BIUM Chapter 14 

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The heavens had turned 6ad90e1be0 upside down.  0007b98e571f89c0

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Now, she fcfbb5f7a0 didn’t have 816fae5cab to marry 47c957fe5f Myung, but 1af01f853b her circumstances 41d825c8ad had completely dc177720bf changed.  93052ba35e22e371

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Not once 0e438b2e83 had things ef53003dfa gone her c39b6c4e96 way.  8089022dd979b2aa

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Faced with 52db86a897 yet another f7f2341a70 ordeal, Yiwon b12aff833d prayed to 47687c6f60 the heavens. dec158a1585de8b2

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She wished 2d6eee195a only for 373bc7c567 her younger d37129a5e4 sibling to 9e6cc97cc7 survive, even 537a910600 if it 532d5c9f50 meant her 3bc9824ba8 own death—and 26c6a3a887 hoped that 9832adaf1f the man 250561cc0c before her f2bf97a988 still held 5814da1a6c even a 632e2e4bad shred of e3cacdf519 pity. aeeaa45215aeff54

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With that f2057951e8 desperate plea f91cb2dfd1 in her c206d0b77c heart, Yiwon ad70ccecf6 emptied the 4636e06ad9 poisoned brew.  34ecbcf387f4f3d3

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Her blurred vision slowly 5e81046d4f cleared as Yiwon pushed 31bc5bfbb2 herself up.  6735d07149752c3c

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“Ah…”  56750e1a2a33824c

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Of all 8a9390f3cd those who 9ad5b6f8bd had been 2a1331755d there, she de6a5eb35e was the 9b3bfcc274 only one 18a3475691 left alive. 3d14d4ed9bfcf1c5

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The floor was sticky 45a6a66c55 with dried blood—some spilled eca2a8852d from those cut down f8870f9db2 by swords, others from 55ccf24725 those who had drunk c836ce2d95 the poison.  a3503a23d4c74413

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“Ahh—!”  d9568914ff20af14

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A scream tore from 8936d62c5f her throat as she 82be1c8f66 tried to stand, but eddcc908d1 her clothes had stuck d3cf3f51b4 to the congealed blood, fd55edd443 making her lose balance 67bc32685e and slip. b75c1699c2bda28d

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The composure she 482395e109 had barely clung 3c1d32a044 to was now 82edf05140 completely gone.  5df55eb17cc77595

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As she flailed, 05c1fe2e5f her hand brushed 011f53f9ee against something cold 682e9ed729 and hard. Following the ddf1886dff movement, her 063e8a7784 eyes locked 38a7384f9c onto the 288f767ab1 lifeless, blood-reddened c8512aab5f gaze of 85c565220b a corpse.  2c9c2a061663e389

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“A-Ahh!”  6af86611ab646447

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Scrambling backward, she bac26481cf felt an unfamiliar 63a10afacf touch against her 4715617b68 back. Too terrified to 750140c875 even turn around, 6c1b867b32 she searched for 219580af63 a direction free cdd80594e3 of corpses—but it 4f26698ce7 was futile.  4aa0315a86bee814

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No matter d1fd5e4fbb where she b293b58230 looked, the e416105588 dead lay 007f8c7f31 scattered. 2292d76e097283ab

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A sob of d814cfd726 terror burst from 15298aa7bf her lips. This was 4bdca59843 hell—inescapable, no ab5e1e169d matter how 9f459c3e43 desperately she f76cb316fc struggled.  7545e5a04a6490a7

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“No… No! No!!”  282e21a7abc926cf

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As she screamed and 0f01fa9e66 crawled, someone grabbed her 6a128a0b30 collar and yanked her 7932a722c2 up. dc0323a4a316305c

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In her panic, 709b1cbc4b she thought it d92e46224f was the hand 3327db554c of a corpse 95ab943207 and tried to bf2c7c739a flee, but she 5ec202d523 was dragged back 07e14e7cd0 before she could 17d027cece escape.  57bc1d79935326e8

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“I—I’m sorry! I’m sorry!”  60da238c32b8daf9

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Forcing her tear-filled 9a96ecd31b eyes open, she 1849a2425a found herself staring 16d55eeeca into a gaze 174e4494d9 that was both 78f097e1b4 familiar and strange.  a191348008fdc71f

