Saturday, May 9, 2020

SCARLET HEART, RYEO --Roman Under The Absolute Monarchy, Twenty







Away outside the castle walls, Prince Wang Jung is waiting for Hae Soo's arrival at his home. He reached out as Hae Soo was about to get off the stretcher. Hae Soo should feel a peaceful outpouring, she has fulfilled the desire to leave the bloody palace, because the throne becomes the only power. However, the prince's hand even brought memories to Wang So when he was a prince and intended to show something as a birthday gift. Is it true that this departure will never erase the memory of a king's love? Hae Soo's eyes were soon dripped with dew during Prince Wang Jung's helping hand. She knew Wang Jung was a prince of noble heart and courageous.
Prince Wang Jung sincerely leads Hae Soo into a room he has secretly decorated beautifully, "The king forbids us from marriage ceremonies. Do you mind? "
"It's more than enough ...." Hae Soo shakes her head, a big mistake if she is not grateful for Prince  Jung's kindness, but why does King Wang So's face bother him? Had she actually made the right decision by abandoning him.
Prince Wang Jung feels unusual with this beginning, Hae Soo's She understood that this king's lover had surpassed the hard years and the difficulty of calming down. Her subtle feelings dragged too far to the limit she could no longer feel. "I'll still think of you as a friend, even if you're married. This marriage is only an excuse for you to leave the palace, just as you wish. Stop at my house whenever you want, where I live not far from Soo's residence", Prince Wang Jung has done something extraordinary, sacrificing marriage without reason to touch Hae Soo as a wife, because she is a king's lover. Only who knows how the feeling of the King's after leaving him? He has no right to impose the will, even though love for Hae Soo is too deep as if it were the bottom of the ocean.
Hae Soo nods her head, she never suspected a Prince Goryeo could be willing to act in difficult circumstances. She has found the heart of the heart. If the face of The King Wang So did not continue to imagine, now she knows the pain of separation, the distance that is too far and probably will not come back can be embraced.
"Thank you for saying willing", Prince Wang Jung extends the hairpin that had been entrusted to Prince Baek Ah. Hae Soo was stunned, the hairpin seemed to pierce her like a knife tongue right in the pit of the stomach. Her memory continues to fly to King Wang So, how she has passed the long years with thousands of stories. What is The Majesty doing right now?
After Prince Wang Jung had said goodbye, Hae Soo had to feel how easy it was not to be alone, she stared at the lingering hairs, her heart torn. No matter how wise Prince Wang Jung, can he live without Wang So? Hae Soo opens the wooden box staring into the contents inside, the deep silence ambushed her, the sheets of poems she once wrote for Prince Wang So are records, she was once part of The Majesty's life with all his feelings. The Majesty's face draws closer, will there be any time to be met? Hae Soo closes her eyes, she is too embarrassed to cry, regretting her decision.

One thing Hae Soo can do in her new residence, away from the palace is to sit in the yard, drawing King Wang So's face on the rock while accompanying Prince Wang Jung practising the sword. Suddenly the prince shouted angrily, placing a sword blade to the ground. Hae Soo approached, holding out a handkerchief, the Prince's face wet with perspiration. Prince Jung's jaw-eyed eyes glanced toward the wall not far from where he practised. "Please handkerchief", from one point the spoiled body language of Prince Wang Jung asked Hae Soo to wash the sweat that was lying.
Without arguing, Hae Soo obeys, there is nothing wrong to wash the sweat of a wise prince who is tired of practising swords. "Thank you", Prince Wang Jung holds Hae Soo's hand. The heart of the 14th Prince is sliced, Hae Soo's body looks weak, her sweet face paled, even though she is trying to stay strong. However, the vantage point of his eyes is quite remarkable, this "marriage" does not always make her happy. "You must be willing to be examined by a physician. The court physician has finished his duty, will return to my hometown, I ask him to stop ".
"I'm fine, do not need a physician", Hae Soo evasive. She did not want to trouble the prince.
"No, you have to be checked," the 14th Prince did not have to ask for a squeeze Hae Soo's goal, he is the most responsible for the safety of this woman. Like a loving lover, the prince leads Hae Soo into the house. Unbeknownst to Hae Soo, the prince steals a glance at the wall, he knows a man is looking at them from a hidden place. It is the spy of the king, so he deliberately behaves like a loving husband and wife.
When the court physician who has finished his duty comes to check, Hae Soo and Prince Wang Jung are shocked, so to the physician. "Madam was pregnant, the starter examination did not hear the baby's heartbeat", the voice can not hide the anxiety. The whole room was silent.
"Madam's health is a big problem to continue the pregnancy," an elderly physician knows the true health of a mothers who are conceiving, too bitter to tell the truth.
"This baby has the right to be born, entitled to live. I will keep my health", Hae Soo insists on retaining the womb. She will be a mother to King Wang So's son, even though she has left the palace. What is the highest achievement of a mother except for raising her child?
"You must put health first," Prince Wang Jung's gaze no less anxious with the old physician, he worries about Hae Soo's health, while the woman desperately expects the birth of a baby.
"I ask the physician to postpone time back to my hometown, stay temporarily at my house. Keep this secret pregnant", the prince knew, the meaning of the birth of a king's son, he better keep it a secret.
"All right, but better mistress to stay in the house. Outside the wind is too cold ", the physician agreed.
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Meanwhile in the throne room of The Royal Highness was again wrathful, for the news, how intimate the relationship of Hae Soo and Prince Wang Jung. The jealous fire burned back. Why Jung must rob Soo from his side?
