Meeting and Debate
The King and the ministers had a meeting in the morning, this was Baek Hyeon's first day attending the meeting. He is a little nervous and afraid that his behavior will cause trouble, he sees his father walking with Minister Lee.
"Do I just follow my father?" Baek Hyeon muttered to himself.
"Ah no, what will other people think if I hold on to my father, I now have my own responsibilities," Baek Hyeon muttered to himself again.
"SPIRIT!" Baek Hyeon said encouragingly himself.
"Hey! Baek Hyeon!" call someone from behind.
"That person," Baek Hyeon muttered to himself.
"I heard you were transferred by the King," Minister Seol said.
"Yes, I've been transferred sir," replied Baek Hyeon.
"Luckily I was transferred, I don't want my boss to be someone like you, fussy and likes to order," Baek Hyeon grumbled in his heart while shaking his head.
"Let's go in," Minister Seol said.
Then they entered the hall, the ministers gathered there. