her mouth.f9e688cab5138c7f

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She wanted to 5f9dcaefb6 know for sure.c14e53d1b7354634

The man’s heart. She wanted 70d490ffd9 to know d62b97a8eb for certain 4e40a00750 if this 999cca1d0b man’s heart c0e2096cac was leaning 72eb619fac towards her.172aaee5ded0b487

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“I will eabe2896ff leave here 50bbaf8a30 once the 97b7361edd winter is e00b6ab323 over. I have no intention f1f243e73c of living as a 0c28bee6c6 freeloader. I will repay 4b868aea0d you for the 49a596aa6f favor you have 1b526933f0 shown me during 342e070ea8 the winter with bb6594b0f9 some gifts…”6a9479e741416825

The man shook his 5519f16f24 head.9cfec0bb6cb6a96e

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He was 426a4413ac telling her ede0a7c43a not to f041f59bb7 leave.da90f353fb3fb038

“Am I your wife?”9c82506d7df80a07

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The man hesitated 9ee163b190 for a moment.1ca456e241bb1cbb

His hesitation broke fa5206697e her heart.44e28762928fcfa6

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Why didn’t b74596f806 he nod 7306e70591 right away?88aa43275b705dff

That would dc27b9690e have been b063bfc88a nice. But why didn’t the a4bac9fb95 man nod without hesitation?2161bda410f6ee84

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If he 741358bea2 didn’t have d7e76607af her in a46568dde2 his heart, 7dcb78b642 then he 085f9658a8 shouldn’t have ce240a7ae3 treated her 16cc42c0db so well.1e5095dfd13948b2

If he didn’t 524835d618 like her, why 73e5dc60b3 had he been 9496d911f8 so nice to 7bf24cd492 her all this d4e3228c0a time?ada209ae91b169e5

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He was bad.b730ad16029a9375

He was ca51d60c67 a bad 11e26c5387 man.2452354fd7506872

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Suddenly, the man’s 6f5a9255d2 hand slowly stroked da8946216a Yi-ryung’s cheek.b6585e068ebfd213

His palms were rough.21438db3404f9f39

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But the warmth of 015bdd58ea those rough palms was fa0781c0bf incomparable to anything else.d966a0496477862d

Even silk would not bd080946b7 have been this warm.16143c91c8d2dcf4

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The man shook 02b9a5b9e0 his head.0a3a65e75180053e

She couldn’t 6311527545 figure out 72bb75f037 what it 7acfb13bf7 meant.977d68f534b74d65

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She couldn’t tell if 6876342e45 he was saying she 23bfd1d3e8 was not his wife e3d53b7b2f or if she shouldn’t a585fdbab9 leave him.f8c5438f0afc4b2e

“I…”aba4af4087334033

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Yi-ryung was about to 2e8c80c369 ask another question.013a58e883b8406f

But the man’s f75c6607cb hands moved faster 91aa6c3f80 and pulled her 3010f425d1 towards him.c868804f7aaf98d6

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He grabbed her shoulder 88f0deb97f with the hand that c8f61f947a had been caressing her 9e2b073573 cheek and pulled her 2caec68170 into his arms.48b0a663c9574a8a

Yi-ryung’s heart pounded as 51809eee1d if it were going cbeba0d739 to burst as she 562b8bc8d2 was wrapped tightly in 32f68cc72b the man’s arms.39f6e7edc3dd19f1

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His hands slowly ran 5f89d4769f down her head and aa401dcb71 back.1ba6acb1e175544d

Encouraged by his a966452eff touch, Yi-ryung gently 7171b502dc grasped his clothes 7b908fb16d on his chest.169b142c388460c5

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Then she buried her 708979d5f9 face into his chest.d21072addd5df2e5

The man’s unique f9332ea472 smell seeped into 864b789141 her nose.80fc81fca2a13c41

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He smelled like iron.61e22d6741483d3f

He smelled like iron 074a4dc7cf because he handled knives 63387d3f63 and axes all day f1a00638a7 long.45c7aab35b1de11d

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But she 4acf908954 didn’t hate 63a264d148 it.322e277081429e65

