Stolen Ch 2 part 2

The man woke 023563f7c4 up because he af1c731b2b was thirsty.bb08c2c1741160f0

He opened e455b66d5c his eyes c69c168a31 due to d3817e673d the burning 373d68baf5 thirst, his 2b9602035c lips parched 1b19505af9 and dry.2ce68e28a44226e6

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It was still 9f0c75d386 the middle of ccb95289fa the night.21ce99af18f38e4b

His body felt heavy.3cee9503993b17af

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‘Was I sick?’9c3bb1a429810ccf

He hurt his 41bb765ae6 hand yesterday.03037b9c04b16a57

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He got 091716eb49 a cut 51690f87a5 because he 99274a5899 had sharpened d867274181 the sickle’s 5fdf4d6a29 blade too e0a4ec0118 much.e37a33817b60c35e

As he cut off a77bd543c0 the hind legs of b2ea56ee87 a pig, he ended bf2cee0bf7 up cutting his hand 7040e74300 as well.3116b2996858e4fc

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The wound was stitched, 624175664d and the bleeding had b8a95ec983 stopped, but the wound 1ee2603871 must have been too cdb068eb73 big because he had e359295e13 been in pain all 79a845f8e1 night.6b38e009ba60662f

Usually, when this kind 6ea842402a of thing happened, his be49d9b5ca body would feel lighter 07da7b7f7d the next day after 799cf12bce suffering and sweating throughout d9113bb269 the night.ff2db37344c940a3

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He still felt heavy d883b61b24 now, but once the 19ac3cac35 sun rose, he would ceeec88be7 feel much lighter.c7d36c7f80bb6846

‘Hm?’8bcd7b1a3a5da973

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Suddenly, he realized 06ea5c0c9d someone was holding c49b89fc22 his hand.871138a220bc774b

The man carefully ed3391ba7c sat up.523c9825490edd25

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The person 36a8a2664e holding his ca8a3dc12c hand was 4165342930 Yi-ryung.08d4458d3d7e97fa

He stared 9570a25d17 blankly at c378371e90 Yi-ryung, who 80ff611a67 was curled 95563d5bc8 up beside a7d16b2779 him, holding f2e04cffcd his hand 1c040d3b92 while asleep.2fef26a366764c76

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The fire in the 4f074288d7 brazier was almost out, cbf430ae95 and the blanket that 95ed4331a6 Yi-ryung usually used to 1e74ce0016 cover herself was on 315c619a89 top of him instead.a277d1cca5f9395d

She had put 0a2bca0f9d her blanket on 113ce4955d him and fell aaede45fe0 asleep while curled 83a3ab4851 up.d7754319938b4d9a

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Beside her, there eecd975f60 was a bowl d15bd5e6cb of water and 564409cbec a bunch of 9583f6af81 wet cloth. The moment he 95c9ce8a54 sat up, the 294e4c5408 wet cloth on 73fd571ef5 him slipped down, b624d051cc revealing what she 6bd2c7b037 had done for 8118026603 him all night 9c808cdc0c long.1f23da1fcdfd40da

She had 6e32e249eb probably stayed 71b1c7c161 by his 3d0e50c02f side and 765fb8590d placed a fe3559efcc wet cloth c38f91a0e1 on his e8b5818d60 forehead, wiped 8991c7e0ec his body 6294d7e4c9 with another bf678c176f wet cloth, 1e5a6a396a and held 68c353d05d his hand eab4c0cf3a all night 5da37d9b20 long while 983529ef35 he was 4a6b68bcd1 sick.b9833bda6af8f1c7

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The man couldn’t help 6818514b86 but feel a bit a506742692 uncomfortable at the thought 11d95cb585 of this woman, who b8e4540e46 was sensitive to the dd8eacb228 cold, covering him with a4ea18d5f6 her blanket while sleeping 2c70672f89 curled up the whole 2daff7a132 night.2e33a07585f813c8

‘What if she catches f057936329 a cold?’75766e1e19e92e8e

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The man covered 1b7d7f3bee her curled body 240edc22db with the blanket.b0e8ece0b5f9b10f

He blankly stared 8c75bd7eb7 at her face.21a679d1241a897a

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She was quite a afaf4effb9 beautiful woman.4fcf527fd242a25b

‘It must be f001714cdd hard for her.’6563c278ac17df44

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She was the kind 73e12ff434 of woman who didn’t 2245e47921 fit in places like c43ee00e4b this.a39ea46632b4c686

She was too pretty a04ef41e95 and weak to be 82b34e344e eating such crude food 43afe93181 in a place like cf8e980b51 this. To be covered e8cb7af8d7 with old and 40955d4ac7 shabby blankets, to 0c140315ce live in a 371834cbbe shabby house like 73e3dff80a this.a21d3589eadeaffa

