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While drinking with my apprentice, I heard quite a few stories.

He said that he has received a lot of expectations from his family since he was young, and because of that, he has been preparing for a marriage for political reasons here and there.

However, it is said that he could not abandon his current wife, with whom he had developed a deep bond and had taken care of him for a long time.

That’s why he trained to overcome his family’s instructions, and eventually reached the level of a superhuman in order to ridicule those who said he couldn’t do it.

“Sometimes insignificant people make noise. But isn’t carrying out one’s will a man’s job?”

You are absolutely correct.

What I do is not easy either. But isn’t I also moving forward like this to carry out our will?

Therefore, I could not deny the words of the apprentice who carried out his own will.

There is no way to deny it.

“As expected, Teacher Yu is a man. I thought you would understand what I meant. ruler. Let’s have a drink.”

He raised his glass, and I also raised my glass. He took a gulp and grinned.

“It’s truly refreshing to drink. I guess the alcohol is really strong?”

“Haha. After all, you run a guest house, right? If you don’t know the taste of the alcohol sold in the guesthouse, how can you serve it to guests?”

“Hehe. Right. I’m so happy that I finally met a good drinking friend after a long time.”

The apprentice who said so lifted the bottle. I had a lot to drink with him, but for some reason it didn’t seem like the drinking session would end.

“Oh, if you’re drunk, you can stop drinking.”

“It’s okay.”

“Hehe. Good. Good.”

He did not use his internal energy to get drunk. Just smile and drink happily.

After drinking so late into the night, when the prepared alcohol was gone, he regretfully took a savory taste and took out a pack of tobacco from his pocket.

“Are you okay?”

“I bloom too.”

“Haha. Then let’s take a peek.”

I went out with my apprentice. At the table in the garden, the apprentice and I lit a fire pipe and smoked a candle.

The apprentice, who was grinning with a red face from intoxication, spoke leisurely.

“I heard the story from Georyeon. You were trying to develop an island village, right?”

“Yes.”

“Are you trying to raise Hong Seong-moon?”

“I will not deny it.”

“I see.”

Hong Seong-moon and Moon Wol-jeong are rivals. Therefore, saying that I was helping Hong Seong-moon would be similar to saying that I was trying to deal with Moon Wol-jeong, but the doge just laughed.

“Please take care of me.”

“Are you not blaming me?”

“I need a strong opponent to become strong.”

He grinned and shook off the remaining ashes from the pipe.

“But… let’s have a drink sometimes.”

“Next time, we will meet you at Seomhwachon.”

“Hahaha! That’s something to look forward to! ah. Come to think of it, I have a secret medicine. Would you like just one more drink?”

I smiled and nodded at him, who was smiling.

I guess I didn’t really have any drinking friends.

“Ugh…”

A groan comes out of nowhere.

I woke up barely able to lift my fluttering eyelids and could barely remember what happened yesterday.

He said just one more drink, but I can’t believe I’ll drink several more bottles.

Still, I guess the fact that I didn’t have a hangover even after drinking that much was a really good drink.

Next time I bring you to Seomhwachon, I’ll have to open my secret liquor store.

Anyway, I woke up at the time I always wake up, and when Oh Geum-hee and Chae washed up after practicing Tai Chi as usual, a maid came to the room I was in.

“I will guide you to the restaurant.”

Hongryeon, Hyeonhwi, and Sayoon follow her to the restaurant. Chaejin and Chaeryeon were sitting.

“Please sit here.”

Hongryeon waved her hand, and I sat down in the empty seat. After a while, the door opens and the apprentice walks out.

“Mmm. Teacher Yu. Are you okay?”

“I’m fine.”

“…You’re so talkative.”

Even though he should have just blown away his drunkenness with internal energy, he didn’t do that, so it seems like he’s really drunk.

The apprentice chuckled, and breakfast began.

“Hongryeon today. You should rest.”

“Huh? Why?”

“Because I plan to intensively train Hyun Sojeo, Sa Sojeo, and Chaejin and Chaeryeon. And tomorrow is Chaejin. Let you rest.”

“I understand.”

As the meal progressed to a certain extent, the apprentice told us about the schedule. Today it’s Hongryeon, tomorrow it’s Chaejin, and the next day it’s Sayun, Hyeonhwi, and Chaeryeon.

After letting the others rest one by one, he said he would have them spar on the last day.

This training is led by an apprentice, so there is nothing we can do about it.

“But the other disciples…”

“I’m on my way to Murim. I will train them separately, so you don’t have to worry.”

After the meal was over with a brief notice, the apprentice went to the training center. Left alone like that, I went back to my room.

ruler. So, we have time left, so what should we do?

-smart.

Now that I was in Cheongho, I was thinking about digging into the trading network for products sold only here, when I heard a knock on the door.

No one will come, right?

“Please come in.”

“What are you doing?”

It was Hongryeon. I smiled and said to her who came in with a smiling face.

“Imhwachon is growing bigger, and I was thinking about doing some market research in this area to try to increase the number of products I sell.”

“Good. I also have to go to the market. Today is my day off, so I’m going to get moving now.”

“Are you going to buy some cloth?”

“Yes. So…”

Briefly, Hongryeon looked at me.

“Would you like to go together?”

“Let’s do that.”

“Okay, then let’s meet at the entrance of Munwoljeong later.”

Hongryeon spoke quickly and quickly left the room. After she left, I got up and smelled the scent of the remaining plum blossoms.

ruler. Let’s get ready to go out.