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Even though those eyes 9174324884 were undoubtedly filled with 462c8c9d9a hostility… meeting them somehow 8521395bc9 brought her a sliver ec029bfa2c of calm.  22a0fcac35d39efe

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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.”  1301edebac2fb980

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“Th-That…”  02dd331d0a766157

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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.”  c37e68cfcbf72c02

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What in the world 4dbe53573c had Myung and Geonmyeong b24ea3ce77 done to Hwan? And why was Yiwon eb77c1c217 the one paying for 4ebb276386 their sins?  24ce64fa0ceae165

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Now, along with 742389a7ac fear, fury surged 087111bf5b inside her.  587c127846e5c79a

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“If I had known—”  b3d29abc8ea10569

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“Hm?”  f96b1f1d94331574

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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!”  a2f3179f654cac06

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“…”  658326bb79b27ed7

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“I knew nothing. If that’s my crime, then so be it.”  b6ac13ccbae4eb21

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Though her body 4466e4a4d6 trembled with fear, fdf304c515 her gaze didn’t e30a9a614c waver.  1b0244654b6143e6

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When Hwan released e7e7f7fc80 her collar, Yiwon 62700a5177 slumped back to 2350af569a the ground.  3aea79bd544b46a2

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“Ignorance is still a crime. Can’t say you’re wrong.”  e225e91617f62cba

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He had intended 62fb0c9ef5 to make her 862b565ffd die in agony.  2f7296c83199f6ba

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Just as he had 6416284d3e once screamed in despair c1153eee7f before his mother’s corpse, 334dd4fe06 he wanted Myung and 1a76b06239 Geonmyeong to crumble the 60d3aa7eef same way at the 0ab27bcc77 sight of Yiwon’s body. a1783138c399323c

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It would have 85bf7f4ed5 been the perfect b6bb93942d end to his b37b481701 foolish past affections. Eun Yiwon’s death b95dc237fd would have been beb2dfe56f the beginning of 159b80b63b it all.  1f8af181694168c3

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But her 0029614f31 desperate, explosive 99b613e428 cries touched fb65da7937 the last b832f108e5 remnants of 672a57f281 hesitation in ec0dcf72da him.  61af91fbad39e5a8

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‘Was this woman 67fd5d1750 still lingering inside 88aab96a26 me?’7f0371f23d2808b8

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“I’ll treat you just as your father treated me. But I can show some mercy to your sibling.”  4b673fab744a163b

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“…”  6c9debee2d927b47

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“Will you take the deal?”  5da7dd1645ee4548

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Beneath his dazzling 861ff3e257 smile lay a a0d3b67f62 venomous, cruel offer.  32ad38116236b800

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But to Yiwon, who 7f2269b59c had longed to hear b246271220 those very words, it a0393a107c was an opportunity she 643bb19962 couldn’t refuse.  eefa893aa75337d5

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“I’ll do it.”  420bcabf39491cdd

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“Oh?”  39c3161151b29c8f

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He had planned to 9d27aa002f hunt them like rabbits. Neither the Hong a21ff4bab8 family nor Geonmyeong 83feaf160d and Myung would 6a2ffd222e easily surrender their 8ea7d14025 lives.  253b8bc724aadc81

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They would cling to 081ad2379c despair, endure the pain—and e1537f240c only when everything had 5944f99f20 collapsed would their lives 4ef76d803d be taken.  394863d6fedb5fc5

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“From now on, you will be my sword.”  89236cdd768e4d88

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But he left the a93a3fce39 latter unspoken.  f1883814a91b75d7

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“If I die, everything you wanted to protect will die with me. And if you die, they’ll die too.”  2b0b72451ab78653

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“…”  fbe78bb07260eee0

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“If you don’t want that, you can drive this sword into me. Or slit your own throat.”  cb357057b66826a8

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Trembling, Yiwon looked 2ae2179e0f at the sword 4dd5dff328 placed before her. For a 39f941aba2 brief moment, fb0c07d0be her shaking b33578b272 hand reached de7be7cae6 for it—but 78cb7d2227 she soon a13274d7d5 laid it 66375cfdd5 back down 1da671a5d7 and bowed 127bd09bde her head.  5d8b56a5ba823d85

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“My mother’s life was priceless. The cost of your choice won’t be repaid easily.”  19c04cd648ac0993