"This marriage is just an excuse, not really happening", Prince Baek Ah tries to calm the king's anger. "A reason? Look at this!" The king growled showing a letter received from a palace guard in charge of spying on Prince Jung and Hae Soo.
"The Majesty must have known Soo had been friends with Jung since she was a teenager. Soo always be nice to everybody, man or woman ", Choi Ji Mong did the same thing with Prince Baek Ah.Is a king who was burned jealously able to accept the defence? King Wang Soo's face was red as if it were an embers. Why should he be betrayed again?
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While in the yard of Hae Soo's house again swallows bitterly, due to the endless longing for King Wang So. She was able to leave, but was unable to forget. The king is the last breath of the heart. Her tiny hands again draw the face of The Royal Majesty on the rock. She secretly felt the pain in her chest. Long afterwards Prince Wang Jung came, his heart trembled at the sight of Hae Soo's frail body glued to the courtyard, driven by a cold wind.
"If you are still sitting in the courtyard exposed to cold wind, your baby will be in danger", how he wants to embrace the fragile body in a hug, but how he is not able to hurt a beloved woman.
Both Prince Wang Jung and Hae Soo never know, words and togetherness caught the eyes and ears of King Wang So who secretly visited to ensure the news of the kingdom's spies. When her ears caught the word 'baby', jealousy flared up again. The king never heard the whole language, actually, Hae Soo was pregnant with his child while leaving the palace. The flames of jealousy grew enlarged, as Prince Wang Jung carried Hae So wholeheartedly back into the house.
Until late night Prince Wang Jung is still with Hae Soo, he knows this woman is too fragile to leave alone. The prince did not mind lying down while folding his legs, for the size of the bed was too short for his tall body. "This is for the first time I sleep in the same room as my wife. Why do you keep telling me to go?" Prince Wang Jung's sweet face looked funny. He did not have the courage to force Hae Soo to act as husband and wife. He knew marriage was just an excuse for Soo to leave the palace. In response Hae Soo laughs a little, she lives a strange life, married to a prince without undergoing the real meaning of marriage. Prince Wang Jung applies more than a friend, loves sincerely without limit and condition.
"One thing I feel right now, is that we are both just as old. The time is so fast", Prince Wang Jung always feels peacefully on Hae Soo's side.
"It's true the days are fast, sad, and the dark night turns into daylight. Just like the seawater, a little ups and downs", Hae Soo remember the last words of Prince Wang Wook, that Jung will treat it well. The words are true.
"Remember when we first met?" Prince Wang Jung's memory trailed back.
"In the library of the 8th Prince? Or when I saved you?" Hae Soo asks back.
"I was stunned when you suddenly came to risk a life with a short stick. You fought with Eun, your hair was messy, Eun bruised on his head", Prince Wang Jung laughed at the absurdity.
"You promised to sing at my birthday, but you always disbelieve. Every year I always wait", this time the prince pretends to sulk.
"Okay, I'll sing on your birthday. I will never break", Hae Soo promised.
"When you suddenly appear in the prince bathing pool. I'm sure you'll see a lot of things", a pair of Prince Wang Jung wilted around.
"There was nothing I could see then. I was too surprised, not aware of the circumstances around", Hae Soo denied. They both denied each other then chuckled.
Both Prince Wang Jung and Hae Soo never realized, King Wang So still stunned in the measurable distance from the room where they talk and laugh. The sound of laughter sounded like a bamboo slats that rub against each other's ears. The face of King Wang So was red, the anger of the king overflowing like a glowing lava when a moment later in the house it was dark, as the lantern went out. He never knew what had happened, but he was sure something had happened.
The first thing the King did when he arrived at the palace was to ask Choi Ji Mong not to report anything about Jung and Soo. He has seen it himself, he does not need to hear anything else. Memories of a loved one named Hae Soo come to an end.
As the days go by, none of the days are missed without Hae Soo forgetting The Royal Highness. When the distance and separation stretch, the longing will longing deeper. So deep in that longing, it was as if the figure of King Wang So was near when Hae Soo wrote letters. Hae Soo smiles, because in the imagination of the king also smothered.
"Finally there is only us both, far from the palace. Only you and me. Me and you. Now I can forget about the truth and lies, misunderstandings and jealousy, dangerous feuds for the sake of a throne and death. Now I can devote all the time just to love you", the words just spoken in the heart. Hae Soo sat back in the yard, illustrating the face of King Wang So. She has drawn the same face for days with a hope that will not be known for sure where the ends. Hae Soo complied with her wishes, wrote letters and drew the face of The Royal Highness. Longing was more painful than any pain she had ever imagined. In the delusion of The Majesty smiled, Hae Soo smiled again, only for a moment. Cold wind blowing causes Hae Soo to know that she is alone without King Goryeo, Wang So.
Approximately six months later Prince Wang Jung wandered restlessly in front of Hae Soo's room. He is the proper father of a born baby. The 14th Prince's anxiety subsided when an elderly woman finally came out holding a tiny baby. "The prince has a very beautiful baby". Various feelings raged while Prince Wang Jung stared at the baby's beautiful face-similar to the mother who gave birth. "Take this baby to a nanny, tell the news that this baby died at birth. Remember what I said ", after seeing a tiny baby in a state of safety, Prince Wang Jung was hit by a different anxiety, the fate of the future of this innocent baby. The old lady leaned over and went carrying Hae Soo's baby.
