
This is the story before the empress married the king.
At that time, the king was still a crown prince.As the age of the crown prince was enough to marry, the queen mother along with the king's majesty planned to choose a future wife for the crown prince.
Because the queen mother of the kim clan faction, the queen mother proposed the child of her relatives who are still a faction with her, all of it aims to maintain political stability that has been solid. Moreover, the father of the girl who will be betrothed to the crown prince, is one of the ministers who has considerable influence in this kingdom.
However, the crown prince refused to be betrothed because he already had a mooring of the heart.that is, the son of one of the palace ministers as well, but from the Han clan.
But the queen mother and the king still forced the crown prince to agree to the match.
At first the queen mother and the king's majesty did not approve of the crown prince's relationship with the tether of his heart, not without reason they refused and disagreed with the crown prince's choice, he said, but the queen mother and the king already knew the character of the girl's family who would use the crown prince to strengthen her family's position in the palace.
Moreover, the father of the girl, namely prime minister Han tae kyung likes to visit the brothel, likes to spend money to have fun - poya and always demeaning people. And that made the queen mother and the King even more disapproving of the crown prince's choice.
However, due to the revolting action of the crown prince, the queen mother and the king agreed to the crown prince to marry his chosen girl, but on one condition the crown prince only make the girl as a concubine and the title of crown princess will still fall to the candidate who has been the queen mother and the king chose.
By being forced by the crown prince to agree to the agreement, in order to marry his idol.
...ΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩ...
Today is the first time the crown prince will meet the candidate he will be betrothed to. There he was sitting relaxed while waiting for the group from the prospective family to be betrothed with him to come. The queen mother and the king were also there, in a place like a gasebo in the middle of a beautiful garden and there was a lake filled with lotus flowers that bloomed adding to the cool impression next to the building.
A variety of delicious dishes have been arranged nicely on the table - a small table lined there.
Finally the waiting party came, seen a middle-aged man and woman who walked towards the meeting place, followed by beautiful and elegant girls using baby pink hanbook combined with white and there is a beautiful rose embroidery attached to the girl's body.
They saluted the king, the queen mother and the crown prince. But only the girl who gave a different greeting with both parents is to put both hands on the forehead and then give prostration like the one in the drama - Korean drama. You can imagine yourself how if the princesses of the nobility pay their respects.
After the girl saluted, Rajapun gave the order by moving his hand as a gesture telling them to sit down.
Then they sat opposite the king, the queen mother and the crown prince. Then the king began to pour the drink into a small glass and then told the middle-aged man who would be made to drink it.
" Thank you, it's an honor for my servant to receive a drink poured directly by him." Then the man took the glass and drank it.
" What's your name, sweet girl?" The king asked the girl sitting next to the middle-aged man who had received a drink from him earlier.
" The name of Kim so hee's noble servant, the only daughter of Kim tae hoon's prime minister." The girl replied full of meek and graceful.
Then the king laughed at the girl's reply, and turned to the queen mother and crown prince.
" Your name is beautiful, you are also beautiful and have good manners. How lucky you are that Mr. Kim has a daughter like her." Praise the king for his iron candidate.
" Thank you for the compliment. But the daughter of the servant still has many shortcomings, please be merciful to educate and take care of the servant's child later."
" You've always humbled prime minister Kim." Saut mother suri.
" I'll make sure your daughter is always happy and comfortable in this palace, prime minister. I'll think of him as my own grandson."
" The Queen mother is right, I will also consider So hee like my own daughter." King's timpal with a happy smile.
" Crown prince why are you silent? Let's greet your future in-laws and your wife!." Said the king while patting his son's shoulder.
" Meet me crown prince Lee kang joon." Said the crown prince with a forced smile.
Hearing his son's words, the king laughed and patted him on the shoulder. How could his son even say such words, because in this kingdom there is no way that no one knows who the crown prince is? And he introduced himself like that, like a fool.
" Oh yes, my lord, sorry for the negligence of the servant, introduce this servant wife Kim mi so." Sela kim's prime minister.
" How's Miss Kim doing? It turns out you're so pretty, it's worth your daughter so amazing." Praise the queen mother.
" Good servant, noble one, you praise too much."
