Surviving the Romance Fantasy

You have to go back to the masters of the four palaces and start competing with them and aiming for the throne.

If you think about it… I had to recheck what was given to me.

“…”

Deokbi Ha lowered his head, and his face gradually became insidious.

He owed a great debt to Seol Tae-pyeong. I knew that. However, considering the powerlessness and insight of the author, Seol Tae-pyeong is absolutely not the type of person he can control.

It’s like fighting with the head of the gwisu on a equal footing, and it’s also the fact that he quickly noticed Deokbi Ha’s true nature.

He is a man of some extraordinary temperament.

Although he is young now and has not been able to see the big light because of his will to remain in the Baekseon Palace… he was a person who was sure to rise in the world once these and other shackles were lifted.

It was better to turn it into an ally and swing it, or if not, put it away in advance.

‘It seems like you saw a person like me too easily.’

Among the slaves of the sealing house, it is already a story that has been fed up.

After all, the women of the House of Seals can never change their nature. There are only snobs who are blinded by power and distracted by tricks and do ungrateful things casually. The same goes for Haul.

There was only one difference between Jungjungbi and Hadeokbi.

Joongbi failed, but Ha Deokbi survived. That was all.

‘okay. It’s not understandable that Consort In Ha-yeon had feelings for that man.’

Climbing the dirt stairs, he touches his chin.

In any case, the situation has not changed. As long as you hold on to Ingwibi’s weakness, it doesn’t change the fact that depending on how you play tricks, you can tie her up well with Seol Tae-pyeong and blow her head off.

Right now, the inside and outside of the palace are noisy, so it’s not easy to use any tricks… but the fact that I have that powerful hand in my hands hasn’t changed.

As soon as I finished the Celestial Dragon Festival, I thought it would be a good idea to establish a plan to use him for another trick. It is effective to do this in advance.

‘Yeah… Did you think that if you erased my debts, I wouldn’t be able to overcome my guilt and wield such a mighty weapon… How naive…’

He is truly a loyal and upright man, but that’s why he gets stabbed in the back.

He is a wicked man who has been rotten from the very beginning. I wouldn’t have known that either.

How stupid you are.

That stupidity is what makes Seol Tae-pyeong himself die.

It was when Ha Deok-bi came out of prison with that thought.

“Ha Duckbi. Are you here?”

Seol Tae-pyeong was visiting the Red Palace.

Deokbi Ha hid at the sudden meeting and swallowed a hiccup. A man who appears suddenly is not good for Young’s heart.

When I saw Seol Tae-pyeong’s face… Ha Deok-bi didn’t go back as much as Young thought.

I had to chew the cud first because I couldn’t remember what I was thinking until just now.

Hadokbi swallowed dry saliva with a gulp.

In the inner chamber of the Red Palace, there were Musajang Mirae, Deputy General Jeong Seo-tae, military officers of the Red Palace, ladies-in-waiting of the Palace Baekho, middle-class maid Yeon-ri of the Palace Seonbaek, and scribe Wang Han.

It seemed that he was visiting to explain the details to the military officers in the enemy palace in relation to the incident on the podium.

“Yeah… I had a lot of trouble with this and that. No matter how hard it is, I don’t think it’s going to be hard to just go over beating demons…”

General Jeong Seo-tae, who had come all the way to the enemy palace because he was curious about the situation, opened the bottle and gulped down as if he seemed to be in a very relaxed mood after the testimony of the parties was over.

After drinking such strong takju several times, I sat down on the dogma and laughed out loud.

“No matter how much luck you leaned on, to subdue Unbaek… you’re not even a good guy. Yes, since you seem to have heard everything worth listening to… Rest until the Celestial Dragon Festival is over. After all, there’s nothing to do, right?”

When the deputy general said so, Seol Tae-pyeong answered while tidying up his clothes.

“…I heard that the emperor called. I just received it through a letter from the leader of the nobles. It seems that we must urgently go to the main palace.”

“The Emperor himself? Well, since I had a fight with the nobleman… I can’t just let it go.”

Then, after drinking the bottle a few times, the deputy general made a loud noise and roughly passed the empty bottle to a nearby soldier.

The soldier sorted out the empty bottles as if it was a familiar thing.

“…Woonbaek sent the letter himself?”

“…Yes that’s right…”

Once there was the emperor’s call, there was no time to relax.

Even the high-ranking officials of the main palace cannot easily have an audience with the emperor. I had to get dressed quickly and go out with the utmost courtesy.

However, the deputy general, who had been lost in thought for a while, thought about it while tapping the table with his fingers several times… before long, he began to frown.

