She used to stare at the girl with so much hatred in her eyes, calling her pathetic for always following the Emperor everywhere but doing this while hiding behind the trees and not knowing that the Emperor knows about her every move.
She always see it because she too was also watching the Emperor secretly and she always find Kleila wherever the Emperor is, there beside the trees and what killed her inner spirit was whenever the young girl looks elsewhere.
Whenever she looks elsewhere, the Emperor will be the one looking at her.
He knows!
She wondered why he never talked to her but she guess she shouldn't have because the day he finally did was the day she did something stupid and she will always regret her actions.
The Empress looked at her. "I know of your feelings towards my son."
Immediately those words left the Empress mouth, Mi-Ok became scared for she feared the Empress will do something harmful to her like she did to the now dead Kleila.
"..I.. I ..I" she stuttered not being able to form words and when she tried again to speak, the Empress stopped her.
"I have chosen you to be his consort." The Empress said.
Mi-Ok suddenly breath out the breath she didn't know she was holding. .when her brain finished processing what the Empress said.
"I would have asked Seo Woo for this considering that she and my son were childhood friends and lovers but I recently found out that she cheated on my son and this was the reason he rejected her ..now I have chosen you Mi-Ok and I know of your feelings for my son so I'm going to go straight to my point.
My son is leaving first thing tomorrow morning to find the outcast but before he those this, I want to prevent a lot of things from happening because I can't stop him from going wherever he wants.
They found the girl.. Yes" she said when she saw Mi-Ok mouth about to move and she knows this is the question she was going to ask.
"They've found her but she won't be staying in my son's palace and I need you for this to happen." The Empress finished looking at the girl.
Mi-Ok looks at the Empress confusingly before asking. "But Your Highness, what can I do?."
The Empress looks at her and smile. "A lot my dear, I will call for a celebration in Kleila names ..to celebrate her being found alive and during this occasion, I will get my son here to apologize and rejoice about the good news and i will give him water which Some, my court would have already inserted an hallucination decoction, he will feel drunk and decides to lay down and when this happens, you'll be in his chamber waiting for him.
I believe you know what to do then.. Yes Mi-Ok, have his child." The Empress said once again when Mi-Ok began to ask her the obvious thing.
When she was done, she looks at the girl and ask her if she's willing to do it and the girl nodded her head yes while smiling.
"Thank you, Your Highness, Thank you for choosing me, I've always wished this. Thank you!." She said happily and her excitement makes the Empress happy for she had thought she would have to convince her in a hard way.
"Get up and follow Si-Me, she will take you to a room where you'll stay for the main time. I have a celebration to prepare."