Surviving the Romance Fantasy

– ‘His Royal Highness. You must survive!’

The girl who broke through the field of ghosts while wet from the rain and tried to save Prince Hyeonwon until the very end.

Everyone was trembling in fear, but he ran around the scene alone with his eyes shining… and eventually created a gap so that Crown Prince Hyeonwon could retreat towards the main palace.

During the Blackwoldae Incident, he rushed in and rescued Crown Prince Hyeonwon… and even rescued him from being crushed by a rock during the Birthday Festival a long time ago.

Seolran, the byeolseon maid who entered the Cheongdo Palace as an apprentice and saved Prince Hyeonwon’s life several times… she was already a talent that no one could replace for Prince Hyeonwon.

“…”

If you sit alone in the inner room of the crown prince’s womb and stare at the gold embroidered paper door, all those outside that door will seem like nothing more than enemies.

They are either minions of high-ranking officials who try to use them whenever necessary, or spies sent to the Crown Prince’s palace to monitor them. Or even a maid who was bribed by one of the party’s superiors.

In this place full of people who would leave the crown prince’s side when a dangerous situation arises… Seolran’s presence, risking her own life every time to try to save the prince, is already special.

“…In this palace, how many people are on my side…?”

Crown Prince Hyeonwon laid his head on his nap and monologued while looking at the ceiling.

Although everyone in this huge palace revered him, he felt a heartbreaking loneliness.

Monarchy and solitude are inseparable.

I learned that fact several times while studying monarchology, but whether my heart accepted that fact was a completely different story.

*

The position of Princess Cheondo became vacant.

The fact that the magnificent Cheonryongchae has no owner is something that can never be tolerated in Cheongdo, a country that worships the Cheonryongchae.

However, it is not possible to appoint just anyone to the position of Princess Cheondo.

In order to become the owner of the Heavenly Dragon House, you must awaken to the energy of the Heavenly Dragon, know how to fully handle that energy, be recognized for your character and ability, receive permission from the emperor, and satisfy the strict eyes of all kinds of dignitaries. .

Because it is very rare for such a talented person to emerge, usually when a key position becomes vacant so suddenly, someone who can fill that role for the time being is found and appointed temporarily.

Although she is not a properly elected Princess of Heaven, she is someone who can at least fill the vacancy in the Heavenly Dragon House for the time being.

Of course, it is not normal to sit in the position of owner of Tianlongchae, no matter how temporary it may be.

If you try to appoint an mediocre person, you will face strong opposition, so from the beginning, you had to bring in someone who was somewhat recognized by the people.

In the end, if all the requirements are considered, the owners of the four major palaces have no choice but to come out on top.

These are people who can maintain the position of master of the Four Great Palaces and even pretend to be the master of Cheonryongchae.

Concubine In Ha-yeon, consort Jin Cheong-rang, consort Deok Howol, and consort Po-hwa-ryeong.

The names of those four people were the subject of heated debate at the party meeting for several days.

Lady In Ha-yeon is the most authoritative wife and is an excellent person to be entrusted with as the owner of Cheonryongchae for a while, but the point is that she is a person of the Jeongseon family.

People from the Jeongseon family already occupy all sorts of important positions, and if the position of temporary princess is handed over to them, the power structure within the palace will be completely biased towards one side.

Not only people from other families, but even the Emperor does not view such a phenomenon favorably.

Since he was a senior police officer who was quick to notice such things, he did not necessarily push his daughter aggressively.

And for similar reasons, Duke Howell is also bound to be checked.

This is because it was obvious that if a person from the sealing family was installed in that position, there would be great opposition from the Jeongseon family.

In the end, it is not easy to appoint a person who is actively connected to the Kwonmun family.

It may be possible if you actively push for it, but it is also difficult to risk your political life and fight for a temporary princess position.

Because of these political dynamics, Queen In and Queen Ha Deok naturally came down from Mulmang.

Then, there were only two people left.

Jin Cheong-rang, who comes from an ordinary family, and Po-hwa-ryeong, who was born as a commoner orphan.

A suitable person to temporarily assume the authority of the Princess of Cheondo without being biased in any particular way.

One of the two, as the Princess of Cheondo, would sit in the lofty pavilion of Cheonokjeong.

No matter how temporary it may be, it is the position of the Princess of Cheondo, who upholds the foundation of the country.

Depending on what type of person sits in that position, it will ultimately have a great influence on the concubines and even the main palace.

In short, it was said that for the time being, the power of the dignitaries in the main palace had no choice but to be reorganized depending on whether they supported Jincheonrang or Pohwaryeong.

Who will become Princess Cheondo?

Is it Jincheongrang or Pohwaryeong?

In the end, lining up on a political platform is often not much different from deciding where to bet on a gambling table.

Even the party superiors, who had different opinions, could not help but fall into deep trouble.

– ‘I know that? It is said that one of Lady Jin and Lady Po may serve as the owner of Cheonryongchae.’

