# 384
The Legend of Return
Chapter 384. The Court Lady of Suragan, who appeared with
the King’s multi- juan statue.
Oh my god…..
“What are you doing here, sister?”
“I don’t know if you see it. You came to the business trip buffet.”
“…..”
I wondered if this was possible, and I didn’t expect to see Jang-geum here.
It is also a business trip buffet.
The upper court outfit was not awkward at all.
It went very well with her elegant appearance.
The taste of all kinds of maekjeok jeon, including Sinseonro served on a large table, was inevitably ordinary.
It was a banquet prepared by the newcomer Jang-Geum, who came out on a business trip herself.
I had a private conversation with her, but no one said anything.
Certainly, the king, queen, and high-ranking officials were openly present, but JangGeum seemed to be invisible to them.
A phenomenon that is bound to be unique.
Myeongjong and I were the only ones watching Janggeum sister smile.
“By any chance… is he a freshman?”
“…He was the first person I met when I was young.”
“ah!”
Dae Jang Geum couldn’t be the same as the TV drama era.
“He is a pitiful man. Help me well.”
“Yes…”
Janggeum nodded at his sister’s regretful look.
“Then, who are the dancers over there?”
“They are fairies. They are all Nines who once stayed in the palace.”
She was a fairy whom I had longed to see.
Certainly, her beauty was as good as that of a fairy.
It seemed that everyone descended for wages.
No, this space itself was a difficult place to describe in words.
There were many groups for Myeongjong.
It seemed like I had accumulated more karma points in my lifetime than I thought.
“Enjoy your meal. And come back to play sometime soon.”
“yes! sister.”
“okay. Tell me if there is anything missing.”
It has become a point of eating food.
So the banquet was ripe.
After a long time, Janggeum gobbled up his sister’s sake and snacks.
In reality, my stomach wasn’t full or really swollen, but my heart was infinitely full.
“I have something to ask of you.”
Then, at some point, the singing and dancing stopped.
Dancers and bands disappeared without a sound.
Only Munjong and the ministers remained.
“Please tell me.”
I couldn’t have just called.
The number of points the king used today was not small.
“Would you like to go for a walk with Gwain?”
“I accept the commandment.”
I ate well, so it was okay to take a lap around.
I had never been to the night opening of Gyeongbokgung Palace.
It wasn’t a bad opportunity to try to make a wish like this.
The king took the lead.
An edict was issued to prevent anyone from following the merchant ship, including the queen.
I walked slowly around Gyeonghoeru Pond.
“Taesan-kun. Do you like it?”
“???”
Suddenly, Myeongjong’s tone changed.
“yes?”
“What are you so surprised about? When there are two of us, we don’t have to play. Neither mother nor I are clogged up ghosts.”
“…..”
Myeongjong laughed and made fun of the living man.
“I was well received. The sense of meaning was also great as an event.”
“yes? I thought it was okay~. Hehehe.”
Myeongjong’s smile also changed.
As long as he wasn’t a king, he was like a neighborhood brother.
“With this level of karma points, he would have been able to become a god… Hey, are you staying in the middle-pitched world?”
I had to ask questions to clear my intuition.
“…For everyone.”
“yes?”
“I lost my father early in my childhood and grew up with a strict mother. The thorny road he had to walk to become a king was harder than he thought. There was a brother, and the power of the servants who followed the brother was strong. My father was a weak man.”
The political story of Jungjong and the court at the time came out.
“Then, after becoming king, I started running my own family. They say it was out of their power….. The people who were hired by my father looked for Confucius, but they were all useless. Before talking about the ideal royal road, they should be honest first, but they covet a position and resonance.”
Myeongjong’s father, King Jungjong, dethroned Yeonsangun and seized power.
The power of the powers that destroyed the king and the royal family was no joke.
King Jungjong, who tried to bring it out, appointed a local Sarim.
Several incidents that inevitably happened.
The war between the reform faction and the Hungu faction unfolded fiercely regardless of the royal family and the court.
It was the fate of the kingship captured by blood.
After Sarim came to power, Joseon became a more rigid society.
The world of Confucius and Mencius has gone wild.
Social norms that had been free until the early Joseon Dynasty became strict.
And the people fought fiercely and divided.
When the enemy of authority disappeared, the old and new members risked their lives for the cause.
King Seonjo, who had no royal education at all, was raised as king.
The driving force that ruined Joseon was the advancement of the Sarim into the central political world.
I really didn’t know that I had to be clean before I spoke about my ideals.
Of course, there were some honest people among them, but they did not bother to advance to the center.
The fact that the political arena is dirty has not changed then or now.
In particular, I did not expect noblesse oblige from the vested interests who took power and became corrupted.
“They set fire to the palace… and did everything they could to undermine the throne. The plans to spread this and that for the people often went awry. Then, the son also suddenly fell ill and left the bosom. I hated the whole world and it was useless.”
Myeongjong’s lamentation followed.
“Pungchwi Byeok Rakbuunji (Wind吹碧落浮雲盡) Moonsang Cheongsan Jade Group (月上靑山玉一團).”
The young Myeongjo’s voice rang out loudly.
There is a poem that says, “When the wind blows and the clouds clear, the blue sky is revealed, and the moon rises in Cheongsan-ri and it looks like a jade bead.”
It suited the mood of the night so well.
just couldn’t be
I could feel Myeongjong’s heart, realizing the futility of the world and wanting to live the life of Anbin Nakdo.
The knowledge of the gods dwelling within me made me open my mouth without even realizing it.
“Thousands of Li Hong Rivers, Heavenly Seas, 1,000,000, 1,000, 100,000 Palaces~.”
