Chapter 55 — The Disguise He Never Knew About
Lee Yeong remained beside the unused bedding with Yeon Joo's necklace wrapped around his fingers while the maid who had witnessed her disappearance knelt near the doorway, too frightened to raise her head. The cup Jong Suk had used to give Yeon Joo sugar water still stood on the floor, and several unfamiliar medical items had been left beside it in the rush to take her away. Lee Yeong had already listened twice to the explanation about the blue light surrounding Prince Lee and Suk Bin Mama, yet his attention kept returning to a different part of the story. When he had left for Concubine Seo's dinner, Yeon Joo had been sitting comfortably in their chamber with her medical report, and somehow she had ended the evening unconscious in a servant's robe outside the very residence where he had been dining.
