Chapter 3 (1/2)

There are currently two countries that adopted the emperor system, or those countries called empires. The two countries are the Mok Kingdom, located in the southeastern part of the continental center, and the Ulyoung Kingdom, located in the northernmost part. As the Ulyoung Kingdom was located in the cold north, its influence on other countries was not very strong, despite the territory’s size. Though it was called an empire and treated equally as the Mok Kingdom, the dominant power of the continent was the Mok Kingdom. That’s why the Mok Kingdom was just an ordinary empire but a great empire.

As was often the case with those countries with great power, there was intense fighting among successors in the Mok Kingdom. In the reign of the deceased king, the fight to succeed the throne among successors was especially fierce, so all but one successor was killed. Everybody kept mum about it, saying they met a sudden death, but everyone was aware that some of them were killed by one another while others were killed by surviving successors.

The only survivor was the prince who had been 6th in line to the throne of the king. He gradually rose from sixth place and took the position of the crowned prince. He was none other than the present Emperor Ohyulje.

Some people said that the reason for the fierce fighting for the succession of the emperor was because there were so many princes in many separate palaces. In most countries, there was only the East Palace or the East and West Palace. In the Mok Kingdom, there were not only the East and West Palaces but also the South and North Palaces.

The ruler of East Palace was Crown Prince Bipaan. The West Palace was ruled by a prince who was second in line to the throne. The third prince ruled the South Place, and the fourth ruled the North Palace.

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Emperor Ohyulje was the son of the previous king’s second wife, and later crowned as the prince to succeed the throne. And the current Crown Prince of the Mok Kingdom was the son of Emperor Ohyulje’s official wife, so he was the crown prince from the beginning.

Finally, the wedding day of Bipaan, the crowned prince of the Mok Kingdom came.

As the royal family’s last name was Danmok, meaning a ‘red tree’, the red color was considered sacred in the Mok Kingdom. The wedding dress was a colorful dress made of red silk.

The First Princess of the Hwa Kingdom was at a loss of what to do because of the weight of the red silk dress she put on.

“Nanny, this dress is too heavy. ”

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“Don’t be a crybaby, Your Highness. You haven’t put on the outer dress yet. ”

“Can I put on more?”

She looked back at the nanny with a surprised look.

The nanny was tying a golden cloth around her waist.

“Don’t move. Let me wrap it around your body to stop it from loosening. ”

Woorum acted as instructed by the nanny because her tone was firm. When the nanny spoke so firmly, she would not accept her playing like a child no matter how much Woorum whined.

After she bound the tightly wrapped cloth over her body with a decorative belt on it, the nanny brought a red garment embroidered with golden flowers.

“The wedding clothes of the Mok Kingdom are truly gorgeous. The wedding dress of our country is so simple compared to this,” said the nanny.

The nanny kept marveling. Some palace maids, who were helping them near the palace wall, giggled at each other after overhearing the nanny saying that to Woorum.

“Well, I have seen it when Prince Mingung got married. At that time I really wish I had a chance to wear a fine white wedding dress… I wanted to wear it. ”

Her eyes were wet with tears when she said that because she missed her motherland at that moment. At the time, her brother, Prince Mingung’s, bride, the royal princess in a white wedding gown looked like a celestial maiden from the moon. The light, white cloth that was wrapped around her fluttered in the wind, and the long lower ends of her cloth made a gentle noise when she walked.

While she was carried away with such sentimental thoughts, she heard the nanny’s voice, “Your Highness, you have to put on the crown and cover your body with a red cloth.”

“Let us help you, too,” said the palace maids.

“Please sit down.”

The moment the nanny spoke, the maids quickly brought a cushion with a golden crown on it. When the nanny put the crown of gold and jewelry on her head, someone laid a red cloth on it. Though the fabric was thin, everything was blurry beyond the fabric.

“Nanny, I can’t see anything.”

“Don’t worry, I’ll be there to help you.”

“Nanny, nanny, where are you? Please hold my hand. ”

Woorum’s waving hands touched something warm.

What she touched were dry, big, bony hands.

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“Nanny?”