Chapter 82 - The Price of Being His Favourite

Yeon Joo pulled one hand free from Lee Yeong's grasp and rubbed her forehead, because hearing him summarise everything that had happened since morning made the entire day sound even more absurd than it already felt. Only hours earlier she had been angry because the Queen sat beside him while three concubines surrounded the same table, and now she was expected to calmly discuss what should happen to a woman she had found completely naked in her husband's bath. She closed her eyes for a moment before looking down at Lee Yeong, who was still kneeling stubbornly in front of her as though he refused to move until she agreed to punish Concubine Seo. "Do not remind me about the pear. I was already having a difficult enough day before your concubine decided to turn your bath into another problem, and I would prefer not to hear you use the poor fruit as evidence against me for the rest of our marriage."