Chapter 57 (1/2)

Pitiful.

It was an improper expression to use for his official wife and her lover. Nonetheless, It made her feel like Bipaan knew about innermost feelings about Ruhae. Bipaan was aware of the truth long ago, but he didn’t go to the trouble of mentioning it to her up to now.

He now had to face the truth.

“Well, I ….” Kyosul tried to say something.

“Fortunately,” he cut off her words abruptly and changed the topic. “It looks like your secret meeting with Prince Ruhae in the North Palace was not noticed by anybody. I didn’t hear anything about you up to now.”

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“Secret meeting? No way!”

Choked with emotion, she denied it strongly, but he didn’t listen to her.

“You just admitted it with your own lips a minute ago, didn’t you? You said you were with Prince Ruhae. I think you met him eight days ago, which Ruhae couldn’t reveal when asked.”

Despite his harsh interrogation, Bipaan couldn’t find out what Ruhae did eight days ago in the North Palace. As a result, Rule was put in a more difficult situation and finally sent to prison. Kyosul learned about this through her nanny.

Out of impatience, Kyosul confessed to Bipaan as soon as he arrived. She didn’t even give him any background, but her dialogue with Bipaan continued naturally.

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Bipaan was quick-witted enough. As a quick thinker, he was excellent in putting together the puzzle of Ruhae’s whereabouts, based on her confession that she was with him eight days ago.

In other words, Bipaan could quickly infer from her confession why Ruhae couldn’t reveal his whereabouts eight days ago.

“Eight days ago, I bumped into Prince Ruhae at the North Palace and had a brief dialogue with him. He stayed with me briefly…”

Oops. It was Kyosul who turned away first on that day. She left the palace first, leaving alone there. After she parted with him, she didn’t know what he did next.

I can’t protect Ruhae by saying that.

It was a difficult moment for he, but she was convinced that Ruhae didn’t commit treason.

Ruhae was not the type of person who would do harm to others.

It doesn’t matter.

After quickly sorting out her thoughts, Kyosul continued, “Prince Ruhae then quickly left, saying he was snowed under with work.”

“He turned back first?”

“Yes, I clearly saw him going back. I was coming out after I met Princess Heyjin, and I bumped into Prince Ruhae who just arrived at the North Palace. Then, he left the palace. That day he didn’t do anything wicked or plot any treason, nor had he the time to do so.”

Kyosul proved Ruhae’s alibi clearly. As she got tense at the moment, she checked his expression, but she couldn’t notice any change in his calm expression and eyes as before.

“Didn’t you describe your meeting with him as secret meeting?”

Choked with high emotion, she raised her voice, “That’s not a secret meeting!”

“Nonetheless, Prince Ruhae went to the trouble of going as far as the North Palace from his residence South Palace and left after only seeing you without carrying out his official duty, namely giving Princess Heyjin prenatal education, right?”

She opened her mouth to say something, but couldn’t find any words to refute his argument.

In the meantime, he continued to question her.

“Ruhae didn’t reveal about his exact whereabouts eight days ago when he could clearly claim his innocence, and he didn’t mention anything about you. Obviously, he thinks it is more important to hide his meeting with you than proving his innocence. Isn’t it strange that he thinks he has to hide his meeting with you more seriously than his plot to do harm to the princess? Given this fact, isn’t it too obvious that his practical business on that day was to meet you, not the princess?”

Kyosul couldn’t reply at all at his incisive question.

“Even if he were practically charged with treason, he wouldn’t reveal his improper business, namely his secret meeting with you under any circumstances, I think.”

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She felt as if each word of Bipaan’s statement turned into a sharp dagger and stabbed her heart. Out of anger, she felt warm. If it was the winter now, he would have seen steam coming up from her hair.

“It was never an improper meeting”

“Never?”