Surviving the Romance Fantasy

And the next morning.

The queen, the owner of Suzaku Palace, entered Baekho Palace.

“…”

“Have you been doing well?”

Looking at Queen In, sitting across from Datak, Deokbi Ha swallowed dryly.

Of course, I had no idea that he would come to the White Tiger Palace outright. This is because Lady In Ha-yeon never personally visited other palaces.

To be honest, I was a little scared.

hell (2)

– ‘Hyeongwoljang Seol Tae-pyeong is a person who will become a big person. He knows how to care for people and has excellent military skills, so he will soon become a general-level official.’

– ‘father. I heard that the people of Seal Haga captured the executioner. Looking at the future situation of Cheongdo Palace, if you hand him over easily, it will be a huge loss.’

Sangseogwan In Seon-rok was sitting in the pavilion in the house of the Jeongseon family, drinking alone.

There is a lot of turmoil both inside and outside the country due to the appearance of Sangdeunggwi in the Anhyang region. Since he is one of the dignitaries in charge of the country’s future, his mind has become more complicated in recent years.

Meanwhile, In Ha-yeon, his favorite daughter, asked for news about the sealing of Haga.

It was not that Hyeongwoljang Seol Tae-pyeong did not know the news that Inbong Ha had brought in people, but he did not expect that it would be something that even In Ha-yeon, who had little interest in the affairs of the government, would look at with a straight face and raise a mantra.

‘It looks like Hayeon has reached her age.’

My daughter, who used to look so pretty, is now starting to show interest in the affairs of the government, which is a complicated feeling for her father.

Still, when my daughter tried to open her hands to do something… it was her father’s family who wanted to help her.

In Seon-rok, the chief secretary who sat at the top of the Cheongdo Palace officials, was also a helpless father.

*

“We are recruiting a few people from the Jeongseon family. Considering the location of the active room managed by Hyeongwoljang, it appears that it can be used as a military strategic point in the future, and in the outskirts, there are many undeveloped mines, water sources with clean water, and vacant lots to accommodate many engineers. “It seems like a good way to develop one’s business, so a suggestion has been made to the Emperor.”

“Is that so?”

“yes. “It seems likely that the Jeongseon family will lead the work.”

Queen In was a person who, while practicing martial arts, did not neglect reading avidly about Silhak and technical books.

For Queen In, who was well-versed in all fields, Queen Ha Deok, who established herself in Cheongdo Palace solely through politics, calculation, and trickery, could not look good.

Nevertheless, the reason he tried to embrace Ha Deok-bi was because he had an innate personality.

‘You can’t be on bad terms with Queen In for a while, but you can’t become enemies.’ There was a rumor going around in the palace about her personality.

To that extent, In Gwi-bi was a person who had never been hostile to anyone or actively tried to keep someone in check.

However, Ha Deok-bi crossed the line.

Queen In was very offended by the fact that she was trying to influence the government by openly recruiting Hyeongwoljang Seol Tae-pyeong and had the people of Seolbonghaga try to tie him up.

At first, I just felt a sense of joy at the sight of Queen Invincible burning with jealousy…

The power that In Gwi-bi could mobilize when she was properly angry was completely different from what Ha Deok-bi had imagined.

“It appears that many engineers under the protection of Jeongseon will be involved in the process, so I came to say hello in advance and ask for your help.”

“Well, why did I tell you that… Isn’t the person in charge of the active room Hyeongwoljang Seol Tae-pyeong?”

“Because the people who are assisting Hungwoljang Seol Taepyeong are the Seonbong Haga people.”

As she said that, she smiled with the most benevolent smile in the world, but in the eyes of Deokbi Ha, Gwibi In seemed rather unfamiliar with her smile.

Lady In Ha-yeon doesn’t smile like that.

She, who only showed a smile that seemed to be kind and gently embraced the other person… showed a smile that seemed to be blooming towards Deokbi Ha.

Ha Deokbi knows.

It is a smile you smile at your enemies.

Hadeokbi turned Ingwibi into an enemy.

It was that scary smile that seemed to confirm that fact.

Ha Deokbi had to know. Hyeongwoljang Seoltaepyeong is a double-edged sword.

Incorporating him into my power meant having to deal with the side effects that came with it.

It is not easy to determine in advance what the side effects will be. This is because the human mind is always confused, like a stormy sea.

