episode_0154

I laughed.

“Okay, in Daehyeop’s opinion, which of the two of you seems to have done the wrong?”

“It’s your brother! I just spoke a bit harshly…”

“Then, if your brother regrets his mistake, he will come to apologize.”

Although Hyuk Kirin gave an expression as if it was not such a simple matter. Well, honestly, it was such a small argument that I couldn’t understand why Hyuk Kirin was worried like this.

“Ha, but…I told you not to come visit me for a while. Will your brother come to apologize..?”

“Hehehe. Don’t worry. You will be contacted shortly.”

Have you ever had an argument with Yu-kyung? From my little experience, the imperial family is quite strict. When Yu-kyung and Hyeok-ki-rin were young, they were in a position where they couldn’t fight easily, so this might be their first fight.

Well, now that I think about it, Yu-kyung is the emperor and may not be in a position to apologize that easily.

“I said it would be for the time being, but once I leave Luoyang, I don’t know when I will see my brother again. In the meantime, will your brother come to apologize?”

Is this really such a problem?

There are not many opportunities for Hyuk Kirin and Yu Kyeong to meet. No, in fact, I should say there is hardly any. Since Yu-gyeong, the emperor, cannot be away, Hyuk Kirin has to move, but even so, there is no way Hyuk Kirin can easily come up with an excuse to come in and out of the palace on a regular basis.

Returning to the imperial palace as Princess Yuya is not an easy task.

This means that the opportunity for two people to meet comfortably like this is rare.

After that, I tried my best to comfort Hyeok Kirin, but the sadness on Hyuk Kirin’s face did not seem to go away.

“Tsu-eup…”

I also had an unpleasant aftertaste. Of course, I was concerned that Hyeok Kirin and the emperor fought because of my request.

This was all because of a bastard named Dujak. In the end, because that bastard tried a strange trick against me, I had no choice but to mobilize a connection called Hyuk Kirin, and Hyuk Kirin clashed with the emperor Yu-gyeong because of the trick of a guy named Du-jak, and their relationship worsened. .

Anyway, I was killing some time in the pavilion after lunch with a bit of uneasiness…

“Nothing.”

Du Zac and Sima Huijing. The guys in question have appeared.

“No….”

To be honest, my first thought was absurdity. Is it possible to just walk around the palace after such a major accident yesterday? Even if stealing the emperor’s guests out of the palace is an extenuating crime, trying to steal the emperor’s gifts is a very serious crime.

His complexion looked bad and his body looked listless, but that wasn’t the important thing. The person who caused the incident could come back to the palace hall in less than a day.

I was dumbfounded and was looking at Duzak with my mouth wide open. When Duzak caught my gaze, he slowly turned his head and started giggling.

As I was waiting to hear what he was saying, Dujak cleared his throat for a long time before finally opening his mouth.

“Well…I’m very sorry about what happened yesterday.”

“Hehe.”

What kind of situation is this? I looked at the two of them for a moment, gathered my thoughts, and then spoke.

“Please sit down. Sir Samahwi is also sitting there.”

To be honest, I don’t care if this bastard Du-jak grows up or gets a true education or not, as long as there is nothing left in the grudge relationship. As long as he takes the reward the emperor gives him, that’s fine.

However, for Hyeok Kirin, the period of his stay at the imperial family is a time when he can stay at his home for the first time in a very long time, and at the same time, it is a time when he can meet the royal family for the first time in a very long time. It can be said to be as precious a time as a private’s 100-day vacation. It bothered me that I was burdened with unnecessary worries during this time.

I was worried…but there was nothing I could do. Since I am currently in a situation where I have to pretend not to know Hyuk Kirin’s identity, I cannot delve deeply into the fact that Hyuk Kirin is fighting with his brother. Just giving superficial consolation to Hyeok Kirin.

So, I tried to pass it off like that, but…two people appeared in front of me. When I saw the two people and a feeling of absurdity passed through my head, my immediate thought was that the situation had become more serious.

To be precise, the current situation in which these two people could appear in front of me was serious.

Hyeok Kirin must have been very angry, so what does it mean that these two people can roam around the palace safely? Even though Hyuk Kirin is a member of Moorim, he is a direct descendant. No matter what punishment those two people receive in the future, it can be said that it is basic for them to be detained at home for now.

But now the two can freely come and go in the palace hall? Didn’t the court ladies at Gungcheongjeon stop that again?

This means that the influence of Emperor Yu-gyeong, a member of the royal family higher than Hyeok-ki-rin, was at work.

Contrary to Hyuk Kirin’s wishes, Yu-kyung did not punish these two people with a ridiculous and harsh punishment, and Hyuk-ki-rin, who was angry at that, probably got into a fight with Yu-kyung.

Otherwise, it makes no sense for these two people to appear in the palace hall.

Yes, something like this has to happen for that gentle Hyuk Kirin to raise her voice against her older brother whom she hasn’t seen in a long time.

Hyeok Kirin’s worries were not for nothing. Considering what these two people did, it was right that they should be severely punished. But for some reason, Emperor Yujing chose to defend the two.

I don’t know why the emperor made that decision, but I think there was something about it that he took Duzak’s side instead of his brother’s. Since he made that choice as the emperor, not as his brother, he may not apologize to Hyeok Kirin.

In other words, if they keep quiet like this, the emperor and Hyeok Gi-rin may end up in conflict with each other and end up wasting all their golden days.

It could be said that Hyuk Kirin’s vacation at the imperial palace is in danger of being destroyed.

When I remembered Hyuk Kirin’s expression full of worry, I couldn’t just fold my arms and watch.

“What happened yesterday…”

He raised his hand and blocked the mouth of Sima Hui, who was opening his mouth instead of Du Zuo. Sima Huijing is a formidable opponent. If you let this person open his mouth, there was a high chance that he would be swayed.

“Dujak, please tell me.”

Sima Hui-jing, who was guilty, kept his mouth shut with a look of frustration on his face, and I only stared at Du Zac without even looking at Sima Hui-jing.

Dujak sighed deeply and then opened his mouth.

“The incident started because of my sister. We were talking about the imperial guests.”

“Is that so.”

It was a completely random story, but the more information the better. Instead of trying to get to the point, I concentrated on getting all of the two sentences into my head.

“I was talking to my sister. There was a story about a gambling addict who gave his hard-earned money to gambling. Isn’t that how I lived for quite a few years?”

“Huh. I see.”

At that level, you could say he was a severe gambling addict. My instinct as a guardian of the gambling scene stirred when I received information about the person I was supposed to run a healthy gambling campaign against, but for now, I calmed that instinct and focused on the story.

“Nevertheless, wouldn’t the sister be defending that man? I am saying that he will not be in danger in the gambling world and that he can exercise sufficient restraint.”

Dujak let out a long sigh.

“Then, with an innocent look on his face, he showed the tricks he used at the gambling table in front of me, and my eyes rolled over.”

“…Oh.”

Dujak’s love for his sister, which could be felt through his gestures and intonations, was great, but for some reason, such a sister showed a friendly attitude toward Nomtop, a gambler, and that Nomtop even taught him gambling skills.

“So…um. I contacted you. I want to let you know that no matter how good a gambler you are, you can still lose at the gambling table…”

“So you’re saying that you lured me into a trap to show my sister how ephemeral these people called gamblers are?”

“Keohum. Hmm..!”

From my perspective, it would have been frowned upon. And it was a story that was not very believable.

But that ridiculous statement wasn’t completely unconvincing.

I naturally thought that the two people were aiming for a reward after smuggling me to the imperial palace.

But what if they just wanted to smuggle it out of the imperial palace and run it to the gambling den? Contrary to my expectations, the only charge was that of stealing the imperial guests out of the palace, and there was no charge of trying to extort the emperor’s gifts.

Sneaking the emperor’s guests out of the palace is not a light crime, but it is at a level that can be considered an aberration by members of the royal family.

On the other hand, if those two had tried to get their hands on the emperor’s gift, they could not have gotten away with it, no matter how important Du Zuo was in the imperial family and Sima Jinghui was a member of the prestigious Sima family.

Wouldn’t it have been impossible to move around like this?

And assuming that what the two people said was true, I thought it would be worth it for the emperor and Hyuk Kirin to fight over the treatment of those two people.

The emperor may have tried to quietly cover up such a disgrace to the imperial family rather than publicize it. If this incident became known, they might have been concerned about rumors like me that they were trying to steal the emperor’s gifts.

On the other hand, what was Hyeok Kirin like? Considering the murderous expression on his face at the time when he heard the story, he probably didn’t take it too lightly.

“Hmm. I see.”

Of course, I only acknowledged the possibility of something like that happening, but I was not completely convinced of it.

It makes some sense, but it’s still very unrealistic. No matter how much he cared for his sister, would he go crazy like this just because he defended a gambler?

