Chapter 1 (1/2)

A butterfly-shaped hair ornament, sprinkled with red, white, and blue jewels gently swayed in the breeze. Gilded accessories made with all kinds of jewels gleamed. A braided, black ornamental wig styled with all sorts of ornaments and a red-eyed golden dragon hairpin rested on her head. Soft and luxurious red silk wrapped around her body embroidered with artificial flowers and butterflies in golden thread. Over it all, a thin, white see-through cloth lay.

Tears streamed down her pure face from her black eyes past her red lips and soaked her red and white clothes.

The sedan chair was full of the scent of delicate makeup and tears.

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King Chung shook his head. Queen Yo clenched her small fist and said in a trembling voice, “Does she really have to go like this?”

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“The Emperor wanted a princess with the surname meaning ‘a shining tree.’ Seriously.”

“… shining tree. ”

Mokhwa (木華) was close enough. Mokhwa was the surname of the orthodox royal family of the Hwa Kingdom. No collateral royal family members could use that character meaning Mok or ‘tree’ as their surname.

The amicable royal family of the Hwa Kingdom was full of young members. There were ten princes. Unfortunately, there was only one daughter.

There had been a long and secret correspondence between the Hwa Kingdom and the great empire of the Mok Kingdom. King Chung made great efforts both domestically and internationally to strengthen its power and create a comfortable kingdom. Before he realized his dream, he received a letter from the king of the great empire, the longtime protector of the Hwa Kingdom, a small and weak country. What was to come in the future was a golden chance, but it was also a big challenge to King Chung.

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Now, the Mok Kingdom badly needed a princess who inherited the surname of Mokhwa.

The right path for the Hwa Kingdom was already set, which was to marry her off to the Mok Kingdom.

But the problem was the fragility of human beings.

The princess was King Chung and Quee Yo’s only precious daughter.

“Your Excellency, as you know, she is our only daughter.” The Queen said.

“Yeah, I don’t want to send her, either.”

King Chung’s voice trembled. Queen Yo’s face was filled with shock.

To her, the king was like heaven, the universe, and the giant presence that ruled over everything. However, he was also in deep agony, and he was as stressed as the queen because their only daughter had to leave for Mok Kingdom.

“I am so sorry I didn’t understand your intention…” the queen slurred finally.

While saying that, she burst into tears, venting her pent-up sorrow.

King Chung stroked her shoulders warmly and wrapped her in his arms.

“If we send her off this time, can we see her again?”

“I can’t guarantee it. I’m sorry.”

King Chung changed the topic.

Obviously, they would not see her again if the princess left for the great empire, the Mok Kingdom, but he could not frankly tell this to the queen because she couldn’t stand being separated from her daughter forever.

Of course, Queen Yo was already aware of it, but she initially felt the matter of sending her off to the Mok Kingdom was just too nonsensical because she didn’t want to believe it.

The king said he was so sorry that he could not answer his wife’s question.

Big teardrops fell from Queen Yo’s eyes.

The king sighed deeply, lamenting that he could not comfort her no matter how much he tried.

“That’s a lie,” said the skinny girl, who seemed a little over fifteen years old, to her nanny, stricken with fear. “That’s a lie! Are you kidding me, right? That’s so ridiculous, nanny. ”

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While grumbling about it, she was about to burst into tears.

Her nanny comforted her with a somber face.

“Your Majesty, poor Princess.”

“Don’t say I’m pitiful, don’t look at me with a sad face like that!” This quiet girl screamed and then jumped into the nanny’s arms. “You’re lying, nanny. I can’t believe the king will send me off to a foreign country. The queen won’t let me go to a foreign country… ”

The girl wrapped in the nanny’s arms trembled so much.