When Prince Wang Jung met Hae Soo, his heart was braced. The state of this woman is very weak, the prince tried to throw the worst possible. A mother is still responsible for raising the baby born. "Your baby has been treated well, she is beautiful and healthy, do not worry. A nanny will always take care of her".
"Thank you", Hae Soo tries to smile, she feels as though the entire bones have been pulled from the body.
"You must be healthy again in order to raise the nice baby", Prince Wang Jung grabbed Hae Soo's hand. The hand was silent, not trying to hold it back. Hae So is too weak.
"Tell The Majesty…." Hae Soo's tears dripping. Sheets of letters had been sent, no reply. The Majesty has hated and forgotten her. She earned Prince Wang Jung's kindness, unconditionally, but how impossible to forget Wang So, the king. This time it was her last letter, she handed it to the Prince Wang Jung.
"Do you want to show the baby to So?" The 14th Prince asked, he read the words on the envelope, To The Majesty.
"I just want to see The Majesty", Hae Soo's voice is weak, the presence of the king will surely cure her longing. She will regain health and strength. Prince Wang Jung nods, he understands. As the waiter was about to carry a letter, Prince Wang Jung held her back.
Hae Soo's writing is exactly like Wang So, an oddity that would seem strange. The prince takes a new envelope, writes it with his own hand 'To The Majesty' and then puts Hae Soo's letter into the envelope. He added also the writings, 'From Wang Jung'. Hae Soo's health deteriorated further, she waited for the presence of The Majesty in vain. Wang So had completely forgotten it. His head was throbbing, as he held the baby he stumbled almost to the ground. At night the old physician came back to check Hae Soo's health.
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Hae Soo's letter finally came to the eunuchs of King Wang So, extended with honour to The Majesty, "Letter from Prince Wang Jung". King Wang So just glanced at it then threw the letter onto another pile of Prince Jung's letters, which never read.
"Did The Majesty not read it?" Choi Ji Mong asked.
"The letter must be full of hatred. I will feel bad reading it".
"Prince Jung's message is to have The Majesty read it. Prince Jung even sent someone".
"Do I seem like have a lot of time to meet such a person?!" His voice rose. He no longer wants to deal with Jung, the one who has seized Hae Soo from the palace. The court palace conscious of The Majesty is not pleased, he apologizes, bending then resigning.
While Hae Soo waits in vain, this yearning is more painful than the death sentence for the death penalty to be witnessed in the palace. True Goryeo's walls were covered in blood, but she was always close to Wang So. A king who loves her. Hae Soo's hopes disappear when she sees Prince Jung's face, she knows that the pages she wrote never reach the throne, or The Majesty has never been interested in reading them. Hae Soo's voice is weak.
"True, but .... " Prince Wang Jung is unable to continue his words, Hae Soo's face is a lesion, her eyes blank.
"Oh yes, I forgot. I'll send someone to see Wang So ", the prince gives hope. Deep down he began to be overcome by fear of losing. Hae Soo smiles, mash left a speck of hope, but suddenly a pair of eyes flooded like waves ripple on the vast ocean.
"Let's sit outside", Prince Wang Jung guiding Hae Soo, maybe the fresh air will give a little strength. He brought in the most famous musicians from Songak. "If your heart is happy, you will be healthy again. I also bring a peony flower, want to see it?" The various ways Prince Prince Jung did to make Hae Soo feel strong.
"What song would most like to be heard?" The prince asked, as Hae Soo's answer shook his head. "Sing your favourite song", prince Prince Wang Jung sang to the singer. Then a melodious song title sing, about a king who fell in love with a lady. A row of lyrics that reminds Hae Soo on the self-story, "I want to listen", the voice is still weak as if whispered. The title of the second song is singing, is Hae Soo's song ever when Prince Wang Eun's birthday. Sadness reigns, Hae Soo recalls the witty attitude of the Prince of the 10th, the attitude that ends tragically at the edge of the blade. The prince has calmed down in nature.
"You once promised to treat my life as your own. Remember?" Hae Soo asks.
"Please keep my daughter, she can not stay in the palace", Hae Soo realizes she has a huge responsibility burden, a responsibility she now hesitates to shoulder.
"I will always take care of your daughter, without you having to ask," Prince Wang Jung's voice trembles, he has caught a frightening message.
"He will not come ...." Hae Soo arrives at the end of the wait, she does not feel wrong to have left palace. However, why did The King not visit or reply to a letter after this longing slowly kills her? The whole air was suddenly covered with fog, thicker, thicker, frozen air. Unbeknownst to Prince Wang Jung, Hae Soo's body is shivering, her body strength remains breathless. He rested all the weight on the shoulders of Prince Wang Jung, the prince who willingly accompanied him as he slammed into the Long aloneness. Her eyes began to feel heavy, she knew if they closed her eyes, she will not be able to reopen. She will not be able to see the born baby grow up.
"Wang So, will not you always remember me in the next life?" face King Wang So smiled, the longer the smile grew fainter, the fainter. The figure of The Majesty away, in vain Hae Soo reach out, slowly breathing choked. "I'll forget you, will forget everything, even in a dream", a pair of Hae Soo's eyes adorned with plump feathers, closing forever. She passed away in silence, when the longing for the king slowly killed her.
