So it all ended up that way , the day the Queen had always hoped for , the day she could finally get rid of the bastard son without anyone holding her back, Han jum and the Queen both enjoying a cup of tea, " aren't you going to mourn your husband , you have only a day to mourn,...", said Han jum curiously, the Queen elegantly took a sip of her tea, " Seugh min is already there , two more people is a crowd", said the Queen placing her cup of tea down , " I didn't call you to discuss the mourning arrangements of my late husband for all I know that is my own business ", said the Queen sassily , Han jum nodded his head slowly as he dropped his cup of tea on the table , " so why did you call for me? ", asked Han jum quizzically , " under the law I can't execute anyone without a valid reason", said the Queen in a sinister voice , " who do you want to execute,.....", asked Han jum quizzically , tilting his head , " I want the King to have a happy reunion in the after life , he will meet mu yeong there so why don't make them complete", said the Queen with a wicked smile causing Han jum to also smiled , " so you want to kill Lee...., " execute" , she quickly corrected , " you make it seem like I am a filthy woman who is after blood , killing him without any reason will raise questions , I don't have time for that , I may be voted out of the throne if I do that so I tend to kill him legally Infront of the public eye ", said the Queen without any strain in her voice , not even giving in a room for reconsideration, Han jum cleared his throat , " you always suspected that maid that was with Lee Kwon was the masked assasin , we can use your thoughts as a leverage against him ...", said Han jum with a cynical smile , the Queen tilted her head a little confused , " harboring a traitor in disguise of a maid ....., the accused will be sentenced to death without question", said Han jum , the Queen beamed , " that maid is Eun Chen isn't she ...?", asked the Queen, her tone sounded delighted, Han jum smirked , " it won't be disclosed yet even to her Majesty, handle the bastard son and I will handle the assasin.....", saying that Han jum brought out a small sack that had been saddled on his belt , pulling out what was inside the bag, it was the dagger that Eun Chen had given Lee Kwon, he placed it on the table , " we found this on the boy , it's the assassin's property , giving a liable statement of his treason this could be used as an alibi,.....", saying that Han jum leaned a little closer, " your Majesty, you have the evidence right here so you can use it for anything you want , you can say that Lee Kwon teamed up with Eun Chen to get rid of the royal family or Lee Kwon harbored the assasin to be his master, you can just play along with the lies.....", saying that Han jum stood up and bowed his head , " now will you excuse me your Majesty , I will like to go mourn for his Highness", said Han jum before leaving , the Queen sat there twirling the knife in her hand , " whatever shall I say with this piece of evidence ", she said with a wicked grin on her face .
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At the funeral
The deceased King laid on a decorated marble surface which had been cushioned well enough for comfort, flowers on the base of the marble while the incense burned , the marble bed was on top of an altar while all the mourners were dressed in black were down below , Seugh min the only royal family present , his eyes were all puffy from crying too much , the people of high ranks came in first to pay their final respects to the King , they bowed twice to the King and then bowed once to Seugh min ( chief mourner), from higher ranks to the council members, the military soilders from highest to the lowest ranking , then the household servants , it was all surreal to Seugh min, Ina who was part of the household staff came in to bow to the late King , seeing how distressed Seugh min looked , she felt this pang on her chest , seeing him hurt like this was too painful to endure , first Min yu was still unconscious, Lee Kwon was nowhere to be seen , his mother had refused to attend the Kings mourning service , be was the only one here , no shoulder to lean on , she felt so bad for him .
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After expressing their condolences , everyone was gone , only Seugh min alone in the halls where his dead father lay , it had not yet been disclosed to the public that the King was dead , the palace had been closed to the public , the Queen intention was after mourning the King it will be announced later on at daybreak that the King was dead , after which he will be buried , both Min yu and Lee Kwon didn't know that their father was dead , they didn't even get to mourn for him , Seugh min stepped close to where his father lay, his cold lifeless body lay there dressed in his finest clothes made of purple silk and adorned with jewels but he just lay there unresponsive , his eyes of unspoken pain, he had so many things to say at the same time what was the point, he won't hear him, be closed his eyes as a tear fell from his eyes , they never had a tight father and son bond it was heartbreaking that he never got to mend his relationship with his father before he passed away , that realization was heart wrenching , it felt like someone had stabbed a sword right through his heart, he placed his hand on the mantle clenching it, it was just painful and his mother didn't seem to care, she didn't even want to investigate the real cause of his death and she forbade anyone from doing so , " father,...,...why...., why like this...., why did you leave like this , we never mended our relationship, you never apologized to Lee Kwon for not defending him,and Min yu,....., why did you have to die ....", saying that Seugh min slumped on the floor in agony as he sobbed heavingly.