The proof is that I never thought that Queen In, who was always kind and intelligent, would turn out so aggressively.

‘I see… Lady In realized that Seal Haga was planning to use the death penalty politically…’

Ha Deok-bi quickly hid his expression under his sleeves and gathered his thoughts for a moment.

The wise queen knows better than anyone else that one should never trust the people of the sealing house.

Hyeongwoljang Seoltaepyeong is basically a military officer who spends most of his day training in martial arts.

Since there are limits to reading the political situation at Cheongdo Palace, Lady In is worried that he may have been swayed by Seal Haga’s sugarcoat.

‘…Do you still not know the person named Hyeongwoljang?’

Ha Deok-bi, who had a war of nerves with Seol Tae-pyeong in a skit at Baekho Palace on a moonlit night, knows.

Seol Tae-pyeong, who speaks of the spirit of a man and all, seems like a simple and ignorant person at first glance, but he is a person who knows how to make political decisions at important times.

His head is much bigger than when he was an apprentice samurai, so even if he were Seal Haga, he is not the kind of person who can swing it around freely.

‘Or… is it just that he doesn’t like the idea of trying to control the executioner in Seal Haga?’

Honestly, it’s scary.

The fact that Queen In, who never regarded anyone as an enemy, began to antagonize him in earnest is truly terrifying.

However, if you are scared here, nothing will happen. If Ha Deok-bi had been that kind of person in the first place, he would not have been able to rise to the position of owner of the White Tiger Palace.

Above all, the person in the seal Haga attached to the foot of the execution room is Hasihwa. At least among the Seonbong Ha people that Deokbi Ha knows, he is the most sharp-witted practitioner.

Even if they try to use some kind of trick to push out the seal that is attached to the bottom of the execution room, they will find a way to deal with it somehow.

Even if he is the master of the four palaces, there are limits to his ability to interfere in the affairs of the government.

“It seems like Lady In is even worried about the affairs of our Seal Ha family, so I feel like I have gained a lot of strength.”

Ha Deok-bi gathered courage and smiled.

There is such elegance in that sight, and it feels different from the feeling in your heart of big waves.

“I will personally tell the people of Sealing Haga. It would be great if this incident could be the starting point for the Jeongseon Inga and Seonbongha families to continue their good relationship. As you know…”

Ha Deok-bi maintained his elegant voice until the end.

“…A lot has happened to us, right?”

*

And the next day, Queen Jin came to visit from Cheongryong Palace.

“…”

The day before, just having a private meeting with Queen Ingui had drained a lot of mental power, but this time, Queen Jin, who was stuck in the Blue Dragon Palace and rarely came out, appeared, making me feel dizzy.

I wonder what on earth a person named Daegajeol Seol Tae-pyeong could rush in like this, but since the situation was like this, he had to clearly convey what he wanted to convey.

Seol Taepyeong was included in the sealing Haga. I made up my mind to convey that well-known fact clearly, but…

“Ha Deokbi is truly insidious.”

Unlike Lady In, who attacked while maintaining the rules of court etiquette in her own way, Lady Queen Jin was saying everything she could without any harshness.

Even though Queen Jin Cheong-rang is young, she does not know the rules of etiquette in the palace.

Nevertheless, when necessary, he spoke out bluntly… so Deokbi Ha could not help but feel embarrassed.

He is a person with completely opposite tendencies to Queen In.

“I am worried about Hyeongwoljang because it is so clear that he is trying to use it as a means of success.”

“…”

This is a statement that just means fighting.

However, at this point, what good would there be in starting a fight against Queen Ha Deok-bi and Jin Suk-bi?

“It seems like Lady Jin has a big misunderstanding…”

“I can see all of Ha Deokbi’s intentions.”

In any case, Jin Sook-bi was a person who was able to sharply pierce the opponent’s intentions in important areas.

Seeing the cold gaze on Ha Deok-bi, Ha Deok-bi had to think for a moment about how to respond.

*

It had been about a week since Hashihwa entered the active room as an adjutant of Hyeongwoljang Seol Taepyeong.

In fact, there is nothing special about the work of a manager. For Hasihwa, who had been handling paperwork all her life, managing this small area of poverty in the outskirts was not a big deal.

The fact that work is worth doing means that there is plenty of time to think about other things.

It seemed like a good idea to get to know Hyeongwoljang Seol Tae-pyeong and have him rely on his abilities and wisdom.

