The Hidden Crown Prince

chapter 1. You are the best

"You done yet?" Eun Seo asked Yu Hwa who was washing the blankets.

"Already," replied Yu Hwa. They immediately stepped up the river stones.

The atmosphere this morning is very bright, the birds chirping merrily and the splashing sound of the river flow that adds to the beauty this morning.

Two servants were carrying buckets that were quite heavy, so they decided to take a short break.

"Ahh, when are we in the lyrics of Raja huh?" eun Seo said with a small smile.

"Jeez, watch your talk! could-can you be pasung by the King's soldiers" Yu Hwa's eyes swept around, afraid that someone would hear Eun Seo's sassy speech.

"You're too worried about Yu Hwa, just relax. It's lonely in here"

"Even though it's quiet, you still have to watch your talk!"

"Do you want to be paired with Miss Hyung?"

Yu Hwa's memory goes back to a few months ago, right where a lowly servant in the shackle law was simply due to being disrespectful to the King.

A servant joked only with his friend and alluded to the name of the King, and so he could come to the law and die a terrible death.

That incident was enough to make Yu Hwa very traumatized and afraid, since then he did not dare to mention the name "King" from his thin mouth.

He is just a lowly servant who tries hard to support his parents, his father is sickly and in need of drugs that are not cheap.

Yu Hwa was very grateful to be able to enter the palace, even though his life always felt threatened here. At least thus the treatment of both parents is not interrupted.

It is true said people, inside the walls of the kingdom a lot of ears and eyes that lurk. So we must be able to take care of ourselves by not speaking carelessly and doing orders from outside.

Many lowly servants are punished for the same mistake, they are suspected of being spies. They have absolutely no idea what they are doing.

All they knew was to do the task with fantastic rewards, hence in order to avoid the bad things, Yu Hwa had never hung out with many servants.

Yu Hwa was very fond of reading, so she went to the royal library often. That's when he was with Nonanya. The Miss already thought of her as her own sister so, when the Miss everywhere was always Yu Hwa who accompanied.

Yu Hwa was very grateful to have a kind and friendly Miss, unlike her friends who were often treated badly by the King's concubines.

Some concubines always act proud and do not hesitate to punish their servants in public.

Yeah ... Indeed this is how beautiful life in the palace, those outside are competing to enter. The one inside was always worried about his life.

They do not know, a person who is always in the gymnastics heart because of the strict rules, the number of rivals and many intruders who enter disguised as soldiers.

"Yuk already!, we're back" Yu Hwa asked.

He did not want to linger on rest because it was soon Miss Miyong's lunch hour.

"Well, come!" Eun Seo got up from her seat and stepped up the ramp.

Both feet of Yu Hwa felt very tired, a lot of sweat came out of his body, especially on the forehead.

Her sweat surfed beautifully on Yu Hwa's smooth skin, her chest blooming from enduring fatigue.

the uphill road and the heavy burden it carried made Yu Hwa's spirit almost escape from his body.

Her body was very limp at the moment, Eun Seo who was staring at Yu Hwa just a small smile looking at her friend who was born half dead.

"Eat him, eat a lot. It's not strong, it's weak" Eun Seo said.

"Whatever it is, I go straight to sleep" Yu Hwa smiled faintly.

How not? when he was full, his sleepy eyes could not stand. That's why he never had breakfast if he wasn't really hungry.

After struggling so hard to bring the bucket containing clean laundry Yu and Eun immediately sun it.

"Yu Hwa, you're called Miss Miyong!" yelled one of his friends.

"Well, I'll be there soon," said Yu Hwa immediately stopped his activities.

Yu Hwa immediately tidied up her clothes and wiped off her sweat. He hastened his steps towards Miss Miyong's residence.

"I come Miss, may Miss always be happy" Yu Hwa said loudly and leaned both feet.

"Oh!, why are you still stiff like this, you're not my best friend.right?" Miss Miyong helped Yu Hwa to get up.

"But ..."

"Already, I don't want to hear anything anymore" Miss Miyong cut off Yu Hwa's remark unilaterally.

"Everything can come out. Yu Hwa is here!" miss Miyong said to all the servants in her room.

One by one the servants left Miyong's room. However, there was one servant who did not like the closeness of Miyong and Yu Hwa.

"But Miss, you can't be alone right now. Aren't there a lot of people after you?" said Ling's servant.

"I'm not alone, there's Yu Hwa accompanying me, after all I trust her a lot" Miss Miyong said firmly.

As Ling bowed half her body and parted out, her sharp eyes still fell on Yu Hwa who was bowed in fear.

Now only Yu Hwa and Miyong remained in the room. Miss stepped her feet closer to Yu Hwa who was currently bowed in fear.

"Hey! you don't have to be like Yu ..." Miyong raised Yu Hwa's face with both palms.

"Sorry Miss, right Ling said. I shouldn't be anywhere near Miss" Yu Hwa said with teary eyes.

"All you need to know is .. I'm comfortable and trust you, so wipe away those tears" Miyong said, wiping Yu Hwa's tears with both of her fingers.

"Look! because you're crying. I forgot my story for you" Miyong smiled kindly at Yu Hwa.

Miss Miyong was the Prince's most beautiful concubine.His beauty made the hearts of the other concubines envious.