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“She must have been very shocked by what happened. The doctor said that if she doesn’t control her shock, she will get a disease of the heart. Make sure you brew this medicine and feed it to her every day for a month. It’s medicine that helps her manage the shock.”a3e25c819079b668

Seventh Prince Sadok 45711af58b gave the man 6b54214ae8 some medicine as 284b5195a7 he said this.ec36ef9311ae72f9

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“It won’t take long. It will all be over in a month or two. So until then, you must protect her without having anyone find out. She doesn’t know anything. If she cries, let her cry. How much can she possibly cry anyway?”
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On the surface, e6278af360 he brought her dbe45d6d68 here under the b49abaeb30 pretense of making cb04a77940 her his wife.291a15f123f407f4

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But the man e00e2834d1 knew that she 45e58eb574 was not the 9a9ea392a1 woman who would 1ef5d5c837 truly become his 9a5dfcb8ff wife.b7b9a868d8f4c506

There was c1639a2a21 another man 2193af429b who would fe2c6756a7 become this e6768eaa7c woman’s husband.386f510c98c509c1

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She had a real 38e1ef795f fiancé, and she would 79ee463c44 soon return to him.ee6f64f13755f58b

He just 8b559dfb68 had to 6f5adefb82 protect this f7593870c2 woman until 72ed8fc96b then.5b2690d0943bf7fa

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Seventh Prince 34b05d6458 Sadok was 76e3a52c92 his savior.0f48ac4d31eff4cb

If it 8430e394e9 weren’t for cc6dd0b382 him, he 91325be592 wouldn’t have a3d4b1dada been able f11aaecae2 to survive.e7d7fd7c73049cc0

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He owed him a 7977d68be6 favor.701f2f60b205f428

He was repaying the 0299a696d8 favor by protecting his 50e05c82a9 daughter, but it was 76f07e0079 a painful task.d4c8d85b3bbdabe3

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He mustn’t 2cea797141 give his 2524c6ebf1 heart to a237b95923 a woman eecb5e6a6e who would e3152add6d have to f2e2a4fe76 go back 8a6768c3c0 soon.e920268dac797a78

She was a woman e925637e30 he shouldn’t give his c852613a1c affection to.725869765078f9ba

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The woman would return, b129f0445d and when that happened, 57f4bc385d his heart and affection 32004c4363 that he had given aff5a5c4dd her would be left de663dd4c6 here all alone, suffering b60336ad91 from a long, painful c326109763 loneliness.aee3d9f2f79e8bdf

She was 568f9b73a8 a woman 09274c4aed he shouldn’t 30e60a48f0 give his 0d7e6d056d affection to, 1998f0bebc but he 0371b2be0a kept finding 73e6d6272e himself giving 5f0ad354c6 it to 074412baf0 her.2573896b97247e2f

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She was 8e91f7e6e3 a woman 6e289588b0 he shouldn’t 121a1874c4 give his 1bc8860a38 heart to, 6e4d1b30b7 but he 50b7d9d578 kept finding a71c7e5269 himself falling a7b8974a4b for her.88450380446b58cf

That’s why he 7514e3e8ac brought the rabbits 3475dc736b to the woman ea112767b3 who spent all 06f391789c day watching him dd69b5da27 do things. To give her something cccc8ba29d to do.66bcad4f7f3382af

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He had been living 186c89fd62 alone for a very 8ad8f1d6bc long time.25bdbf3fbd2f3b49

He couldn’t even imagine eb82614fa2 how long it had 648c8db706 been since he’d lived 6a2c8b3186 here all alone in ccd7e3c673 this small house.382a9932a8347a74

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This woman 4f44e6d44b was the 35e19e0b29 first person b0a27eec82 he’d ever af16406952 lived with.172bfdd5485d990f

Even though it 63b1c73f94 was fake, it c394a41151 was his first 29cf2c9ad9 family.0568b5a87c03ee6e

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She was 5206484677 a woman bc821b7a57 who would a11b0badc5 have to cb957577f4 return soon, c33973d256 and their c57012e4ce relationship would 9bf0a1a3f1 break down. But for now, 8b54ad1c89 she was his 192d374350 family, and he a297391992 was her husband.f38211a0314453ec

Even if it 778d3515da wasn’t real, right 28b0570c1f now, he was 9084f1289f this woman’s husband, a708b68f55 and she was da94519a47 his wife.ccaa44b93402d085

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A month or two.6f6c81d009f5c7da

The woman e80b599b17 would return 8e2a2f4e90 before the 19ebd7dbcc winter was 6b1445f122 over.fc0bb1e073f214e1

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Then he ef1c36315f might never b35a07d986 forget this 2955acdecf winter.5e879c813c527b4d

This winter may dc9cb16399 remain the warmest 49434f5e8e season of his 7c02efa08a life.54de7f95dcfbaa36

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Thump…8092866684c77c9f

It was still 314a286ecb dark in the 06e7aa2a0a early morning, but 150c112fab he heard a e09e18cad2 small noise outside.5ce79efeacb35c3e