Prince Wang Jung felt Hae Soo's fragile body leaning against his shoulders now motionless. He was about to reject the fact that the woman had died, but the breath had actually been blowing for the last time. Soo leaves the tiny baby she is now responsible for. If the king was pleased to be present, perhaps this death could be delayed. Or Hae Soo's age can stretch longer. Where is the king? Where is Wang So? Prince Wang Jung hugged the dead body with pain too deep in the pit of the heart, he had caught the signs of the coming day of mourning. However, the loss of a beloved woman in a state of vacancy, because of unanswerable missiles? He was never jealous of the king, he never felt marginalized, because after leaving the palace that is always in Hae Soo's heart is Wang So, not Wang Jung. However, being on Soo's side is a glory, a woman with a character that will never be found in Goryeo. The woman has now left, leaving a tiny baby who will surely be raised as if her own child. Prince Wang Jung's eyes are pouring, the singer's voice no longer chants the love song, but the death song. Jung knew death was an endless separation, an immense ocean that could not be crossed. He must hold a funeral, then Hae Soo can rest in peace, forever ....
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No need to swallow the moon count, the grief news about Hae Soo's death finally reaches the ear of The Royal Highness. Wang So furiously has forgotten the sweetheart, will death is an eternal separation. The Majesty's face paled, a stone seemed to strike in the heart of the heart, he never met after Hae Soo insisted on leaving the palace. "She must really hate me ..." The Majesty is still able to stem the tears.
"Soo once sent a sheet of letters, did The Majesty ever read them?" Choi Ji Mong asked.
The letter collected, the blood of King Wang So was absorbed. He suspects every letter implies resentment and hatred. He has been abandoned, why should he open a letter containing a curse? This time, The Majesty's hand reached out to pick up an envelope, a letter from Jung. Inside the envelope is another envelope without Jung's name. In haste to read the contents of the letter, he recognizes Hae Soo's fine handwriting.
Life is like a dream, right and wrong, love and hate. Everything was buried with the passage of time and quietly left without leaving marks. Does The Majesty still think never to have all my heart and hate me? I'm always worried about that. I may leave you with hatred, not love, not letting you occupy the throne in peace. One thing, after leaving the palace, I still love you, never able to forget you. When you insist on the consequences, standing beside me in the rain, sweeping the robe of greatness. When you throw the body to protect me from the arrow shots. You have become someone I will never forget. Your figure is eternal even after the separation occurs. Finally, I just realized, if the opposite of love does not hate, but leave. I'm afraid you might think I left you or you left me. I never left The King Wang So. Longing is the most painful result of separation, the blood drops me with the fear of being around you, in the palace. I wished and waited to meet even for a moment, but until the pages of the mail were sent, none of my replies, not even you were present. Even the days left for the final breath. Perhaps a king has no obligation to reply to a letter from a lover who has been hard-hearted to leave the palace ....
King Wang So was unable to contain the tears after reading the letter, he had misunderstood, he let a lover die slowly in a distant place, because it is futile to wait. He was too furious if he had met before the death. Regret always comes late, losing is always painful. Where is Soo buried? He missed every second after the breakup, but he had lied to himself. The king did not have to buy time to spur a horse of choice, he knew where he was going.
He froze as he stared at Prince Wang Jung hugging a beautiful of soft green jade. On the table scattered stones picture of her figure. That's how Hae Soo spills longing? The King shook. As Prince Baek Ah came, His Holiness the King handed him a letter. Is a letter from Hae Soo addressed to Prince Baek Ah. This time King Goryeo need not feel ashamed to roar, he knows the jade jar embraced by Prince Wang Jung. It must be Hae Soo's ashes that have been sacrificed with peace without his presence. He came too late, because of the wrong kind of scarcity.
"What a king really needs to do, read not a letter. Hae Soo waits until dying, until the last breath. You are too proud to come to visit. Your tears do not mean anything", Prince Jung Wung looked at The Majesty angrily, in the slightest he never feared The King, Wang So was the king who reigned without a word.
King Wang So grabbed the clothes of Prince Wang Jung," All this is your fault! Your name is written on the envelope! I do not know Soo's letter is in it!"
"Maybe I'm wrong for this, I do it, because So's handwriting is very similar to the king. But at least, a king is not too proud to read the letter. Did not The Majesty send a spy to this house?" Prince Wang Jung's chest feels cramped, he loses Hae Soo, a woman who gives a different meaning to life.
"You share a room with Soo and live like lovers. For that reason The King stopped receiving reports from this house", Prince Baek Ah also replied.
King Wang So let go of his grip on Prince Wang Jung, cuddling himself into Hae Soo's ash jar. His roar was sliced, as if it were attached to every wall of the building. He will surely shed tears. The jade jar that contains Hae Soo's ashes is his right to carry away, he will put the jar in the right place. However, Prince Wang Jung objected, he would feel empty without the ashes of a beloved.
"Let go, Soo is gone, but she is still mine", the only consolation after this separation is the ashes that will store all memories.
"You have forgotten", Prince Wang Jung also feels entitled to the ashes of the corpse, the two of them arguing.
"Jung, you should know! With whom exactly Soo wants to be together .... " Prince Baek Ah interceded.
Prince Wang Jung was forced to remain silent when King Wang So brought Hae Soo's ashes jar with sobs that had not yet subsided. The king is more entitled, even though he feels lost half of the life power, he can only remember Hae Soo in the memory of the ashes with all the respect of the ashes. Wang Jung hides a fact, he has a custody right to raise Hae Soo's, beautiful baby. One thing will make him able to escort Hae Soo to the final rest in peace. Wang So will not be entitled to raise a baby who was born sweetheart. Secretly Prince Wang Jung smiled, though only a moment.