No matter what organization you belong to, becoming an irreplaceable person within it is the basic principle of controlling the organization.

Hasihwa was a person who had a very keen eye for such things, and for the first week, I first tried to find out what kind of people the people in this active room were.

So, I visited his closest associates, Black Moon Commander Cheong Jin-myeong and his lieutenant Bi-cheon, several times…

“Administrator Ha, you think too much.”

One day, Cheong Jin-myeong, who returned from subjugating low-ranking demons, said this to Ha Si-hwa.

I didn’t like the guy who always wore a white cotton cloth wrapped around his face and dragged around a sinister-looking black moon… but he was a person who occasionally poked at my blind spots.

“It is the duty of a subject to do all his or her duties, and Lord Hyeongwol is a person who recognizes your ability if you do so. “Don’t think about it too complicated, just do your best at your job.”

As Cheong Jin-myeong said, he was a person whose only job was to subdue ghosts outside the active room.

Adjutant Bicheon also, even after taking off the label of an apprentice warrior, is only focusing on training in martial arts and organizing the environment of Hyeongwoljang.

‘Do people here have no idea about politics? ‘I don’t know whether to call him naive or stupid.’

As Hashihwa survived the sealing for a long time, he could not easily adapt to the atmosphere of this active room.

In any case, if it is a place where simple people gather, it is easy to betray and control it, so it is not a bad thing.

In any case, Ha Deok-bi, an influential figure in the sealing family, has high expectations for himself, so if he fulfills his role here, it will serve as a driving force to go further.

Hashihwa gathered her strength and began preparing step by step to take control of this active room.

“I heard that the Chief Secretary will visit the active room in person next month.”

The next day, Hyeongwoljang Seol Taepyeong came in with disastrous news.

I thought that the work itself would be much easier than when I was a prosecutor, but as the sealing Haga began to embrace Seoltaepyeong, the situation in Cheongdo Palace changed rapidly.

“Are you saying this directly from the Chief Secretary?”

Sangseogwan Inseonrok.

The news that the head of the Jeongseon family, who controlled all the civil servants in the main palace, was coming in person, could not help but feel like a bolt from the blue.

“This time, a plan has been made to develop an active room, and it seems that the Chief Secretary is planning to personally check the situation. It seems that the Emperor himself will come to inspect it later, but the Secretary to the Emperor will come and visit in advance.”

“Is that so?”

“In addition, since we have no choice but to bring in a large number of technicians from the Jeongseon family, the head of the Jeongseon family will want to check whether the active room is running well.”

As usual, Hyeongwoljang, who was practicing his sword in the yard of his home, spoke to Hashihwa, who was serving next to him, as if it was no big deal.

“You can take care of the visiting procedures for guests, right? As a civil servant of the main palace, you probably know much better than me how important a person Sangseogwan Na-ri is, so you must handle it well. “I have a lot of work to do before then, so I’m busy.”

“Ha, do you…”

“Seup…”

There was a rumor among the people in the active room that Seol Taepyeong was a good lord, but…

The fact that he was a good master often coincided with the saying that working under him was like sh*t.

“If it’s okay, then it’s okay.”

Hashihwa slowly realized that the situation was getting strange.

Confirmation of selection and sealing. There is a strange feeling as if the faction represented by In Gwi-bi and Ha Deok-bi belong to one another in an active room.

Soon Ha-hwa also notices.

Hyeongwoljang Seol Tae-pyeong plans to walk a tightrope between the two forces.

With the most powerful person in Qingdao between them.

‘…Are you out of your mind..?’

It was something I couldn’t have done… with any amount of courage.

hell (3)

At dawn the next day, the trumpets of the march rang out to every corner of Cheongdo Palace.

This is because it was the day Deputy General Jeong Seong-tae left Cheongdo Palace to subdue Sangdeunggwi.

The departure ceremony for tens of thousands of troops to move is a big event in itself.

Emperor Unseong personally goes out to pray for the victory of the subjugation army, and various high-ranking officials also raise their glasses for the success of the subjugation.

Looking at the majesty of the great army lined up in front of the tomb site, I sat down on the castle wall and sighed for a moment.

“Seol Tae-pyeong, this guy doesn’t even know how to sigh. Why did you want to go to war too?”

The deputy general who slapped me on the back looked at me and said with a laugh.