Miyong's father's status as Prime Minister, made the King think of setting him up with the Crown Prince.

His father's considerable devotion to the kingdom made Miyong prepared to become the chief consort for the crown prince.

Every day Miyong is obliged to accompany the activities of the Prince to practice the sword so that the two can be closer. Upon completion Yu Hwa will be a loyal listener to all of Miyong's stories.

Just like at this moment, Miyong had already wanted to tell a lot about her handsome prince to Yu Hwa. With a sparkling face Miyong began to open her mouth and tell a story.

"You know? how handsome is Prince Ha Joon." Miyong sat on the chair while holding her face with both hands.

"Yes your Miss is very compatible" said Yu Hwa smiling kindly.

"You could have, I'm still very far from you. You're prettier if you wear makeup." Miyong smiled kindly at Yu Hwa.

"Let's make up!" Miyong forcibly pulled Yu Hwa's arm and told her to sit in front of the glass.

"Miss I beg you not, I don't deserve all this" Yu Hwa said.

Instantly Yu Hwa hugged Miyong's legs and pleaded, her tears streaming down her smooth cheeks.

"Jeez Yu Hwa, don't be like this" Miyong helped the maid to stand up.

But Yu Hwa still hugged Miyong's legs tightly, for some reason Yu Hwa's face suddenly looked very frightened.

"Let's stand up!, this is an order!" miyong said in a high tone.

But Yu Hwa did not budge, her tears continued to flow like a flooded river.

"YU SANG HWA" Miyong's shout echoed throughout the room.

The soldiers standing outside the room spontaneously ran in.

"Are you okay, Miss?" ask one of the soldiers.

"As you can see, sorry to surprise you."

"Yu Hwa was naughty once today, you can leave us both," Miyong pinta with a friendly face.

After the soldiers left, Yu Hwa slowly got up from his knees. It still sounded as though a sigh in Yu Hwa's little mouth

Miyong led Yu Hwa and sat on the bed, actually refusing to, but Miyong pulled hard on her wrist which resulted in her falling on the bed.

"Sit down right," Miyong's orders were firm.

Slowly Yu Hwa sat down and faced Miyong. He looked fixedly at Yu Hwa's face that was filled with tears and sweat.

If he was in Yu Hwa's position, he would not be able to. Work hard, lift heavy weights and run around.

Miyong shifted her seat to get closer. Slowly he grabbed Yu Hwa's two hands and opened his hand.

The hand felt so rough, the skin of his palm flushed. Seeing that Miyong's eyes felt very hot.

"You must have been tortured once, huh?" asked Miyong iba.

Yu Hwa's tongue was still dumb to answer, she could only shake her head softly.

"Gear me!" Miyong's orders.

Instantly Yu Hwa ventured to look at her beautiful face.

"We're the same, there's no difference you understand"

"Yes .. I know our levels are different. But please don't be like this"

"You're your only friend here, okay" Miyong stared fixedly at Yu Hwa's eyes.

"But"

"Nothing but! when there are other people you are my servant, if there is no one like this right now, you are my best friend" Miyong hugged Yu Hwa tightly

"understand?"

Yu Hwa just nodded softly in Miyong's arms. They hugged until Yu Hwa's sobs were not heard.

"You've calmed down" Miyong let go of his embrace.

"You need not fear our friendship Yu .., our friendship is not wrong"

"You must still be traumatized by your friend who's in that tragic shackle, right?"

"Trust me, the government will not punish a person without cause"

"Maybe your friend is wrong"

Hearing Miyong's words made Yu Hwa even more afraid, how not? the laws in the kingdom are currently unfriendly.

The King was preparing for his change of position, it made many people in an incessant manner and chose a shortcut.

And what will be the victims are lowly servants like this, their lives seem worthless in the hands of cunning humans.

Despite that, Yu still believed in Miyong. Because He was a good person that Yu Hwa had known all along.

Never once did Yu Hwa catch Miyong saying rude remarks and even yelling at her servants.

In Miyong's eyes, all were the same.Him deeply respected the lower class servants especially those whose age was far above him.

"You believe me, don't you?" Miyong clasped both of Yu's palms. And responded with a soft nod.

"Okay, because you've made my mood a mess. You must be punished" Miyong said seriously.

Spontaneous Yu knelt down and bowed half her body before Miyong.

"Good God he started again "

"Close your eyes"

"Now open"

Slowly Yu opened his eyes and saw a plate of Moon Cake in front of him, its aroma was very fragrant and drove away Yu's sense of smell.

"Eat this" Miyong ordered seriously.

"I didn't know there was poison in it or not, so you should try it" Miyong continued.

He felt so sorry for Yu who worked all day until he forgot to eat, without Yu's story.His face had told him everything.

Only in this way was Yu willing to accept Miyong's gift.

slowly Yu opened her mouth and put the cake into her small mouth.

"The temple is not poisonous Miss" said Yu.

"This one?" Ji pointed at one cake next to the one Yu had just tasted.

Because Yu felt bad, Yu just took a small piece of the cake and put it in his mouth.

"This is not Miss" said Yu Iirih.

"Have eaten everything, I am full" Ji said lightly.

Yu had expected it, it turned out that this was just his wits just so that he would eat together with him.

"Miss, Miss ... Prime Minister Yang So.." a servant came in a row, his face was terrified.

"Dad why?"