Na-bi tried to maintain the facade but soon her confused expression turned to calm one. She went to her knee in front of Su Mi " my lady, I have worked here for many years and many women joined this brothel and few left that including dead ones but no one ever noticed me, what have I done to gain your attention. I am nothing but old senile prostitute how can I help you".
Su Mi smiled " Na-bi you can be anything but senile. You are hiding so many secrets of this brothel that could topple many high positioned officers including nobles. As for how I noticed you, you can call it fate and leave it at that but I have beneficial job for you are you willing?".
Na-bi asked in soft voice " my lady, you have yet to tell me how you found out that I was not mad"
Su Mi laughed " actually even if I didn't find this, some one would have found out it all too soon, you have been living in a brothel in these years and not once I saw you being molested or misused in any way. Even though rich person would not use you to fulfill their lust but this brothel also have low level people like daily workers that come here just for that and if they can get that free from you, how can they miss that".
It just meant you have mastered the art of hiding in shadows and my maid just informed me that the prostitute gives you meal regularly. Pity help can be given for some days and not for this many years this means someone higher up is helping you and let me guess is it not Lin Hua and last when you entered inside I could easily read precaution on your face. You may be master of seduction and hiding but not of acting I can say".
Na-bi looked surprised " you are correct in your every deduction my lady and yes Lin Hua helped me because she is my elder sister. We kept it hidden because if we acted as rivals other girls would open up to me too easily and so, it was kept a secret that we were siblings and our facade as rivals kept me alive".
She remembered the dark day when everything changed for worst "I got order from King himself to serve the young prince Lee Dong Mu on his birthday, he was just fourteen at that time and didn't gain the title but his cruelty had no bounds. To protect his image he was ready to do anything. When I entered he asked me to undress and seduce him. I did all my routine and even extra for him but their was no reaction from his side. I could feel his disinterest towards me from the starting and other thing that surprised me was he kept his eyes more on his personal guard then he placed it on me".
Slowly it dawned on me that the young prince was gay and he was attracted towards his personal guard Cheng. It was the most dreadful curse that nobility considered which could even give them life sentence or even death.
Lee Dong Mu knew that and he made me drink mind numbing medicine it made a person go mad if not treated within five hours. He thought Lin Hua considered me her rival and handed me to her. As I was personally arranged by King himself me being dead would have made people question him rather then me being mad.
I don't know how Lin Hua arranged the antidote and I was saved. This matter became easily hidden and I acted as a mad person for last ten years. If I could I would have skinned that crown prince alive made him eat that.
Sh Mi now realised everything " So, every time crown prince uses the brothel he killed the person and it not only hides his secret but make people scared of him and king has no interest on the death of few prostitute. He is coming today and I am pretty sure his intention towards me is also same. As I personally sent him the letter and if he rejected it someone would have doubted his interest specially after my entry. It seems like I ate more than I could chew. To instigate Prime minister Go against King I made a mistake. This can be my greatest blessing or biggest doom and it will all be decided Today".