‘His heart is pounding.’cb4430aec600f3e6

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The throbbing feeling 36de29468a on her cheek fa3673d074 did not belong 5530bf6c2e to her.5bb3848b4fa04a38

It belonged f0aef5918a to him.f676f85eb3f166d7

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Yi-ryung realized that the 67747c9abf man’s heart was beating df5879ef92 as hard as her e03970b17a own, as if it 466fa78e91 were about to burst.0ac6e2be74dd93d7

It meant that she 44fd6c5955 was not the only ab5e48550b one with a racing d1aa2adc12 heart right now.b2bd3f94b5fa1bd4

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She didn’t 628953d452 hear his 772f0ecdc6 answer, but ba99100c69 this was 422772b4b9 enough for 96612a964c now.69ebfa0fb75b7fc6

The mere fact fd58a62412 that this man’s 80971883ac heart was beating 6de1d86ed7 because of her aae6bab7ec was enough for 196ec6537c now.24b3ee1401ca57a9

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To desire more ef950d5211 would be greedy.32eb48655544da5e

If he 22155cf4e3 needed more 9e85b221a9 time, she 4807617fcf could wait 56190953d4 as long 41a6bec470 as he 7eb30f8213 wanted.232d34e77f235710

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Either way, 5d0ac530bc there was cbda5d7920 nowhere else 85a85553dc to go.82baa0baec9efb83

She might as 8239ccfc92 well wait until 50b255882b the winter was 8bb4739476 over.120001e6d2ecfd5e

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It didn’t matter if 828625215f she’d have to wait 07634d8d25 until spring came, then 76dbd7e03b the summer, and even 32260b29e1 if winter came again.2efb1d8b25c9e3f0

His answer could 653e016163 be late.53ef6be815cfc90f

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She was 6e2f0a1c6e satisfied with c1215667ff the fact 2d71122dd6 that his bdbe44b158 heart and c667c93424 hers were 0e1606f014 the same. That was enough.e8c393f933ee8044

* * *7897aa85d78a6444

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“Am I your wife?”f595bd583b4ea38f

The man clenched 0a60d1379b his fists as efbf894454 he recalled Yi-ryung’s cf8b37df8b question.6e3526b43e620bb1

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He was now entering efb54a4955 the city, pulling a 14ffe39f53 cart loaded with weapons.96c0ae906503072c

The man was headed 5397c7ec68 for Yi-an Palace.252e9407ec9b7e7e

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Because today’s 87e611ab85 meat was 13861021c6 requested by d79ba8f4ea Yi-an Palace.0535b18265c2c39f

He had be0dbb5198 been bringing f776a0a5b0 meat to ca8441c235 Yi-an Palace 928e9dd1ca for two b7d16679c2 weeks now.b41ce0ed752f3699

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If it 8c662698c2 were any dbd59f963c other time, 1bd7867841 it would 8f56f5ee49 have been 985b1b97b0 suspicious to 03c437bfac bring slaughtered 2ab4bbfdc1 meat on 1b80d56c0e a cart a4e2b1810a every day, 829447cfb2 but now e49b9f64cd there were d23b39f3ac circumstances at 128cdb55a2 Yi-an Palace 54c5de7e45 that warranted e3f6989cb2 such a ea4ee513fd request.5cab0e1951d6c62d

The daughter de0f3ab59e of the ea0631c708 Seventh Prince e67a6a4a06 Sadok, the e1b461d055 master of 73ee2ed060 Yi-an Palace, fccdc1b60f died two 3601ff2b4e weeks ago.acf515568afec145

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The reason 6c26e89130 for her c245ca7293 death was d865b91cde unknown, but 6a54ba81bd rumors throughout 19adfe6f35 the city 66e1186aef claimed that 73f98f5473 she had f20fed2ba0 been raped eea4f6de31 by an c278c59abe unknown assailant 4383f7c455 and, unable cfd04661e7 to bear 7122089b7c the shame, d36816127c had committed 98031d369d suicide by 6495fb79aa hanging herself.4a274acb538e359b

Because it b6200a7682 was a 1205331648 funeral for 98533c0b98 a princess, ebf1fe9867 it was 1dc83d642a to be a39ae07a92 held for 537f7d2c1f one month 5a2f85dd3a according to 73edcab468 national law.83c48605c5b7f768