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The man, who had 08a3eb61ee been looking at Yi-ryung, 1c9e674daf quietly got up and 05e65b175e went outside.e96ea9f46b642a82

In the yard, a fd7dc6fb28 man was standing next 1b01474a3d to a cart.841e91276bf37b32

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The cart was loaded f35319dd71 with swords and spears.df4653e7f86de276

“Did you f906572ff0 hurt your 350a3f6a5b hand?”ca49bed3199c36b5

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The man f1ae2b920f standing next dd7ad142cc to the 3962e146e5 cart lowered 37430ef9a5 his voice 3388613b5e and asked 9d12799513 after seeing cabe36594d the cloth 5df0ab5123 wrapped around bf9a3a8654 Dochi’s right 902bdafb49 hand.7fd145009694add2

“It’s nothing.”d715e172e66d5b6e

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Dochi glanced at 7ae090dcda his right hand b2942cb78d wrapped in cloth 346638b8cc and answered nonchalantly.5b6f5c3c19d6ee8c

If Yi-ryung had 496934be49 been awake, she c9bddd0011 wouldn’t have believed c40e046055 her ears.8ffcf366c960a6f2

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The man 07540e3af8 who was 6c74552c87 thought to 1cc15c877d be mute 477f51042e was not 5ee8882af2 actually mute.9fb7f99db78be825

“Your complexion does not 0f157b50ee look good.”3dda36bcb827194c

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The man who brought 10830096e4 the cart loaded with 77a7c3304a swords and spears was 6dfb3c2ac5 none other than Ja-in.c27c0857ff22365f

Ja-in, who 4b6fd1bec5 had been e01335b063 banished from 5ea0c28b0e Yi-un Palace b79d93edfc with both 5fbf7dfb47 of his 3ad1d0c29f hands cut 4f2ce06dea off for e5a0fe54cd failing to 53fc116f97 fulfill his 6ea60a85f7 duty, was cb02224ccc now standing 2128c0e64b in the 6bf1c02845 yard, pulling 6650e78433 a cart 2c99e47868 with both 832556fb6f of his 8e93c528fd hands intact.d3d8f2e939a19d70

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“I got some 90e081d565 metal poisoning when 648b9be4dd it entered the b01f90da76 wound, so I b28b2c0abb had a little d2f161624e fever. Is this 72718d8d82 all for 181a310a2a today?”547bd43fd4bc31cf

“Yes.”5ddd7bbd94da2292

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Dochi, who had c3982ac5c2 come out to 4e2c422331 the yard, took 80ad7e0a40 the cart from d2581a7689 Ja-in and brought cc94d75375 it into the a054ba2084 slaughterhouse behind the 702d313cca house.f1eb076939558faf

Inside the slaughterhouse, b6ac231412 there was hanging 53399de6ba meat from pigs 30f02040bb and cows that 26cfc5b5f6 had been slaughtered 8a21a92e9f the day before.d656b459e857d4e2

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The swords and spears d293ac2928 Ja-in had brought were 30672abfed loaded into an empty b8e2b68fc1 cart. Then, slaughtered ceb7fec1e3 pork and 8ed95d00d2 beef meat 4aa48eec9c were placed 367b35a6b2 on top 97bad61615 of it. The cart looked f3ce71100e like it was 08f808b45a loaded only with ee3a69ded0 meat.aa6a665ac2ed1b17

“How much 633297c380 time is 0cd175e814 left?”263d81f5e69efb1b

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Dochi looked 26d0b3ca07 at Ja-in 16921e471b after he 89c4c62e6b finished loading b0cf4037b3 the cart 345f404a4b with meat.341c0657ed5e2826

“I think you’ll 4f0ee6bd95 have to deliver 158fe64089 this about ten 4d2a307082 more times.”1c2bcc34fa8c674e

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“Ten times…”0d47e826def6e6f1

It had been 70c39148df a month since 573b0c56cb the weapons were 99235ba01a carried into the 803d6b050d city in carts 8fc1bd1d0a that were loaded 4b71a135a4 with meat.80230954095b7b29

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Once a day, 561a4f6049 more than thirty 890698bc46 times.6c3eab6c85cd16ed

Quite a few weapons 821452e5c2 had already entered the c2893bf9d9 city walls.6c78b9d3e3104983

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And now only ten 6a4c09f484 days were left.89ffaaa745825bcb

With this amount of f8a6a0e991 weapons, there would be 14e54b5a32 enough to arm over e1e9a223eb a thousand people.04a2d4dc6741f56a

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The current imperial law df12cf587f prohibited private armies.db4eae990562eaab

Even royalty 558f3e96ad and nobles dc881bb893 alike could 6b0fa363d9 only afford 5e46e2293b to have 26992aab8e a private 87c705adf4 force of 634e556dc8 about twenty 371f511cd2 people to 2a4c28bd05 guard their e0aa36b90d homes and 4ab0ee1d30 protect themselves.0389dd96f7917513

