The Examination of Love for a Princess
Chapter 25's
A few months later.
Myungsoo accompanies Sowon to learn to write poetry, while he studies the country files that will be given to Kyuhyun who just returned to the palace yesterday.
"Your writing is good Sowon. How did you learn to write this? " ask Myungsoo half in praise.
"I learned when I was 10. But now I feel that this is useless because I am far from my parents, hyks.." replied Sowon crying.
"Hey, why are you crying" said Myungsoo, wiping away Sowon's tears.
"I just miss them, I've been in the palace for 3 months and I've only been away from them this time"
"If there's any time I'll take you home, or I'll have the Queen mother take them to the palace. So don't cry" said Myungsoo pulling Sowon into his arms.
"Good, so it turns out like this is your attitude behind me" said Suzy who had been in the room since when Myungsoo's private library followed by Minri and Eunha who smiled happily to see Suzy angry,Sohee just watched silently.
"Yaa kim Suzy, you misunderstood. Sowon only missed her parents, so I hugged her to calm her down"
"Just tell me if you like him, you say he just misses his parents. Then what about me who has no parents, do I complain when I miss him? Do you care if I miss him every time"
"Zy, you're just jealous don't blame Sowon. Your jealousy is too much for Sowon. It's not what you think it is"
"What am I thinking? You guys are annoying" said Suzy with her silat kicking Sowon into the air which was immediately captured by Myungsoo because if not then surely Sowon will fall.
"You okay, Sowon?"
"I'm fine Myung"
"Go ahead, come with me now" said Myungsoo clutching Suzy's hand and taking her out, making Sowon and her two ladies smile for a while and then putting on a normal face again when he saw Sohee who was still there.
Myungsoo released his grip on Suzy's hand when they reached their room.
"You're why exactly? Your jealousy is excessive when you know my heart is only for you, me and Sowon cannot be husband and wife in general. Then can't we be friends? Tell me what am I supposed to do? You scared me to death" said Myungsoo, who was in his room seat.
"Before you feel dead, my heart has even died first because of my misfortune in this palace." Suzy replied.
"How can you talk like that? I'm filled with guilt and fear every day, you should be excited not to make everyone worry about you. Didn't you promise to forget that grudge? I suffer every day?" myungsoo said with a frustrated face.
"Suffered what? I see you're happy with Sowon. Every day someone accompanies you, serves you, already so she is beautiful, meek and smart inversely proportional to me who can not do anything." Suzy replied turning her back to Myungsoo by facing herself to the window.
"You're talking again" said Myungsoo standing up to Suzy who was still standing in her position.
"What's? You really like it. She cried for her family you've sympathized so far, then what about me who every day misses my parents who were murdered and I have to acknowledge the killer as my family. Can you think of that? What do you think is that only he has parents and I don't" Suzy snapped as she looked fiercely at Myungsoo.
"Zy don't do this. I should how? He lives with me, there's no way I can ignore him. Tell me what to do if all I can't do" said Myungsoo holding both hands Suzy.
"You forced it? I'm not forcing because it all depends on you"
"I've been too sick and you don't understand, just keep blaming me. I'm like the one who's split into two parts right now"
"You feel guilty but you're more concerned about him. You said you were split into two means it signifies that your heart is now split into two. You used to be mine and you said you'd always be, but now you're saying something else. Now only half of you are left for me, Go and don't come here." said Suzy pushed Myungsoo out and locked the door of her room while crying, Suzy leaned against the door as well as Myungsoo who also leaned behind the door. Both turned to each other at the door.
"Oh my god, how should I? I know it's a mother's trap but how can I avoid it. Am I really stupid? Why did I let myself into the mother-of-law's trap"
The queen mother along with Sowon sat in the mother queen pavilion while enjoying the afternoon view. The queen mother had sent Eunji and her ladies to leave.
"How has your relationship with Myungsoo developed?" ask the queen mother.
"She was so cold that she was noble, her heart was very hard to touch. Although we were together every day and he was kind but his heart felt filled with Suzy" replied Sowon honestly.