“Unbaek… this bastard…?”

It didn’t feel very good.

That was the way things were coming to an end. It was at that time that Deokbi Had came up from the side door leading to the basement.

When Ha Deok-bi suddenly appeared, everyone at the scene bowed their heads. Seol Tae-pyeong also bowed his head and expressed his respect.

“Ha Duckbi. Are you here?”

At that, Deokbi Ha spoke in a hesitant manner.

“Seo, I didn’t know Seo Mu-in was here.”

“You seem to be feeling a lot better, so I’m less worried.”

“…were you worried about me?”

“When I saw him at the Palace of the White Tiger, he seemed seriously injured, so I was worried.”

Saying that, Seol Tae-pyeong bowed his head.

Watching Seol Tae-pyeong like that… Deok-bi swallowed dry saliva.

I lived in a world full of trickery. How long has it been since you dealt with a person who bumped into you with such an upright heart?

As this Cheongdo Palace is usually the place where people with secret tricks or desire to succeed gather, people like Seol Tae-pyeong were almost like endangered species.

As I left the burning White Tiger Palace, I remember strangely the back of Seol Tae-pyeong drawing a wooden sword against demons.

On one side of it, I even get a glimpse of him confessing his feelings while kneeling in the tea room of Baekho Palace.

I don’t think it was a sincere cry, but it was a rather embarrassing sight from the woman’s point of view, just looking at the superficial appearance.

Ha Deokbi closed his eyes and shook his head.

Seol Tae-pyeong failed.

I was able to grasp Deokbi Ha’s weakness, but I blew the opportunity with my own hands.

I don’t know if he tried to put a burden on his heart on Deokbi Ha, but there was no way that such an emotional appeal would work for Deokbi Ha, who was a wicked man from birth.

you have failed After saying so many times in his mind, he looked at Seol Tae-pyeong’s face again.

“…”

“… Ha Deokbi?”

However, he kept swallowing dry saliva… Ha Deok-bi quickly lowered his gaze and evaded it. I don’t know why, but it was very difficult to make eye contact.

“no. That, yes… I owe you a great debt. ”

Ha Deok-bi… It was just difficult to answer like that.

“…”

Yeon-ri, who was watching it from the side of the inner room… clenched her fists tightly so that others could not see them.

…It was a strangely spirited movement.

Baekseon Lee Cheol-woon (1)

Numerous lanterns embroidering the sky seem to form the Milky Way.

Baekseon Lee Cheol-woon, who was sitting at the foot of Baeksak Mountain and quietly looking down at the scenery, took a breath from his pipe and spat it into the sky.

The thick smoke dissipates and vanishes in an instant. It’s like a person’s life.

The night sky, which used to be high, is closer today.

The sight of the lanterns rising and rising towards the sky… It was as if I was seeing my young self reaching out towards the sky.

It was a life of climbing and climbing, thinking that it would be reached someday.

Is it the image of a young self who dreamed of a future in which he would someday know the reason of the sky, realize the truth of human life, and rise to the top?

The war of words that had been fought over the will of the emperor and the emperor of heaven, who had been close friends for a long time, has now become only a dusty memory that has been diluted with events of the distant past.

“It’s only natural that we don’t know the will of the sky…”

Small wrinkles run all the way down the corner of the mouth.

On one side of Cheongdo Palace looking down, you can see the appearance of Cheonryongchae. Located in the middle of the concubine with the strongest yin energy in the palace, it was like a shrine to honor the will of the heavenly dragon.

“It is the insignificance of being human that one cannot even fathom the will of a person.”

Suddenly… behind the white line, ghosts twisting their bodies around and making bizarre noises appeared. The number was not at the level of a few dozen.

“I, too, am not free from the laws of such trivial things.”

Baekseon ruminated on it, robbed the seat and stood up.

Firecrackers blessing the Cheonryong Festival fill the night sky.

Beneath it, with hundreds of demons in front of it, White Sun, hands behind its back, dusted the end of a smoking pipe.

*

– Whiing! Perong! Perong!

– Whoaaagh!

The eventful Cheonryongjee runs toward the end.

Ha Gang-seok, the head of the Inbong-ha family, and Deok-bi Ha-wol, the owner of the Baekho Palace, stood up on the magnificent podium and raised lanterns into the night sky.

From that point on, countless people gathered at the tomb site also sent their own lanterns to the sky.

– Perong! Perong!

– Waaa!

It was truly beautiful to see red lanterns flying through the black night sky beautifully embroidering the sky, followed by firecrackers exploding.

