Episode 157
There was a checkerboard and Eunwangya was sitting there, wearing a mask.
“Are you feeling okay?”
“Thanks to the treatment, the pain is a little better. But it’s not going away, so it’s difficult.”
“That’s…”
“…Okay. “I said it could only be done through destruction.”
Eunwangya made Jin Cheonhee sit across from him.
“I heard that you are an expert at baduk. Do you want to play a game?”
“It’s just a matter of discussing a few points with the teacher. “I haven’t said anything else, so how do you know?”
“The walls have ears and the ceiling has eyes. How can you not know?”
For some reason, it seemed like the man inside the mask was smiling.
Tak-
“If you’re not going to let it go, I’ll make the first move first.”
The first stone reaches 1,000 won.
Jin Cheon-hee sat across from Eunwang-ya. Then he grabbed a white stone.
“All right.”
Tak –
The black and white stones were connected curved like tree branches.
After playing baduk for a long time, Eunwangya said.
“It looks like I won this time. “But seeing as it’s from the same family, I guess you didn’t lose it on purpose, right?”
Jin Cheon-hee answered.
“Is that possible? “I don’t have the courage to do that.”
“Okay, let’s do it again.”
Wang Ya didn’t seem to like it and cleaned up the baduk stones.
“I guess we’d better make a bet.”
“What is it?”
“If I win, I will take off this mask. “Then what would it be like?”
“Usually, if I win, don’t you have to take off your mask and reveal your identity?”
Eunwangya laughed at those words.
“If you do that, you will lose by one or two houses. “It doesn’t seem like you have any interest in knowing my identity.”
“Are you saying this because you know?”
“It made me sick to see that he was trying not to think too deeply even though he already had enough clues to guess.”
widely-!
The black stone reached 1,000 won again.
“I won’t leave it, so I’ll put it first.”
“I haven’t even answered you yet?”
“In war, speed is power.”
Jin Cheon-hee placed a white stone before answering.
Just right.
“If I win, the next round will be sapphire.”
“I already know that So Baek-ryong’s jade skills are top-notch.”
* * *
The exchange of stones continued for a while.
Eventually, Eunwangya spoke.
“You have a long life.”
In Baduk, it means that the same moves are repeated over and over again. If this happens, both sides will end up in a draw.
“It looks like you want to draw it on purpose.”
“How could I intentionally induce longevity? “It just happened because I did it.”
Jin Cheon-hee answered naturally. Eunwangya grumbled and answered that.
“I didn’t know that So Baek-ryong was so mean. Well, it worked anyway. “It was enough time to understand your nature.”
After saying that, he placed his hand on his mask.
When the mask slowly fell, Jin Tianxi immediately fell down and did not look at his face.
“Raise your head.”
“How could I, a lowly person, see Jade Eye?”
“…You don’t lose even one word. I definitely want to make you mine. So it would be nice to be able to see your face.”
“….”
“Seeing how stubborn you are, it seems like you have some idea of my true identity. “Then you probably already know the result in your head.”
Eunwangya added one word.
“I hope you know that there is meaning in not using my supernatural ability to raise my head with words.”
Finally, Jin Cheonhee raised her head.
He was a handsome man with a face similar to Feng Juha.
He had a pale complexion more suited to a civil servant than a military officer, but his refreshing features were memorable.
“I am Poong Ha-eun. Do you know Pungha Geum?”
Punghageum.
It is the name of the emperor of the Hua Empire.
On the other hand, I have never heard of Pung Ha-eun’s name.
Pung Ha-eun said.
“Pung Ha-geum is my twin. We complement each other. It’s like they’re each other’s doubles. That’s why his sister Pung Ju-ha made us emperor.”
Two emperors.
This is how a secret that did not appear in the novel was revealed.
Pung Ha-eun sneered.
“There are not many people we can trust until we reach the throne of the emperor. Our mother died while protecting us in a fight for the throne, and my sister blames us for that. But because of that, it had to be us even more. Even if one is killed, there is a reason for the Hua Empire not to collapse because the other is there.”
‘I said that Pungjuha was a useless puppet.’
She said she was resentful, and if you look at the way she spoke, she might also have some emotional core left behind.
‘But is that all?’
Even now, King Zhou was protecting his younger brother with eye contact.
It may be right to protect him simply because he is the emperor.
However, as someone who has watched King Zhou for a long time, both in the novel and in reality, I thought that might not be the only story.
Feng Ha-eun sneered.
“A lot has happened since the Emperor passed away due to illness. I thought it would become easier once I reached the peak, but that was also just the beginning.”
Jin Cheon-hee slowly summarized what His Majesty Wang Yaani said in front of her.
1) The emperor in the imperial capital is actually played by two twins, acting as each other’s doubles.
2) King Zhou knew this and made them both emperors.