"I poisoned her so she couldn't get pregnant, but who would have thought if she got pregnant and miscarried on Myungsoo's day and you got married . My hopes are so great for you Sowon because you're a gentle, broad-minded girl and Myungsoo fits you perfectly"
"But how is it noble? It is not easy to get rid of Suzy from Myungsoo's heart. Their love is too strong to be separated. It's hard for me to enter their relationship"
"Give this potion to the tea, then he will be aroused when he sees you and will do it to you. You love her, don't you?" said the queen mother gave a small package to Sowon.
"Mom, I have loved Myungsoo so much since I first saw him at the palace"
"good. Use this opportunity carefully, you should be able to get pregnant soon so that it's easy for us to get rid of Suzy"
"Your highness, I will carry out your orders well"
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Nightfall.
Myungsoo had just returned to his pavilion, after a day of correcting the reports he had been working on for several days while Kyuhyun was away meeting in another city.
Sowon and her lady-in-waiting greeted Myungsoo, Suzy just listened to him and peeked out of the hallway of her room.
"Young, I've prepared your bath water and dinner for you" Sowon said.
"Nde, but I'm not hungry yet" said Myungsoo glanced at Suzy's room but Suzy snarled and went back into the room.
"Bring, I'll prepare some warm tea before going to bed. There's something important I want to talk about"
"alright. I'll take a shower and then we'll talk."
"You guys out. Let me serve Prince Myungsoo" Sowon commanded his two ladies.
"Nde mistress"
Myungsoo finished his bath, approaching Sowon who had prepared tea and snacks for him.
"What do you want to talk about?"
"The Queen mother kept asking me about our first night, I seemed to give a less precise answer so it made her dissatisfied. The queen mother said if I lied then I had lied to the king, she said my parents would also be punished? And maybe..."
"And what?"
"And maybe the queen mother will remove Suzy's sister from this palace. Are we married? You don't really want me"
"I'm..."
"No matter if you want me or not, tonight you have to give me Myung's right."
"Please Sowon, no one can force my heart's desire."
"I'm a respectable girl, I'm so ashamed to have been married all this time but I'm still a virgin to this day"
"But I can't, I don't love you Sowon. I love Suzy."
"No matter if you love me or not. I beg Myung not to torture me like this, please give me a child. Even if you don't love me at least I have a part of you"
"Sorry Sowon but..."
"Drink your tea to relax Myung" said Sowon gave the tea he made while rejoicing. Before long Myungsoo felt his body heating up to hold back his desire, even the sight of his eyes becoming blurry, he saw Sowon as the figure of Suzy. And....
# I can't shadow nc myung with other people so in this cut yes.
In the morning, Eunha and Minri peek at her master's room with a smile. A curious Suzy took a peek at what was interesting for the two Sowon ladies. Suzy is shocked to see the sight that Eunha and Minri are looking at, they see the scene where Myungsoo and Sowon embrace under a blanket that Suzy believes is not wearing anything.
"Make it like it still says innocence to me. Traitor, coward, loser. Damn it" Suzy said in a heart that then ran out of the pavilion, which Jia and Chaekyung chased.
"Where is your princess going? You haven't had breakfast" cried Jian and Chaekyung whose beacons made Myungsoo awaken.
"Suzy" said Myungsoo immediately woke up and sat down. He was surprised to see her naked state with Sowon.
"Young, thank you for making my wish come true"
"You're gonna set me up"
"What are you talking about? Didn't you agree to it last night"
"You." said Myungsoo who immediately looked for his clothes, after wearing his clothes he immediately ran out looking for Suzy.
Myungsoo wandered around looking for Suzy, questioning every ladyboy and soldier he met in the castle. But no one saw and knew Suzy was there. It was frustrating to find Eunji at the house of the queen mother where Eunji was preparing breakfast and the needs of the queen mother along with several other ladies.
"Well, what's up here so early? Are you any need with the Queen mother. He was still sleeping, if you want to meet you can come back later" asked Eunji who walked up to him because she was told by the maids of the queen pavilion that Myungsoo had come looking for him.
"I'm looking for Suzy. Didn't he see you? I've been looking for her everywhere? But I can't find it yet" Myungsoo replied with worry.