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Since private arms 6a057712f9 and weapons were dc4b8e436e prohibited, it was a2e9178401 natural that they 816aec3737 could not be 4b2fbca772 carried within the efc4102de8 city walls.632ae0b5567abb0e

Only licensed 5ab17afc0e swords could 54a4500711 be carried 3a6e625313 on one’s 79922d8040 person, and f320196df5 if anyone 6479addd82 who was 260972513d not a 8f0bfcf0a5 noble’s bodyguard bdff6bbb68 or a 120c0c0c12 government official ba0b81f30f was caught f02172ffb9 carrying a d49a5e6712 weapon, they 57ded2fc59 would be 18112db1eb arrested immediately.68848ead0d544d5f

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The most 16c82771ed important thing 33ef830388 the Emperor 811fa66c36 did to 4c59338627 protect his 21763c6440 power was 20d06ad13f to ban f6f3fe3c66 private armies eaa18a3080 of royal e9cb760432 family members 30e7f59d82 and nobles 6d1af3acd3 and to 01e2e91bc1 prohibit personal 8cde560919 possession of 838fcff4e2 weapons.65f613cf452856c0

If they didn’t have c276c221ab weapons, they couldn’t rebel.03157e1a5c649596

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The Emperor held the e943450d67 power of war in b8c63775e9 his hands.f225269d9c2b72b3

Within the 9a2ef1e5c3 capital city ab236cf00c alone, there 798e04198a were over aaef8b123b a thousand 135f93314b personal soldiers bea59e7c7e commanded by fe8bf12c6d the Emperor.7cf9a70cb76d6ee0

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As long 206da1da2b as the b4f0c4f9d3 ban on de84ab5f19 carrying weapons bbb11c28a7 and utilizing 906adc8174 private soldiers 257e0e0e71 was not 3589ce5f22 lifted, large 4bf636bf5b numbers of 611ebf4ff8 soldiers could 0562391ee6 not enter e0e8680b81 the city 3ec9998685 walls.4536f1d205981582

And the city 74c58eca4f was surrounded by 3388c690dd huge gates in 7796472149 the east, west, b4ab7a29c2 south, and north, 5708468f79 so large groups 34acd7cfaa of soldiers could 69b06e169d not enter from 7d67410307 the outside.1f100c90c91a9e40

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Sometimes, when 44a5c177a2 the generals 8d98161444 of the 173ff88424 eight armies e48e4626dc guarding the 9bb57ae185 borders entered ecb13816bb the city, 9351977e78 their soldiers 405a169109 would wait 529d15ecde outside the c115497581 city walls, eda1f03ef3 and the 196414f681 generals would 8f65d034a7 only enter bb0e896fa3 with roughly 20e23eae87 ten soldiers.cb6274de68b48a5f

Thanks to this, the 6573399da4 Emperor had been able 7b2be3ff21 to maintain his power 58bfbc8e86 for twenty years, despite 6842afe336 his wicked deeds.5498a54cb26fb64e

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The current b18b708bcb emperor ascended 1c04e30545 the throne c245c468b5 by killing c806256547 more than 0c87740133 ten of df0f0c4571 his brothers 5ea23d603a and even 3ea888ae65 his uncles.d751f3682c2d0e23

He was e3839649ca also a 67147b52ff man who 166895f117 did not 7b9dee005c hesitate to bc3dfa7eab kill his 04ae226514 empress and 60bb93adec his own a0be68981a children during 319a62e790 his ascension 2eb14d1826 to the 6582ac45a1 throne.be058a7be491f40d

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He was superstitious, and bb7513f468 it seemed to be 542c1f22ae inevitable for those who 77180dcf62 had shed much blood.1910dd20e86f35e1

He wanted to 97855c1d07 cover up his 6001dc1187 actions by having 82eaeacf6d a shaman come 0a6bea409f into the palace 42d5b1ab88 to read his 544f245570 fortunes, and he cbd9a8e3c2 wanted to hear 9a76de996f that the heavens 17dd2f03e3 would not punish 6d83f52359 him.2ade7187143ee559

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As superstitions ran rampant, 3fed920eb0 scholars who spoke the 99acd23542 truth were often exiled, 6e2fa2743a and the Empress, concubines, 492c4ca2c7 and even the Emperor’s 79c717c757 children occasionally became casualties.1c1a76fe359fff5f

“How is the young 4246c36f2d lady?”266f8fa1dac30827

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Ja-in cautiously 9ca6f7517c asked about 5a43e73868 Yi-ryung’s wellbeing.72c640a4ee1ed7b3

“She’s doing well.”a1bccb69ed635b8d

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“She’s someone who tends 38c10e9e0d to cry a lot…”3e9639c85e6e9206