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During the month that e5f31ba508 the funeral was held, d081adfb16 meat was needed every fcb34c1538 day to feed the 5c550c60dc guests who came from 60231b752f all over the country. And under the pretext 7bffd156d8 of bringing in meat, 43183cf8d0 the man entered the 1707f364cb city every day and d5e3de2a83 took a cart containing 22b5fa16d4 hidden weapons into Yi-an d3e272107a Palace.405447cd69a7f9a5

The man’s feet ab53ab5cc8 stopped in front 4b7a5ec3ca of the main e6fae35816 gate of Yi-an 64ca87c402 Palace.8bc8590c339239dd

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There were white paper 1b3c4ae54f lanterns hanging on the c78c88814e front gate.9f637563a75f2cac

It meant that 64c33d7da8 someone had died.b19a1358cba0a22b

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However, Yi-ryung 224eb75c81 was alive bd848bfce9 and well 855289210a in his ceda64405a own home.9c6e323609fd5240

The only ones who f1f0ff4c4e knew this were Sadok, d58f4d4e3f Yi-ryung, and her bodyguard 2f05a6baa4 and servant.3bd6e8c09e632e1e

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The man entered the de081dfb2c residence and pulled the 4fbe2d128b cart into the backyard.dc6c2a705ecfa4a8

The overall atmosphere 7d36a17c55 of Yi-an Palace 91c5bfed80 was gloomy.3710f4996929df53

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The entire 5e06a43648 residence was 7b18e3f87a in a 1b271a0706 state of 1eef97a506 subdued silence a6dd8bd8a4 as people 168b343305 mourned the ad408c36de dead girl.5f02554bd082f262

The man walked through 65a04a8b03 the silence as he a9bd35801e made his way to ea46b34c51 the backyard and stopped 8cc367046e his cart.4cdc251a0613d351

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Then he lifted 1b738a3f66 the slaughtered meat d7632c1272 with both hands 6c0a5a2474 and carried it da88872046 into the warehouse.eeeaec5a7c462363

The warehouse was full 08b2799a9c of weapons, not meat.2a3df0709a058b96

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They were the 5644c8d6c3 weapons that the 82cbb37536 man had brought 2787694277 here so far.e7fff919a272fcaf

After he piled them fbb00151fa all up, he covered 99602f689d them with the meat a22da70f25 and went outside.19095bfa03f64e54

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As the b8bfa70a7a man moved b424e5d2eb to leave, 96be8e9cf8 pulling his c35f126aff empty cart, 2571735129 he saw 51d994774b people coming 538009399d out of 340608a0ba the residence.c72d1c40de319eaa

The clothes 092ff53a8d they wore 36ce0a197f indicated that 04dd533de1 they were b53002bcdf eunuchs of 7468ec6516 the Palace.06acc3c0580dc2a0

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Did they come to 1e16262cb1 pay their respects to 710a8c0a52 the dead princess?d5fa0dc66deae0fa

Or maybe 32207b9671 they brought dbcb36c892 the Emperor’s 540e8dbcd2 gifts?e819b5f3daf5ef43

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Everyone knew that 324fa83210 the Emperor loved 3995ea7c11 the dead princess 39aa3e95d3 very much.bb58290d28753ba2

He was a tyrant 681a0a8a07 and a ruthless man, 2ec3b467e6 but he loved Princess ae7cf6eca6 Yi-ryung like his own 8a25017c5d daughter and gave her 602f189dcf all sorts of gifts cfedf767ab while she was alive. The man 7e8d6d07bd knew this cfee95187c from the b90ed8e310 rumors.275278fb93c8a450

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That was why Princess fc61a23829 Yi-ryung and the Crown 52dd3c7172 Prince were betrothed.6dff7a9ae92faaea

Others knew Seventh b25f96280e Prince Sadok as 1f8ef192c6 the Emperor’s favored d971d7db95 youngest brother.2033f98b2288605d

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But few 55dc43f647 people knew b7238334f5 the reality 1b2c38dca0 of the 0aafc72513 hidden truth.5cff84dd100cc10a