"I haven't seen him. He didn't come here either? What was? Are you guys fighting"
"The story is long, it's more serious than just fighting Eunji. I don't know where to tell stories? He got angry and left, I've been looking for him everywhere but nothing. The guard said they didn't see Suzy coming out but she wasn't anywhere. If he's here, please keep him from leaving again and let me know immediately"
"Did you hurt her?" now Eunji asked Myungsoo after noticing Myungsoo's attitude.
"Yes, I hurt him. Since Sowon's arrival in the pavilion, every day I've made him sad." said Myungsoo felt guilty.
"She won't come to me even if she wants to tell a story and meet me, but she really hates this house of the queen mother" Eunji said as he watched the queen mother's pavilion. "She now can't tell anyone about her suffering, Sohee is in her in-laws' house and no matter how big the palace she'll have no place to tell because so many spies see her."
"How do you think? I'm really not calm. Help me Eunji?"
"I think he is currently hiding in a corner, somewhere inside this palace, he must be grieving himself. We'll have the ladies and gentlemen go around the palace looking for him"
"In this palace it's so wide and so many corners, how do we find where he is?"
"Find one by one every corner of the palace, do not give up easily is not your love not as shallow as the palace pool "
"good. Must have to be like this. I'll ask Suzy's loyal lady-in-waiting and Suzy's favorite guard to search every corner of the palace"
"Nde, I hope we find out where he is soon"
"I'll say goodbye then" said Myungsoo leaving the queen mother's pavilion.
"The fate of the woman in the palace is very unfortunate. Suzy where are you? I'm worried about you, please hang on" Eunji said in a sad heart and worried for Suzy.
Suzy who is being sought turns out to come to the palace where Alex and Consort Chang live, because their place is the safest to hide. Consort Chang's palace was far from the main palace.
"Alex, Chang's concubine" said Suzy came immediately greeted by loyal maidservants chang concubine.
"Mr princess, what's wrong with you?" said Han's half-century-old lady-in-waiting to Suzy who was in a mess.
"Aunt Han I'm not strong" said Suzy who was chaotic and weak and powerful.
"Call the noble concubine Chang and young master Alex" shouted Han's lady-in-waiting to call their master immediately. Soon the young lady called Alex and Consort Chang. Dayang Han brought Suzy to sit down.
"Suzy, what's wrong with you?" said concubine Chang approached Suzy and sat down beside her. Followed by Alex who also sat down to give a drink to Suzy. "Drink the new noona of the story"
"Quiet, quiet talk" Consort Chang pulled Suzy into her arms.
"Consort Chang, I'm not strong. Myungsoo betrayed me.. He said it was only mine and would not love Sowon but he had deceived me. I want to get out of the palace but outside it's heavily guarded, I don't have any more friends to talk to. Myungsoo traitor, parents I don't have, sister goes. I haven't had anything since Sowon came, I've lost everything"
"No, you still have me and mom"
"Nde, Alex is right. You can tell us anything. Zy listen to me even though Myungsoo remarried but I know he loves you so much"
"I've lost her since she married Sowon."
"Zy being part of the palace you have to be ready. Just like me and the empress find it difficult to reach noble love. You have myungsoo's love what you're afraid of"
"I don't care if Sowon wants to be first or second wife, she gets the title of princess, mistress or queen I don't care. But I really love Myungsoo, for her sake I parted with my brother, for her sake I have to swallow pain, for her sake I am stuck living in the palace. But Sowon is better than me, she likes everyone and all loves her even Myungsoo to such an extent. Competing to give up even though I also lost to Sowon"
"Noona, don't be sad. I will always defend you even if they defend Sowon whose attitude sucks my ass, I'm still on your side"
"Zy you're a good girl, someday you'll live happily. If yours then Myungsoo will still be yours no matter how much Sowon tries to reach it. So relax"
"If it's not mine, then I have to leave Myungsoo because I can't reach it anymore. Isn't concubine Chang?"