I was on my way to the main palace from the back of the royal tomb, and suddenly looked up at the night sky.

It is said that Gongnyeo Cheondo was not feeling well after all and could not stand on the podium at the tomb site. It is news that even though the emperor personally went to check the body condition, he could not bear to raise the body.

It seems that there was no great anxiety because the people of the sealing family who supervised the festival handled it well, but it seemed that the condition of Ahyeon, the current Princess Cheondo, was not very good than expected.

I remember that a character named Princess Ahyeon appeared in Love Song of the Celestial Dragon, but until I read about it, it didn’t play a big role.

It gave off an atmosphere that seemed to be about to do something great later, but that’s why I couldn’t confirm what Princess Ahyeon was doing.

The owner of the Celestial Dragon.

Before Seolran ascended to the position of Princess Cheondo, she followed the will of the Heavenly Dragon.

In fact, it was the first time I knew that he was such a bad person.

I thought he would appear on the podium at least at the seat of the Celestial Dragon Festival, but was he in such a critical condition that he couldn’t even stand up for such an important seat?

‘I think Princess Ahyeon’s physical condition is an important piece of information, but why wasn’t there a mention of this in the Song of the Celestial Dragon?’

Rumors that the energy of the Celestial Dragon had faded were now an open secret.

Watching the demons finally start appearing even in the ecliptic, it was definitely strange even if it was something strange.

‘At least… until the story of Heavenly Dragon Lovers begins, nothing big will happen…’

Anyway, even when the main story of Cheonryong’s love story began, Princess Cheondo Ahyeon was alive and well, maintaining her place.

It was almost certain that nothing much would happen until then… so there was no need to worry too much.

For now… it would be better to enjoy the afterglow of this festival that is coming to an end.

– Whiing! Whiing!

– Boom!

Like that, I looked at the firecrackers and sky lanterns that embroidered the night sky… I ruminated on the turbulent times.

After going through high school, the last thing that comes to mind is family.

‘Sister Ran… must be having a hard time…’

Seolran must have met Ancheon, who introduced herself as Baekdosa while running an errand in the imperial city.

The man who trains pilotage while wandering around famous Seonsan ends up being hunted for tampering with the secret weapon of an assassination group called Heukwoldae.

He hides the seriously injured Ancheon in a nearby building, tells the chasing Heukwoldae officers that there are no men here, and treats his wounds.

This is the point at which the relationship with Ancheon, who later becomes a great ally of Seolran, the princess of Cheondo, is budding.

Although the main palace was hectic because of the burning of the Baekho Palace, Seolran was expected to be performing a thrilling adventure with the background of the ecliptic on the festival day.

After being intertwined with Ancheon this time, all the stories of the past that Seolran had to go through before the main story of Cheonryong’s love story began would be over.

Is this the beginning of the adventure of Seolran, a demonic woman who seduces all kinds of handsome men?

When I thought about it, I thought that I had a sister who lived a really hard life.

…

Isn’t it time to talk…

“By the way… in the end, there was no need to use a heavy sword…”

Come to think of it, before the Celestial Dragon Festival started, Baekseon talked to me as if tossing it.

Just in case you don’t know, bring the Hancheol Heavy Sword.

I was a little worried that something unexpected might happen, but the thing I was worried about did not happen.

Even if the energy of the Celestial Dragon has recently faded, there is no way that demons will appear beyond Baeksak Mountain to the center of the imperial palace.

However, it was a bit odd. Baekseon often talks nonsense, but most of the time when he talks like this, there is a reason. I never thought that things would end so easily.

Organizing my thoughts like that… I trudged toward the main palace.

It was a heartwarming night when the noisy festival was coming to an end.

Eventually, I reached the main palace, but I was unable to meet the emperor who summoned me.

It is said that the emperor stopped by the Cheonryongchae before meeting me, but something must have happened there.

*

“Taipyeong, congratulations. You survived wonderfully again.”

the next morning.

When I went to the floor of Baekseon Palace in a state of being very tired from the previous day’s visit to the main palace, Wang Han came with a lot of alcohol and poured excellent water on the floor.

Yeon-ri, who came out on the floor rubbing her dirty eyes, made a pitiful expression when she saw Wang-han, who had also brought a lot of alcohol.

“Didn’t this… older brother Wang Han brought a lot of precious liquor from Neungyeonteo yesterday…! Look at this… Baekhyeongju made with rice from the Odong region, and rice wine that is said to contain moonlight in nectar with fruit…!”

“Hey, what is all this, Hannah…”

“This older brother said that he was a bit quick-tempered for some reason, so his pockets got thicker.”

