Chapter 173: Seon-Ho

I woke up a few hours later to my crazy wife throwing around pink and blue clothing all around the house and helping herself to spicy foods that had my eyes tearing up from across the other end of the room. "Are you possessed? What on earth has gotten into you these past few days?" I looked around the colourful mess she would never usually leave. She just playfully stuck her tongue out at me as she used to when we were children and kept eating whatever it was that was turning my stomach. "Throw away whatever it is you're eating, it's making me sick and making you put on weight" I pouted. At that moment she gave me a frustrated look and kept throwing pillows at me like she was one of our children. I held her in my arms from behind her and threw her over my shoulder and restrained her in my lap and took a good look at my wife. She had turned into a child no less for a while now, throwing childish tantrums, playing with our children like she was one of them, and...she was practically glowing even in the dark.

It took me a while as I began to put the pieces together; her scheming had come back in full effect since before she had the twins, the clothes, and her food choices...of course! How could I forget! She was eating spicy mandoo and chap chae just like she used to when she was pregnant the first time! Women ate sour when carrying a girl and spicy things for...I looked at her with tears of happiness, unable to speak. "Did you finally put all the clues together you insensitive old man?" She pouted in return, turning away from me in childish anger. I kept getting her to look at me but she kept turning away, angry at my words. I was getting impatient and pinned her to the floor. She just smiled at me and kissed me so passionately, dissipating my anger as usual. I melted in her embrace and wanted to take her out to celebrate but she just clung onto me, not wanting to move and just lay on my chest as happy and as content as she could be.

Hyuk was over the moon when we told him the news and he kept begging us for a baby brother. Hanna however was less thrilled by this adjustment stayed quiet whilst trying to stay by my side a lot more. She would try to put her little hands over our mouths whenever we tried to speak about it and when Yeon's belly started to grow Hanna refused to go anywhere near it, her petty jealousy becoming more evident as time passed by.

I had barely a handful servants and neighbours of theirs that I had maintained good relations with placed around both households to keep my family up to date and entertained as soon as the wedding veils were lifted off of each other on their wedding nights. Nam-Kyu obviously had the biggest reaction: I had given her a through impression for a while that I would officially marry her into my home so she could enjoy the luxury I could give her with my position. As for her servant, he also somehow got the impression that Yeon was leaving me because I was cheating on her and he apparently was more than willing to take over my position. He was also under the impression that she would run away with all of my fortune if he let our children come with him as well. Apparently she had a complete mental breakdown when she had realised who she had consummated her marriage with when he agreed with Yeon that she wanted to do the deed in the dark because 'I horribly abused her all the time and her body was so full of scars'. I had dumped them both in an unused home with no money, their chests and other luggages were completely empty and with Hui-Jee's help we had the kisengs come into the property and take whatever belonged to the King sisters whilst they other concubines were working in the palace. They all had the time of their life before it all turned into chaos but I made sure I was nowhere near it. As for that lowlife who was obsessed with my wife, well I had other plans for him, despite his parents protest to it all. It took a lot of convincing that this was the only way to save their reputation that had been badly damaged by that that girl did. They detested the very idea of having a lowly maid as a daughter-in-law but their son's self-destructive behaviour was only making matters worse and they had somehow turned to me to look after him since he knew my wife. This was the only solution we could come up with and they had no choice but to take it. I took one look at my wife who was giving me a victorious smile as I collapsed onto her knees in our carriage as we made our way to her father's village for a serious break. I looked over at her belly that was almost a little swollen already, I cupped in into my hands before falling into a deep sleep that I didn't know I needed.