"Right, it took me a long time to understand that. But you've understood for a second"
"I am so tormented by this life, I really love king Hwanhee like my father because he was so kind to me but now my outlook towards him is beginning to change, to say good can't"
"When do you have to talk to Myungsoo, anyway? There is no problem that cannot be solved with a cold head. Don't let anger take you"
"Aniya-aniya I don't want to go home first. Concubine Chang please don't say anything to them if I'm here. Please please"
"Mother, let noona here for a while. Poor him. He needs to calm down"
"alright. You can stay here for a while and we'll keep your mouth shut that you're here. So calm down"
"Kamsa hamida concubine chang, Alex you guys are really nice to me"
"Aunt Han, please prepare a room for the princess and you should not let anyone open their voice saying that Suzy's daughter is here" concubine Chang ordered her ladies.
"Good yangmulia. Your orders will be executed"
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Myungsoo is still upset at himself because Suzy has not been found as well for 3 days, Myungsoo really feels stupid because his stupidity makes Suzy go and make him worry.
"Where did it go, my God, Kim Suzy where are you now? Please come back. I would kiss your feet to get you back" Myungsoo said in his heart as he paced back and forth.
"Forgiving us princes, we've searched every corner of the palace but couldn't find it until now" Jia said timidly.
"How could he not exist, the guard said he did not go out of the palace. So he was still in the instant" snapped Myungsoo who was still anxious.
"I've been looking into the house of princess Sohee there is nothing, it's true the front guards are very tight so it's impossible to get out unless princess Suzy transformed into a bird, but we've been going around looking for him in every corner of the palace" Jia said.
"Nde, my prince has also come to the empress and princess Miura. They also did not see the princess at all" Chaekyung added.
"Prince, princess Suzy is not a child anymore. He also knows the way home why you are so anxious, you should have breakfast first with Miss Sowon" Eunha said a little sneaky glance at the lady Suzy.
"How dare you set me up"
"Please forgive the prince, I dare not. I'm just suggesting that because Mrs Sowon is waiting for you to have breakfast"
"Shut up, if I don't want to punish you"
"Nde prince"
Sowon's loyal dayang named Eunha immediately fell silent.
"Young.... We have found Suzy" Sohee and Eunji shouted as they ran towards the Myungsoo pavilion.
"Honor Princess Suzy, respect Miss Eunji. May it be prosperous"
"no need. Myung we found Suzy"
"Where is he?"
"She was at the court of concubines Chang and Alex. I saw her playing silat with Alex, let's go get her" asked Eunji to pull Myungsoo's hand.
"Let's hurry" said Myungsoo, pulling Sohee and Eunji's hands to run with him quickly to the palace where Chang and Alex's concubines live.
The Chang concubine pavilion.
Suzy and Alex are writing poetry together, more precisely Alex teaches Suzy to write and memorize poetry. Consort Chang just smiled looking at the cute Suzy in memorizing the poem.
"Suzy, don't be emotional. I can explain everything" Myungsoo shouted as he entered Chang's concubine's house.
"Honor prince Myungsoo, daughter of Sohee and Miss Eunji. May you be well" said loyal lady-in-waiting concubine Chang.
"Wakeup"
"Why did you get here? Doesn't anyone know I'm here. They also shut up" said Suzy ketus.
"I want to take you home, let's solve our problems at our house Zy"
"I don't want to go home, it's clear what you want to prove?"
"Zy, talk about this matter you guys are fine, husband and wife is not good to keep fighting" said concubine Chang mediated the quarrel Suzy and Myungsoo. "Let's bring Suzy home, and talk about it without emotion"
"Mother, hyung can hurt noona again if they go home" Alex pleads for Suzy not to take Myungsoo away, but concubine Chang shakes a sign so Alex does not interfere.
"Zy, let's go home don't torture me. I'm suffering, please" Myungsoo said pulling Suzy's arm, but was pushed aside and Suzy shouted. "Are you saying I tortured you or you tortured me ha, you care about Sowon and don't care about me. Are you pretending to forget"
"Zy, calm yourself, don't get emotional. Myungsoo didn't even sleep 3 days and kept looking for you. Is that not enough?" eunji said patiently.
"True, he didn't even eat, didn't drink and just kept looking for you here and there. Home yaa?" added Sohee.
"Zy, I never betrayed you. I'm...."
