Can I See You Again
Crown Prince, The Prince of Hina
There was a star shining very brightly in the dark sky. The light can even be radiated to comb through every leaf in the silent forest. But, even before he shone, the dark sky always laughed in his way. The rain that fell kept flowing until the star went away on its own.
Crown Prince, The Prince of Hina
One day, remembering the king's previous request at the dinner banquet a long time ago, as the king said that he would choose the best sons of the land. To expedite his plan, he conducted a meeting ceremony, which was required to be attended by state officials and princes. The invitation of the meeting had been spread by the king some time ago.
At the meeting later, will be inaugurated and formed an implementing body called “Biro Minat Bakat”.
“Good. As the sons of officials and ministers will arrive, tell all princes to attend the ceremony on the ground as much as possible. Make sure the Crown Prince doesn't skip anymore, you understand?!" order of the king's servant who is the eunuch's head in the palace.
“We understand Head Eunuch," the servants replied.
Simultaneously the palace servants ran towards the residence of each master.
A little while later the higher-ups of the country arrived at the field, they were gathered together on the orders of His Majesty the King. However, for the umpteenth time, the Crown Prince did not attend the ceremony, either the ceremony. This is in contrast to the other princes. One of them is Yul, Prince Gyeongin, the legitimate son of King Baek Sam with a successor queen (Seol), the new queen who was appointed officially at that time. Although it was a little late, he had already arrived on the field.
His servants tidied Prince Yul's cloak which was still very tangled.
“Is it not so obvious that I just woke up? I was busy reading literature last night”.
Prince Yul looks funny, his face looks so sorry for coming late.
“Where is the Crown Prince?" ask His Majesty the King to his servant.
Prince Yul who heard his father ask then stopped tidying his robe. He looked at his father who was sitting on the throne.
The servants could only look at each other and slowly shake hands.
It turned out that it was also heard by the ministers who were around the king.
“This is why I strongly disagree when His Majesty the King appoints the despised Prince Hyeon to be the Crown Prince of this country. Upon learning of the queen's undisclosed death, I was immediately shocked to hear that a first-rate concubine (Seol) was appointed queen that night as well. Wasn't she pregnant with Prince Yul? Why not just wait for his birth. Their age was very close, no one would know who the first son was born,” Whispered one of the vice ministers of finance to his division friends very carefully slowly.
“True, directly we can see who has the most potential. Bad rumors about the future of the Crown Prince have also been widespread. Isn't that an insult? Why must it be maintained? I am saying this is not because I am a relative of the surrogate queen,” said one of them.
“Then judging from the potential, Prince Hon also has the potential to become the Crown Prince. Although the youngest, but he is also very smart and authoritative. Just look, who was the first to arrive on the field,” one of the ministers tried to provoke more.
Prince Hon is the third child of a surrogate queen (Seol). He is the younger brother of Prince Yul and Princess Shin. However, neither Prince Yul nor Prince Hon, they both did not know that the Crown Prince was not an older brother born from the womb of the same mother as them.
“It is, however, in the royal system that the first son is entitled to inherit the title. After all, the king would inevitably raise Prince Hyeon to be the Crown Prince to trick the rumors. He was the son of the late original queen, a woman whom His Majesty loved dearly. Do you not remember? The birth of Prince Yul was announced one year after the birth of the crown prince. It was done so that no one would suspect that the queen had been replaced. It was clearly the king's stratagem, so that no one would believe if the rumors were true. That the Crown Prince, the unlucky bearer,” whispered one of them very slowly and slowly.
“True, this must be because he was the son of Queen Kim before, the king did not want it uncovered,” timpal the vice minister of finance was back.
Suddenly,
“Close your mouth, how dare you denounce the Crown Prince even while setting foot in this palace. If the appointment of the new Queen Kim, who has agreed to be made a secret, is exposed by your foul mouth, I will not hesitate to ask the king to behead you,” the country's advisors who heard it burned with emotion due to the attitude of the gossipy ministers behind the king.
Mr. Lee was gone along with all his overflowing anger.
(Queen Kim's real illness and death is known only to ministers who have a blood relationship with the working family, and people outside the royal family who know it, only the state's adviser, Lee Tae Hwon).
Prime Minister Han who was on the ground saw the displeased face of the state adviser who looked angry at the ministers, but he just kept silent to see them. He looked at all the ministers deeply. He saw one by one the ministers who served and were gathering it. His eyes continued to wander until anchored on the throne of the crown prince who was still empty.
While on the other side of the place Prince Yul and Prince Hon were already sitting well.
No matter what you are, those who hate you, will find a way to hate you even more.
**
The king's servants who ran towards the Crown Prince's residence, stood in front of his residence.
“Your Highness Crown Prince, ap-are you awake? His Majesty the King is waiting for you in the field,” shouted them cautiously from in front of the Crown Prince's room.
However, there was no reply from the Crown Prince's booth.
“Sim Cho, has the Crown Prince not woken up yet?" ask the servant to Kasim Cho, the Crown Prince's personal servant.
“She has the flu and does not want to be disturbed,” Kasim Cho replied to the king's servant.
“But, this is the king's order. I think you also understand how important this meeting is,” explained the waiter to Eunuch Cho, making the eunuch anxious.
Then he whispered.
"I had asked for it, but, he still did not want to follow the ceremony,” regretfully said the reason.
Hearing his reply, the desperate servants of the king were about to leave. However, as they turned around, from the opposite direction Princess Shin and her maids came to visit her sister.
“Tell me that I want to see her,” Princess Shin's orders.
“Sorry Princess, current bell..”.
Not to mention that Eunuch Cho explained, Princess Shin broke through her sister's room. He saw his brother hiding behind a blanket.
“What are you doing Crown Prince? I was waiting for you there. Don't make me angry and upset again. Hurry up and change your clothes now,” Princess Shin is trying to persuade her sister.
“Didn't you hear me ha? Do you know, all this time I wasn't allowed to see you? And whenever I can visit you, you're always in this kind of humiliating state. Can't you appreciate my arrival?" Princess Shin looked extremely upset and full of emotions. Then he pulled the Crown Prince's blanket over quickly.
“Crown prince! You..,” haven't finished yet Princess Shin spoke, Crown Prince spontaneously broke his sentence.
“If you can't come here, then never come here. I never asked you to meet me,” replied the Crown Prince while fixing his blanket.
It doesn't matter if you have to be hated,
“You are, why is it always like this?” almost crying, Princess Shin could only pretend to keep smiling.
Hearing her sister's reply earlier, Princess Shin could only hold back her tears, trying to remain calm was the only solution to not trigger a fight. He turned his back, left and left the Crown Prince's residence.
Because what hurts more is when you see those you love, your heart is hurting.
**
No longer waiting, in the morning of the sunny day the king finally began the opening ceremony of the Bureau of Interest in Talent which will later select the best talented sons. This bureau will be tasked with training and sharpening the skills of every talent that is owned by selected sons.
“All sons of the highest officials and ministers are given an obligation to follow this selection, and for the sons of middle officials are given the right to vote to participate or not. What kind of rule is this? This will be very beneficial for those who are born from wealthy families and state officials. But what about those who have only one daughter? That disgusting state advisor, I don't know what he whispered to the king. He really is a very greedy demon,” annoyed the ministers.
The day passed with the inauguration of the Bureau of Talent Interest by the king. The boys were given the opportunity to hone and look for their respective expertise for 14 full days before the test will finally be carried out.
Sometimes we don't want something, we have to have it.
