episode_0167

Where did it go wrong?

“The most delicious part of chicken is the breast, right?”

“You are saying such sad things… Chicken legs are the most delicious…”

“How on earth are these needlessly tough legs so delicious…”

“If you think about it that way, isn’t the breast meat just dry…?”

Where on earth did it come from and what went wrong that we had to see things like this?

At least, if the topic had been plausible, I wouldn’t have felt so devastated…

What they say with such serious expressions is ‘chest vs. leg.’

If the Wippas and Chokpas had seen this scene, they would have held their heads and screamed, ‘This isn’t the Three Kingdoms!’

‘by the way···.’

Our Aman was heartbroken.

Indeed, it is said that people instinctively chase after what they do not have or lack…

Of course, that is to say, Jojo was by no means small.

But… deficiency is relative.

If a monster like this is standing right in front of you like now, Jojo will inevitably feel deprived.

It must have been when I was thinking philosophically for the first time in a long time.

I felt a hand pulling the hem of my clothes and looked down to see a red-haired kid who had used my thigh as his personal cushion as naturally as breathing, looking up at me with a smile.

“Aren’t you curious about Oppa? What does rain like?”

At an age when curiosity is at its peak, did he wander around the manor again? I asked as I wiped the face of the little boy with my sleeve, who, as always today, was showing off his unique quirky look, despite the special instructions I had given to the maids in charge of Moranggak.

“So which do you like better, breast meat or leg meat?”

“Umm… oppa makes the rain!”

“It tastes good.”

“Tasty…? What is an egg? Is it like a duck egg?”

“It means gourmet.”

I guess I just liked the title of gourmet. If you see him make a strange exclamation like ‘Hehe…’ and then burst into laughter.

“···! that’s right! Rain is a gourmet!”

“Okay, okay, shall we have chicken for dinner tonight?”

“Joa!”

It must have been at the moment when I was patting the head of a little boy who was shaking his legs and humming excitedly, as if he was already looking forward to dinner time, and tidying up the mess.

“Seeing how natural it is to take care of children, I really feel like I can start a family now.”

The voice of Yoon So-pyeong, who can be said to be the biological father of this body, flowed into my ears. That’s why I turned my head towards the direction the voice came from.

“No, how did someone who is busy with work at the top end up here…”

“I have some news to tell you.”

“Ah, Master!”

“Aman was here too.”

A reaction that seems to say that everything went well.

I was able to find out thanks to reactions like that.

The news I’m about to deliver has something to do with me and Jojo.

To be exact… I guess it has something to do with Jojo. Since I joined Cao Cao’s army, I and Cao Cao can be said to be a kind of community with a shared destiny.

Anyway, what kind of news is this?

It was a time when I was quietly mulling over something called curiosity.

“Hello. Uncle.”

“Hehe, yes.”

By the standards of this world, I guess I couldn’t control my smile when I saw the little boy oozing grandchild beauty all over his body, as he was at an age when he was in the prime of his age to be entertained by his grandson and granddaughter. The corner of Sopyeong’s mouth caught in his ear at the sight of the little boy coming down from my thighs, folding his hands over my belly button, and nodding.

He was satisfied for a long time, but in the end, he gave up his entire wallet to a robber who used cuteness as a weapon, and Sopyeong called Jojo and me aside.

After asking for understanding from those who were present, he calmly followed Sopyeong’s footsteps, and what he finally heard was…

“Your Majesty wants to establish a direct army.”

“If it’s a direct military, you already have the Imperial Army, right?”

“It seems like they thought that they alone were not enough.”

“Ah, well…”

From the emperor’s perspective, it was understandable to feel that way.

I heard that a group of people called Taepyeongdo, whom I had never heard of before, had started a rebellion, so I dispatched the imperial army with the intention of treading lightly on them, but instead of suppressing the rebellion at once, they ended up being pushed back by non-regular troops.

There was no such disgraceful act again, and because of that, the imperial family had to endure the humiliation of asking for help from feudal lords and nobles from various regions…

A human being who was not particularly interested in anything other than pleasure and luxury suddenly shouted, ‘Army! To some extent, it was understandable that the cry for a ‘stronger army!’

Of course, there may be practical reasons other than those reasons.

Now that the reins of the feudal lords and nobles who had settled in various parts of the central plains had been loosened, it was necessary to strengthen the power of the central army in order to prevent them from dreaming useless dreams.

And if the imperial family began to make such movements…

“I guess I’ll have to be careful with my actions for the time being.”

As Jojo said, it was necessary to be cautious for the time being.

“Chohyeon I guess I should first put the flue to the people outside?”

