Episode 809
“How far have you seen?”
Jin Cheon-hee smiled at those words.
“I didn’t see much. “I was in a hurry to see what was in front of me.”
“For all that, you ended up taking the reins in your direction.”
“Hmm… I heard I have a natural talent for ruining other people’s plans. “If the Emperor doesn’t like it, he can use someone else.”
“….”
In a way, it’s an arrogant attitude.
It is not normal to have the guts to say something like that in front of the Admiralty, who is known to be the emperor’s confidant.
However, I know that this is not a phrase meant to emphasize any bargaining or merit.
This young man sincerely hopes to use someone else next time.
Eventually, Admiral Taegam opened his wrinkled lips and revealed the truth.
“Two families belonging to the Eight Imperial Families are involved in this matter. There are over 30 of them who belong to the Imperial Hundred Families. “It was a bigger banquet than I imagined.”
“yes. “The emperor put me in the middle of that place.”
Suddenly, the image of Master’s back came to mind, but for now, I only mentioned the Emperor.
Admiral Tae-gam answered.
“Not just anyone could put it in. “There was so much at stake.”
“….”
Admiral Tae-gam carefully looks at the young man in front of him.
Fortunately, he was not injured.
Even though it caused a typhoon in the middle of the board that determines the superiority of the empire’s power, it remains unharmed.
It was really funny.
A story you will never believe, even while drinking.
“Among the eight imperial families, the families included are Micah and Yang.”
“…okay. “I was surprised by the skill of both families’ spearmen.”
“yes. The blood relatives of both families are only involved, and of course, the entire family is not involved. As always, the longevity of both families is as numerous as grains of sand and is everywhere.”
This has been happening since before the Warring States Period.
“It wouldn’t be a problem even if we ordered the generals of both families to be exterminated.”
“It’s not something that happens just once or twice. “They prioritize their lord over themselves, they do not judge their lord, and family is the first thing they throw away when deciding on a lord.”
It’s also strange.
The most deviant family among the eight families of the empire.
We don’t know why these families have survived for thousands of years, but perhaps they have lasted longer than other families because they are everywhere and have been loyal to them everywhere.
“But Micah is different. “Micah will not be able to avoid the execution of many of his relatives who are in government positions because of this incident.”
“…It’s not imprisonment or exile.”
“yes. “The Emperor has prepared for a long time.”
“A lot of them will be executed.”
“yes. The number alone will be hundreds, and all property will be confiscated. One classmate said that the gold that Micah accumulated was equivalent to two years’ worth of the empire’s budget. “I can see if it’s real.”
Even as he says that, Admiral Taegam smiles kindly.
For a smile coming from someone who was about to execute hundreds of Migas and confiscate their property, it was truly heartwarming.
Jin Cheon-hee is lost in thought.
“If that’s true, we must have accumulated an absurd amount of gold.”
“It is the blood of the common people. Kang Ho-in is not the only one who squeezes out the blood of the people. These officials are the most representative people. “Isn’t it interesting that people like that discuss Confucius and Mencius?”
Jin Cheonhee scratched her cheek.
“I don’t know anything that difficult. “I just hope that opium is no longer within arm’s reach.”
“It must be difficult for the Emperor to keep expanding the area within which his arms can reach.”
Jin Cheon-hee nodded with sincerity.
“It started out as a small town, but I think it’s just about right for me. “Now my eyes are spinning.”
“It’s rude to be too humble.”
‘I subtly told him to stop working, but he said no. ‘You categorically refuse it.’
It looks like these vicious bastards will continue to work for us.
Jin Cheon-hee changed the topic.
“So who planned this? “I wonder if it was the Emperor’s idea… or did the Master intervene to some extent?”
“Oh dear. “You’re asking with some kind of guess already.”
Doesn’t everything require verification?
Admiral Tae-gam said, taking another sip of tea.
“Actually… the Emperor had no intention of escalating the issue to this level. Of course, the first picture I drew wasn’t a small one… Governor Jin said that since he kept coming back injured, he needed to send some useful escort. But Uigukbaek said something. Aren’t two better than one?…”
“Wait a minute. Then what is it? This commotion was unintentional. “Is that what you mean?”
“If you ask that question. Uigukbaek told me to answer like this.”
Admiral Tae-gam carefully took out the pouch from his sleeve.
‘No, what kind of pocket is this? ‘What are Zhuge Gongmyeong’s three tricks or something like that?’
The Admiral, with a sly smile on his face, took out the letter and handed it to him.
Jin Cheon-hee opens the rolled up letter.
It was a password used within Baeklin’s Pavilion.
I deciphered the code without difficulty using the Hyeonwonjeondanshin technique, and that was what was written there.
-A disciple like a horned colt. I thought you were going to have a big accident again.
Jin Cheonhee puffed out her cheeks.
‘No, I’m not a kid. ‘Something like that, another accident….’
I thought about that and turned my head to see the Admiral Tae-gam laughing as if it was fun.
As if Jin Cheon-hee knew this would happen.
‘Anyway. That old man with a sharp nose….’
Admiral Tae-gam then spoke.
“After all, a teacher is a teacher. “It seems that Uigukbaek sees through all of Prince Jin’s actions.”
“Ugh, now that I think about it, there’s one more thing I don’t understand.”
It is ‘request’.