"No need to quarrel with the king, if you really consider Soo as a friend. Soo stuck in the middle of the life of the palace, among the princes. She is not free to determine the attitude, one thing that worries her. If you continue to quarrel with the king, Soo will not be calm in nature there", Prince Baek Ah always put the wise attitude.
Prince Jung took something from behind the clothes, after a smile, he now roared, "Do you remember what this thing is? impossible .... " Prince Baek Ah's eyes widened, he must realize that all this time Wang Jung has been loving Hae Soo more than a friend. So special figure of the woman, so as to steal the hearts of all princes. With the heart of Prince Baek Ah embracing Prince Wang Jung, just as Jung is now caught in a loss, he never feels the same way, abandoned by his beloved to eternity.
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While The King can never count, how long will he be able to relieve the loss? Regret came late, if he was not too proud to just read a letter, if his heart is not always covered with vengeance. Maybe Hae Soo is still alive, both of them can still express the feelings of lovers in various ways, although apart from the palace environment. A thousand if you hit the head of The King as if a storm. Recalled at the first meeting when he was a wasted prince, the next meeting. When Hae Soo refuses to be the king's concubine by wounding her wrist and is then punished as a lady. When the lady is helping to disguise the scar on the face, then terrible he can bring down the rain on the ritual that must be led. Thousands of heart-stabbing memories. Nobody can replace Hae Soo's place in the heart of The Royal Highness, nor Queen Goryeo. King Wang So also recalled to Hae Soo's promise not to leave him. He never felt guilty for tears again.
Ups, Wang So .... A wasted prince who has learned to inflict a grudge on childhood, for never getting a mother's affection. He once begged, begged, threatened, and bullied, but for a mother he was a blame. He once skillfully positioned himself asking after Wang Yo passed away, but he began to be abandoned by those who should love. How many people have left?
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Prince Wang Won felt his whole body wobbled when forced into a room. Several soldiers have been waiting, poison laid right in front of the prince. The handsome face paled, he knew, The Majesty asked for his courage to pick up death. Did he have enough courage for that, even though King Goryeo asked? Soon after Prince Baek Ah came with a letter in hand. "Why? Did Prince tell you to come to make sure I was dead or not?" Prince Wang Won sarcastically.
" There is something I have to give away from Soo before she dies", Prince Baek Ah gives an envelope to Wang Won, fulfilling Hae Soo's final request. It is Chae Ryung's letter.
"Soo has long gone?" Prince Wang Won looked surprised, the age of the king's lover was quick.
"In her letter, she asked me to give Chae Ryung's letter to you. And forgive me, there is nothing else I can do for you ", Prince Baek Ah goes.
Wang Won must bear the consequences of everything he has done. Still in the sullen body Prince Wang Won read Chae Ryung's letter, a short letter stating all the love and the worst of everything he had done. A letter that struck him with a stroke, as a prince who had used the love of a lady to culminate in death. A letter reminding him togetherness with Chae Ryung. Wang Won was limp. "Stupid girl, why do not you have to hate me, why?" Regrets always come late and in vain redeemed with tears.
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After visiting Wang Jung and Wang Won, Prince Baek Ah now also visits Prince Wang Wook. A little girl greets him. "I am your uncle", the prince introduced himself.
"Really?" The tiny face showed a look as if she did not believe, no one was an uncle who had been visiting.
"What's your name sweet girl?"
"Bok Soon".
The that suddenly remember Baek Ah to Woo Hee. While covering herself, the girl claimed to be named Bok Soon. Prince Baek Ah's face became grim, after so many years, the loss was still deep. For a moment the prince was astonished to see that he was wearing the clothes worn by little Bok Soon.
"Is not that zhen mu shou? Where did you get that?"
"I do not know, I always have it, it's my favourite thing", the voice was melodious and funny. Prince Baek Ah was silent again, picturing Woo Hee's beautiful face that seemed to keep a secret. The girl is always accompanied by an ornament like Bok Soon likes. Has Woo Hee settled down thereafter a terrible death? Prince Baek Ah's vision was far away to a place no one could ever reach. When he was about to ask again, little Bok Soon's shadow was now gone.
Not long after Prince Wang Wook appeared, Prince Baek Ah felt his chest tighten. Where is the figure of Wang Wook, handsome prince, scholar Goryeo, son of Queen Hwangbo? He barely recognized Wang Wook. The eighth prince is now just an old man with a thin body of bamboo stems, pale face, blank eyes, wrapped in simple clothes, and coughing. Wang Wook is not really healthy.
"Why not marry, spend time from one place to another?" A consolation when Prince Baek Ah came to visit, even though the prince was not accompanied by a wife.
"Without a loving wife, the days felt empty. Nothing can replace Woo Hee until now", Prince Baek Ah's memory remains attached to Woo Hee, death only separates, but can not erase from memory.
"I heard So was reading the Government Rezin in Zhenguan, he began to draw the sword, set free slave and restore their position. He takes over the power of the noble family", from afar Wang Wook is still monitoring the life inside the palace.
"Are you still interested in the life of the palace?" Baek Ah asked.
"I just watched. From the very beginning, I've been driving So will be what of king. Could it be that Goryeo has the most powerful king in history?" Wang Wook's face grim, recalling life in the palace until it is wasted.
"So should sacrificing many things", Baek Ah gave an explanation.
Prince Wang Wook smiled and suddenly he coughed, his wrinkled hands clutching his stomach, he looked in pain. "Lately there are faces I can not stop thinking", the prince's exhilarating breath sounded congested.
"Are you still longing for Hae Soo?" Prince Baek Ah asks.