I also blew a voice.
“The red sunset stretching for ten thousand miles, penetrating the blue sea, and the bright sun filling the sky surrounds the palace… Oh! Taesan-kun is good at poetry!”
Myeongjong, an old ghost, was really happy while interpreting the poem.
It was a message of encouragement to cheer up even though he died.
“It’s just embarrassing.”
“no! With this level of ability, I can pass the manor exam. Ha ha ha ha ha.”
The young Myeongjong looked good.
Janggeum’s sister and the fairies also expressed their longing for Myeongjong.
It was not a contemplation to die prematurely, but Myeongjong headed for the path of death.
Instead of going to the underworld, he lived here as a middle-eum god in Taereung, living a life that he couldn’t fulfill with his family.
“Old! It’s a mood! Call me brother from now on.”
“yes? Tongue brother?”
oh my god. Even though Myeongjong was a ghost, there was no existence in the past or present that a non-blood relative could call the king as his older brother.
It was a big event.
Now all the ghosts of Taereung had to kneel before me.
“As much as I shoot, I shoot more! As of this time, eat the regular 1st item.”
“Hup!”
The ghost king has just lost his office.
Dojejo stood shoulder to shoulder with Samjeongseung as Jeong-1.
Dojejo was the advisor on important matters related to royal authority, diplomacy and national defense.
It was a position that exerted great influence on personnel and administration.
If the provincial government recommended it, it was possible to appoint officials of any rank.
“And take Daegwangboguk Sungrok Daebu too. How are you hot?”
“…..”
I was worried about whether to say thank you for this or how to say it.
It was only a government job that no one recognized among the people who lived, but deep down I coveted it.
In particular, it seemed that the ancestors of the Jang family would be delighted with today’s event.
“If you give, I will be grateful!”
“Then take it right away!”
King Myeongjong’s eyes twinkled.
what? What about those conspiracy-filled eyes?
– He was chosen as the king’s man.
– Karma points were paid as green wages.
– Fulfill the duties of a servant by fulfilling certain conditions.
“Hut!”
Well yes! Not free!
King Solomon was like that, and so was the king of Joseon.
It’s true that I’m still too naive.
The green bonus points were also insignificant.
“Don’t be surprised. I won’t take away your karma points.”
Myeongjong is a scary king.
I knew everything.
I felt like I was going to injure my nose from being intoxicated by the atmosphere.
“Your karma points are great, but why didn’t God?”
interrogation began.
I was aiming for the timing of the counterattack.
“…I can’t be happy alone. As I said earlier, it is for everyone.”
“yes?”
“My mother did not want to leave this place. And the queen… wants to continue living with her son. How can I abandon them and become a hermit?”
“Ah…..”
Myeongjong, a ghost who possesses deep filial piety and filial piety even after death.
It was clear that he was a very good king.
In the movie, a certain rotten director portrayed him as a horny man who imprisoned court ladies in the basement of the palace and did perverted things, but the Myeongjong I saw was very different.
It was clear that her mother, who had a strong desire for power, did not want to go to the underworld, so she made this place into the realm of the king with her own points.
Even Queen Insun, who met her dead son, could not cut off human affection.
Her clear smile overflowed with affection for her children and her husband.
Even in death, it was an enviable name.
“And the eunuchs and the nines who were with me at the time… the bureaucrats also came to see me after they died. Because of me, you left a lingering feeling in the world.”
“That kind of thing…”
“There are quite a few places like that in the world other than here.”
I also met some of the gods who stayed in the human world.
Their stories were different, but they felt the same way as Myeongjong’s older brother.
“I understand.”
“I thought my brother would understand.”
“By the way, brother…”
The king heard his brother’s voice.
“Tell me. younger brother.”
“How should I help my brother?”
When I was frustrated, it was always right to go straight.
Myungjong has a purpose for me.
“It takes a lot more points to maintain this place than I thought. In the past, I was wasting the points I earned during my wages as if I were eating dried persimmons, but now I am hitting the bottom.”
“Would you like some?”
Can’t a point rich man give something like this to his older brother?
“I don’t need any help like that. In fact, I also have a side job, don’t I?”
The king’s pride was great.
“A side job is…”
“The cost of preventing morale invading players is not small. When they win medals and the people are happy, some commissions fall.”
“Ohhhh! There is such a thing!”
The world of mysterious karma points!
Once again, praise was not spared.
In other words, the Nae Geum-wi or the Geum-gun nine people look after the players and earn points to maintain this place.
It is a legitimate point earning without harming people.
Myungjong hyung was very smart.
“But this… there’s a problem.”
“Is it a problem?”
Myungjong hyung made a serious expression.
It didn’t seem like much of a problem to me.
“You know I’m moving to the athletes’ village, right?”
“yes. I heard that you are going to Jincheon.”
Two years later, I will move to a more spacious and pleasant place than Taereung National Training Center.
“That’s the problem. A very big problem…”
“…Ah!”
Now I completely understand.
The king’s domain could not extend to Jincheon.
Only the area around Taereung was Myeongjong’s older brother’s territory.
When the players leave, they don’t earn points, so they can’t see the mother and wife and children anymore.
It was like seeing a sad self-portrait of a head of household with family and not alone.
“It won’t last for years. Doing so can damage the morale of the players. At the same time, if you don’t receive the spirit, it’s going to be hard to win the medal.”
He was a king who cared about his people even after he died.
“Then…”
“Give me back the multi.”
“yes? What multi? Is that multiplayer from the game by any chance?”
“That’s right~. That multi~.”