“…Have you been to the fighting game again?”

Han, who often loses money in fighting games, was very excited today.

After washing her face in the fountain in the corner of the garden, Yeon-ri rolled up her arms and went back to the floor. Then, he spoke to Han as if he was pathetic.

“If you don’t stock up when you earn, you go hungry when you lose?”

“Don’t worry, Yeon-ri. It is rather beneficial for me to exchange it for cash when I earn it once…! Even if you pile up a lot anyway, you’ll lose it all in the next battle…!”

“Why is someone who knows that…?!”

Yeon-ri put on a face that seemed absurd to the world, shook her head, and then crossed her arms and smiled in satisfaction.

“anyway! Yesterday, I checked Deokbi’s condition at the Red Palace… The original purpose of hunting the white tiger seems to have been successful…! I know just by looking at your face! Deokbi-nim was already paying attention to Tae-pyeong because he couldn’t care..! Just by looking at that flushed face, it’s pretty obvious!”

“That, is it…?”

“okay! Peace! Trust only sister Lee Yeon! I thought about it several times as I fell asleep. After all, Deokbi Ha’s condition was not unusual no matter how you look at it. I still don’t know how deep that feeling is, but I’m sure Tae-pyeong won’t harm you…!”

Yeon-ri spoke with the most satisfied smile in the world about what that bastard woman’s intuition is.

“The worry that I might die from being swept away by Deokbi-nim’s schemes… might be good to alleviate it now..! There may be some changes in the situation later… but I’ll be fine right now…!”

“is it…!”

“huh! great job! You really worked hard, Tae-pyeong-ah…!”

“Yeah… you son of a b*tch…! I was very scared…! That’s it! Now… you don’t have to worry about dying because you’re caught up in Lady Ha Deokbi’s scheme…!”

Wang Han also liked it as he put his arm on my shoulder and danced.

“okay! We did it!”

“okay! If we do it too! sh*t!”

“okay…! I see…! Hannah! It’s Yeonli! Thanks to you… Thanks to you, I passed the risk of my life…!”

Looking up at the blue sky, we embraced each other and shared this emotional moment with tears in our eyes.

I survived the night of the Celestial Dragon Festival, when my life was at stake, and I saved my life from this crisis!

We shed tears of emotion as we hurrahed for three cheers and even opened celebratory wine.

“——That’s right… Taiheung-ah…! Now… I just have to somehow break this state where I am entangled with Lady Jin, Lady Po, Lady Hyeon, and Lady Ha Deok…! I can preserve my life…!”

So, Wang Han added with emotion.

After that, the atmosphere became fierce again, as if it had been covered with cold water.

“…”

“…”

“…”

I didn’t think about it until later because I was in an urgent situation to get over the crisis right away.

Should I say it’s normal?

In fact, the situation has not changed.

no.

To put it bluntly… it got worse.

“Actually… there is a miracle that can solve every situation.”

After lunch, the members of Baek Seon-gung sat on the floor and thought about the solution again.

Yeon-li is the sharpest when it comes to women’s intuition and all, but Wang Han is objectively the most skilled at cunning.

And, the same Wang Han brought us together and talked, saying that he had come up with a divine trick that could solve all situations.

“It’s such a clear and clean method that, the moment you use it, you can get rid of all your worries in one fell swoop.”

“What, what?! Was there such a way?! Why did you come up with such a trick and still haven’t said a word about it! Hannah!”

Yeon-ri was surprised to make a fuss, but Wang Han lowered his head and spoke with a serious face.

At the same time, his voice grew darker.

“Taepyeong-ah… but… a tactic that is sure to work comes with a lot of sacrifice. It will perfectly resolve the current situation, which is on the brink of death, driven by the love affair of the crown princes… but you… have to lose too much…”

“What are you talking about, Hannah! Taepyeong is in a situation where his life is on the verge, where is something more important than life!”

“Yes, Han… tell me… what is the plan… what am I losing…?”

Wang Han looked back and forth between me and Yeon-li’s face, then sighed deeply and said, He said he hoped I wouldn’t end up using this stratagem… in a serious voice.

So, Wang Han cleared his throat once.

“…”

In this situation where everyone is struggling with their headaches——

The perfect move of the genius tactician Wang Han to break through all this situation——!

“Maybe… another tea party will be held sometime next month. This time, I’m going to the place where the crown princes gathered under the pretext of checking the truth…”

“…everyone, go to the tea party…?”

“Yeah… go there…?”

“…just poop in your pants…”

“…”

“…”

silence.

silence again.