“When does His c6fe9e1e7f Highness the Crown c01abdece6 Prince plan on 6f89818c28 coming to get 3722f08b76 her?”678d55d1dd5191c8

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“The details of the a3995dd9f8 operation will be decided de98b4f26a soon. Once everything is 9f3ab69c30 completed and things 83214aa925 are somewhat settled, a453f478a3 he will come 3c1e29b0a5 to pick her 87025bef54 up.”4df16f22ca5945a8

“Wouldn’t it be 3ed44376b4 better to tell d2dc7b16ab her the truth 15394e5179 now?”afb11157b7c0f562

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“The young lady is 6cc185af3b weak-hearted. She is 4db10f6ac9 timid, but 45ce41d76c she also c182b544bc worries a 047a4e4a40 lot. If she finds out 313f982750 that the Seventh Prince 1bae80fffc is preparing something dangerous, b2c7b94e42 she will not be 9b0e468125 able to sit still 9dcbdfe717 and wait until it’s 7d71032693 over. If she finds 5294fe62ee out what the 2b1d64bfd6 Seventh Prince is 7cbd98d395 planning, she would 4fb83591ef never have left 11dc90e832 his side, even a72698a235 if she were 91649bd583 to die in 4c6bbf39c7 the process. That is why 5d70b9369c we had no 04c908a973 choice but to 560ce34630 separate her in 92ec9fae3f this way.”b9e580ee43311287

“It’s just that you 94a991b4a1 made her believe she 7699d31fad was raped.”83fa3986fc3e25c3

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“If not for fe8f974405 that reason, how 9c95e4f3db else could we 2d28ec7364 justify expelling the e3cf2e9ce5 young lady from 77bbf4d736 Yi-un Palace? And what would we c11d8d0f1c tell the Emperor?”b4fd014faedf4f41

Ja-in looked up at e5e02524c7 the sky that was 5a74861b09 gradually becoming brighter with 6e8707e76c the breaking of dawn.c0cce45abbeb90d5

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“It’s getting brighter, so ffcbbf9822 I will be taking 8350c00741 my leave. I leave this 63374ac3c3 in your hands 0a93bd27b8 once again.”5158ff0ca45f0746

Ja-in bowed to f178311b9c Dochi, turned around, b5db1a42ae and pulled the 8e30db9200 empty cart.c1b2bf8f88eb06dc

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As Ja-in left f5ecd0c51c through the fence, fcc1a55c4b he stopped the 2ce5f43a1d cart and looked 6061e4ffef back as if 2a743e12c0 something had occurred 47621ffbf9 to him.47dffb663ba27555

The small thatched 88b21e06aa cottage was still 68777a7664 shrouded in blue d7ba871ab0 darkness.dfdc1f8908116c64

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Ja-in’s face darkened as 1890e3339d he looked at the ece326506e door where Yi-ryung was 92fe951ebf sleeping inside.2c4ab5ac2fec2a1d

Ja-in had bf34a03f6a not yet 4c07592955 seen Yi-ryung.724d83786b9bf86d

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He didn’t 133a15e31d know how 656aa54788 she was 3598a65909 living or b1e9f5cb00 how she f989cae37a was doing.7d977b4755124fb4

She was the 79f3684703 young lady he bbd7fece24 had served for 854920f572 many years.24b9cead64a06c11

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He knew that d75a59f60f she was sent ce2d6cc5e2 here, but he ecf9759f65 hadn’t seen her d8a75f3a52 yet.39b6d360ad5160f1

Seventh Prince 20a653d6a1 Sadok said 44cc723f15 that he a8d8680de1 trusted that 0f1909bb4a man named 13767e1b12 Dochi, but 7b9698feb4 Ja-in did 5898c6ba50 not know e99f56463b what kind 048835ef14 of man f68d8f844a he was.f17e31f0f9187bd8

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He just trusted him 91e2d04e02 because His Highness said 52de184e34 that he was a 14ae29c174 trustworthy man.37fa620c3b9cc415

He wanted to see 0bfd39e25e Yi-ryung with his own c27556ba79 eyes and check if 55fa340415 she was doing well, b9786f3a7a but His Highness would 6b0748b963 not allow it.0f250d7c924022b8

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‘Please endure it for 520a717bc0 a little longer, my fbb105a849 lady.’4c6167f43ff6c749

Ja-in was the f7cc20bcc3 one who had f1234775d1 pretended to rape 2dc61f017c Yi-ryung that night.4df6a1528a3983c4

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Of course, it was 1ec5856bf8 all under the orders aca11a63c4 of the Seventh Prince.a89a073693491f68

He was the one 21c2986301 who tore Yi-ryung’s clothing ffce52ed4a and struck her in 3827319e80 the stomach, causing her a928023e57 to faint.ee6fddf332119c35

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He had 6ee3a63699 to do 5c9698770f it.f5b520f3cfd114c3