" If so, let's talk about the wedding of the crown prince and your daughter." The words of the queen mother who will begin to the core of the meeting were held.
The crown prince was silent throughout the banquet, his sharp eyes always staring at the lake filled with lotus flowers and occasionally staring at So hee coldly.
Kim so hee who was looked at like that just bowed his head. Dare not look or look directly at the crown prince.
...ΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩ...
The anticipated day - later by all the people of the joseon kingdom has arrived, the wedding day of the crown prince and the daughter of the prime minister Kim so hee.
The wedding feast on the title is very lively, inside the palace is very crowded. Many guests came from important officials to the king and his family from other kingdoms that have good diplomatic relations with this joseon kingdom.
Outside the palace is also no less crowded, because there are so many good quality goods and food and drinks that the king gives for free to the people.
Knowing that, of course, is welcomed with joy by the people. Many people gather to just eat and drink for free or if lucky can bring home valuable items. Plus the king provides entertainment for his people as well.
A day that makes people happy. However, not everyone was happy in the day, because throughout the event the crown prince looked moody and only put on a flat face and an ice-cold gaze.
The first night for the newlyweds is generally the happiest night for both of them, but not with Kim so hee who has now got the title as crown princess. The first night he had to feel a deep heartache, to make him cry all night.
How not, though, in the first night that she should have used to be able to spend the night alone with her husband and get closer to being more familiar and even berahir with Kim so hee who lives alone by the son crown in their bridal chamber.
The crown prince prefers to spend the night with his favorite concubine. And what made So hee hurt and felt like she was falling into a deep abyss were the words of the crown prince who was very cold and heartless.
" It's better that you throw away the thought that I'll be a good husband to you, because I already have another woman in my heart."
" Don't expect me to love you, live quietly here as the crown princess. Don't ever interrupt my life and my concubine's!"
After saying it all, the crown prince left Kim so hee alone in their bridal room.
After that day, the crown princess always locked herself in her residence, the crown princess will come out if there is an event that requires her to attend.
Until she becomes the neglected crown princess, not infrequently the king's concubine and her lady-in-waiting will disturb the empress when there is an opportunity and if she meets the empress accidentally.
This continued until the crown prince ascended to the throne as king. The crown prince ascended the throne at a young age because the previous king died of a heart attack.
Given the personality of Kim so hee who is quiet and prefers aloof it makes the king's favorite concubine free to rule and oppress him.
The woman was very smart and cunning in composing the strategy, so So hee was always made wrong in the eyes of the king. He will use the love of the king to make So hee miserable and hurt. Until the incident that made So hee lose his life happened.
In the memory of So hee, he was in the royal garden accompanied by the ladies who tailed behind him as well as Go jang mi who was always loyal to the empress.
It was a very sunny day, the empress stopped her steps under a shady tree near the lake. Then the empress asked Go jang mi to give her unfinished handkerchief embroidered because the empress wanted to finish her first name here.
Jang mi also gave the handkerchief to the empress, after receiving the handkerchief the empress sat her body under the tree, and began to embroider. Beautiful teratei flowers and butterflies on it is embroidery that is being made by the empress. Looks beautiful and makes a handkerchief from silk cloth is really beautiful.
Until the king's concubine who now has the title of great concubine came with her ladies and gentlemen. The concubine approached the empress and smiled cynically.
" It's a pity that my queen's these days are so boring."
The empress who had been focused on her embroidery then turned her gaze towards the grand concubine.
" What's the great concubine?"
" There's nothing - am I just feeling sorry for the empress whose life is boring." Said the grand concubine who was slightly mocking.
" Keep your talk noble concubine!" Sela Go jang mi who was annoyed with the words of the grand concubine.
" How dare a lowly servant like you snarl at me. Ji woon gave a lesson to the lowly lady so that her mouth would not dare to talk to me anymore!" The grand concubine gave orders to her loyal maids.
Then Choi ji woon dayang confidant grand concubine also gave orders to several other maids to hold Go jang mi's hands and bring her to be given punishment.
Go jang mi continues to struggle - ronta trying to fight in order to escape the grip of the ladies who hold his hand.
" Take Go jang mi off, what are you going to do with her?" Ask the empress to the grand concubine.