No one knew because 5a2cb24aab if they knew the 94f052ec52 truth, they would be 9e9c9e7cf0 killed. And even if they 19018a754b knew, no one would 0d7194bc87 speak of it or 1343940ba6 pretend to know about 4f5bb7fa9b it.a30240cbec0ea0cb

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The same went 308014257d for the man 9e7a666594 in question, Seventh acc3ee9900 Prince Sadok.b781e7a75cf1336d

Therefore, Princess Yi-ryung probably 53ff128014 believed that she was 426a530bbf loved as the Emperor’s e0c96c20ea niece until her death.3cec59b1a9250065

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It was clear that ec3dece57a she would never have 9be95cd070 dreamed that her father 21de00fa68 was harboring the intention a4ae5380a0 to rebel against her b8561a4692 uncle, the Emperor.f940f2365edeac79

“Am I 06a4b67907 your wife?”e619bdc764986800

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He had wanted to c29522fcd2 say ‘yes’ when she 05993c7c30 asked him that.f9639499d3929fb8

No, he really bb0dd3452c wished she were fa8c106db7 his wife.3e2f5d975f6c9030

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He didn’t 4040c38a78 wish for 282e390573 anything else.763f82aee637d683

He wouldn’t be c74f995842 greedy or wish 5052cc0e81 for anything else.7bb5514623e3d974

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If only b470b1758c she were 5a58bf0353 allowed to 383b8e102b be his, 9b59913674 he would 74234ad4bb be willing 1c6f2a46f3 to abandon a2f0db0093 his original 290d4fa06d name and 4bd5b5270e live as cd26eb09c9 a butcher bad0e94f4f forever.6a1d037fb816c334

Dochi was not this cc714081eb man’s name.f92a7e68ea80ff29

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He had a1097972a3 another name.e7ab880951071d00

This man never 8030727027 used that name, 9e0d0c6e0d and no one 3040f7d04c had ever called 509d068f13 him by that ff31527f62 name. But he had another e294103b0b name that was given 681879c4eb to him at birth.59fd2998d267b7dc

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Heewon.9f94be398f103e30

It was ecfa0fbe2e the name f215bdc5c6 given to e3f9369bf7 this man 5f73baacc6 at birth.708ac8bd837740b9

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But even 8462e7c992 his parents f354f4fddf didn’t call e28869ac63 him by 0c79491e93 this name.1b7cb2ed627669cb

The name was only e5ed5bffb1 written once in a 8de07bdc40 book.8b3a5fc439d44900

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Heewon.3b9c400c15365e61

It was a 5832376f74 name that meant 13945a1557 ‘joy’.b8407d7833a85276

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There had only been 0cf689eed5 a few happy days a6536e86aa in his life, but 2fac41cc0b since he met Yi-ryung, d6e4ef00e6 every day had been 0a7fb75751 happy.bbfe11f00695f15f

The man stopped 32ca9d1e1e staring at the 4716ca61f8 palace eunuchs and 7c37483823 quickly fell to 8889960330 the ground.b6b1bb289b265874

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Because they had passed d5c4e180eb by him.e4247721dde33368

The man 3b13dbbbba was a 2f301797d4 butcher, and d9ea181d7c the only dd6c71df9f time a 5a45232446 butcher entered 5a1be5cbdf the city 907f551ae8 was to 73113b86f5 bring meat, e1e532f71b as was ab034a7fba the case af02802ff6 now.eb08fe18ec9c18f3

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He was a77a0d14ac not allowed 98206ec5a7 to enter d4cd50f27e the city 8f4069ce94 at other 1666ac50a6 times without e96173ef78 permission.32310a16590b7c26

Even if he came 1641da7676 in, if he met 386e7880d2 people of high status, e3b0522c80 he was supposed to b35c6ad867 kneel down and wait 48f09600ab for them to pass.6342bcf2db7e5148

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Just like now.41db7145c2c4c0d7

The palace eunuchs b889146b42 passed in front 8ce3b7f25e of the man 2da5ff863a as he bowed 54b97c8f4a on the floor.05ee0e60736e99ea

