The Examination of Love for a Princess

Chapter 18's

Two years later.

Currently the palace is planning their spring break to the palace villa in Daegu, Sohee and Suzy are of course happy to visit their home even though it is a bit far from the palace villa.

Suzy and Sohee opened the gate of her old house happily because they missed their old house so much, they came not only together but they took Myungsoo, Sungjong, Seungho, and they took her in, Eunji is also Alex with them. They want to know where Sohee and Suzy grew up.

"Auntie, we're home" Suzy shouted after opening her door.

"Miss, you guys are home. Aunt misses you guys so much. Ever since you went to the palace 3 years ago, you have not heard from me" said their house-warming aunt who immediately ran to hug them. "Who did you bring here?"

"Auntie, meet this Myungsoo she's my sister and also Suzy's husband, this is Alex my sister, this is Seungho Suzy bi's brother and this is Eunji Seungho's lover and the palace relatives. And my last husband was Sungjong"

"Sungho you're an adult, you go anywhere, son, your mother used to tell you. Sohee's mom kept looking for you but never found you" said the aunt, who was already holding Seungho's cheek.

"Mian aunty. I'm coming with uncle to Sokcho. I've been looking for you all along" Seungho replied holding the aunt's hand.

"You guys are naughty too. Getting married doesn't tell aunty" the aunt said again, staring at Suzy and Sohee.

"Mian aunty. We got married impromptu" Suzy said while grinning at her housekeeper's aunt.

"Please sit. I will prepare food and drinks for you" said the house's aunt immediately shot into the kitchen to make drinks. Followed by Sohee.

"Noona, your house is simple but nice. I think I'll be comfortable living here." said Alex who looked around the tiny but beautiful Suzy and Sohee house with lots of plants in the yard.

"Mother Kim seems to love gardening. This house has a lot of beautiful flower plants" said Seungho who also enjoys the scenery around through the window.

"Hm. Want to harvest oranges in the garden sak? Gardening is also a lot more types of vegetables that we grow" said Suzy.

"Later Zy, after us from the tomb of Kim's mother, Bae's mother and Bae's father" said Sohee who had brought drinks for them. "Drink, you must be tired." continued Sohee handed them a glass of tea.

"alright. It seems like I was too excited hihi" Suzy's words made everyone laugh.

The wall clock shows at 14:10, Suzy and Sohee have invited others to climb the hill where their family graves lie. Walk for 30 minutes to get to where they are headed. Alex and Eunji wait for them in the garden to harvest vegetables and oranges because they do not want to disturb, they go with the aunt who is at the family home Suzy and Sohee.

Tombs.

Suzy looked at the 3 tombs in front of her, she lowered her head to clean the grass that began to spread over their mother's face, Sohee poured wine and put flowers that had been prepared from home. Suzy and Sohee kneel in front of the graves of her three favorite people followed by Seungho, Myungsoo and Sungjong behind them.

"Mother Kim, Mother Bae and Father Bae. I've been able to find brother, I brought him here to visit you. Forgive me if long time does not come to see you guys because we have not had time" said Suzy began to shed tears.

"We're here with Seungho's brother and also our husband. I already had another son when he could be taken I'll bring him here to see you. You don't worry about us being here" Sohee said wisely.

"Dad, mother and mother Kim sorry I just got to see you. I've been trying to find you all this time but I didn't find you. Lucky my lover took them so we could meet and gather."

"Mother-in-law, father-in-law and mother Kim. Myungsoo saluted those of you who just visited you this time. You don't worry about Sohee and Suzy because I'll take care of them with all my heart, with all my body"

"Mother-in-law, Bae's mother and Bae's father. I'm Sungjong Sohee's husband. Thank you for taking care of Sohee until we meet, you guys don't worry because I'll just love and take care of her with my life"

The five of them worshiped and prayed for a while, Suzy continued sobbing until Myungsoo did not let go of her embrace for a while.

Orchards.

After the grave, the five of them went after the housekeeper's aunt, who had accompanied Eunji and Alex in the garden. Suzy took the basket and invited Myungsoo to pick the orange fruit.

"You wanna try? It's so sweet" said Suzy, who had picked oranges and opened them for Myungsoo. "Try, this is sweet" continued Suzy reached out her hand to feed the orange, but Myungsoo was still hesitant to eat it. "What do you doubt, eat quickly" Suzy grumbled as she forced Myungsoo to swallow the orange.

"Sweet" said Myungsoo when he felt the fruit stuffed Suzy into his mouth.

"What I said. This is our own crop Myung. Everything we have here we grow ourselves"

"Wow you're a peasant girl turned out"

"of course. I'll harvest it to take to the palace villa tomorrow."

"Hmmm they must love it"

"Hey, you guys don't just date. Let's harvest noona's fruit. I've harvested a lot" cried Alex who made everyone laugh because his innocence disturbed Suzy and Myungsoo who were not far from their place.

