38. Confucius of peerless beauty.

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Yeo Serin left.

She set out on a ten thousand *ri* journey to respond to the Black Heaven Alliance’s summons for investigation.

 

 

She refused the soldiers’ suggestion to go with several elders, and left the gates of the Ewha Palace with only her maids and a few escort warriors.

There was a possibility that it could be a trap, but she believed in her own strength and judged that it would be better to concentrate her forces on the Ewha Palace rather than on herself.

 

 

 

After Serin left, the Ewha Palace became noisy for a while.

It was because of the peerless handsome young master, Yu Eun.

 

 

It was a well-known fact that the elders were after him.

Even when the Palace Lord was present, numerous kidnapping (?) incidents occurred, but if even she was gone, there was no one to stop the elders.

 

 

Suhyun knew this and was worried.

 

 

“Clearly, the Palace Lord is in love with that man.”

 

Most of the warriors in Ewha Palace don’t know about love. Even if they do, it’s love between women, and men are just seen as tools to relieve lust, or as a necessary resource for having children.

But those who came from outside knew about love, so Kim Suhyun also knew that feeling.

 

 

That’s why she came to this big misunderstanding.

 

 

 

 

In fact, Yu Eun was acting like he was being raped by Serin in order to gain greater pleasure, and later it was reversed and she became Yu Eun’s slave, but Suhyun understood the situation as Serin kidnapped and raped Yu Eun, but once she had a relationship with him, she fell in love and was willing to give everything, even the Ewha Palace itself.

 

 

A similar but different understanding.

 

Anyway, she understood that her lord had fallen in love, and so she burned with a sense of duty to protect Yu Eun’s chastity even more.

 

 

 

“This won’t do. Those immature elders will definitely come barging in.”

 

They were the ones who came every day to whine even when Serin was there, but now it would be even worse, and they might even invade the Ewha Seven Palaces and forcibly kidnap him.

After much thought, she took the extreme measure of ‘living together’.

 

 

 

 

She’ll be safe while she’s awake and watching over Yu Eun, but she’s definitely in danger while she’s asleep. So if she sleeps right next to him, the problem is solved.

No matter how reckless the elders are, they won’t be able to invade the bedroom where the First Elder is sleeping.

Besides, Kim Suhyun is the Palace Lord’s most cherished soldier. She could be marked by the Palace Lord.

 

 

 

“Heok…living…together?”

 

 

Yu Eun, upon hearing her suggestion, put on a frightened expression.

He seemed like an infinitely confident man in front of Serin, but it seems he makes this face when she’s not around.

 

 

Suhyun felt surprised and pitiful at his different appearance and gently coaxed him.

 

 

“Don’t misunderstand. It’s to protect you, *Gongja-nim*.”

“Really?”

 

Eyes shaking with anxiety and distrust.

It’s understandable. The woman he met here, even Yeo Serin, raped him.

It would be stranger if he trusted easily.

 

 

Understanding his situation, Suhyun patiently persuaded him.

As the First Soldier, it would have been enough to just give an order, but she wanted to do this.

 

 

“Yes. As the Palace Lord has ordered, I will protect you, *Gongja-nim*. No matter how much of an elder they are, they won’t be able to touch you easily if I’m by your side to protect you.”

“…I understand. But I’m not trusting the Soldier-nim, I’m trusting Serin.”

“Yes.”

 

Barely succeeding in persuading him.

She smiled inwardly at the small success.

 

 

“And as you have been until now, don’t leave this palace for the time being. It’s dangerous.”

“But, but I haven’t been out for almost a month now?”

“That’s…”

“Can’t I go out with *Gunsanim*?”

“…”

 

 

He said he couldn’t trust her just a moment ago, but it seems her sincerity got through.

She thought for a moment and nodded, thinking there wouldn’t be a big problem.

 

 

“Okay. Then let’s go out together from now on.”

 

Yu Eun nodded with a bright smile.

 

Hwaak.

 

 

It looked so beautiful at that moment that Suhyun’s heart sank.

 

‘No, it can’t be…! I have a lover! Besides, this person is someone the Palace Lord loves.’

 

 

She tried to avoid Yu Eun’s face.

She was already worried about having to sleep in the same room from now on.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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First Soldier Kim Suhyun and Peerless Handsome Young Master Yu Eun’s cohabitation.

This news spread throughout the Ewha Palace in an instant.