"I do not know ...." Wang Wook looked at Baek Ah then laughed with bitter.
"She always gives my heart, but I always make mistakes. I'm too late to realize it", once again Wang Wook, the wasted prince sighed, he had written a tragic living destiny. Madame Hae lovingly her heart, though she knows he puts her heart on Hae Soo. Immortal unconditional love brought to eternal life. Wang Wook's face grew morose, he had been a fool - stupid ....

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Queen Yeon Hwa begins to feel the limit of her patience is getting closer. She has given birth to a crown prince to be prepared as king. But has The Majesty been kind to Wang Ju? "The King as a father is not even pleased to be present on his birthday?" The queen's beautiful face seemed to hold anger, above the palace hall of King Wang So was seriously reading a stack of files.
"Your presence is enough for Ju", The King feels unimportant present on the birthday of the crown prince.
"Ju is afraid of his own father, you treat him as an enemy. After eliminating your cousin Gyeongchunwon and Heunghwagoong, at least you should trust your son Wang Ju ", Queen Yeon Hwa is patient enough, this time her patience hardly left. She has been begging all the ages of marriage. Does she always have to be a beggar?
"I know very well who's hiding her real face behind a mask. One day Wang Ju and Queen Mother will be very good at me", The King slams a stack of files to scatter them. Her attitude and words always provoked his anger, he was even too reluctant to look at that beautiful face.
"You still remember her?", Queen Yeon Hwa starts to feel the jealous fire burning her again. |She was a queen, but in fact only a beggar on the side of a lady who had lost her memory. While The Majesty's face became red-hot, the queen's question was obviously offensive. He's increasingly disliking Yeon Hwa's presence by his side.
"Soo is the only person who talks about equality. You release the slaves, because they can not forget Soo. Do you think I do not know?"
"If you think that's right, there's nothing that can be changed. I am entitled to determine everything", King Wang So looked at the queen sharply, the flames flared open in his eyes.
"Now I know why Soo left you ", Queen Yeon Hwa still expect a piece of conversation, but the king ends. Bitterly she had to admit, she was just a poor and lonely queen. In vain she wished the king to look at her beautiful face, true she was the most powerful woman in Goryeo. But what's so special about it? The Majesty never even looked at her. She once borrowed the hands of Wang Wook and Hwangbo's extended family pressed a king to admit the marriage. However, she can never reach his heart. The king's gaze remained fixed on a lost lady who had gone to eternity. The queen sighs deeply, her face turns to dark-so sad.
Ups, Yeon Hwa, the beautiful queen. Is she regretting her decision to become a king's companion and begging, betraying Wang Wook and the whole family to be able to give birth to a crown prince? Is there a queen still too proud to admit her mistake?
Wang So assumes that conversation never existed, his marriage to a daughter of the Hwangbo family was a mistake that changed the destiny of life forever. He was a king, but never even had the right to determine a woman who was the only queen in his life. The king again stood on the shore of the lake, staring at the clear water surface, staring at the water always gives a sense of peace. And this place always reminds him of Hae Soo's presence.
Suddenly the king heard the voice of the little girl calling, "Dad ..." When the king turned, she accidentally bumped into him. Both glance at each other, then with the funny the girl was in pain. The figure of the little girl and the way she sounded reminded Wang So to Hae Soo, both of whom had collided, Soo did the same thing, complained in pain.
"You hit me", in amazement Wang So crouched down at a sweet, well-dressed girl.
"What's your name?" As if the king had known the little girl, he sincerely stroked her soft cheek. The little girl did not answer, she immediately ran, hiding behind a figure.
The Majesty was stunned when he unexpectedly meeting siblings today. Prince Wang Jung. The king's attitude soon turned cold. "You should not leave Chungju, why come to the palace?" The King never wished this meeting, he wished Wang Jung disappeared in the earth.
"Now is the anniversary of Soo's death. I'm sorry for this meeting, I hope it will not happen again ", Prince Wang Jung intends to retreat, he deliberately visited the palace to commemorate a place that was once the background of Hae Soo's life. After many deaths, the woman's figure remained in his memory, he loves unconditionally.
"Is the girl your child?" Wang So asked, for some reason suddenly growing affection towards the tiny girl.
Prince Wang Jung's face becomes tense, he soon hiding the little girl behind his body. On the other hand The King remembered, Jung's family asked permission for the prince to marry, and he allowed it. However, the little girl was too big to be Wang Jung's daughter. "How old is he?" The King asked. "Is there a king who is busy leading the country, need to ask the age of my girl?" Wang Jung also did not expect this meeting, he immediately held the little girl away.
"Leave the child", the voice of the king this time pitched command. Wang So saw the hairpin on the little girl's head. Blood is absorbed, the hair ornament is bought in the market, the intention is given to Queen Yoo's mother, but undo. He is too shy to give, because somehow, he gave it to Hae Soo. Now, an adorable little girl wearing elegantly as a hair ornament. When Hae Soo leaves the palace in a state of concealment, is not that little girl right to be his girl. Once again Wang So was amazed, how similar the figure was to Hae Soo.
But the neck of Prince Wang Jung stood up, the attitude and the way the king looked. Speaking enough, The King knows that the little girl is her biological child. Wang Jung immediately lowered the little girl from the sling, kneeling. "I can not leave, even if you kill me!"
"Really?" Wang So began to be filled with anger. Years after the death Wang Jung had the heart to hide Hae Soe's daughter, the girl of King Gwangjong. Is there a reason?
