I Became the Crown Prince of a Ruined Country

24 – Choices

“…Is it dangerous?”

Even when he was invited to follow me, Jung’s complexion may have hardened somewhat, but he did not show any embarrassment.

Jung was still hiding his identity from me. As if he didn’t know I noticed, Jung pretended to be as calm as possible.

However, it was unable to control the body’s natural reflexes. Eyes tremble finely. It was out of anxiety that the danger I was talking about might be related to his identity.

“Yes.”

Instead of lengthy explanations, I gave Jung time to think for himself.

I didn’t have much free time, but I waited in silence without rushing or forcing my feelings.

The wait was not long. It wasn’t that Jung didn’t have a childlike corner suitable for his young age, but he had a fast brain and enough sense of reality to perceive and accept the given environment objectively.

Realizing that the danger I was talking about was for himself, Jung stood up quietly.

“Can I follow Dan?”

I reached out to Jung. His outstretched hand was small. I am still a child too. The power given to me is weak.

But the hand placed on top of mine is even smaller and weaker than that, so I feel that I have no choice but to help a country like this.

It’s not that I didn’t make the wrong choice. The body temperature transmitted from the hand responds.

“Yes.”

I didn’t have a perfect solution to overcome this crisis, but I said confidently. Talking about the crisis, if I showed myself being frightened, it would only amplify anxiety rather than help.

I held Jung’s hand tightly. I retrace the path that I pulled the tightly clenched hand.

Go to Seoseong and make the place where Jingga used to be a safe house. After that, let’s think about the commotion caused by the sudden disappearance later.

Judging from the fact that Jeong was kept alive even though he tried to kill Jeong’s father, who was Jin’s hostage, Jo Nara must be trying to use Jeong as a hostage. Then you won’t be able to say anything big about the only thing that saved Jeong from a crisis.

Even if you can secretly give a disadvantage behind your back, it will be passed off officially.

‘Instead, I’m going to take issue with the fact that I, a Young master of Yan, came into contact with Jeong, a man from the Qin Dynasty.’

That’s the story of the future, after avoiding the immediate crisis.

Move while keeping a watchful eye on four weeks. As the time difference between coming here and moving with Jung again wasn’t that great, the road was quiet, not much different from when I came.

If you think about it, it might not be difficult to overcome yourself apart from the pressure I feel. Especially if they are blinded by the sympathy and plan this work.

If several people work together, the success rate will increase, but the rewards are inversely proportional. There were about three people whispering behind me, and even including the advance party, there were about ten people.

In the first place, it is to subdue two powerless women. They wouldn’t have reduced their share by increasing the number of people to handle such a simple task. I want to believe that

‘I told Seok and Hugh to scream as if they were looking for me when they saw a suspicious group.’

When I said that we would pay more attention to safety as today is a bad day, the two did not express any doubts and complied.

Even if you are unlucky and your traffic lines overlap with them, you can avoid it as long as there are two autonomous alarms.

But my idea was too simple.

They had already placed people in front of this gate in case Jeong escaped. The moment I found them, the hand holding Jeong’s hand naturally went into strength.

“However…”

“Oh, sorry.”

As I quickly relaxed my hands, I controlled my impatience.

‘It’s okay. They don’t know about Jung, but I don’t. I won’t know if I take the lead and hide my feelings.’

As long as you don’t mess with it in order to get it right, you won’t even touch me wearing silk clothes.

‘Let’s step back for a while and then join Seok and Hue. After that, I’ll use my identity to open the way.’

Even if you didn’t openly say that you were a Young master of Yan, even if you acted properly as if you were a member of an aristocratic family, there was a high possibility that they would back down on their own.

However, it seems that the thought took too long. My eyes met with the other person who noticed that I was staring at him.

Of course I didn’t recognize myself, so I thought it was no big deal….

“There it is!”

The moment he pointed at me accurately and screamed out of nowhere, I was horrified with the feeling that all my blood was being sucked out of my body.

‘These bastards, can’t I… ?’

There was no time to be surprised.

I turned around and ran.

Will I ever lose affection? Jung squeezed his hand tightly with the strength he complained of pain. This time, he did not remove his hand, saying that it hurt.