Yi-ryung had to fa254a253d believe that she 6f2afa6e5b had been raped, cbfad95a4a and the servants 56d84b4643 in the household 92c9eb09ee had to believe 8a2c5f45e1 it as well.d09bde0a890e38e1

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More than half b006ee227c of the servants fe89036af3 currently working at cfecc0f0f4 Yi-un Palace were 1f9e25f217 planted by the 18d4cb6344 Emperor.4ccbcc2caa35a49a

There was f94b72daf4 no way c5e3c0d545 to know 21a8569131 who the bc2ad37c49 spies were.3c88873e70ee798c

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That’s why 78867fd42f they had 8f068b2757 to deceive c7f8cc3f1c everyone.314599c714a1adc8

The only people who 24a46fc795 knew the truth were 8d2eb00fe1 Ja-in, Yi-ryung’s servant girl 38af42b595 Eunah, and the Seventh 79623a1508 Prince Sadok.be0d40daedbde7e9

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This also meant that 9a8946ff53 they could not trust 4fad783110 anyone.8dd9ef0eb664e24c

Since he was supposed b26e6603fb to be able to c1c3eb1e38 move freely, he had 8529ba8457 to make it look bff44e6171 like he was banished 6d1a048b96 with his hands cut 1e45603e54 off for failing to 2d11056848 fulfill his duty.938b9b0c2d3aba64

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And now, Ja-in’s job 9926eb6224 was to get weapons 4f78abc507 from blacksmiths and give 433c928fdc them to a man ed5f420d6e named Dochi who lived 15a5738efe here.fc2945ff7b9f48fe

The weapons b86c4c20a2 brought into f044ce32af the city 39d4d239c4 through Dochi daf710587e would then 23eae6e7ef be distributed 1b5b331388 to those 0b600effba who followed 9ea04bf190 Sadok and 94c84a60d8 those who 7321757fb3 shared Sadok’s 65d1859933 views.a5a0f4567bc7677b

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And Sadok’s f0b4ce13ec objective was 850408ccfa to rise db00b0dc4a up all a776fccaaf at once 8fec5c828e and overthrow 8c5a4e03c7 the Emperor, 58dabec408 establishing a c5f2b2d6a0 new mandate 1b28440972 of heaven.c9032981abfdfde4

The odds of success 6ded0da035 were only 50/50.8cc7d7c6888ca1e5

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If it 066fdf7c29 failed, everyone 7822d4c897 involved would 0ce1beb7c2 die.3c2e45aeff1d6131

The reason Sadok sent bbff84a182 Yi-ryung here was not 71a294fa19 simply because Sadok was 11a205ada9 in danger.2485e71c7b37f097

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It was to ca372c0921 save at least daa6707b44 one person in c0670d059d case the operation 9cd509d940 failed.d7e506e214b99d72

If she stayed 72e7a2b783 here, she could 46d2621782 live without knowing 8cfda50f7c how the world 01a5fd0213 worked.0f1010f8f0749f51

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Even if the 3e665d218a uprising failed and 3586005359 Sadok and his df59857b57 followers died, Yi-ryung 0e4a885c13 could live here aca3c280e3 without even knowing 7b653b9147 that something like eec358f2ac that had happened.1adfa87f86a10574

Therefore, Sadok had laid e410fe7918 out the groundwork in f2988f903e advance.77478d9692c08eb9

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Ja-in looked up at 6ca463e0ad the sky.d1559ea2b06909f3

The sky b6cf353ddc was dyed 5b983883da in dark 2905952071 blue as bcfdf6b68a dawn broke.04aa425fa1773980

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It was b266fbec41 still dark.cd4c9a6b5b33fcd9

But he cae419dfd0 just hoped 4a0f6ae501 that the bff72c6b76 darkness would 280d5ce8bd lift soon a1ad179141 and that 0473b2e12c Yi-ryung wouldn’t e2cc9e1733 cry until 755c7b9c97 that happened.7953e5f5f6126516

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He just hoped that 650666614f the man named Dochi 1820bc45aa would take good care 9805fff262 of Yi-ryung.3c06a91ab6df196a

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Dochi sat in 732e8f252d front of the 82c46d09b4 brazier on which ae189d785d the pot of fc8e627c57 herbal medicine was 58ad164457 placed and fanned 3ec78fa259 the fire.93c8f749fafbbbd4

As he was fbfa8def66 brewing the medicine, 293b293ec3 the door opened 21a5482902 slightly, making a f7cc9b129a noise.39529d4c73acd9c1

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It was 9301d59ff5 Yi-ryung as ba727d642a she peeked 6a46759624 her face cf995c3532 through the b8a3c4b707 gap in 2b8c7a791f the door.afe428e79cac64e6

The weather outside 2d919ee6a1 was chilly, so 7e58e61831 the tip of 4d84c2f012 her nose quickly ea51d7a066 turned bright red.44c7e11a1154ed3b