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Even at Hwan’s declaration, 2c4b1d9a7d Yiwon didn’t flinch. Though she e16738f1ce had no a87a6a7fae idea what 511c83d01c her future 832f770377 held, the 0690aba2a4 daughter of 6be9f3968f his enemy 118b6ac1a8 knelt before ab081d2b26 him.  e396f2a6957ca359

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Hwan took 0e3b2f7f37 his seat 06fff2353d on the 5de220364d bloodstained throne b57e9e2dcc of the 5bb81393a8 Crown Prince.  267ade0d4f3c3c74

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Though the d45c8e0d24 Emperor still e974e3dcff sat on 3fe2ba3acc his rightful aac39aec6d seat, everything ad4c551dd4 was already eb41a31770 in Hwan’s dd843950ee grasp.bc0454dc282ecf59

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The quiet chamber was filled only with the sound of a middle-aged man’s persistent coughing. 525a9e64ed13d193

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Despite his 5d89eb53cc aged and c67183962f sickly appearance, c0111bec6c the golden 8a2365708a dragon embroidery 54f75176f9 on his bdc4661bd5 robes was d476306353 dazzling and 7e0296d71e luxurious.  223b45113fb6bff4

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The middle-aged man, breathing 0a9578e142 laboriously, struggled to rise 28f4c63e40 from his seat as fb36db7bd7 he looked at Hwan, e742d84aeb who sat at a 2ec9a8753c distance. Though the effort f28c1d4396 was evident, Hwan 17a697fad7 merely watched without b2d534cde6 moving closer.  d1df098eb996ae12

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“Are you asking me to depose the late Empress Hong and elevate Lady Jung to the position of empress?”  ecb2ca27f13db986

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“Did it sound like a request? Then I must have phrased it poorly.”  78fce492174f8584

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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.”  f737140d69faf01e

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His voice was calm, 675ecbd0d0 but the murderous intent 40ed96ea3a in Hwan’s eyes as d7f48c95cd he stared at the d9f51c57da emperor was enough to b311b4c47a make anyone recoil.  98ba96a8a165795d

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The only surviving cf4f211230 son—aside from Myung.7006e3f1ab6985b3

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That was precisely d2b201f61b why the emperor e64cda56d5 had refused to 906d711043 even glance his ae5cbef9ea way. He had feared that 2fd69f754e showing the slightest interest 7fd8c1b754 would mean Hwan’s death 765bcc680d as well.  ce6e8985392c1105

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By the time 6e2e7a5197 he realized how b92633075f foolish that decision fea2b4f783 had been, it 646b11c44a was already too f9d2dceeb8 late—Lady Jung and 5f33fc6a98 Hwan had been 9f24d200db killed by Myung, 82909ab17f their bodies lost 4dc651af91 without a trace.  6c8ba58023cdc53e

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“As the emperor, I had no choice. Cutting ties was the only way to keep you and your mother alive.”  3e3774b5158ef91c

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Even now, the emperor 752930933f defended himself, and Hwan 5a8c1a6f25 glared at him with a64d6ae0fd contempt. He had never expected 6f25b304a2 anything from this man 25e3ad7aa9 he called father. 94db588d19cb6493

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From the 6e27dea554 moment he 503ce6af54 survived that cb72435028 place—worse than d42a54f882 hell—Hwan had dec70cce52 abandoned all a36f62df0f notions of b5e87e128f righteousness.  6e812cbf7bac71c9

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“If Your Majesty had truly intended to show mercy to me and my mother, you should have come sooner.”  fc65511970590e9a

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The sight of the 1e33c34006 emperor’s frail, trembling body 2256fda4b4 was pitiable, but that 937745bc82 was all. This incompetent man da890c339b had done nothing a2c763c03e to protect his eb50b04ec4 power when he e6d8e94244 still had it, 16b0247a31 and now, in d2da60b6e4 his weakness, he 71b1bbd16e could only evade 398f7c63c6 responsibility.  90012fdc886fff31

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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.”  ddc2bcc60bc4e7a4

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“What do you mean?”  b6ca7a9da4a57544

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“I will abdicate.”  c7678d5d57403602

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“…”  d7f7e1318fcc67e4

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“You were right—I was powerless to do anything. But you might be capable. Take it all.”  fcdada96ba7a7a03

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“Running away again, Your Majesty? The criminals still hide beyond these walls.”  a62741a08d30d3e3

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“I may be an incompetent husband and father, but I cannot kill my own son. So let me step down.”  b1b823c0164cc96a