– ‘Really…? The women of Cheongdo Palace consider it a dream just to sit as the owner of the Four Great Palaces, but to also be the owner of Cheonryongchae…’

– ‘Since they are such great people, the world they live in must be different…’

– ‘What does it feel like… It must feel like the world is beneath you…’

– ‘I see… But, it seems like everyone has different opinions on which of the two will be the one…’

– ‘omg! The Byeolseon Maid has appeared!’

The courtyard of the Crown Prince’s Palace.

Among the nine people busy working, Seolran, a beautiful and beautiful maid, appears.

Watching her notice, the nine people disperse all at once and disappear into their respective workplaces.

The head of the girl who walks steadily while receiving their gaze is full of things that need to be dealt with today.

“Whew…!”

The girl rolls up her sleeves and leads the maids across the yard.

Sweeping the floor, clearing weeds in the flower beds, managing food inventory, managing the number of people attending work… The girl strides forward, organizing various practical details in her head, and has no interest in the political situation.

However, she is… the one who will later embrace that Tianryongchae under her skirt.

Princess Seolran of Cheondo.

The girl who entered Cheongdo Palace as an apprentice had suddenly become the crown prince’s most trusted maid.

*

‘……It’s still worth holding on. No, it’s not that easy…’

It has already been more than 15 days since she gave up the name Ahyeon and took office as a maid in Hyeongjaebang as Yeonri.

From the time she served as a maid at Baekseon Palace, she had a knack for writing lyrics.

No matter how much she lived as the Princess of Cheondo, countless years had turned her into a multi-talented human being.

Therefore, even though I suddenly had to sit in the position of the main maid and control the maids in the active room, it wasn’t that difficult to adapt.

He is good at dealing with people.

She has a certain degree of knowledge about how to manage the people under her command and how to treat them well.

She, who had a war of nerves with the generals and dignitaries of Cheongdo Palace, was not embarrassed because she was unable to control the low-ranking maids and her servants.

To begin with, he had a personality that was not greatly tied to authority, so he was not a great person who would suffer from such an imminent decline in rank.

However, as expected, what bothered her more than anything was her diet.

– Morakmorak

With the steaming soup in front of her, Yeonri pursed her lips.

“Enjoy your meal.”

“…”

Then, Seol Taepyeong sat across from him and started slurping down his soup.

Hyeongwoljang Seol Tae-pyeong’s personal life was so shabby that it was absurd.

When I wondered why there were so few people working in this magnificent mansion, I found out that all of the manpower had been put into the development of the active room and he was taking care of it himself.

Is he still living like this even though he was promoted to the position of Hyeongwoljang and not even when he was Tongseokjang?

When I found out that he himself heated water and washed himself, cooked and ate meals, and did all the simple cleaning himself, I couldn’t help but gape at the absurdity of it all.

In the end, the fact that a separate maid was selected was something that the administrator, Ha Si-hwa, thought was impossible and handled it.

No matter how much it was his will… the thought that he would be disqualified as a lieutenant if he left a great man like this, who would soon receive the position of deputy general, did not go away.

“Why aren’t you eating?”

“…Okay, let’s eat well~.”

Yes. Yeon-ri, the maid of honor, is not a fool either.

I know better than anyone else how much hardship Seol Taepyeong, the leader of Hyeongwol, suffered under him!

To be honest, I do not deny that I am not unaware of the fact that if I were to say that I never did any digging during my time as Princess of Cheondo, that was not the case!

In the end, in this situation where the master-slave relationship has been completely overturned, we cannot be naive in thinking that Seol Taepyeong will not retaliate in any way.

Because, if you think about it from a different perspective, it didn’t seem like he would stay still either…!

Anything will result in retaliation! You must prepare your mind!

‘…’

And, the form of retaliation could be predicted.

Seol Taepyeong knows Yeonri very well.

Above all, she was well aware of her sensitivity to gastronomy, so it was quite possible to guess that this single, inhumane and barbaric diet would test her mental strength to the limit.

That’s why… I had to savor each and every meal that was left at Cheonryongchae. This is because soup purgatory is waiting for you once you come to the active room.

In his many reincarnations, this is the first time that Seol Taepyeong has achieved this level of success, and this is the first time that he has ever entrusted himself to an active room. From her perspective, everything was unknown…

Still, doesn’t he know better than anyone else that the most effective way to punish Yeonri is to feed her crazy soup?

‘hehehe… It’s moving exactly as predicted… Taepyeong…’

Yeonri grinned in her heart and scooped up the soup from her 19th meal and put it in her mouth.

You can prepare for any number of predictable trials.

It is unknown when Seol Taepyeong will stop retaliating, but Yeon-ri, who had already prepared herself mentally for this situation, was able to gobble up the soup with a happy heart.

However, everyone had a plan. Until I got hit.

“Today’s soup with egg, it looks delicious.”

“Okay, enjoy it.”

twenty three meals

“Today, we got some useful pork, so it’s pork soup.”

“Wow, wow… sounds delicious~.”

Thirty one meal.

“Chives I grew myself and bean sprouts I bought from Cheongnyong City.”