Why did both the Master and the Emperor make ‘requests’ in such a strange way?
“Oh, there was a bet that wasn’t that big of a deal. This made the game more difficult from the beginning. Even a decent book writer would have found this edition difficult to read.”
“hmm?”
“In the end, Uigukbaek won this bet.”
“A bet?”
Admiral Taegam smiled meaningfully.
“Do you know the old saying, ‘Doubtful Demon?’”
A suspicious and dark ghost.
“yes. “If you have too much doubt, doesn’t that mean you see something differently from what it really is?”
“You know very well. People’s suspicions are so great that they create ghosts that were not there before. “Cluck.”
He laughed again for a long time, probably thinking of something.
“The Emperor and Ui Guk Baek. “You two made a bet.”
Master and Emperor? What kind of bet….
* * *
Micah’s matriarch Misik.
He was sitting and eating a peach with trembling hands.
It was a peach with a pink color, fresh flesh and juicy flesh. The eunuchs peeled peaches next to him.
Crunch, crunch –
A rustling sound resounds, like butterfly wings hitting each other. Then again, a peach full of juice is in its place.
However, Misik was crying while watching it.
With an expression full of fear, she swallows her tears and continues to cry. Nevertheless, his hand picks up the peach.
His hands were sticky with peach juice and wrinkled.
“Woof!”
Force yourself to eat.
Is it correct to say that you eat it?
It may be correct to say that you force yourself to store it somewhere in your mouth or inside your cheek.
Because red blood was already dripping from his lips.
A man was laughing in front of him.
“Why but? It’s the sweetest peach in the country. Isn’t this the item you gave me a long time ago? Eat more. “Thanks to you, my mom and I had to eat peaches in front of the empress.”
After eating the peach, something red appeared on my mother’s face.
There were times when it was difficult to even breathe.
Nevertheless, the people in the imperial palace fed my mother peaches.
It wasn’t just people in the imperial palace.
Eight parts of the empire.
The young man had known from an early age how miserable it was for someone who did not receive the emperor’s favor.
That’s why I don’t like any of my current concubines.
They are only intertwined for the sake of cause, but there is no favor.
Strangely enough, since they cut it off like that, the concubines do not fight among themselves and are quiet.
In any case, the Emperor does not love them and they do not love the Emperor either.
It’s just a little entangled by power relations.
A strange relationship, each living their own lives.
That’s why Pung Ha-eun is happy every day these days.
After stuffing all the peaches into her mouth, the eunuch takes out the next peach with trembling hands and peels it.
Crunch Crunch –
Why is the sound of belittling a person’s name so sweet?
“Do you remember that time? It was a long time ago. Mom and Mom had to eat the peaches that you really gave her, but if she ate them again, wouldn’t she get in trouble? So, I deliberately pretended to be a greedy, unfilial person and took all of my mother’s peaches.”
Munch-
“Then I was so tired at night that I thought I was going to die. That was definitely not enough food for one person. “It wasn’t enough for three people to share.”
So Poong Ha-eun still doesn’t like peaches.
“I wish it was tangerine.” Mom really liked tangerines. It’s like my eyes. Me, Geum, and my sister all liked tangerines. ‘That child’ also ate the tangerines I secretly gave him. “It’s a problem because it’s precious to people like us.”
Munch, munch.
“The tangerines from Zhejiang Province were so delicious, why not give them those? “If that were the case, everyone would be happy.”
Misik eats the peach again with trembling hands.
Crunch –
I chewed the peach and pushed it back into my esophagus.
“You’re such a disgrace too. The power passed down through the royal family is truly nasty. What? I understand. It’s scary to manipulate people like this with words. So, haven’t you, the Imperial Palga, always been wary of us and used your own tactics?”
Whoops. Wooooow!
“Oh, don’t throw up. “It’s because I really hate it when Geum-i gets dirty.”
Crunchy –
Peaches are added again.
This time, my hands tremble as I head towards the peach.
Strangely enough, my hands have already turned purple.
Pick up the peach.
Eat again.
“Kkeok kkeu-”
“Well, it’s not like we’re expecting mercy from each other, are we? we.”
Eventually, his face turned purple and he trembled and collapsed.
Among the eight families of the empire, the words of the head of the family that served as prime minister were quite worth seeing.
“Is he dead?”
The eunuch felt the pulse in his neck and nodded slightly.
“Hmm, I’m weak. I can barely die like this. Isn’t that so? “Uigukbaek?”
Baek Lin-ui-seon was sitting like a picture.
Behind him, there was a mountain of nameless books, and he was writing something on a large scroll the size of a child.
Baekrin Uiseon rolled the scroll back with only his intention and said this.
“well. “I’m thinking that Wangya may be immature.”
“Immature?”
“Yes, if possible, I think it would be better to have your child choke to death while eating and you to starve to death. Does that make you angry?”
Zhuge Lin’s blue eyes and Feng Haen’s golden eyes pass for a moment.
“There are very few people who would give me that kind of advice. “Even if I were a demon in eight hells, I would go away crying.”
“After listening to the story, I think it is better, so I am giving this advice.”
Arrogant.
Even in front of the emperor, Zhuge Lin was not servile at all.
His personality of saying whatever he wanted made me feel uncomfortable.
No matter how well-established Feng Ha-eun is in the palace, this genius of the Zhuge family is a bit of a burden.