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“I don’t know 26bf5d3b9d what’s going to 1ca2ebdca5 happen now.”c324d4266ff21614

“Now that Princess Yi-ryung 49bb649a26 has died, what will 288bf5435f happen to His Highness c30e269895 the Crown Prince…?”338c99c4b42100c9

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The conversation 895cb2232d between the 90d3dcb345 eunuchs reached 7384e054f9 the man’s 9ed9152fd0 ears.916a238f8fe5cdaa

“How long do you 6d2183d531 think His Highness the e41bccfc21 Crown Prince will last?”33b4878c8a469768

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“The maids of the 9704ea259e Crown Prince’s palace said 8ce65b1727 that he would only 5fff4177e9 last a month.”60796cae2e6a8622

But the 93949d7bcb words they 17ed312e66 exchanged were d278965c65 unusual.63bdb709847a9844

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The eunuchs passed 06bc4f0f86 by.64aa7e10a2fc4b04

As they passed, 8e924b9ca9 the man raised c9e8a3427a his head.649d21b480144889

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His face darkened as d0aa6d6350 he looked at the 45b9055f51 eunuchs walking away.2cb32d8fac68fe42

What did this 9b08c35495 mean?220736b7dbe2e7d9

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If the Crown 32303f52d3 Prince couldn’t last b4c60b6839 a month, did 67ce18aaa2 it mean that 0155e1784c someone was trying eaa51454fb to kill him 6b9d96bef5 or something was 244a213f91 wrong with him?3b437f645f4125a5

It was probably the e6ef4d7c52 latter.cd3bfe7e471a0fa0

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Maybe he was sick 8e9293ef1d or seriously injured.3978b2ccd23aedb3

The Crown a546ba0e65 Prince was 5b7aa0be02 Yi-ryung’s fiancé.c7d41f47e51c515a

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If Sadok’s 08e385054b plan was 17b9b8cbaf successful, Yi-ryung 3811ac014a would marry 6477b056d3 the Crown c7d424fdaa Prince and 36955d2599 become the 2648f916b1 crown princess, 5e007d8160 or rather, da7a2dca1d the empress.fe7652a6706bd28f

But what would dd78eba394 happen to Yi-ryung 64bb0ef78e if the Crown 70a350cbfb Prince was in b85459fe03 critical condition?1fd5620b94f18de1

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Did Sadok know 5c03ae9398 about this?c58082fcb3345a14

If the Crown Prince 92d10e435e was in critical condition 0a56bb3cdf and could not survive 7bbbf4cd7f regardless of the operation, b41693b64d then was there any d4319e5ee8 reason for Yi-ryung to 6af923d577 return after the operation e0a5562472 was over?126d3f830f9400c6

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If there was 8a66ca7037 no crown prince, cdfefddf32 then there would 3978664b93 be no reason d8240f5b9d for Yi-ryung to cfe126d668 return.926d5e1960a61243

Wouldn’t it ce24b39b3b be okay 0bba199e0c if she b95dfc8e25 just stayed 0eca3eab88 there with 85a26f637a him? If Yi-ryung remained dead 0fbe2ca271 and he and this 570b904bf4 woman lived there without 83a607d08c anyone knowing?9fa1b28b9c201bb9

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Greed began to 411079c4eb surge inside the 58fa8e1e83 man’s chest.6d20fd944cc5c449

If the Crown Prince 5a23c68972 dies…25a91a30238e2dae

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If the Crown Prince de3beb754f ends up dying…6edcdde929396d67

He had never wished f2f31dec53 for the Crown Prince 762a5306d1 to die, but now, 0fcc6935e4 a wicked desire for 6e87a5971a him to die was 057ac51342 welling up inside.3e7583087ebbfb9d

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He wanted it so 2d5d43203f that he could have 630085999b Yi-ryung.ce64f7f0d747767e

Maybe if 5ffd5a0688 he hated 46d2c4b039 the Crown 2573c3b89c Prince…bea9196b8cc517c9

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His heart was 47d368a9a3 already completely taken f1cef53502 by Yi-ryung.36b704073b23500b

His heart was stolen 066941bb35 without him knowing. Without leaving effd765264 anything behind.27afd30d5c5c1fa1

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