Chapter 88 - A Dinner His Majesty Did Not Want

While Concubine Seo prepared for a dinner she believed might change her position inside the palace, Lee Yeong had already been dressed for nearly an hour and had made no serious attempt to leave his room. His dark formal robe had been properly fastened, his hair had been arranged and Eunuch Jang had even reminded him twice that the meal in the eastern quarters would soon be ready, yet the King remained seated at the low table with Minister Han's report open in front of him. Across from him, Yeon Joo worked through a medical report she had brought with her, occasionally lifting her eyes whenever Lee Yeong turned the same page forward and then somehow returned to it again.