"You're this. Look out" said Myungsoo while chasing Alex who had run in the field.

"Hehe"

"Let's go home in the afternoon, auntie has to prepare dinner for you."

"Nde"

At Suzy and Sohee's house.

Suzy, Sohee and Eunji help the aunt cook dinner in the kitchen, while Alex, Myungsoo, Sungjong and Seungho take turns showering because the bathroom in this house is only one.

Sohee arranged all the dinners that had been cooked by the aunt and the three of them to serve delicious food. After Sohee and the others took a bath, they had dinner together.

"The taste of the village turned out to be delicious too. Hmm diistana where there is a simple meal like this"

"You're right Alex, but this food is very delicious, but the dish is all too complicated. In the palace eating lettuce leaves alone should not be, even though it is good for the vocal cords. Noodles are also not allowed when it's my favorite food, they always say noodles a lot of disease"

"You just eat as much as you, Zy still here. We won't tell the palace if you eat what haha forbids" Sungjong said.

"True, eat until satisfied. Tomorrow we go back to the palace villa and you won't be able to eat lettuce anymore"

"Alright, Kim Suzy will eat a lot today" Suzy said excitedly, making others always laugh at her behavior.

Finish the dinner.

They sat in the side yard enjoying the warm tea that Eunji brought on the tray. Suzy and Sohee were preparing a room for them to rest, their small house only had 1 main room and 2 medium-sized rooms. Aunty who works cleaning and guarding the house every afternoon also goes home to her house next door Suzy and Sohee.

"House is small but cool. It's comfortable"

"Hmmm. Although not as big as diistana. The living room is very narrow"

"Drink your tea, the spring breeze is full. You can catch a cold" said Eunji thrusting tea to them.

"Gomawo" said Seungho.

"Nde, they look so happy. Seems like the noble king of Hwanhee was deliberately on holiday to this area? Not usually he took to the villa Daegu, more often to the villa in Itaewon" reply Eunji put another tea in a small garden next to the house.

"Dad may want to remember concubine Kim, not that first love is hard to forget. I'm not even sure you really love my mom even though she's the empress, but Kim's dad and concubine have known me longer than my mom. I must have suffered from loneliness waiting for my father's love" said Myungsoo, who was standing next to the side door.

"Hyung, my mother is also like the empress even though she is the youngest wife and the 7th concubine. But the mother once said, a married woman must be ready to take her husband to her husband's family home, because she is not only married to the man, she is not only, unless she's married to her entire family so don't feel lonely. Fathers may love our mothers only with a moment's interest but see the wisdom behind it all, we have many brothers. Love alone will not be enough if you do not have the courage to fight and survive. See from all the concubines only my mother survived in the palace, it was because my mother considered all her family so that she did not feel lonely not because of luxury or power but because she got a big family" alex patted Myungsoo on the shoulder after advising him.

"Wow our prince Alex turns out his mind is very mature, even though he is still young" pleaded Eunji.

"You guys are so exciting" said Suzy who approached them after cleaning the room with Sohee.

"Just talk normally. Your house is very cool and comfortable" Myungsoo replied.

"of course. We pass it lovingly every day, even though our lives are mediocre. Although we work every day with a small salary but we are happy"

"You are such an amazing woman"

"Aish you are. Let's go in, Sohee and I cleaned up the room. The night wind is not good for health"

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The palace villa.

By 10 they 7 (Suzy, Sohee, Eunji, Myungsoo, Sungjong, Seungho and Alex) had arrived at the palace villa. Aided by the servants Suzy and others took down fresh fruits and vegetables that had been prepared to be brought as souvenirs.

"You have returned young master and princess." asked the guard Vila as they got out of the car.

"We just stayed overnight, wanted to visit our family's grave" Sohee replied.

"Uncle, please put fruits and vegetables in the trunk of the car, take them to the kitchen" Myungsoo ordered.

"Nde, the orders will be carried out."

Then they entered the villa where in the courtyard of the villa concubine Chang and the empress were sitting while sorting vegetables and groceries for lunch, they did not bring a lady-in-waiting except the queen mother, so they do everything themselves during their vacation in Daegu. In Daegu villa there are only a few guards and one chef because they rarely do family holidays here.

"You came back sooner than planned?" ask the empress to stand up from her seat.

"We think sooner is better. There we did nothing, just looking at the state of the house and garden that you have. It turned out that the house-waiting aunt took good care of her" Sohee replied.

"You've visited the tomb of the 3rd concubine, haven't you?"

"Nde mom. We have all visited the tomb of the 3rd concubine and the graves of Suzy's parents as my mother said, this I should have done long before marriage. Because it was an impromptu moment that could come now" said Myungsoo while holding hands tightly Suzy and glancing at her who also glanced at Myungsoo sad.