The regret , the pain, the agony was all too much to bear then all of a sudden he felt someone gently carress him at his back , Seugh min slowly raised his head up and saw In a who was also sobbing , " eventhough you don't say it, he knows so don't be weighed down by this don't feel bad because I am sure your father loves you as much as you love him ", said In a softly , her voice was hoarse , Seugh min slowly stood up , " why,...., why are you here , you should be resting ,....", he could t finish speaking when Ina enveloped him in a hug patting him gently, " just.....", her voice cracking, " just comforting you ", she said patting him softly , " so just cry , cry as loud and as hard as you want , don't try to hide it, I just want you to know that you have a shoulder to lean on , a shoulder to cry on and somebody who will be here for you", she said looking up at him , his eyes teary once more , through her teary cloaked eyes and warm smile she gently wiped away his tears, " I will be here for you , I and our baby will be here for you", she said the cloaked up tears finally falling from it's breeches , Seugh min embraced her in a hug as she also wrapped her hands around him.
He knew this was the woman he wanted to keep by his side forever , the woman he wanted to share every moment in life with, the woman he knew he would forever cherish this woman before him, he embraced her more , he knew this was the woman he wanted to spend the rest of his life with.
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The damp and moldy dungeon made of the strongest steel , it was dark a strong scent of decay wafted in the air uncovering untold stories of the suffering and gruesome deaths each prisoner had gone through , Lee Kwon was chained to the wall, he sat limply on the moldy floor , pondering, thinking, he had been awake for a long time now , he knew he was responsible for this but he was wondering how she knew and where was Eun Chen ?, all these thoughts drifted in his mind , he clenched his fist through the iron clad that was fastened in his wrist. Suddenly he heard the gates open , he quickly stood up it wasn't because he was scared he just knew who it was , then he saw her in her elegance , dressed in all black , adorned with the finest jewels and her crown well fitted on her head, she walked near the dungeon with a clear smile on her face , " now ,....., you are where you belong ,....", she said coming near the cell , " at first I was scared I won't lie about that, you were so cocky and confident I thought you will over throne me for a second there ", said the Queen with a short evil snicker , " but,..., there you are, a place well deserving of you, a place where the likes of you belong ", she said wickedly but she didn't receive any response from him he just stared at her coldly which was very much expected , the Queen walked closer to the cell, " why,..., you have nothing to say, I w...., " I just pity you", he said with a smirk , cutting her off mid sentence at the same time surprising her, " you despise me and you have been trying since the day I was born to get rid of me and somehow it has turned into a habit, grown into an obsession, you have made it your dedication in that way your soul has been eoytening away", he said taking two steps forward looking at her from head to toe, his expression was that of disgust , " all I see is a soulless woman with only darkness as your companion", he said, everything he said infuriated the Queen , " your one to talk ...", she said swallowing her anger and placing a smile on her face , " you are still trying to hold your pride when you are nothing now , the status you held so high , the little name, the title you tried to hold onto as desperately as you can is all gone,...", she scoffed , " a pathetic bastard, a nameless fool, who has lost his mother now...", she came closer with a wicked smile , " now ,...., he has lost his father ...", she said as she began to laugh , Lee kwon eyes widened in disbelief , " you are being...", that is when he noticed that she was entirely dressed in black, the jewels , the crown and the coat, she was indeed dressed for a burial , he felt his chest tighten as he felt like he was suffocating , it was true he hated his father but he never wished for his death, " you are lying , you are lying,.....YOU ARE LYING!!!!!!...", he yelled trying to pull out his arm from the chain, " if the King is dead , you have no right to the palace , your just a nameless bastard of no origin whose parents are dead", said the Queen harshly, but Lee Kwon couldn't hear anything , the unbearable pain that shot through his chest, his panting, his gasps, it was all choking and finally it lead to a heavy breakdown , he began to cry heavily, his heart ached, they never fixed their relationship, he never apologized , he always said hurtful words without apologizing , he limply sat on the floor not minding the presence of the Queen , his uncontrolled tears , heavy sobs , heartbreaking chokes from the depths of his throat , sobs if deep regret and unbearable pain, for the first time the bastard son of the King , the man known for hiding his emotions and weaknesses now showed a crumbled and broken man , a man that had enough of everything and cried Infront of the Queen he finally showed his weaknesses Infront of the Queen.