Chapter 65 (1/2)

Kyoyoung looked blankly at the direction of the East Palace. Her face turned pale and her eyes looked hollow.

“Why did you apologize to me? Why?” She murmured feebly in embarrassment.

She stood at the intersection for a long time. Court ladies, who were standing in a row behind her, lowered their heads while trying to read her mind.

“Your Highness, the sun is hot.”

“Oh, that’s right. I’m the Crown Prince’s wife.”

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Kyoyoung suddenly came to her senses when one of the court ladies spoke with a worried look.

Shocked by Bipaan’s erratic behavior, she walked to the Dongbi Palace, her original destination.

“Crown Princess Kyosul is not here.”

She was exhausted mentally and physically. It seemed that she was coming to the end of her tether. Compounded by a series of unpleasant happenings, she grew bold.

‘As I’ve come this far, I intend to meet her today.’

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She told the chief court lady outside Kyosul’s room, “Let me wait for her inside then.”

The court lady was embarrassed, “Your Highness, are you sure you’re going to wait for her inside?”

“Yes, I intend to,” she answered shortly. She was escorted into her room in no time.

“Do you want any tea and snacks?”

“No thanks. You can leave now.”

Kyoyoung ordered her to leave the room.

Shocked by Bipaan’s sudden visit and erratic behavior last night, she was too tired to return to her living quarters. To make things worse, she made a fruitless visit to the Dongbi Palace, which made her so exhausted that she couldn’t go back alone.

Kyoyoung, who tried to stay calm before the court ladies, collapsed on the mat placed before Kyosul’s table.

“Why….” She hit the table with her fist with a bang. “I wish he hadn’t said he was sorry to me!”

Without his apology, she would have not felt so miserable. His apology felt as though it undermined her status as his wife.

‘I wish he had rebuked me. I just feel terrible as you said you were sorry to me in your capacity as the Crown Prince!”

She grieved over her tough luck. She thought of her encounter with him today.

Then, she suddenly realized that she saw him walking out of the Dongbi Palace alone. The empty mattress in Kyosul’s room, where she was waiting now, came into her view.

He refused her temptation last night and ignored her with his cold-hearted apologies today.

“How come he visited the empty Dongbi Place alone?”

She felt dejected and miserable

***

Kyoyoung didn’t know how long she waited for Kyosul in her empty room.

Finally, she heard the chief court lady announcing, “Crown Princess Kyosul has arrived!”

Soon the door was opened and Kyosul came in. Having heard that Kyoyoung had been waiting for her, Kyosul greeted her gladly and took a seat on the mat.

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“Sorry. Have I kept you waiting too long?”

As usual, Kyoyoung also welcomed her with a bright smile. Given her cheerful look and bright smile, there was no way of Kyosul knowing what happened to her last night.

“No, not at all. It looks like you have enjoyed a great outing.”

“Do you really think so?”

“Yes, I can feel it in your twinkling eyes and your reddish cheeks. This is the best I’ve seen you lately.”

Kyosul wrapped her cheeks as if she was shy. Looking at her, Kyoyoung turned her mouth up.

“Do I really look good? I think I look well as I enjoy taking a walk these days as the weather is so good,” she answered shyly. And then she examined her desk here and there.

Looking at her, Kyoyoung grinned, ‘You’re lying to me.’