They are a day away from the capital. Across a last ring of mountains they could already see Songak nestled in a valley below. The palace is its most distinguishing and sacred peak, shrouded in wintery mist. The emperor was yet to rise and they had received news of the queen being barred from entering Chondeokjeon.
Tension is heavy in the air, heightened if possible with the arrival of Grand prince Munwon. Beom thwarted in his schemes is not a pleasant sight. To see the calculative gleam in his eyes, satisfaction the closer they came within the walls of SongAk made Seol dare what awaited them at the palace. What, her brother was possibly going through. Brazen queen they might call her mother, but she had stopped clans from being slaughtered. With the way Silla is instigating the surrounding nobles, Seol isn't certain if her mother would succeed a second time.