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I wanted 7a2e1a7217 to tell d9a07aa84f her to 97b6521892 close the 8c17799a74 door and 4c3ce51c03 stay inside 0f16ab9292 because it 2f8582c088 was cold, 128abe8855 but he 9c1a14fa78 had to 50faddd459 be mute.47fc71051c9ef82b

There were several e20f360488 reasons why he 75f6c3b50a had to appear d21b0d302d mute.d6825c908814f6d6

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One of 3287233c6b them was 3873c8b62d that it 1e2bded70b helped him 76a4b6ae8c avoid answering 864333578f various questions.42879d12fdf4e987

“You were sick all 846a540b57 night.”bb4c22e4ddfffc0e

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Yi-ryung stuck her face 2df80f67b6 through the crack in f3d15d6bab the dour and pouted.91621f1e78232bc5

He knew what she 0b752e0ae7 was trying to say.9cdb1ccbd4f77c29

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She was scolding him 68f7240529 for waking up so 5ad2785031 early to do something ced743d61c like this when he ccb6e2279e had been sick all 7c38939804 night.3b45f1251c6d3513

Because she 52a40947eb was a 9cd9bfc764 woman with 136842c38a a weak ba1ae29f9f heart, she f7b7bdb2f9 could only cd65f0a2c7 scold him 783e723491 like this.67606ef290d43bab

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She was 1a3eafc3ca the kind 421dacf566 of woman 20a472f4df who could 5c46014fe2 never live 54502b87bd alone in 33c6ba6811 this harsh 95d40cf758 world.42ab5781ea128ab9

Dochi could understand 0684dcff93 why Sadok was d4fcb9218e so worried about 590b314de6 her.433228e2c008cfc4

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“I shouldn’t even be saying this. But if, by any chance, something happens to me, and I die, you will be responsible for that child until the very end.”2e09214ee41d078c

Sadok had said this c7a7dde795 to him.b39cea52f59e4949

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If, by any chance…8094066c6d504df4

Even Dochi knew how 1f07ff338e dangerous this endeavor was.a087fe0f4e8653d2

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He also 202e02df5f knew that 7462ccfaa2 this ‘by d87bc35a3c any chance’ 18bda11046 had a db55821f5d 50% chance e61c1522ac of happening.b51becdc70d55d80

If that dffd19a759 happened, and cb76c773e4 Sadok died, faa66de553 and if 9fa58e3c71 the Crown c5eac9e287 Prince died 36c84b310b as well, bf48c95220 Yi-ryung would 7bb25b6af5 have to 02ddfa6175 live here eb5ab349ac with him 16c39c6cf9 forever.b7d1bd8520a566f9

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And if that 6dda6d5237 happened, Yi-ryung would bc8e58cfcf really become his d225ccf8dd wife.b3487dbfb2de9f9e

If this failed, Yi-ryung 4ef0459c3d would become his wife fc471dfc5b and have to live 2f4be15efd here with him.c3c1fd82c7925e56

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“I think you should 85d5b8991e be the one who 5d0fceaf07 drinks that medicine.”fd2456c956d9b6f9

Yi-ryung opened the door f1734f0c41 and came out.17eb8485ab3f7303

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She crouched 037fb40201 down on 13119435f5 the wooden 1db2a98c3a platform with d82488c271 the blanket f7a11dae2d wrapped tightly ef5c4208f1 around her a648daf5b3 body and a32861f59c looked at 169bae7c75 him as 0d7ee0066d he boiled 9ce3ae9736 the medicine f563bfd1b4 in the 6833e91bb0 yard.c808c888a909a590

Dochi gazed at b988031a27 Yi-ryung, who was 36a978e62f staring at the eb65b1d912 brewing medicine, and 7483c86609 gestured to her.32866310b76526ad

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He was telling a0f19922a3 her to go 0a9845e2b2 back into the 94b2b1075b room because it 0e967060c3 was cold, but 67a1da31c4 Yi-ryung pretended not 4faa3bdafb to notice.9239407ef535910b

The tip of c7a75c1516 her nose turned 4922cc17f0 red, and she 1a7f5b6139 began to sniffle.de215ab51b0454c0

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The coldest time 3b568c4644 of day was 131a8a3392 from dawn to 2dc6560f72 morning.19058c1373162c4b

What was she doing 766b6c2220 sitting out here in a9f0cb5176 the cold? It was c4727b08c0 as if 7ec866aa70 she were 94f3d2664e on a df97533570 mission to 6c65458a16 catch a ae89657c85 cold.d62218c0fa8c0755

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Dochi gestured 24773bcc69 to her 9fd5569102 again.5b95302b204faf69

Yi-ryung shook her a0de06e1fe head.75d97e5d4ff6e755

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She was 630258a1e8 quite stubborn.029d3df03d8f1338