" Be calm empress, Servant will not do anything to your lady, I do not need to dirty the hand of a servant for a lowly maid. Enough servant girl who will give lessons to the lowly lady, so that her mouth does not dare to be insolent again to the servant. However servant is the king's beloved woman, the king will not remain silent to anyone who dares to act insolent towards servant."
" The servant only helps the noble king take care of things that will trouble him, it is better for the servant-maid to teach the lowly servant a lesson than the king's majesty to intervene, to teach him a lesson." After saying that the grand concubine smiled in satisfaction giving a sly grin on her lips.
Hearing that the empress' heart was like sliced, sick but bloodless the empress was only worried, what would happen to the fate of the lady and her childhood friend.
The grand concubine glanced at the hand of the empress who was holding an unfinished handkerchief embroidered, then grabbed it and threw the handkerchief into the lake.
" Pardon the empress' servant, the servant unintentionally. Looks like your handkerchief got wet."
" Why do you always bother me and my ladies?" Asked the empress while holding back the tearful mouthpiece that was about to drip onto her cheek.
Listening to the question from the empress, then the grand concubine brought her face closer to the empress's face and whispered a word in the empress' ear.
"Because you have taken my place, I should be the empress instead of you. If only the queen mother and the previous king would accept me and not match the king with you I would have taken that position and I would not have stopped until that position came back to me."
Hearing the answer of the great concubine, the world seemed to collapse crumbled already the empress' heart until there was no more debris - fragments intact, if that glass may no longer be glued together.
Seeing the silent empress sculpting, made the grand concubine use the opportunity, to push the empress into the lake.
All the maids who saw the incident were shocked by the bravery of the grand concubine who pushed the empress into the lake. Including Go jang mi who immediately cried roaring - roar called his lord, and broke away from the paddle holding both hands. Go jang mi immediately ran towards the lake.
" Your highness.Her majesty." Go jang mi's cries continued to flood her cheeks.
Because the depth of the lake is quite deep, making the empress drown, especially the empress can not swim.
Coincidentally the King with eunuch Jang and his personal bodyguard, So joon, along with his accompaniment were passing through the park, and heard a noise from the direction of the lake. Then the king decided to see what was going on.
" What's going on?" Ask the king to all the ladies at the scene.
Instantly the grand concubine was made shocked by the sound of the king's banginda arriving. However, it is not the great concubine whose name is not able to reverse the facts. Instantly, the face of the great concubine was made as sad as possible and approached towards the king.
" His Majesty the empress, fell into the lake." Said the grand concubine while crying.
" How can the empress fall into the lake, even though there are many maids here? What are you doing, huh?" Shouting king.
" So joon quickly lift the empress." The king's orders to his guards.
So joon immediately threw himself into the lake and saved the empress. After successfully lifting the body of the empress to land, So joon immediately brought the body of the empress to be brought to his residence and immediately followed by Go jang mi.
Now the king, Grand concubine So joon, Go jang mi and eunuch Jang are in the empress' residence. They were waiting for the healer who was checking the state of the empress.
" What exactly happened to the grand concubine? How could the empress fall into the lake?" Ask king.
" Servant apologies, your majesty, I will tell you the truth, but your majesty must promise me that if you hear this your majesty is not angry with you." Said the grand concubine still in her sad fashion.
" Of course my concubine."
" So when the servant was embroidering a handkerchief for his majesty, the empress came with her ladies and grabbed the handkerchief and threw it into the lake. Obviously the servant is angry but the empress does not accept and will push the servant into the lake, but the servant can avoid and instead become a fallen empress."
" It should be the servant who falls into the lake, forgive the noble servant." Clearly the grand concubine while hiccupping.
Hearing the grand concubine's explanation, it clearly immediately made the king angry and hate the empress even more.
Seeing the great concubine who kept crying, the king instantly grabbed the body of the great concubine and carried into her arms trying to calm her down.
" You don't have to worry, I won't blame you. It's all because of his own actions."
" But you - li - a." Said Jang mi who tried to explain immediately cut off by the palace Physician who just finished examining the empress.
" Pardon the noble servant, the condition of the queen of keritis I do not know when the petmaisuri will be conscious."