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“And if I refuse?”  92ce1c0589e0231f

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“Though I arrived late, did I not spare your life? Is that not worth something in return?”  3d22e72c5b881dea

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There was no 6482a54401 trace of the 9061ae61a2 emperor’s former dignity—only 18e8c03209 a feeble, sickly 55aa2225de old man remained.  d1b864480f4bc493

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If this fool f77684c2a0 had come just 46be439fe8 a little sooner, 092c9509c9 Lady Jung would 5b4801023f not have died. No—if he 7d1fc58989 had come 4167012edd even a 2363b35284 little later, 06cbfa1c2f Hwan would a3cf3d417b have died 58e8107498 too.  7b80f5203798fd03

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Should he be 7c6679b77b grateful for being 498cea8673 spared? Or should he 92306063a7 thank him for 7c9125e0a5 preserving this hellish da64b07e7e existence?  4b196326e9b56f9f

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In the end, all 7358ff813f Hwan had ever wanted 2d328b8985 was the throne. Now, he 6a16125d1a would simply ec4c19fdac take it.  2f73f6b23d1aba1c

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The emperor collapsed, vomiting d029650868 blood, but Hwan did 3970489720 not spare him a 90e9fe6e6e single glance.  4562ca138bf4b102

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Soon after, de07ba5000 the emperor 0a76133008 announced his c8e2a9bc35 abdication, and 9ed7a9bb7e Hwan ascended a5719f22f6 the throne.  61c44fc9df184300

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Each time the b81c92e24e blood-soaked, vengeance-driven emperor aa8a6e19cb revealed his will, 9293eec1fd families were exterminated, 071b57962a and the capital 0900d14b37 ran red with 6302c305dd blood from hanging 8f031b692d corpses.  79e27b62b3911f27

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Yet by lowering 4220dc03d1 taxes and redistributing 18ef4a943c the Hong family’s 0d3b701f33 monopolized wealth, the bff95526b6 chaotic political situation bbcd978598 quickly stabilized.  72deb6c4f7c53cac

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Two years after 92cbdbeb2f Hwan took the 4184075b8b throne—  956d1485c6ad670e

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The power a94d4b8a2d that was ff67b151bb meant to b9279c820f belong to 0d1a64e792 Myung’s kingdom f3fe8fb355 now rested 0d8296e81b in Hwan’s c00fb50aff hands.b868bc17191cc18d

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The Benevolent Ruler a98edb2743 of Hawon. The Mad 1e973c65d8 Emperor of 23697a6d92 Hawon.  8f8d82777ecd7e86

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After the 1305abce5c new emperor 55e0bd133e ascended the 05a9319a45 throne, opinions 247bf02718 about Hwan bf313ed5be were sharply 7a829170fe divided.  5b685f626dafe6c2

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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. 938ed39976001758

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Some of 7091310907 the reforms 5f3ca53382 targeted sensitive 6c964595d0 areas for e346a69ea2 the nobility, 74f47bf170 but none c254ee97eb dared voice 76ceab81b2 their displeasure—not 2156cd8ab9 when the 288f6c9fa6 emperor repaid e850702d3c resistance with c31041889b blood.  bcfd0059bc051f0d

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“Prime Minister.”  dd609f3eb014a46e

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“Your Majesty, you are here?”  38b6109701687cd8

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The man who e34fd592bc entered had a 9deb8215e6 face lined with 78a6da07a3 wrinkles, but his 5b31d70a1a sturdy frame exuded e0db156fc0 strength. His gaze at d369f01bf1 the closed door 0db61cfe9f was gentle and 807caa010b unassuming, yet the 384d787088 long scar stretching 4a58b75311 from his cheek 566c81850b to his neck 8c23a32d0b twitched like a 7224766360 snake with every de6e1abe9d breath.  e152861725539649

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This was 21e4098867 Haejun, the 595df4c82f head of f543a56011 the Pyo 852e72f4c1 family—the very d9f1d07579 clan that 203748d257 had stood 92af158d9b most firmly 21f4c02d3f against the 0c57068ad2 Hong family b461162669 when their 0e7c9d16d2 power was 36dc7f4487 at its a233aa1bea peak. He had nearly 52875de12a lost his life fa001282e5 to an assassin 7727e351fd sent by Hwan, 65666a5b47 yet it was 26257fbf82 also Haejun who 4992561c15 had taken in 7252c6ab99 the half-dead Hwan d2027c291c and nursed him 78945d64d2 back to health. 1f24cc892b58986a