"Soo tells me not to let this child live in the palace, a scary and lonely place. Is the last message before her death", Prince Wang Jung has one reason.
When Wang So was silent, then took a deep breath. He realized the truth of Wang Jung's reasoning. As he stared at how beautiful the little girl Hae Soo was born smiling, the sweetheart did not really leave. It leaves a valuable eye mark that will become a passion and fosters a sense of love forever. A child, Gwangjong's daughter who was born of a loving heart. King Wang So knows what to do to return the favor Wang Jung raises Hae Soo's daughter. "As of today you Prince Wang Jung is free from punishment, I would be glad if you were willing to visit the palace. Surely with this sweet little girl ", the gaze of King Wang So with all his love, this time he can feel peace. One percussion then The King's  passed, while Prince Wang Jung hugged the little girl tightly. He will not be able to lose, he is the beloved father of a girl who gives strength, why one should stay alive and act well.
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After an unexpected encounter with a little girl, who turns out to be a tiny child born from Hae Soo, revokes the punishment for Prince Wang Jung. Supreme King Wang So should feel peace. But ... .This day in the big courtyard Wang So's castle meets Choi Ji Mong, the star expert brings just a bundle, dressed in short clothes, ready to travel. Chi Ji Mong decided to leave the palace. The Majesty had asked him to stay, but the star expert did not change his decision. The face of King Wang So returns sombre, he is the one who has absolute authority, but even a star expert chooses to leave.
"I did promise to always be beside the king, is Taejo Wang Geon. In addition to a king he is an old brother and a friend to me", Choi Ji Mong was unanimous with his decision. There are so many things out of sync that make him no longer comfortable living in the palace, however luxurious the life he gets. In his place stands King Wang So still standing, the atmosphere in this vast courtyard is quieter, while the palace's buildings are so magnificent. Suppose he has one reason, so Choi Ji Mong is willing to be a supporter and able to do anything? However, he can not even stop the star's steps. "Hae Soo comes from another world, a world we will never visit. She seemed to deliberately present to show something that it must see. Now she's gone, all we can do is remember, she's been there, but never come back. Relief, or a King of Goryeo will have the same fate as Choi Ji Mong ", the star expert actually tried to remind and comfort the king, but Wang So seemed displeased. Choi Ji Mong just laughed for a moment, then fell silent. He no longer has time as a Goryeo adviser, he decides to end it all.
Long time already King Taejo Wang Geon passed away, but he always remembers the figure of a great king who managed to unite the kingdom. If he did not have many wives, maybe the princes did not have to fight for the throne. No spilt blood flooded the palace floor. Choi Ji Mong bowed and then walked straight out of the palace, carrying all the memories, he never looked back. In the vast courtyard of the present King Wang So alone, the wind seemed to droop the sturdy figure, slowly the king walked down the field. Suddenly the blue sky stretched slowly darkened into dim, as Gwangjong looked up Wang So was amazed. He is still alone under the might of the great, when the sun, moon, and earth are in a straight line in the closest span of distance. Slowly, but surely the shadow of the moon began to touch the body of the sun. Sunlight is no longer dazzling, but dimly lit, the most beautiful light that awakens every human being to the miraculous appearance of nature. The king is still looking up, as the moon's body continues to move in a matter of course cover the entire surface of the sun. So the sun's light now looks like the glitter of a precious stone glowing from a dark circle. The king seemed to be standing in a place that had never been visited, he was alone, bathed in soft, soft light, reminiscent of a time when he spurred the horse leaving Shinju to return to Songak when the sun was totally absorbed by the eclipse. The first encounter with Hae Soo, a blue-eyed love story, all the memories that brought the king to one conclusion. That Choi Ji Mong's words "Hae Soo is from another world, a world we will never visit", is acceptable to the truth. Hae Soo's figure, appearance and overall attitude hardly ever appeared to any single woman in Goryeo at this time.
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In a room with millennium decorations, Ko Ha Jin awoke from sleep, wondering why should she wake up with tears? Why should she cry? Ha Jin can not keep wondering, she must immediately go to work at a mall that sells beauty products. This time she must show off the ancient beauty products in the museum that was organizing the Cultural Show in the Goryeo Period, a time that once developed a thousand last year. Someone at the museum explained to the visitors, "In the days of Goryeo the products of soap and beauty began to evolve as seen in the exhibition", true, looks soap with a shape similar to that ever made by Hae Soo. While Ha Jin looks busy, had complained, "Almost a year I keep dreaming the same thing. A man with a scarf around his eyes, covering it with a mask, wearing ancient clothes ", Ko Ha Jin recalls her dreams.
"You ever nearly drowned, fainted and just woke up a year later", replied a colleague, back to normal, but always dreaming of the same person and always crying", Ha Jin is still wondering, what really happened to her|She experienced a strange and unusual thing. Is it true that one can be sucked into the past, the ending period, the actors have become grey. Ha Jin looking towards the visitors who were swarming officers. She saw a figure from the side and difficulty remembering. The figure is no different in the slightest with Choi Ji Mong, the stellar expert of Goryeo who is believed to be King Taejo Wang Geon from the future. As the figure approaches, Ha Jin greets him, and is greeted with a look, as if he has known Ha Jin well.
"Your name is Ko Ha Jin?" The figure asked.
"Right", Ha Jin is shocked, why an unknown person should know her name.
"Do you know? At the time of Goryeo Ko is Hae?" The figure again asked.
"Oh, really?" One surprising fact, that in the Goryeo Kingdom, a thousand years ago Ko's name meant Hae.
