Chapter 58

Out of impatience, she pleaded with him again, "Your Majesty, he is your brother. You have watched him longer than me, your official wife, and know his character better than others. How can you be so mean to him?"

Bipaan looked at her again. Though his eyes were always empty, they looked all the more so now.

"Don't worry about him too much. As your husband, I will deal with the matter in a fair and just manner.

It was already very dark when Kyosul left the East Palace. She was staggering in the darkness, with the nanny behind her holding a lamp.

"What should I do?"

"Your Highness!"

The nanny following her with a troubled look caught up with her and asked piteously, "Why are you so absent-minded today of all days? Why can't you pull yourself together?"

"No, no, no…" While murmuring to herself absent-mindedly, she suddenly stopped walking. "I did not lose him. Only now have I taken hold of him firmly."

Yes, she realized it now clearly.