However, if everything Duzak described was true, there was nothing bad about it from my perspective. As originally intended, he can owe Sima Yan a debt, and there is little chance of an enmity being formed with Du Zak, and if he manipulates Du Zak well, it seems like he can strengthen the relationship between Hyuk Qilin and the emperor again.

So, for now, let’s hang out with these two people and check whether the situation just mentioned is real.

“Your love for your sister is truly amazing. I was honestly impressed.”

Dujak narrowed his eyes.

“Do you…understand?”

“Honestly, I don’t understand.”

Before the disappointment appeared in Duzak’s eyes, I continued speaking quickly.

“I have been living alone ever since I can remember. I can’t say that I understand things like the friendship between siblings.”

“Ah…I see.”

“But I always longed for something like the camaraderie between siblings. Since there was no blood relation…those things seemed to shine.”

“Hmm…I guess so.”

“I can’t say that I lived a very long life, but even for those who care about their flesh and blood, there are no bad people. I got caught up in something ridiculous, but in the end, I didn’t lose anything. I’ll just think I had a bad dream and forget about it.”

“I see…I can’t lift my head. It may sound like a public offering from your perspective, but the prize you will receive will also include compensation for this incident.”

“Haha. That’s something I’m really thankful for.”

As the atmosphere became more friendly, Sima Hui-jing secretly summoned the court ladies and had them set up a tea table. The way it acts like a worm jumping over a wall looks exactly like Sama Yeom.

“I will be stopping by tomorrow, so could you make me a cup of tea?”

“Hehe. of course. Please stop by often.”

Dujak seemed to have relaxed a lot from my reaction. Well, let’s have a casual conversation and find out more information.

First, let’s talk about the still dark complexion.

“Are you still worried about my work? Your complexion looks uneasy.”

“Does it look like that..?”

After sighing for a long time, Dujak looked at me for a moment, thought about it, and then spoke with difficulty.

“I ended up having a big fight with my sister.”

“Oh, I see.”

Certainly, if the sister had heard the full story of this incident, she would not have reacted well. Even if we argued, it is completely understandable.

Even though I had little to no sensitivity towards my sister, I still wanted to take her side emotionally, but what was in front of my eyes right now was not Du-Jac’s sister, but Du-Jac.

“Still, you must have been very heartbroken because you did this out of consideration for your sister.”

“Whew…I have good reputation, so how could I complain like that in front of you?”

As he says that, he looks at me with earnest eyes. It seems like his whole body is twisting because he wants to complain.

“It’s okay. I’m curious, perhaps because I’m involved in it.”

“Then…”

Dujak starts talking as if he’s been waiting for it.

“Actually, I heard my sister ask me what my brother knows for saying such things.”

“Hehe. I see.”

“Of course, I admit that my sister was very angry because I did this on my own. However, they didn’t even let me talk and then they started getting angry and said things like that…sigh…”

Well, does the imperial family strictly control sibling squabbles? Sibling squabbles like this should end before they reach adulthood. The quarrel between Hyeok-ki-rin and the emperor or the quarrel between Du-jak and his sister are very dragons and tigers.

At this rate, things like ‘I really don’t like you, my brother,’ will come out.

“Then suddenly he blushed and said, ‘I really don’t like you!’ didn’t he? It was the first time in my life that I had heard such a thing from my sister, so I froze in shock.”

…uh?

No way. Surely not?

I looked at Duzak’s face without realizing it. Resembles. He looks like Hyuk Kirin… no, this is a delusion, Ho Cheon-an, you bastard. Dujak is also a member of the royal family, so of course he looks similar to Hyeok Kirin. Let’s not pass this on.

“But wouldn’t you be saying, ‘I don’t even want to see you like that?’ I literally felt like my mind was falling apart.”

I swallowed hard. okay. All you have to do is not say those words.

Dujak suddenly expressed his resentment, but then lowered his head and said, probably because he remembered the heartache he felt at the time.

“I want to apologize and ask for forgiveness, but my sister… told me not to come even if she came looking for me because I don’t want to see her, so I’m really worried…!”

“Heh heh, heh heh.”

I stopped denying reality.

“Aren’t you ridiculous too! If you can’t visit, how can you see your face, how can you ask for an apology and restore your relationship? Even though I did something wrong, how can I speak so harshly between siblings..!”

I clenched my fists and expressed my resentment. No, I looked at Yu Jing, the current emperor.