Chapter 185: Seon-Ho

As soon as I saw my boys taking down a grown man themselves I had hope; my wife was right I couldn't possible shoulder everything alone by myself. Yeon had raised my children to be extraordinary just like she was, and I knew that part of the reason why did that was to help me with my burdens when I couldn't cope and was too damned proud to ask for help. And my best friend had no choice but to slave over the Prince. I looked over at the scums who dared to plot against my family and were actually living off the resources I worked so had to build up on my own and were for my family only and the people who mattered to me. I was very strict about that as I had no choice to feed them while I looked into this false conspiracy. But of course there was very little evidence and I had no choice but to rely on the people who had harmed my family the most and Nam-Kyu knew it. As for the other two, it was clear as day that they were clueless...but I did need something to take my anger out on so what harm could it do? But I needed to set rules for my household and I had no choice but to involve my children as they were pretty protective over their parents already. I didn't even realise they had started getting out of their beds to stand guard outside their mother's room until I came home to find them all on the floor half asleep with their small weapons out. I didn't know whether to laugh or cry honestly. Hana must have sensed me because the minute she opened her eye she reached our for me like she always did. I pulled my big girl into a hug and she fell asleep on my shoulder. I asked her softly what they were all doing and the look on her little face broke my completely as she told me how scared she was for her mother. The look on my princess's face was not worth the trouble these scumbags were causing...but I had to sort this out once and for all as I myself and Hui-Jee sent everyone to bed. I walked into my wife's room who had tears falling down her face just like our daughter did. She was out of her mind with worry for me and our children just when she was at her most vulnerable state. I bent over her and wiped her tears away just like I did to Hana and I promised her I would sort it all out before undressing myself and slipping into bed, desperate to hold my unborn son as I had no choice but to be away from him for hours on end trying to sort this senseless mess out.

I bought her close to me and I rubbed her swollen belly like I did every night until he was ready to come out. We talked about the situation, how we were going to protect the children and how they were going to cope with all of this. She even suggested having them with her brother for a while but I didn't fancy the Prince sniffing around my children just like how he used to make himself at home with Hwi's family. I told her that I already had a plan and that she just had to trust me and follow my lead no matter what. The fear in her eyes told me everything I needed to know when she asked me quietly if it was going to be like how I punished her in the beginning of our marriage. I had one hand on her belly and another pinching her face as I told her that she was mine to do with as I pleased anyways. And what I loved about her the most was that she accepted everything I did without questioning me once; that was how much she trusted me and loved me unconditionally. I could run my sword through the both of us right here right now and she would follow me into the afterlife without making a sound. I was so caught up in her I didn't even notice that damned eunuch watching us from outside her bedroom door, but I was too tired to deal with them. And if they liked so with so much then why shouldn't I put a show on for them? Rumour had it he liked to copy me in his own household anyways. I couldn't't lie, the thought of a eunuch being desperate enough had me in a rare mood as I was in hysterics all night long. I even got my wife laughing as well as pouting as I wouldn't let her in on the joke.