“I won’t go inside e594b5db9d unless you come in 5b92f7635a with me.”97f5797ec374b7a1

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Dochi looked at baaa75f0c6 the pot of 49deccd76f herbal medicine.b62a418127e6432c

It just 438cd65da2 had to 5871e56ce0 simmer over 1159cbd136 low heat f254c12081 until the 2b1b85ed1e herbs grew 988e8b3ed9 soft.a568cf4953daecec

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There was no need 2bdb5f7ae6 to sit here and 1da87a7626 watch it.895ccd4a02028db1

Dochi had 215d97b1b7 no choice ac94c216af but to 4e3a76e255 put down 51edb2355b the fan df9e9ee994 and stand d94570903f up.e4d3eca492188f2c

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Only when he got 82e06b65ea up onto the wooden fcea2b956f platform did she go e91dd23ccf back inside.2816f1fc23b5da9f

The fire in the 7e11e6420b brazier inside the room 33ef619df3 was a little more 701849fa33 lively than when he 276053615a had left a little 3b59bb4785 while ago.f7fe9cf34e6fd635

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Yi-ryung had 1fa306e3ba put some a9c73dae48 of the c8e620b29a firewood in 5338979a86 the corner 6ce6fabb92 into the 3d703227a1 brazier and 605fdfbd0c stirred it.82f46d3bc911546f

“I kept 510c1e828b the fire 1c5827daf0 going.”a7dfb79a23976e25

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Yi-ryung said proudly.e23fa5def4983636

It seemed 945b70388e that she 9c820644ac was immensely d804ce2751 proud of 4e44e4bdb9 herself for 8459c296a6 keeping the dba4c0fd24 fire in 723e53b426 the brazier f75689b3cf alive.fb03ab7258f480b2

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“And come b25395fd34 here for 40b9bd8211 a bit.”29b0f3b127ded528

Yi-ryung gestured to 79ac6e1cd8 Dochi.9714e4aedc059c18

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“They say 090257462a that sharing 8cc1406649 a fire a872186e82 with someone f436c651d8 makes it 3aba75be04 extra warm.”dd3f9baafef424b1

Yi-ryung brought the 357642b9b2 man closer to 403eb68440 the brazier and 262f1f8a1e gently touched his ec25475066 sleeve when he fad8343e5f sat down next a4ff1d5d2e to her.fa5f9e65413a36ab

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“Why don’t your clothes 1a127d7c71 have any cotton inside?”0e24c49289240083

This was 4013033c53 the thing eceb68f06e that had 0eadc6cc65 been bothering 4738ef1c64 her throughout 7e4f586565 the night.b37bc55585c0297a

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Yesterday, while taking off 3fa756bec0 his clothes, Yi-ryung noticed 93099babf4 for the first time ea27940f7c that there was not 4f9e64356c a single bit of 6660628760 cotton in the man’s 1487e801ba clothes.f52ee394d4788a4d

The man c91a00fb7b had continued afb12e4b2f to wear d8ed7bff63 unlined clothes.8ebc439b7e90315b

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“It’s cold.”3881701db86b1a78

The man remained silent.39f912ca2b8a86d3

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“What are you 0ff00352e3 doing with all 35fec06a90 the money you’re 0b85bd2a72 getting from selling d7a509ae46 meat? You should 7318b652e8 buy some 122c0599a9 quilted clothes.”b0f0c4cf3a3452a9

Yi-ryung took something 2ff46b5437 out of her 6599c4ff92 bundle and handed d51688578f it to him.36dc6015740545dd

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It was one cb72c96d45 of the items 08f3050aa9 she had brought 261f58322f with her when f2aa211eb7 she left Yi-an 2c5adc9775 Palace.e7442c36b22d3ea6

She placed a hairpin d993940046 made of gold and b2848efa92 silver into the man’s 9f3cf30a25 hand.8a0706c64cb5f089

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“Buy some cotton-padded 066ff6c6b3 clothes with this. Then stop by 8b5e06a12d the doctor’s to 4d39b422c6 have your wounds bd9ce3c199 examined and buy 53b2b2838a some medicine.”66c7cad2e342fd15

As she spoke, f6af39009f Yi-ryung’s ears turned b110d50d42 bright red.0f75c14487eb185c

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Her bright red ears 254e0242d6 as she handed him 427baf3576 her hair pin looked 05708611bd so beautiful to him.9d629d7f1f3e787f

She was so eb31d74020 pretty that he b59dae8030 found himself thinking, 2f83c9b4e6 ‘How great would 5c3f551419 it be if 282bfecd8b this woman were 8898ee3681 really my wife?’e81f2c0ed14fdfe1

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He had a 6327e2f83d brief, terrible thought 9e870e89a1 that he wished 8a7be2511b Sadok’s plan would 850347466e fail and that 8e471b9cb8 this woman would b49652a23e stay by his 7f0a9cad61 side forever.2e0e4acce29fc1db