"We also garden and bring fruits and vegetables that we harvest ourselves." said Alex cheerfully approached concubine Chang and the empress, she stood between her mothers.

"really?" ask Consort Chang.

"We add a lot to the experience at home noona all day, in the palace where we can like that ma'am, Hyung asked the guard to take her to the kitchen later can I cook everything" Alex cheerful replied.

"Where is the noble king and queen mother? Why not look?" ask Myungsoo again.

"They were going around to see the farm in this village, at lunch they would also definitely return. You rest for a while because you must be tired, later I will call you if lunch is ready" replied concubine Chang bringing cooking ingredients to the kitchen with the empress

"I will help the noble" said Eunji following concubine Chang and the empress to the kitchen.

Elsewhere, the king of Hwanhee and his queen mother were walking around the farm in the Daegu region. The two of them watched the lush and good farm in the region, while greeting the people the two also chatted casually in the hut the farmer had made for a break.

"Yangmulia, is there anything I want to say? Can you listen to me"

"Nde mama, do you want to tell Ananda? Ananda will listen"

"Suzy had a miscarriage, and it's been 2 years, but she's not pregnant anymore, so we should not find a concubine for Myungsoo. I'm afraid Myungsoo won't have children if he stays with Suzy, it will ruin his reputation as a prince"

"Mama, you remember concubine Chang also experienced our first daughter's miscarriage, she also waited a long time to give birth to Alex who had an amazing attitude to the world"

"But the girl was not clear of her origin other than the girl in the foster of the 3rd concubine. I'm gonna find a way to get Myungsoo to get married again"

"Mama, they're young so having a child now or later is not a problem. Mama remembers if it wasn't for Suzy then Myungsoo wouldn't be with us until now"

"It was Myungsoo's fault that was not careful. Suzy could have used that to her own advantage, I still don't like her being Myungsoo's wife at any time"

"If Myungsoo wants to get married again let it be of his will. Not because of palace compulsion, I was disappointed Suzy miscarried but I also loved her like my own daughter. Please understand mama"

"Don't because she's the adopted daughter of the woman you love, you love her adopted son too. Look at your loyal empress, what she lacks until you love that cheating concubine so much"

"I've tried to love the empress but blame my heart for not being able to love a woman as well as the empress who has given birth to 3 children for me. I'm just a normal human mama who has one heart, I was stupid not to love a woman as good as the queen even though I tried it a long time ago, my heart already loves concubine Kim very deeply. Although concubine Kim was expelled accused of cheating, but I'm sure she's not so mama."

"Whatever, you are indeed stupid and blind because of love" said the queen mother angry and immediately left the king of Hwanhee who was still silent to see the surrounding scenery.

"You will not understand how my mother tried to love the queen who has been faithful all this time, has been devoted to me and bear the heavy duty as empress since a young age, maybe he even knows that my heart still loves other women. I'm guilty but I can't lie to my heart that loved Sohee's mother for so long. A lot of wives doesn't mean I can love them fairly but because I respect your choice mama and I love their gentle nature"

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Today is their last day of vacation in the Daegu region. The queen mother went home first with lady Choi because she wanted to travel to Ansan region to visit her best friend. Seungho returns to Socho because it's bad to leave his uncle's house for too long.

The night before returning home Suzy and Sohee take Myungsoo, Sungjong and Eunji for a walk to buy Daegu's sovenirs and trinkets to take home to the palace. They visit from one store to another store to look for items that fit to be taken home.

"You can choose what you want. Auntie gave me some farm money so I'll buy what you guys want to buy" Suzy said excitedly as she sorted through the items.

"Well you're arrogant noona, you've got money right now." Alex grumbled with a laugh.

"really"

"Because Suzy wants to buy us. Let's drain the money. How's it?" sohee said with a teasing smile.

"Come, we shop as much" said another. Then they split up looking for the item they wanted to buy cheerfully.

Returning to shop for souvenirs to be taken back to the palace, they take a walk to the lake suseong that displays the beauty of cherry blossoms blooming in spring, and then they will be able to visit the palace, they walk the woody streets and see the fountain show that adds to the beauty of the lake. Suzy and Sohee invite others to eat while looking at the beauty of the scenery displayed by Suseong lake.

"Order what you want? While enjoying the scenery here which is always beautiful in spring" said Suzy with a smile.

"Whatever do you want to order? We'll come along. We don't know good food" Myungsoo told the others.

"Well, our uncle ordered a very spicy meat soup, bulbogi, galbi, samgyeopsal, kimchi jjiggae, theobboki, fried mandu, soju drink"

"Ready lady"

"You two come here a lot?"

"Not Sungjong, we only occasionally if we are tired of wanting entertainment. We're here to make money to pay my mother's debt"