"We happened to sell beauty products of the Goryeo era. A very interesting coincidence .... "
"Nothing happens. Something just returning to its place of origin", the answer was so convincing, as if the figure was true to Ha Jin in the past.
"Do you know the smell of a very strong rose from there?"
"Our product contains Bulgarian rose oil .... " it does not continue, Ha Jin remembered right, she never get the oil prize this rose. She becomes like a dazed person, it's hard to tell the difference between today and yesterday. There was also a memory of a man who said he would not let her go. Ha Jin suddenly stumbled, almost falling, a co-worker came immediately to help, "You better go home, rest."
"I'm sorry" Ha Jin apologized to similar to the star expert in the time of Goryeo. So she took her leave, Ha Jin never realized that the figure of the new man continued to stare at her, as if she knew who her real identity was?
After changing her work clothes, Ha Jin stepped back, she needed merely to reinforce herself today. There is a strange thing that can not be understood with common sense. She passed also one of the rooms that showcased the paintings of the Goryeo era. Unintentionally she saw the painting of people who like to dance with a mask. A memory came back into her head. A crowd at night and many people wearing masks. There is one impetus that asked Ko Ha Jin to enter the room, the girl was shocked. The first painting of interest was the rain ritual, a tall, well-built man in white clothing standing at the top of the steps holding his hands up to the sky. Behind the person, is a collection of audiences with a multitude of clothes appearance a thousand years ago. Ha Jin recalled the ritual procession of the rain, she remembered the figure of ritual leaders when looking back when on stage altar.
"It's not a dream", the girl muttered in her heart. Looking at the painting after image Ha Jin came back. She once knelt before the king, rescuing Prince Wang Jung in the woods, on the birthday of Prince Wang Eun. Drizzle began to mine on a pair of beautiful eyes. There was also a painting of a pair of men and women walking in the snow. She is very acquainted with the woman and has been together, Hae Soo and Prince Wang Wook. Then Prince Wang Wook's painting carried Madame Hae with a woman following from behind. The last painting she saw was King Gwangjong. Ha Jin remembered the words, "She's mine, I said she's mine", Memories with the king back flowing, unstoppable. What exactly has happened? In addition to the painting of King Gwangjong listed notes, Gwangjong's real name is Wang So with the services of freeing the slaves taken during the war. Gwangjong is a good and wise king and does a great cleanup. Ha Jin starts to cry, remembering the promise of helping King Wang So, so it will not be remembered as a cruel king in history. In one other painting, Ha Jin sees Wang So alone in a vast palace courtyard. A king without nobody, without a queen, just a self. Ha Jin sobs deeper, unknowingly she said, "I'm sorry to have left you ..." The tears were constantly flooded like a lake of immortal water.
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In the vast palace courtyard, under the stunning light of the total solar eclipse King Wang So still remains alone in the middle of the court pitch. As the King of the Sun closed his eyes, he had been deeply disappointed with Wang Wook, the involvement in the death of the planned King Wang Mo. His cunning intentions forced a marriage with Yeon Hwa, had smeared soot on his whole life. He turned the death penalty into exile, then the prince died slowly. When the death was true, did he still hate Wook? A prince is powerless under absolute power? The presence of Prince Baek Ah is not long, after delivering the sad news. He retreated. There was no more prince he wanted to meet. Above the sky, slowly the eclipse begins to dissipate the body of the moon slowly shifted, giving up the shining rays like a gemstone, getting wider. Glowing light slowly and amazingly back to the light. The eyes of The King can not be separated from the shadow of Baek Ah gone by.
Ups, Baek Ah, a wise prince who never wanted the throne, who was grateful for everything he could have, who always shared and travelled between princes for a news, until the final news. Prince Baek Ah never turns, he has put a distance with the life of the palace. Baek Ah, the only beloved princes finally left alone. The king's memory flashed back to the conversation with Hae Soo as they walked down the lakeside path.
"When exhaling, King Taejo said if life is very short, brief and futile". Is life really in vain, except he never knew Hae Soo?
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…. Suddenly Hae Soo stopped her steps, turned toward the lake, her gaze wandering so far into the place that a sing. "I'm always nervous with that same look. As if you were going to leave me far away. Far away. What are you afraid of? What are you hiding?" Wang So asked.
"I'm worried about every day on that date. Each step as if walking on a thin layer of ice, should be careful. Sometimes I find it hard to breathe.... " Hae Soo knows the king will find it difficult to understand when he declares his true identity.
"Even though you have me? Should feel anxious?" Wang So still asks.
Hae Soo still wandering away, wished. If she had been reunited in another world at a different time dimension, it would have been wonderful. "If it can happen, there's nothing to worry about. I have the freedom to love and have”.
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The King still remains alone in the vast palace yard as the sky turns blue again. Wang So touched the scar on his face, a wound that was no longer visible, because Hae Soo's hand disguised deftly. True he can not forget the sweetheart and will continue to look for her. "If we do not come from the same world, I will find you. Soo .... " The King's recollection came back many years ago by the lake, still running with Hae Soo. The imagination of the king became so infinitely endless. Suddenly the lover stopped complaining, "My knee hurts." Wang So looks around him, making sure the situation is completely quiet and then squatted in front of Hae Soo, "Come on my back". Hae Soo initially objected, but Wang So continued to insist. Then there was the unusual behaviour of a thousand years ago when the king's family picked up a lady and ran hard. A freedom which in Goryeo's time was almost impossible to find, for power was in the hands of an absolute king.

The End.

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