Kim Yoora looked at the pavilion that had been razed to the ground. More precisely, it has become a nice palace garden. There is a fish pond and also some chairs. There was also a large box like a chessboard, with a pawn that Kim Yoora believed was a person. Yes, the soldiers here who might become pawns when the Kings want to play chess.
"So this used to be where Empress Eun Hye lived?" asked Kim Yoora, looking at Iseul seriously.
Iseul nodded obediently, before turning into a garden and flattening into the ground. This used to be the flower pavilion, the place where Empress Eun Hye lived during her pregnancy. Kim Won Shik really wants a daughter in this palace. Even though he already has two daughters. For him, if he doesn't have five daughters yet, Kim Won Shik will not stop. However, a doctor said that Empress Eun Hye's child was a boy. Judging from the look on Eun Hye's face when she was pregnant and also the shape of her stomach. To be honest, Kim Won Shik doesn't really like boys, which will override Kim Won Shik's throne. Earlier, he was also aware that as time went on he would grow old and could no longer just sit on the sidelines. And decided that the first child of Kwan Ji Woo's first wife, would occupy the throne first. And take turns with the other boys later.
Kim Won Shik looked very happy that time, boy or girl doesn't matter to Kim Won Shik. But the problem is, when Kim Hyo Ra comes to visit and brings something in her basket. Kim Won Shik thinks that Eun Hye's death was Kim Hyo Ra's doing. Plus when the baby was born, the flower pavilion immediately caught fire. The distance between Kim Hyo Ra coming to the flower pavilion, as well as the birth and the fire was only one day. That's what Iseul caught about Eun Hye's death.
Kim Yoora thought that she would finish this task first. Revealing Eun Hye's death, and then Kim Yoora revealed one truth about her.
"Fire in a day? Does that mean it actually happened at night? It can't be in the afternoon, or in the evening? There must be a lot of people around the palace." said Kim Yoora.
"That's true, princess. It actually happened at night. And we ladies and gentlemen, the Empress as well as the Emperor know, this pavilion has become land."
Kim Yoora turned her head in surprise, "And me? There's no screaming, what?"
Iseul looks confused, this princess should know everything right? Without having to ask Iseul what the princess was doing?
The woman tries to save Eun Hye in the raging fire. But unfortunately, when Kim Yoora managed to bring Eun Hye out the woman was already dead. Likewise with his son, who had closed his eyes and did not cry at all. He fell asleep forever, from inhaling too much smoke.
"How strange is it? When they sleep, they can smell something burning. Why not?"
Yesterday when Min Young Jae only burned wood, Kim Yoora could still smell the firewood and feel something hot when Kim Yoora approached. And if you think about the fire that turned the pavilion into ashes, it was huge. And there's no way that Eun Hye will be silent when she sees the fire? Eun Hye should have screamed, or run away from the pavilion to save herself and her child.
"Weird." muttered Kim Yoora back.
"Princess Kim Hyo Ra, what are you doing in this flower garden?"
She turned his head quickly, and looked for the source of the sound. Kim Yoora instead saw the Queen Mother who came along with her lady-in-waiting. The woman immediately stood up from her comfortable seat, and bent her knees right in front of the Empress Dowager.
"Greetings Grandma. Sorry, I didn't know you came here. I'm sorry for this." said Kim Yoora. Luckily he studied the many books he bought with Iseul at the market. At least Kim Yoora knows what the palace rules are like.
"Stand up, Hyo Ra. You don't have to be like that," Kyung Soon came closer, she pulled Kim Yoora's hand back to sit back down where she was. "What do you see?" said Kyung Soo glanced at Kim Yoora.
"Nothing. I'm just staring at the garden. It is very beautiful." replied Kim Yoora. She knows what Kyung Soon means, but Kim Yoora can't just trust someone new. She didn't know what the nature of this Queen Mother was yet, as this was the second meeting for them.
Kyung Soon smiled and patted Kim Yoora's hand lightly. "I know what you're thinking. You must be imagining how sad it was. Where your father imprisoned you for no sense." Kyung Soon said.
Intrigued, Kim Yoora looked at Kyung Soon strangely. "What happened? Didn't I just save Empress Eun Hye? And was accused of killing that woman?"
That's true. Everyone thinks that Kim Hyo Ra is a murderer. The news was very clear, that's why Kim Hyo Ra was exiled. Apart from being born unlucky, anyone who is close to that woman will definitely be unlucky. That's what Kyung Soon observes. When he heard that Kim Hyo Ra was behind Eun Hye's murder. Of course Kyung Soon doesn't believe it at all, she knows very well how her first granddaughter is. And there's no way Kim Hyo Ra would have the guts to kill someone else. Especially Empress Eun Hye.
"If Grandma believes so, why not save me?" said Kim Yoora curiously. She also glanced at Iseul who had been silent since earlier. The woman could only look down, and shut her mouth tightly.
Kyung Soon turned around for a moment and smiled. "Ask your lady-in-waiting. What did I do for you? I'm trying to find out what happened, but your father already punished you. By forcibly gulping down a poison, because for he life must be paid with life."
Kim Yoora took a deep breath, apparently living in the past was terrible. Where life is just a toy. It's like saying, there are many lives for sale in the shop. If they lose their life, then they just buy it.
"Eh dammit!! This is only one life, if it's lost, it's second to none." said Kim Yoora spontaneously.
Kyung Soon looked at Kim Yoora confused, she didn't know what she meant even when she woke up from the dead. She looked very different, unlike her usual self. Kyung Soon also heard a lot about Kim Yoora's changes, she did have high hopes for that woman. But that was then.
Glancing at Iseul who was just silent. Kim Yoora chose to get up from her seat, she looked at Kyung Soon and lowered her head.
"Grandma, I have to go. I have business to attend to right now." said Kim Yoora.
"Where are you going? After you wake up, you don't even sit with me anymore."
"I have to buy Grandma's medicine. The medicine supply in my pavilion has run out."
"I can call a lady-in-waiting or a healer to give you some medicine Hyo Ra. Sit down with me a little longer."
Kim Yoora shook her head, she had to leave immediately afraid that the drug store would close soon. After all, she was only gone for a while, and it wouldn't be long. She didn't want to trouble other people. She also has Iseul who always accompanies her. That's more than enough according to Kim Yoora.
"All right. Go, and hurry back. Your father will be angry if you leave the palace for too long." said Kyung Soon and made Kim Yoora smile a little.
-To Be Continued-