“You have to manage the active room. “It seems like a lot of time has passed since I saw that this guy who said he wanted to earn a lot and work less has now become greedy about his major.”

“The launch ceremony is coming soon, so is it okay for you to stay here like this?”

“Anyway, Ojiryan is wide. I’ll take care of it, so you take care of your active room. It’s a family that I gave you, so you have to manage it thoroughly. huh?”

General Jeong Seong-tae smiled brightly with his arms crossed.

Not only the soldiers stationed at the tomb site, but also all the officials of Cheongdo Palace were gathered there.

The launch ceremony will end soon, but it is still an important event, so it feels like everyone has come.

As it was a rather grandiose military event, loud rumors were often heard.

There is a rumor that if Deputy General Jeong Seong-tae, whose momentum is soaring through the sky, successfully completes this expedition, he will become the person who will ascend to the position of general.

Since the powerful people in the palace have already figured out the situation, there are probably more than just one or two arrangements that have come to him.

Deputy General Jeong Seong-tae had already laid the foundation for becoming general by remaining in the palace and focusing on politics whenever he wanted to.

No matter how much it was the emperor’s order, he could have given up on this expedition under the justification of recommending a better person.

Nevertheless, Deputy General Jeong Seo-tae decided to go to war in person.

He said it was to directly root out those evil ghosts who are threatening the people and eating away at Cheongdo.

He actually said things with his own mouth that wouldn’t even come out in a match against third-rate greats, and he pulled out a sword.

I know that he is a person who can never be stopped, and I also know that he got to this position because he was this kind of person in the first place.

However, from my perspective, who knows his ending… this grand outing ceremony seems like nothing more than a huge funeral.

That’s why I couldn’t help but sigh.

He was famous for his rudeness and recklessness, but despite that, I received a lot from him.

“General Jeong.”

“What. After this guy’s death row, there’s been a lot of strange things going on to set the mood. Is this because he is a high official? “Ugh, just make your head bigger.”

“…”

“Lowering your voice doesn’t mean your freshness disappears. “Ugh, I’m cringing.”

“Take care of yourself.”

The one thing he always wanted was the same, but this time he couldn’t bear to accept it with a smile.

The deputy general was also startled by my unusual appearance, but soon he smiled heartily again without uncrossing his arms.

“Look at this guy, he’s acting like he’s seeing off someone who’s about to die. “Don’t be lazy and mind your own business.”

General Jeong Seong-tae patted his shoulders and went down the castle wall to conclude the departure ceremony.

Then he looks at me and smiles.

“Let’s have a drink when we get back.”

*

Manager Ha Ha-hwa’s daily routine begins with writing a report document to be sent to Ha Deok-bi.

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Although she is the lieutenant of the executioner, she is also a person of the sealing house. To begin with, he is not very loyal to Hyeongwoljang, and is fully intent on taking advantage of him in some way to gain a place in the sealing family.

It is said that he is a talented person who will become a general-level official in the future, but in any case, from Hashihwa’s perspective, it is more important to raise his position within the Seonbongha family, which is part of his bloodline. In the end, the name Seal Haga is something that one must bear for the rest of one’s life.

Therefore, it is very important to attract the attention of Ha Family and Ha Debi, who are actually sealing Ha Family. This means that they must make every effort to ensure that they can get their hands on the death penalty.

The problem was that it was impossible to get a handle on the person named Seol Tae-pyeong.

‘He’s a person who doesn’t know how to bend his large joints…’

It is laughable to think of taking control of one’s master.

However, Hashihwa is a person who is exceptional at coordinating relationships between people. He was quick-witted and knew well that Hyeongwoljang Seol Tae-pyeong would need him unconditionally.

The reason they were brought in so quickly and placed in the position of manager in the first place, as if they were frying beans in a flash, was because they needed someone to do this job quickly.

In other words, when it comes to managing the active room, Hyeongwoljang is bound to be in a disappointing position for Ha Sihwa.

You can use this actively.

Of course, since they are in the position of lord and lieutenant, they cannot be openly arrogant, but if they manage to get the hang of it, they can compromise so that Hyeongwoljang moves as he wants.

My specialty is subtly expressing disappointment and influencing my superiors little by little.

“Hyeongwoljang, Nari.”

“Uh, okay. Administrator.”

So, the first battle that Ha-hwa tried was to try to make the case that ‘it is not an environment in which to work.’