Chapter 94 - The Name Behind the Advice

Back inside Concubine Seo's quarters, the dinner had continued long enough for the careful restraint she had shown when Lee Yeong first arrived to disappear almost completely. The woman who had spent the beginning of the evening measuring every word now rested comfortably against his shoulder, her pale rose sleeve spilling across his arm while the remaining dishes cooled around them. She had accepted another cup of wine after Lee Yeong allowed her to feed him, and the warmth in her cheeks had deepened enough that she no longer seemed concerned with whether every movement appeared proper. From the way she leaned against him and occasionally traced the embroidery along his robe, it was clear that she had begun taking his patience as proof that the distance between them had finally changed.