Chapter 191: Seon-Ho/ Hana

I collapsed onto my knees by the children's beds once heard about everything that bitch had planned from Moon-Bok as I helped to accommodate him in every way possible so my wife could give birth smoothly. I hadn't seen her for a few days now but I couldn't let her give birth alone. I was there for her first delivery and I was going to be there for her second one. And it was a much shorter delivery than the first one, and soon I was proud to hold my second son in my hands; it was like looking in the mirror. He looked like me...and my mother. I decided to name him 'Hwan'.

I looked at my beautiful wife who was already staring at me with such affection and devotion that I couldn't help myself any longer and I almost collapsed into her arms before she urged to me to go and check up on Chul and Hana again. I had managed to keep the streets quiet for now and I knew that I had to make a report to the King who was probably waiting for me right now...but right now Yeonnie needed me, as well as my newborn. I brought with me a few of our old servants to tend to her and look after the children whilst I couldn't. I planned to introduced them to their new baby brother and cousin as soon as they were all conscious. I spent a little time with them until she woke up and I rushed to her side. I let the children have time with her until she apparently couldn't take it anymore "where were you all this time? Where are the rest of the children? Who the hell were you with? How dare you keep my children away from me" I pinned her down, not willing to let her up but I just smiled at her rare jealousy , but she wasn't in a laughing mood. And the mood only worsened when Moon-Bok updated us about the children's health. She just took my face in her hands and kissed me just as passionately as I had hoped before she sent me to them again but I had to leave for the palace. My body was burning just looking at her; even if she had just given birth that very day, I was a very lucky man indeed to have a wife that retained her figure even throughout her pregnancies. I couldn't tear myself away from her no matter how hard I tried until I heard my little girl call our for me, but I belonged here with her. I took her into my arms and thought about the past; when we grew up together, latched onto each other's souls, and all the times she welcomed me and only me into her embrace. There was no life without her. I couldn't take this anymore. I was anxious enough with the current state of things and i had to end this damned investigation once and for all.

I returned to my princess and my nephew who very bravely helped out and I made sure that I was going to make his merits known in the palace. They had finally woken up properly and I couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. If anything happened to Chul I didn't think I could look Hwi in the eyes again, and as for Hui-Jee...I shuddered to think at what torture she would put me through if Nam-Kyu did successfully harm them. As for Hana...the memory of her screaming the way she did and suddenly fainting was something I never wanted to experience again and it was always pulling me into a dark place. But I had to keep up appearances around the people I had in my home. I asked Hana where her brother was and why Chul came home with her but I didn't like the look on her face at all when she told me that Hyuk was not going to come home for a while...until the guests we had had left, and if they hand't left already then he was going to make them leave himself. I knew exactly what she had meant by this; after all these years of him being cool, calm and collected, his temper must have finally exploded, and I was a fool to think it would be different from mine. He was my son after all, my flesh and blood and I knew him better than anybody else. And with him refusing to come home, I knew I had to sort this situation out as soon as possible before he did something reckless and put himself on the path of self-destruction for his loved ones just like I did all the time. I looked over at my nephew and it looked like he would be staying with s for a while if his parents hadn't come to collect him yet. I sent them a message with Moon-Bok, who wanted a final word with them before his family left as I left for the Palace to hand in my report.

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As soon as I saw uncle Moon-Bok make his way towards me I flashed him a smile despite his stern look. He already knew what the situation was the minute he read our pulses. He bent down to our level and before he could even ask for his medicine back Chul had already handed it over to him without question. He asked us if it was really worth it before going into and endless lecture but I interrupted him and told him that for my parents it was worth me taking all of the risk. I then asked about my new baby brother and he filled me in on every detail of my mother's birth and how my father was present the whole time. We heard my father leave and as soon as the door behind him closed myself and Chul ran out of our beds to visit my mother at long last after we had bit Uncle Moon-Bok farewell.

As soon as we ran over my mother who was still in bed raised her eyebrows at the sight of us but I couldn't help myself as I practically fell over her and attacked her with kisses just as she handed my new brother for Chul to hold for a while. We were soon both in hysterics as she held me close to her as she made me tell her the whole truth and nothing but the truth. 'You know me all too well mother" I couldn't help but comment. "You are literally a mini me, I knew that from the day you pretended to fall down from the tree when that concubine was flirting with your father at that royal outing when you were only 4 years old. You inherited almost everything you could from me, even my face and my hair" she looked at me fondly before attacking me with kisses in return before she reached out for Chul who handed me my brother. I had to admit that I wasn't very eager about him when I first heard about my new sibling, but now that I looked at how small and innocent he was...maybe he wasn't a bad as I thought he was going to be. All I could do was scowl after mother and Chul burst out laughing at how tender I was acting towards my new brother but when she tried to take him back I...I made excuses out of nowhere which only made them laugh even harder "after all of that grief you gave us girl, now you like your brother?" Mother smothered me in kisses again before I could pull away. "Well...I guess he's ok. He's not making too much noise...and he doesn't look like a frog like all the other babies I have seen. He really looks like father" I replied fondly, while mother just snorted "what a daddy's girl" before I countered her "and you aren't the same mother? And your brother doesn't dote on you? And my father? And everyone else you come into contact with?" "Says the 10 year old girl that has a roomful of gifts of her own?" She always knew how to counter me ,and we were all laughing again before she looked over at Chul who she had in her arms "so I guess we shall be giving my son's bedroom to you then, my dear nephew?" She looked over at him fondly "I won't leave Hana alone, don't you worry auntie" he replied, already half asleep. "Well Hyuk always refused to have his own bedroom; twins are inseparable in a lot of ways so they still share a bedroom. You can stay with Hana or I can give you a guest bedroom if you'd like". His eyes widened at that and we were all laughing again "well...I've never shared a bedroom with a girl before by myself..." "Chul? Are you blushing?" He got a little embarrassed by that, to the point where he had ran straight out of the bedroom which was so unlike him...but even I couldn't shake off the weird feeling I had in my belly at the thought of sharing a room alone with him...

I was so lost in my thoughts that I didn't even notice my mother calling out to me god knows how many times before I turned around to face her. My brother had fallen asleep at this point and she pulled me close to her before asking me to try and bring my brother home for a single visit to meet Hwan, he was the most excited to see him after my father. I nodded and watched my mother feed my brother from her own body for the first time in my life.