“Yes, that’s how it goes…”

“···Wait a minute, it’s good to react quickly, but make sure you both listen to what they say until the end.”

Is there still something left to say?

Listening to the nuance, it seemed that way, so it must have been the moment when JoJo and I stopped the countermeasures meeting for a moment and looked at Mr. Xiaopyeong.

Mr. Sopyeong, who was frowning and massaging his eyebrows as if just thinking about it gave him a headache, soon opened his mouth with a sigh.

“First of all, His Majesty the Emperor said that the name of the new central army he is planning to establish is the Western Eight Bridges. And the person appointed as the leader of the Seowon Palgyo Committee is… Geon-seok.”

Dry stone?

What is that name like Mob A?

‘···wait for a sec.’

Dry stone…?

“Are you sure you mean Geon-seok, one of the Ten Sang-si?”

“···Yes.”

Geon-seok is one of the ten leaders who can be said to be the pinnacle of power in this era… He lost his uncle to Jo Jo, and Jo Jo is a person who is no better than an enemy.

That such a person took on the position of commander of the newly created central army…?

“Ah…”

I’m bored. this.

*****

I was planning on quietly waiting for my time.

Because the emperor she saw in Luoyang looked completely ill.

A human being who would feel no discomfort at all even if he suddenly collapsed clutching his chest, and was practically a living corpse.

That was the true nature of the emperor she saw, and that was why she was certain that the emperor would not last long.

The most talented doctors in the central plains will work hard to improve the emperor’s illness, but… well, does that really have any meaning?

Even if you can’t treat your habits, your body will be busy chasing all kinds of pleasures, including women, right?

In other words, it was like constantly pouring water into a bottomless jar, so I was sure that the jar itself would soon break without being able to withstand the force of the current. It seems that I was secretly underestimating the skills of the royal palace staff. .

I never thought a crisis like this would come before the poison breaks.

And sure enough, not long after hearing from his father, or rather, Master, that Geon-seok had been promoted to the position of Sanggungyowi, the leader of the Seowonpalgyowi, a royal emissary visited Chohyeon.

Along with a royal edict containing the emperor’s order to quickly enter the imperial palace in Luoyang.

···I tried to go alone.

The issue of resentment with Geon-seok was her personal problem, and she did not want to involve others in something that was clearly destined to lead to destruction.

So, I packed my bags and tried to secretly leave at dawn…

“Ugh, I understand that you are rushing because it is the Emperor’s name, but aren’t you being too diligent…”

“You, you…?”

“Now that things have come to this, how about sleeping a little longer and leaving after sunrise? Or just leave tomorrow.”

It seems that it was not enough to deceive Suhyeon’s attention because of where he was staying.

I thought I had succeeded in sneaking out without being noticed by anyone, but seeing him come first and wait for me like this.

“There are thieves and bandits everywhere, but you really didn’t intend to go alone, did you?”

A subject who can’t even fight better than me.

The words, which normally would have made me angry as soon as I heard them, seemed to be especially stuck in my heart today.

“Ma, that’s right. Sister…”

“Kyahahat-! Aman’s fighting skills are definitely not that great!”

“Sure… I can’t dare deny that part.”

The same was true for the remarks made by Jo In, Ha Hu Don, and Ha Hu Yeon without missing the opportunity.

I closed my eyes.

It was because the sun had just begun to rise and it was so dazzling.

I opened my mouth, hiding my eyes, which had begun to sting strangely, under my eyelids.

“···You too could be in danger.”

I hoped you would go back after hearing this.

Even though I secretly hoped that would happen, I didn’t.

“No, when was it not dangerous?”

“You could die.”

“Was it the same when you went out to kill the Yellow Turban Reds?”

One word spoken in a calm voice.

As soon as I heard that, I realized it.

No matter what I say here, they will follow until the end.

Nevertheless, the reason I keep spewing out words… I guess it’s because of the things that have started to overflow in my heart before I know it.

“···Suhyeon, you don’t even have to treat guests like that.”

“You weren’t even my guest to begin with?”

“That’s…”

“And they also said they were planning to leave today. I decided to rely on a senior I studied with in the past.”

Wouldn’t it be okay to leave the role of seeing them off to your father?

If other people heard it, they’d say, ‘Damn it…!’ Soo-hyeon blurted out words that could have easily been pointed at her, saying, ‘You don’t even know how to treat a customer…’ and then smiled and held out her hand.

“Okay, if you decide to leave, let’s go quickly. It’s cold and I’m going to stay like this and sleep on the street.”

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“According to the order of His Majesty, the strict Emperor, Cao Cao, the former Minister of Jinan, is appointed to the position of Commander-in-Chief of the Military.”

to···?