"Hmm, like I have stated before, I am not blind to the crimes that my sister=in=law has committed, even if the situation forced her to do so half of the time. It was her revelations that helped me to end The Chung family on belief of my in=laws once and for all…but I guess now it is time to also put an end to her, since she is no longer in possession of her own son…" "She no longer deserves you favour husband, who knows what she is scheming now behind our backs?" "You are blessed with intelligence that s few are Yeonnie, so what do you propose that I should do about her? She is already an embarrassment to The Nam Family and nobody would take her on…" "Being smart doesn't mean that life is easy by any means; just like how you really shouldn't be discussing state affairs with me at all." "You have always behaved within the bounds of propriety wife, and I know you well enough not to become a greedy person enough to be unable to rectify the situation. There will always be people like The General Choi and even The Third Prince that are willing t exploit power and wield arbitrary favour amongst the people of this kingdom and even others." But keep in mind husband, that the very las thing that you want is a reputation that sees you as ungrateful and too ruthless, especially if you want your children to follow in your footsteps." "I understand what you are saying wife and I shall keep this in mind; but right now I have to focus on eradicating the corruption in the palace. There are new officials under The Senior Scholar that I am dealing with that has come back into society after the death of his son and that are promoting others under his unfenced and name. They are forming factions and so on and I have to be the one to drag The Third Prince into his own exile."
"And for the Widow Nam?" "She is an ungrateful person that will continue to harm us if I shall keep her alive and defend her until the end of my days. A lot of things that The Concubine Chung carried out was due to her counsel and she does't have the connections to go against me if she wishes to." "She is still a cunning and a poisonous woman…" "I will leave her demise into your hands wife, but do not wait for too long, it has to be done before I leave to retrieve The Third Prince." "Very well, husband."
"Here wife, take a look at these now that you are here." "Husband?" "Thee are the list of properties that I have inherited from my father; I have plans for each and every listing, but I shall let you choose which one we shall take as our marital home here in the kingdom when we eventually return…" "Husband?" "I want to donate the rest of these properties to goos use, but I have no idea what…" "Some of these can be cxonvtered to schools, orphanages, libraries and even small businesses by the looks of them." "What a good idea; note it down and do moms research on my behalf and I shall look into it alter upon my return…" "Are you going to leave me in charge of these?" "It was your idea, wasn't it? What's mine is yours and it shall certainly keep you busy enough in our marriage." "But…" "Wife, you may be the sister of the Chief of your father's village, but your sister=in=law also has a role to fulfil in that village. You can help out here and there as his sister but I will not have you exhaust yourself over that matter, do you hear me? Reserve some energy for your family that will soon grow after our wedding…" "Can I really choose where we shall live in the kingdom?" "You can, but I would prefer if you chose somewhere a little further than everyone else, since I know that everyone comes to you for everything and I would like to cherish our privacy a little more."
"When the Spring times comes; we can savour liquors in front of the flowering crabapples in the garden, and when the snow white pear flowers cover the ground, we can watch the swans in the nearby lake." "And in the summer heat; we can be sheltered under the colourful trees and you shall make me osmanthus wine for he autumn season. You haven't made me any of your honey cakes recently wife, when can I expect a new batch?" "I shall make some now so that we can both have it for dessert tonight."
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"My Lady; I have already re heated the herbal sleep aids that have ben prescribed by the Imperial Physicians, you must take them now. Drink just a little at least so that you can get some more sleep." "Very well, I have been feeling rather exhausted lately and these medicines are hardly improving my health at all. Did you also get the other pill that I asked you for, servant?" "Yes My Lady; it is incredible effective despite the fact that you have already lost so much weight already." Fear not, I shall no misuse this to the point where I shall put my life at risk once again. I have also drawn you a bath full of azalea petals to counter the most dangerous ingredient…." "I have been controlled by others my entire life and now I have this one chance to get pregnant again." "My Lady, do you have anyone in mind? We have to choose carefully you know." "Well…."
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"Did you give The Widow Nam the pill, servant?" "Of course My Lady." "Very well; she must be aware of how it ages her looks, but it will give her the opportunity to act pitifully to gain sympathy as she always does. No man under heaven could refuse a woman like that based n her determination to rise up the ranks alone." "My Lady, you have always kept that jade bracelet in storage, why are you taking it out now?" "I wish to gift it to her." "But Young Mistress Seo; such treasures are rare now these days, how can you gift something so nice to her like this?" "Stop pitying the jade servant and just carry out my orders."
"And what pity is this, may I ask wife?" "Husband, I wish to gift this to your sister=in=law, what do you think?" "Do what you want with it, you know that I can gift you more, I have noticed your sadness since The Chung Family ordeal. And if such jewellery isn't worn by a beauty, what a pity it is for the jade indeed." "Husband?" "I have already given her enough things, I do not wish for you to share out the jewels that I gift you." "Very well, I can see how much this distresses you, I shall keep my gifts to myself then." "I see that you have been wearing the new coral bracelet recently, but I like he jade set I got you more…what is it? Why are you looking at me like that?" "What is on your mind now, husband? You have bee reading memorandums all night long again and I need to make you something to soothe your throat, you sound terrible."
"Well….I am facing a little dilemma about something…" "Which is?" "Talk of a bad book is going around…" "The same one that woman planted on my brother to kill him?" "It is being orchestrated by the only supporter The Third Prince has left in the palace, more so it is a move that has lodged against me so that I become distracted to focus on The Third Prince himself." "You will be criticised for being unjust to your personal connections if you ignore this, isn't that right? They are not aware that this fabrication can be used to break us up as a couple? What about our future together? Our children will have to contend with a guilty grandfather on your side, but history will not repeat itself again when it comes to my brother and you know I will not let that happen." "Relax wife, there has been no angle to investigate his case, but it could happen soon for all we know, so I really must take you back there and stay there until I come for you. Investigating cases without reason will threaten the stability of The Emperor's court and it can be put off for now, but not forever."
"Here husband, try this lotus leaf soup that I have made for you; the water in the soup were dew on the eaves to soak up the flavour." "You are spoiling me here wife, are you doing this to me to make me aware f what I shall be missing out on when we are parted for the last time?" "It was your words and not mine, husband." "And what exactly do you want from me in return?" "Well…can you find me a rather rare flower that I will need this week?" "A rare flower? For wha exactly?" "To get the task done." "Wife?" "Just do what you do best and trust me." "Very well wife, I shall give you everything that you will need."
"My Lord? The head of the Astrology Department is here to see you." "Tell them to wait for a few minutes and I shall come to see them shortly." "Husband? Are you making them wait on my behalf?" "Of course it is because of you; if you were a little stupider, uglier and immature, then I can put up with these meetings without being distracted by you at all."