"I don't believe you, I've seen everything with my own eyes what's going on"
"If I swear by my blood on behalf of God, do you still not believe if I do not betray you. My heart still remains for you and I'm trapped. If I didn't care for you I wouldn't have looked for you, wouldn't have defended you when you were troublemaking. If I don't care then I've divorced you won't come around looking for you and won't look for where you are." cried Myungsoo in front of Suzy.
"Zy, as long as Myungsoo is always by your side? Myungsoo is your love and your sustenance, so don't ignore him anymore. Let's go home, I'm afraid that if you get caught by the queen mother then concubine Chang will get in trouble" Eunji persuaded confused Suzy.
"Already, let's go home" Sohee said, pulling Suzy to follow her out of the palace where Consort Chang lived with Eunji.
"We say hello to concubine Chang" said Myungsoo who followed the three women.
Myungsoo Pavilion.
The four of them will enter already greeted Sowon with his two loyal ladies and gentlemen, Eunha and Minri.
"sister welcome. Have you guys had breakfast? Eunha has prepared breakfast for sister, brother Sohee and Myungsoo. Does Miss Eunji want breakfast here too"
"I have to go back to the house of the queen mother, she has nothing to look after. Next time it's Sowon. Suzy, I'll go home and we'll talk again. Ok"
"OK!"
"I'm a pamper"
"Miss Eunji hasn't slept all night, breakfast first I'll talk if sur asks" Sowon said, threateningly.
"This pavilion is not a stage, and it is not where you rule. If you behave as you please, peek and eavesdrop on my every conversation and report to the queen mother then I will break your legs and make you regret. Is this me or are you in power? I can do it. Jia Chaekyung sets up a board to hit Eunha and Minri" Myungsoo said, making Jia and Chaekyung smile.
"Yangmulia, what's my fault? The queen mother asked me to report so I reported" Eunha asked in a timid tone.
"You obey the order of the queen mother and you can't obey me? This is not my queen's pavilion. Then I will punish you with the rules in this pavilion, if you fight then I will increase the blow"
"Prince, I beg you to forgive me" said Minri who had knelt before Myungsoo and the others. Eunha also follows Minri.
"Slow down, I hate the complainant. After I hit please report to the queen mother if Suzy's daughter disappears, as long as you guys still have a strong punch"
"Prince, please forgive us. We will not report again to the noble queen mother, we promise"
"Yung, if the queen mother finds out then everything will be complicated. However, they used to work in the queen's pavilion" Sowon said as if caring.
"Sowon's right, you should apologize when you realize your mistake. Don't be a complainant" Eunji told Eunha and Minri.
"Please forgive the prince, I deserve to die. I won't repeat it again"
"Prince the board and the staff are ready in the yard"
"Myung, forgive them" persuaded Sowon to hold Myungsoo's hand to beg him not to hit his loyal maids.
"Young, you've been angry for a few days. Why anger involves them. Zy, accompany Myungsoo in the room. Hurry along!" sohee's words force Suzy and Myungsoo into their room.
"Let's go in, let them" Suzy said, prompting Myungsoo to come in.
"You want me to forgive those who are rude to you Zy, they are always watching you and have bad intentions for you" Myungsoo shouted as he looked at Suzy as if she was rude.
"Prince please forgive us, we promise not to report, watch, peep, eavesdrop and scorn again. Please forgive the prince"
"Because of looking at Suzy's daughter who has no issue, then I forgive you both. Quickly leave before me before I change my mind"
"Well prince" said Eunha and Minri immediately went out.
"See you go back to the queen's pavilion, I'll be there later. I'll solve the problem first"
"good. I-i understand. I go first" said Eunji who then left the Myungsoo pavilion followed by Suzy's loyal lady-in-waiting who also left the room.
"Sowon I'm grateful you're helping my sister"
"Sowon you may not understand my love for Suzy, but I want to end this."
"Myungsoo, I don't care if you're with Suzy's sister but you also have to understand me. My parents are honorable parents so I don't want to embarrass them. You go with your sister but remember that I'm yours forever" Sowon says, upset, leaving behind Myungsoo, Suzy and Sohee.
"Sowon has a problem too. And you have to understand that" Sohee said. "You rest in the room, I'll see the empress"
"Be careful"