The guards showed interest in what was going on, but as soon as some of them came forward, it was seen that they stopped paying attention and went back to their seats.

After seeing that, it was clear now.

‘This time, it’s not just one or two people. And a higher level than I imagined intervened.’

Someone who knows me and has some influence over the guards. All of these things are possible for high-ranking officials in the country of Cho, but if you add a few clues, the line of the dragon is extremely narrowed.

Among them, there was only one person I knew who had the most power, who had the motive to trap me, and who could finally benefit from this.

‘Kunshin-kun.’

As I feared, I seem to have gotten caught up in a political strife.

That’s the form I feared the most.

§

The mother of Handan Dongseong.

Hee-sa, who is concentrating on this matter, came to Dongseong directly to receive a report on the situation.

“Really? You confirmed that Yeon’s Young master was in contact with Qin’s hostage?”

“That’s right. As Duke Hee expected, he tried to move on to Seoseong. Everything is going according to Duke Hee’s plan.”

Despite the words that were close to praise, admiring her predictive power, Hee-sa calmly gave the following instructions.

“Be careful not to miss attracting the people. Tell them. It will happen naturally as things go by, but you should prepare for the odds.”

“I’ll deliver it right away.”

Hee-sa was alone in her thoughts when the Geonsin-gun diners left.

‘Is this the end of the long relationship with Pyeongwon-gun? .’

The feelings Hui-sa had for Pyeong-won-gun were not simply one-dimensional, that of the master’s static. It was a little more complicated than that.

Originally, Huisha was a eater in Pyeongwon-gun. He made an evaluation of what kind of person Pyeongwon-gun was while hiding his abilities like Mosu.

The result.

Unlike Mosu, who threw himself into the pocket of Pyungwon-gun and became a nangjungjibu, Hee-sa was disappointed in Pyeongwon-gun and left Pyeongwon-gun on her own feet.

And the part he was disappointed with was also the greatest weakness of the Pyeongwon Army.

“Gun Pyeongwon is a noble born noble. He has the talent to manage the world, but he does not know the strength of the people.”

Mosu may have revealed himself in love with Pyeongwongun, who has not lost his dignity even though he is a royal family, but Heesa was rather disillusioned after seeing that side.

This happened in the past. While Maengsanggun, who was the first to make a name for himself among the four gentlemen of the country, escaped from the Qin Dynasty and was passing through the Zhao Dynasty, people in a village saw him and laughed at his short stature.

Angered by that, the diners turned the village into a mess. There was no plunder, but those who dared to ridicule their masters no longer had a voice.

Pyeongwon-gun, a powerful man in the country of Cho, condoned this. It was considered that the honor of Maeng Sang-gun was more important than the lives of the people.

No matter how much Maeng Sang-gun is the royal family of Qi, he puts the honor of the royal family of other countries ahead of the people of his own country. Heesa saw this as the limit of Pyeongwongun.

The same goes for this case.

Thanks to Heidan’s preparations, it should be possible to cut the tail. However, the people will subtly assume that Pyeongwon-gun sided with the hated Gongnyeo of Qin.

“Public support for Pyeongwon-gun is disappearing.”

Three forces interfering in the decision-making power of the state.

King, nobility, people.

It is clear that the king will choose Geonsin-gun instead of Pyeongwon-gun, which is burdensome, so the victory of Geonsin-gun comes into view at the point of holding the power of the people in his hands.

“I won’t be able to go against this wave just by cutting off the kite’s Gongja, Pyeongwon-gun.”

Hui-sa predicted the victory of Gunsin-gun.

Certainty is arrogant, carelessness is irresponsible. Even until the moment everything was finished, Hee-sa was determined to do her best while maintaining tension.

However, as long as Hee-sa is also human, there was a sense of satisfaction and relief at the success of the scheme in a corner of his heart.

This time, Pyeongwon-gun, Heidan, and Heesa were unable to block the attack.

‘If it goes on like this, victory is only a matter of time.’

But the world doesn’t go lightly. It was the only thing in the world that didn’t go the way someone wanted.

His strategy began to crumble in a place he never expected.

It was something I didn’t know about yet.