Prince Ahn has been working hard lately, reading and writing, and also Iris, learning some palace work to prepare herself for a crown princess and she seems to have a pretty good relationship with maid caas and also other maids.
Prince Ahn was reading, repeatedly," ,,,, for the country and the people," then he put the book down, his tutor gave him another one, but Ahn seemed so tired " can't we have a break" he asked
" your highness you must finish 50 books of leadership, at least in few days" the tutor said
" for real I can't even sleep because of these I keep dreaming about it at least let's have something else" he said
" your highness, I don't think we should waste time, I'll just give you, some time to rest" the tutor said, Ahn stood up to stretch his legs and haru was standing there too, in that a moment a maid came rushing " your highness,,,, your highness, there's a problem "
Ahn and haru and the tutor were confused , "the king,,,, the king,,, is burning all the books of dioni"
* conference room*
" your majesty why so sudden about burning dioni books" one man said and others were murmuring
" from now on, dioni books are banned, no one should read and write in codes, that is against the law" the king said
" your majesty is it because of the late exiled queen, because she's the one who introduced this writings" a man said
" it doesn't matter who, who ever tries to do that it's forbidden and will receive punishment"
Everyone at the palace was shocked and everyone talked about it, but the king gave order. Sala also received the news " why all of the sudden",
Prince Ahn and haru and the tutor were walking and they saw the king passing by after the conference meeting,
" he looks so angry,,, why would he ban those books, I hear they were the late queen's writings " prince Ahn said while wondering
" you are right, only few people would read and write that,,," the tutor said
Haru was listening and he grabbed his sword hard also looking at the king.
Sir mun and other men were discussing while walking ,
" I wonder which side did the king wake up, dioni books,,, even though they are useless "
The men were saying and murmuring," maybe he doesn't want to remember her anymore and he's venting his anger "
" you guys go a head, I'll catch up later" sir mun said as he was leaving, he went to meet one of the king's maid, but they were hiding somewhere no one can see them " tell me everything " sir mun said
" he lost something, he's been looking for it, but I don't know what it is, for guard shik I can't hear what they talk about " the maid said
" you must find out more information, remember you are the one to save your family", the maid agreed and they parted.
Palace guards searched everyone's home at sila's village, who ever has dioni books.
Lana was at home, some guards came to search " who ever has dioni books must bring them" the guards said
Harlim went in front and said " there are no such books", but the guards went on and searched, harlim looked worried," my lady what do we do"
" let them search " Lana said, after them searching they went, the landlord came out " ayoo! this is not nice at all, even the little memories of the queen are gone", Lana looked behind," what do you mean"
" dioni, is a writing that the late queen wanted to teach people,people could talk their secrets and love stories, only them would know," the landlord said,
•lovers?!!does the king know about the book•
caas was peeping around worried , " why are you here" Iris came from behind
Caas bowed for her " am,,, I was about to go,,,,excuse me", when she was about to go " are you looking for your brother ?" Iris said, caas looked back, and Iris continued talking " I was going to see the prince, maybe you can come with me ", in that moment they went together to the prince, but Haru wasn't there, only the prince and the tutor, the prince welcomed Iris and she sat down " I was on my way and I suddenly came to visit you, your highness am sorry I disturbed your studying" she said,
" it's alright, feel free" the prince said also looking at caas, Iris noticed " she was walking with me helping me,,,", in that moment it was awkward, the tutor stood up " your highness, your lessons will continue tomorrow, I'll give you some privacy", then he went, and caas followed outside • where is he, am worried•
she looked up and she saw another guard and went to ask,but the guard told her, he went home, she was shocked' why all of the sudden', but she didn't mind a lot.
That night caas went home alone, and she found seff arranging things and she looked around she couldn't see haru, " where is haru", seff looked at her " I'd be asking you he's not here", she got shocked " what, he left the palace early", while they were talking harlim was watching them,
Haru was sneaking into the palace, • when it's middle night before the bell rings, there're shifts at the palace, in that moment it takes like 10 minutes to change, I must get in• when he was about to go he saw a maid passing, he immediately hid behind a wall, the maid was rushing as if she was hiding something, haru looked again • why is she taking this way• but he ignored that and went on.
When the guards were shifting, haru entered the king's chambers with a knife, the king was sleeping, haru came with a knife, and looked at the king, he started shaking in anger• you,,, you,,,, I'll kill you,,, I can't wait any longer,,,, every time you make me angry,,,,why• he started tearing up, and came closer to the king, he raised his knife, but can't kill, • why haven't you ever at least considered us•,he couldn't kill the king, he stood up, while about to go " haru,,,", he stopped, his eyes were shaking, " haru is that you?,,,", haru was confused • am I dreaming, did he just,,• in that moment some guards were coming to guard, haru was breathing hard, he immediately went and nobody of the guards noticed him, but while going another way, guard shik saw him, and started fighting with him, haru didn't have a sword with him, but he fought back, guard shik,sliced him on his shoulder, haru threw sand on guard shik, and he escaped, when guard shik tried to follow it was dark, he lost trace of him, guard shik immediately went to see the king, " your majesty are you alright"
" am alright,,," the king said
"I couldn't capture him,,, but am glad you are fine" guard shik said
" no one must know about it,,,, I think it's him,,,,haru,,,," the king said while tearing up,joy, anger, and he started laughing hard" he was holding a knife to kill me, but he couldn't" and he continued laughing,and he started coughing, " your majesty,,,," guard shik got some near water, but the king was coughing blood, " I must call the doctor" guard shik said, the king stopped him " it's no use,,, this is my punishment, I killed my own wife, and now her son is alive,,, I thought I was protecting her, but I killed her", the king started crying, guard shik stayed for a moment.
The next day, prince Ahn, his mother and Iris were sitting enjoying the weather and also talking, caas came delivering drinks for them, Ahn stared at caas while she pours the drinks in the mug, and then she stepped back,
" I prepared this drink for both of you, I hope you like it" Sala said
Ahn and Iris took a sip and they complimented her" it tastes good "
Caas looked at haru, haru didn't look well and he wasn't staring back at her • what's wrong with him, he didn't even come home last night•
When caas went back to the maids chambers, she was resting and talking to herself ' he couldn't even look at me, why is he like this, and he looks pale', while she was talking to herself, a senior maid came and other maids " take her", caas was confused " what's wrong", they took her where the other maids are, two were kneeling down, they seemed to be in trouble • what's going on•
they immediately made her kneel down,
" young lady am sure you know your wrong doing " a senior maid said , caas looked confused, but the senior maid came close to her and slapped her " how dare you,,,, how dare you steal"
" what?! Steal" caas said in confusion
" do I look like a fool to you,,,, some maids have reported you for stealing from them and you stole from lady Iris too, some of her belongings, do you know how heavy that is, search her clothes now", the senior maid said, but caas couldn't agree " what are you doing,,, I didn't steal from anyone,,,, I don't know what you are talking about"
" so do you think talking like that will save you,or the prince will save you since you are close to him, or your brother, instead you are shaming them,,,take her to the prison now ", senior maid said, caas was confused and looked at the girls who were kneeling, and she was dragged to the prison.