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.
***
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?
***
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.
***
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 ....
***
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.
***
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?
***
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.
***
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 ....
***
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.
***
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.
***
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.
***
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?
***
…. 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”.
***
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.