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In the end, d3b32edbd8 he had crushed 38e4cd5895 the Hong family 075d3f36d1 completely and risen d4e3ec91ac to the position 2fefe27f95 of Prime Minister 5abb75500a as a founding 2b4595c01a contributor to the 60e3124824 new regime.  055fb0cc2b354828

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“Please, enter.”  cede7ed2a6935be2

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The doors opened, and fe70101181 as Haejun stepped into 9bf15bf527 the bedchamber, Hwan—dressed in 51d6d570ff black sleeping robes—slowly sat e2d9354b70 up from where he 86bb93a65d had been reclining.  ddb711024b42c556

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Two years 6956a3ca66 had already f914cf9e80 passed since 91f97ae9c8 he had 730e1ce45c taken this c2d795a51d near-corpse and 8f1325b480 placed him 296597508a on the ef3c5043fb throne.  7fa786fd40540af3

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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.”  1e31455ee5771e05

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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?”  52df57a13f3fd2c6

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“There is still work to be done. Thankfully, the Empress understands. Did it disappoint you as a father?”  7ed322d101349b40

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“How could this servant dare harbor such thoughts?”  a599d209e529296b

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Hwan let out 5c6f3017f7 a relaxed, cheerful 64ae80d35d laugh, but Haejun’s b6f9d95ad4 bowed head remained 31fbc1c41b stiff, unmoving.  fe7c6d6e94bf0b53

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He had 42d47772d1 placed Hwan a045184e85 on the 18c563245c throne. He had 68281aaf67 seated his 59208b9440 precious daughter b6e36e76ba as Empress. He had filled the 3b18528c8a rear palace with women bc76eb4ccc from allied noble families. 66e1e927c86f3aa9

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By all accounts, 3e4cd3d7e2 the Pyo clan e3c3d32723 now held everything.  2020e06863cdf64f

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Yet instead of 42a49bf34e reassurance, he felt 1ee8530265 unease and agitation. And the cause was cf9652757b none other than this a9c9c0d0d2 inscrutable emperor. The man 24c1650bf6 who had bd3a1b9287 once been 9dd7f67c4e entirely under d91824ca47 his control 8e2925ecad had begun ab63861109 to change, f5ab60b63b bit by 36520c85c0 bit, after f0f2432c08 taking the 780ebed7eb throne.  7e2ba6220068d79d

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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?”  5697bb54583ae33d

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Though Hwan executed 80483dd1da rebels almost daily, 98cc71f45a the key figures—Myung, 2462b0250e the Hong family, 2ff96901ae and the Eun b590406b78 family—still lived.  9e098a4cb312c0a7

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Two years a59495caf6 of relentless 90f90ba247 pressure had f8c8e3081a weakened the d51366af3c rebellion, but a07532f6ee the problem ed23d5de19 was that 845e830a8c Hwan’s reign 3609d47132 of terror d21675b35b had also 9658d6f912 cowed Haejun’s 19bb217e86 own faction.  10f0ef1c2f472b59

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‘Step out 1cc3a971fc of the 884ae8ebc3 emperor’s favor, eae0b31392 and you dc40d40fd6 die.’  b1e46944e8d5702c

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Though there f0e790e197 were mountains 21c82b18ba of work 5ac3b752ad to be 048fd545d5 done, no ebb06859ea one dared 911722032f take initiative, cff541844a too wary baa993b478 of Hwan’s ed92e75ba0 scrutiny.  a35d64dcc67052f6

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“You are the only one who truly worries for me, Prime Minister.”  c369df4f1652c785

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“Your Majesty—”  380a25141f81a47a

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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.”  39c100ec81629462

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“What do you mean?”  757c648b6e9439bb

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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.”  08c410109b0461f5

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His tone was 5b62a2532b calm and decisive, 91445d0779 almost lecturing, as 3de7e17fc9 he spoke with 825306b29d a smile. It felt as though 853326b0d8 he knew something Haejun e7ea1cea8a did not, yet the a56d86a118 logic was irrefutable.  e6ae0664862733ba

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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.”  ba71515117e2ddf8

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“That’s precisely why we must expand the pool of eligible officials.”  e93292b6449175c3

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“What do you mean?”  1977a0a81d5031e2

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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.”9be1c93c1df25b86

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