3) The twins were the reason King Zhou’s mother died, so the relationship between the siblings was ambiguous.
Jin Cheon-hee asked.
“So the other brother is in the imperial palace now?”
“That’s right. “That guy has a special ability to read and manipulate other people’s memories, so he would be better suited to be emperor than me.”
It is a good ability to gain power.
One deals with memories and the other deals with actions.
“If you two join forces, it will be amazing.”
Pung Ha-eun burst out laughing at Jin Cheon-hee’s words.
“It’s just as you guessed.”
Jin Tianxi rubbed his chin.
Pung Ha-eun continued.
“Our twin’s abilities don’t work on my sister. There is no way to destroy it. No, I should say that it is a method that no one but my sister can use anyway.”
“…?”
“There is such a thing. Anyway, my sister made an oath to make us emperors. “If our reign is not enough, I will cut off his head at any time.”
He laughed softly, then narrowed his eyes and looked at Qin Tianxi.
“Well, seeing as they even called me to the National Assembly, it seems that my reign is not lacking.”
He smiled bitterly.
“I don’t know why you’re telling me this.”
“I thought that if I was going to make someone my person, it would be better not to hide anything. And since it kept trying to escape like a loach, I thought I would have to catch it and drag it deep into the mire. “This is the first time in my life that I have seen someone who spent his entire life trying to escape.”
He was fiddling with the Go game.
“I was going crazy wondering why Jangsaeng, who I’ve never seen before despite all of my matches, came out now.”
Jin Cheon-hee answered calmly.
“I think it’s auspicious.”
“They say longevity is auspicious. There are also Confucian students who accept it that way. But why did such a Jangsaeng come only now?”
“….”
In the silence, only the sound of the Go balls clashing rang out.
Dalkadak-
“If it’s a talent you show, it means you’re a smart person, and even if you happened to see longevity, wouldn’t that also be auspicious?”
He was arrogant. He was the one who sat at the top of the empire and everything revolved around him.
Jin Tianxi looked at the emperor in front of her with a slightly different feeling.
In the novel, he was mentioned as a virtuous emperor. Not being greedy or lazy.
So it is said that King Zhou helped him become emperor.
The phrases written in the novel were never false.
However, there were many times when other truths were seen in places that were not written down.
Since he said he had no liars, he would have been exposed to countless conspiracies, and the fact that he survived despite this meant that he had excellent intelligence and was vigilant.
‘And if you had that kind of ability, it would be difficult for people to approach you.’
An emperor with the ability to manipulate behavior, read and manipulate memories.
Although the corrupt will be filtered out and rebellions will be suppressed efficiently, it is clear that fear and vigilance will also be high.
‘It’s a very difficult position.’
Jin Cheon-hee finished organizing.
“I know that Your Majesty has been doing his best to rule for the Hua Empire.”
That was the Hwa Empire that Jin Cheon-hee looked back on.
Of course, there were loopholes and absurdities in security. However, no matter where you went, it was not difficult to find food and people trusted the government.
This was something that had not happened much in the entire human history of the Earth he was on.
In particular, it is only a small part of human history that people no longer have to worry about starving to death.
Since it was achieved with this level of technology, it was as if everything that could be accomplished with the human body was accomplished.
“However, I am just a member of the National Assembly and do not know the difficult circumstances of the imperial palace. “If you offer treatment, I will help you, but if you refuse, I will leave.”
“Hehehe. That’s outrageous. “I will draw a clear line but do my duty as a member of the National Assembly.”
He let out a small laugh and put his mask back on.
“Treat me like a king here.”
“All right.”
“I will leave the treatment to you.”
Jin Cheon-hee deeply bowed. Eunwangya said.
“Do you have any intention of becoming my royal family doctor? All the power of the world will be upon you.”
“Sharks must live in the ocean and frogs must live in ponds. “If you throw a frog into the sea, it won’t live another day.”
“This is the first time in my life that I have ever seen someone kick the throne of the royal family.”
“ha ha ha.”
“You’re going to make a big fuss of yourself. “Won indeed.”
He clicked his tongue as if he were looking at Jin Cheonhee as an unfamiliar creature.
It was worth it.
Since ascending to the throne, he has met only two types of people.
Was it friend or foe?
Either way, there were only those who were anxious to gain the emperor’s favor.
The allies would want to get even a little bit of a position under the emperor, and the enemies would be hostile, and the closer they got to the emperor, the easier it would be for them to sink their swords.
Jin Tianxi said that he liked the Hua Empire.
He also said that he knew that he had been working hard.
Nonetheless, the line was clearly drawn.
“You look like a patient before I am an emperor.”
“I apologize.”
“okay. “You’re like this, my sister is so anxious to get her hands on it.”
He looked at the snow falling outside and said this.
“I heard that there are many people in Gangho, but you are the best among them.”
