Chapter 170: Bong Hyo-Sonn

As I made my way to the wedding chambers full of excitement, I couldn't help but to wonder how I got to this and how it came from the most unlikeliest person I could have thought of. I was indeed locked up by the general alongside Hyun-Ki although we were not beaten at all for almost a week I think. I tried calling out to him and we were able to communicate for a while but then I could see a handful of guards going to his cell with a physician. At that point I was worried out of my mind in case he was sick or being mistreated in any way that I wasn't. But from that point on; he was completely silent. I hadn't heard anything from him no matter how much I shouted and screamed until my voice went hoarse. Then all of a sudden I had a girl I think I've seen with Yeon before...I think her name was Hwa-Wol who had come and let me out while the other man I had seen with her who I had assumed was her husband went to the other cell to free us. She was a really pretty woman who seemed to be pregnant at the time.

Before I could ask her who she was, she told me that she was her to relay a message from my so-called husband Seon-Ho about my fate for being charged with adultery and subjecting his family to shame as a result. I did not even think about the death sentence that could be potentially be weighing on my head and instantly asked about Hyun-Ki and why a doctor had to see him. She ignored my question and gave me the biggest shock of my life...that I was to be taken to another room to prepare myself for a wedding...for my wedding. With Hyun-Ki. I swear my jaw dropped to the ground for a couple of seconds. I did not dare to believe what I heard, so much so that I asked her to repeat herself a few times. She looked me straight in my eyes and repeated herself again...but there was a condition to all of this.i would be married into his household as his main wife rather than a concubine position on the condition that I had to write a letter to Seon-Ho, informing him of our partnership, how we all colluded and everyone's secrets. And if I did; I would no longer have to work in palace, my social status would be raised and I would even get my own servants under me. This deal was too good to be true; but thinking about the prospect that I could be the Bong's daughter-in-law and I could finally get rid of my family that was still leeching onto me even more as soon as they found out that I was 'a concubine'. I could be free of my family, free of these demanding delusional concubines, free of the bullying...free to live my life to the highest standard possible after being a servant since childhood was enough to make me cry.

So here I found myself, waiting in my husband's bedchambers in full wedding attire that I never imagined in my life I would wear. I had butterflies in my stomach all day thinking about what would happen tonight. I had to admit that I...felt a little jealous when Yeon finally decided to stop toying with all the suitors she had and chose the one with the highest prospect. Their relationship was unlike anything I had ever seen before. They didn't hold back at all; they were full of affection towards each other even in public. Her brother and her lover treated that damned epileptic as if she were a princess that couldn't walk on the same ground as the rest of us. But her relationship with him made me open my eyes and my curiosity so I...I couldn't help but watch them one night. I wanted to see what it would really be like to be someone's wife as I had scarcely allowed myself to imagine that I would be one day. The day they married I had managed to sneak into their manor as a servant and I situated myself outside of their room and dug a small hole in the paper wall. And I saw them; how intimate they were...like it wasn't their first time. I saw how passionately they kissed each other like they were eager to taste each other, I saw him hold onto her the whole time; how gentle he was at times...and not so much at other times. I witnessed 2 people in love become 1 body, 1 soul with the same breathe.

I felt myself tingle all over until finally, at long last he sat besides me and took off his wedding headpiece. I called out to him a few times once again he didn't answer me. In fact, we hadn't had a chance to speak to each other since we were released from the cells. Apprehension soon took over me as I couldn't wait anymore per tradition while I removed my fan, my headpiece and took a good look around the room that seemed to be the size of Yeon's gaya home. He had piles upon piles of scrolls everywhere, even pinned on his walls but no weapon in sight. I kept looking all around until I finally heard my name come out of his mouth. I turned around to look at him; waiting the for moment our eyes connected and he would finally fall in love with me. I waited...and I waited...and I waited until he called out to me again, but instead...."Yeon...Yeonnie.."