Mostly negative reactions.

 

 

The fact that she moved Yu Eun’s residence to her own bedroom as soon as the Palace Lord left drew criticism from people.

 

 

 

 

“Wow… First Soldier-nim was a woman after all.”

“What did I say? There’s no way she couldn’t fall for him. They’ll be having storm sex every day now, right? Our *Gongja-nim*’s dick won’t be able to handle it. Ah, poor *Gongja-nim*.”

“You crazy bitch. Since when have you been so worried about men?”

“Hey! How dare you compare our *Gongja-nim* to those useless men! *Gongja-nim* is literally a *Gongja*. Not a man.”

“Bullshit.”

 

 

 

From the lowest maids,

 

 

 

 

 

 

“Tsk. *Kim Gunsanim* finally did something.”

“She’s a Goryeo person. She was hiding her lewd intentions and now she’s finally revealed them.”

“No. I bet she went to the ranch regularly too. She was doing it secretly.”

“You idiot. Would a soldier like her go to the ranch? She would have picked them out and called them in separately.”

“Ah!”

“Anyway… he’s so handsome… that’s why you have to get ahead in life.”

 

 

 

The warriors training, and….

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kwaang!

 

 

“Wow, I’m so speechless, that goddamn bitch!!”

 

 

 

Even the elders….

All of them had bad reactions.

 

 

 

 

Some even chased after her to argue.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

“First Soldier!!”

“…”

 

 

Kim Suhyun with a tired face.

It seemed like it was already the tenth time today.

 

 

“I heard a very strange rumor today!! Is it true!!!”

“Haa… probably.”

“Eek!”

 

 

A deep sigh and a tired face.

But the elder didn’t care.

 

 

“You broke tradition and brought a man into the Ewha Seven Palaces, and now you’re taking advantage of the Palace Lord being away to feed and sleep him in your bedroom? If you wanted a man so badly, you should have just grabbed anyone and eaten them a long time ago, why are you making such a fuss now!!”

“Calm down.”

“Calm down my ass! I completely misjudged you!”

“It’s all because of you elders.”

“What?!”

 

Suhyun sighed deeply.

She expected it, but the backlash was so strong that she ended up saying what was on her mind.

 

 

“You kidnap and rape the men the Palace Lord brings, right? It happened so often that the Palace Lord eventually gave up, right?”

“Ha! So you’re using that as an excuse to sleep him in your room? Do you think that makes sense?”

“This time it’s different. The Palace Lord told me firmly before she left. She told me to protect Yu Eun *Gongja*’s chastity no matter what.”

“Chastity my ass. You’ve been eating him up until now. What chastity is that! I’d understand if he was a virgin or something. But that’s not the case, is it?”

“…”

“And frankly, isn’t the Palace Lord just kidnapping and raping him as she pleases! Is it only kidnapping when we do it, and is it some kind of romantic elopement when the Palace Lord does it? What’s so different that you only unilaterally criticize us?”

“…”

 

 

There was nothing to say.

Yeo Serin is also a kidnapper and rapist after all.

 

 

No matter how much she regards and follows Yeo Serin as her lord, she doesn’t think her actions are right.

If she didn’t have a personal favor to repay, she would probably regard and hate Yeo Serin as an enemy.

 

 

“Anyway, it’s the Palace Lord’s strict order. While she’s away, access to Yu Eun *Gongja* is strictly prohibited. Especially for the elders.”

“Hmph. I don’t believe it. Not your words.”

“I knew you’d say that, so she even wrote an order herself before she left. Here.”

 

Suhyun slid out the document Serin had written last night.

It was written in Yeo Serin’s handwriting and had her seal on it.

 

 

“You can imitate handwriting, and you can just steal the seal. After all, there’s no one in the Ewha Seven Palaces who can stop the First Soldier, right?”

“…I’m offended. Do you not trust me that much?”

“Hmph. *Gunsanim* doesn’t trust us elders that much, and that’s okay, but it’s offensive when I don’t trust *Gunsanim*?”

“You’ve done enough things. Until now. It’s a reasonable suspicion.”

“I’ll say the same to you. The First Soldier is acting suspiciously enough, very, seriously. That’s why we’re offended. Understand?”

“…”

 

 

The elder left, full of anger.

It seemed like she would have to put in a lot of effort to calm them down.

 

 

“Haa….”