The New Queen

The night was cold and still, silence filled the ambiance with only the sound of wind softly blowing every now and again.

Everyone in the Kingdom has mostly gone to bed after a long day of work except one family. At this moment in time, inside Kim's residence, everyone is celebrating the news that was bestowed upon them.

"Oh My! I can't believe my lovely daughter is going to be Queen tomorrow! You have no idea how happy I am that I can finally tell everyone that I'm in-laws with the Royal Family! I bet the whole village will die of jealousy when they hear of this news."

Hye In's mother hugged her tight and tap her back in happiness. Never would she imagine that the King has accepted her husband's request to marry Hye In to the Third Prince.

To think she will become the mother of the Queen of Koryo soon. How she can't wait for it to happen, though it's just in a few hour's time.

"See. What did I tell you? The King would definitely make Hye In the legal wife of the Third Prince since I lead our army to victory. It's worth all the trouble I went through to make this happen."

Kim Jeong Moon laughs with his wife before he looks at his daughter who was quiet since earlier.

"Hye In-ah, you better make the Third Prince fall for you, understand? Only with that can you hold this status till the end. Don't let anybody try to push you around because starting from tomorrow, you're the Queen. You're at the top and everyone else is below you. Remember that."

Hye In just nodded her head before scurrying away to her bed-chamber. Jeong Moon watches as his daughter leaves and shook his head.

"What am I going to do with that useless kid?! She doesn't even realize how big of an opportunity this is to become the next Queen. Just when I thought she could finally be of some use for me. With that pointless and dull attitude of hers, it won't be long before everyone in the palace walk all over her and ignore her."

Back in Hye In's chamber, she was currently seated in front of her dresser while looking in the mirror and quietly combing her hair.

After a while, she puts the comb down and looks at her reflection inside the mirror before smirking.

"Make the Third Prince fall for me? What a joke! With this face and body, I don't think I need to even try. He will definitely be at my fingertips before long. I mean, who else can compare to me?"

Hye In scoffs at the idea of someone else being more beautiful than her, before resuming back to combing her silky black hair.

This side of Hye In was completely hidden and overlooked by everyone. To anyone that knows her, they would say that she is quiet and shy, with rarely any spoken words.

While to people who don't, they would say she was someone gentle and sweet as she can be seen feeding homeless cats when she sees one.

But obviously, all those are fake and are a façade that she made for herself. Only her childhood friend which is also her personal servant knows who she really is.

The real Hye In is not sweet, gentle, quiet, or shy. She's completely the exact opposite of those. She is cruel and can be more merciless than her parents. She would do anything to get what she wanted.

And that includes sacrificing her family if she has to. That's why she keeps her real persona a secret, even from her family, so that if one day she has to throw them away, they wouldn't blame her.

Because how could she thought of something as cruel as that? Obviously, it had to be someone else idea to force her to do that to her only family.

But when that happens, would she care or feel sad for them? No, because that is who she is. Someone heartless and bore no feelings for anything. Well, why would she since her family is just using her for their own benefit?

And to think that someone like her would become Queen of Koryo tomorrow. Oh, how delighted she is to think of the things she would do once she becomes Queen.

Amidst her happiness, Hye In has forgotten a small detail that is hindering her plans from working. And that is Lee Yuna, Prince Joo Won favored wife and literally the only obstacle that is standing in her way.

Though many know that the Third Prince has a commoner wife, none knows that he actually loves and cares for her enormously, to the point it might sicken them when they see it.

Even the ministers in the palace don't know of this. They just assume he didn't want to marry another because he finds it troublesome and knows of their plan to use it as leverage against him in the future.

So technically, no one knows how much the Third Prince adored his wife and showers her with gifts every day. That is why the ministers have never seen her as a threat against any of their daughters.

And that is also the reason why Kim Hye In is so sure that her plan will work and that everything will fall right in her hand, where she wanted it to be.

"Right. I should head to bed now and get my beauty sleep. I wouldn't want to scare my husband with my horrible complexion at the wedding tomorrow. I'll make it that I'm going to be the most beautiful person he has met in his entire life."