I went outside of Munwoljeong Pavilion and waited for a while, then Hongryeon came out. Instead of the Hongseongmun attire he usually wore, he was wearing a white palace suit that seemed to have been prepared by Munwoljeong.

“Uh, how do you feel?”

When she asked, gently gripping her long skirt, I thought for a moment and said,

“You suit me well.”

It’s not a joke, really. The flowing white clothes and her long red hair went well together.

When I looked at her with light makeup and was purely amazed, Hongryeon smiled and nodded.

“Thank you.”

“I was telling the truth. ruler. Let’s go.”

I cleared my throat and headed to the market with Hongryeon. It was a bit chilly because it was winter, but it wasn’t so bad that I couldn’t walk.

And, as if to prove it, there were quite a few people in the market.

“I came here before, but there are still a lot of people here.”

“The market of Seomhwachon is growing, but it is still not as good as Cheongho. ruler. Would you like to go look at the fabric first?”

“Good!”

There was a place I knew. I walked towards the dry goods store that I went to with Chaejin before, and looked inside the dry goods store, which had more items than before.

“Would you like to watch it together? Or…”

“It would be better to watch it together, right? You’re planning on seeing the fabric anyway, right?”

“That’s right. Then let’s see together.”

I went into the store with Hongryeon, and as soon as he saw us, the owner of the dry goods store smiled and said,

“Welcome~! You are a well-matched couple.”

“Thank you. I’m here to import fabric. Can you take a look?”

“Ah. wholesale? Then would you like to come this way? Then, Miss…”

“Ah. I’m going to make clothes separately…”

“Then watch from here. If you are purchasing in bulk, what do you need?…”

“If Jin Ho-mok exists, I would like to see it.”

“Jinhomok. You’re looking for something good. Please wait a moment.”

While Hongryeon was watching from the side, I looked at other fabrics.

“Oh my. Don’t you think it would look good if you made Sayun’s clothes out of this fabric?”

The fabric that Hongryeon picked up was a bright yellow fabric that would go well with spring.

Besides that, I watched Hongryeon talking cheerfully as she looked at the fabric she used to make clothes for the other sisters.

“Huh? Why?”

Although she seemed to be smiling brightly, there was a bit of shadow in her expression. Did you put on makeup to hide that?

“You don’t look good. Are you having a hard time these days?”

“…Do you think so?”

“I guess so. It seems like he’s trying too hard to make clothes for other sisters.”

Hongryeon thought for a moment and nodded.

“I really can’t fool you.”

“It’s strange that you don’t know when you’ve been watching so much.”

“Ugh…”

Hongryeon moaned for a moment and nodded slightly.

“Even when I came to meet the apprentice before, I was not able to acquire Yooseongrak. But I still haven’t mastered it… I think I’ve definitely grown… but I’m a little worried because of that.”

She spoke in a low tone and smiled.

“Hehe. therefore. Can you cheer me on?”

I smiled and answered Hongryeon’s words.

“I’ll do whatever it takes.”

Since cloth was a specialty of Cheongho, there were quite a few dry goods stores. Since we had to look at other places besides the first dry goods store we went to, we just did some research and left right away. After visiting several dry goods stores, we arrived at a large deck next to Cheongho Lake.

“The most famous daru in Cheongho is Hoyundaru. Did you know?”

I knew it.

Because it is a place that appears in the bright moon of heaven.

I went into Daru with her and went up to the third floor.

Hongryeon smiled brightly as she sat down in a seat with a clear view of Cheongho.

Meanwhile, when tea and cookies were served, Hongryeon cut the cookies, munched on them, and enjoyed the scenery of Cheongho.

“Good. Sometimes, it’s nice to enjoy something like this.”

“You’re always so enthusiastic. you are. There have to be times when you let things go like this.”

Hongryeon grinned.

Like always smiling.

“I’m so passionate… Will you be the only one to do it?”

“Not really, but…”

“After falling down like that?”

When Hongryeon spoke teasingly, I kept my mouth shut.

As a man, it was embarrassing enough to just come down with a cold.

“Now that I think about it, I should be grateful that I accepted it then.”

It was memorable. That I fell as if in her arms.

I still wanted to talk about it, but this is a good opportunity.

“That’s nothing. On the contrary, it felt good. I always lean on you, but it feels like you lean on me.”

“Still, I wanted to apologize and thank you.”

“Ahaha. You’re serious. Well then an apology and thanks. I will take it seriously. Next time I’m having a hard time, you can accept it.”

“Just tell me anytime.”

“Really? Hehehe. I look forward to it.”

She took a sip of tea and blinked one eye.

It was a fun outing in its own way, and perhaps that was why Hongryeon seemed to have gained energy in her own way.

After talking like that, we drank tea, walked around Cheongho, and when we came back, the sun was setting.

“Tomorrow will be full-scale training. Please work hard.”

“Yes. I need to cheer up when you help and support me like this.”

Smiling, she turned slightly.

“Well, see you later at dinner.”

Hongryeon leaves, waving her hand. As I watched her walking away.

“Huh? Where have you been?”

At that time, I encountered Chae-jin walking with a sword.

She must have finished training for a while, her sweat-soaked hair sticking to her skin. When she asked while stroking her hair, I said calmly.

“I went out with Hongryeon for a while. There was a bit of talk about the problem of importing goods in Seomhwachon.”

“…Ah. Red lotus family. Come to think of it, he took a break today.”

Chaejin said that and smiled.

“Did you see it all? There are many stores in Cheongho.”

“Not yet.”

“Then come out with me tomorrow. You don’t plan on going only with Hongryeon, right?”

How can you refuse when you say that?

I stared at her and then nodded.