“…”

Thirty-nine meals…

“Arlum.”

“…”

Forty-six meals….

“Spinach, water parsley, green onions.”

“….”

Daejeon Temple Is this a temple or the home of a high official?

Pushed to her absolute limit, Yeon-ri fell to the floor and made gurgling noises like a dying ghost.

“Lord… Maid of Honor…”

“Now… leave me alone for a moment…”

When Naine Hana, who had been away from work, was worried about Yeon-ri, Yeon-ri, who was withered like a dying corpse, spoke with tears in her eyes.

Yes. There is a truly mysterious and strange truth that no one can realize.

That’s… just because you know it doesn’t mean it won’t hurt….

Yeonri finally realized the difficult truth.

‘If I continue like this, I will really die…! No, it seems like I’m secretly eating with a thorough nutritional balance, so I don’t really feel like I’m going to die… Anyway, my tongue is dying…!’

Yeon-ri was determined to receive any kind of retaliation, but now she felt like she had to raise her white flag.

He went directly to Seol Tae-pyeong’s office and appealed in tears. I was really sorry, so please look at me just once. I also want to eat like a human, not a goat.

So, I am begging you to stop retaliating like this…!

‘okay…! No matter what answer I get… I can’t just stay like this…!’

– Thump thump thump thump

– Grumble

Yeon-ri’s acting skills are outstanding.

She opened the paper door of Seol Tae-pyeong’s office and entered.

Seol Taepyeong, who was sitting at the large wooden table and looking at the letters sent from the main palace, looked at Yeonri with a puzzled expression.

“What? “At a very busy time…”

After looking around and confirming that no one was there, Yeonri entered the office and slammed both hands on the wooden table.

“Taepyeong!”

Originally, there was a distant difference in authority between the maid of honor and the head of Hyeongwol, but Seol Taepyeong gave permission for them to speak freely, especially when they were alone.

In the first place, it’s just awkward to show courtesy politely now, and it’s because we just lived as equals during the Baekseon Palace days.

“…”

“It’s my fault! calm down!”

Yeon-ri lowered her head and spoke with tears in her eyes.

“It’s too much to retaliate like this! It’s already been two months! Me too… I want to live like a human! “Stop this kind of revenge…!”

Saying that… Yeon-ri waited for Seol Tae-pyeong’s answer.

As to what answer you will receive, the number of cases is roughly determined.

‘Wow, Yeonri, it was so hard. I did too much. Judging by your attitude, it appears that you have fully reflected on your actions, so let’s stop this childish retaliation.’

Or it could be the opposite.

‘Oh my gosh, what should I do if I whine like that for only this much retaliation? It’s still a while, reflect more!’

Beyond that, you have already established a course of action that you will take, no matter what the reaction may be.

Because… that’s the quality of a tactician…

However, Seol Taepyeong’s answer did not fall into any of the cases Yeonri had in mind.

“…retribution?”

A moment of awkward silence.

“…What revenge?”

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“…”

Seol Tae-pyeong’s facial expression reveals the question as it is, without a single hint of sarcasm.

After taking a moment to understand what that means…

Yeon-ri’s breathing trembled once.

Only then do we find out why Cheong Jin-myeong and Bi-cheon do not prepare meals at Hyeongwoljang’s house.

However, it is not possible to do so because a person in the position of a court lady must always stay at Hyeongwoljang’s home.

“…”

Eventually, a fundamental fear that threatens human instinct began to creep up Yeon-ri’s spine.

*

‘Wow… I didn’t know it would be this bloody…’

A tea party held for the first time in a while.

Po Hyeon-bi, who headed to the palace with a light heart, swallowed dry saliva inside when she saw that the atmosphere in the tea room was cold.

“…”

These days, the conflict between the sealing families and the Jeongseon families is in full swing, and the competition for the position of princess over Queen Jin and Queen Po is on the chopping block.

Compared to when the tea party was first held, it was clear that the owners of each palace were deep in thought, their minds were complex, and they were looking at each other’s expressions.

‘I heard that since the history of the Qingdao Kingdom, the masters of the four palaces have never been on good terms… The longer I go, the more I understand why…’

At the center of the political scene of Qingdao, where all kinds of things are swirling around, the noblemen, backed by various forces, cannot just be in harmony.

Po Xuanbi, who was sitting quietly in the center of the whirlpool, had tears in her eyes.

If I had just lived on Baeksaksan Mountain digging for medicinal herbs, I wouldn’t have had to get involved in such a bloody thing…

I couldn’t help but feel that way.

Deputy General (2)

To put it bluntly, Po Xuanbi had no intention of becoming the Princess of Heaven.

There is no such thing as a desire for power, and the position of Hyunbi was more like something that was forced upon her by party officials in the first place.

Still, it wasn’t too bad to spend my time as the owner of Hyeonmu Palace, improving myself, hosting various events, and seeing how people lived.

Where else would you live and be treated like this? It would be a lie to say that I don’t like this kind of daily life, but if I were to ask myself if I wanted higher authority, I would have no choice but to shake my head.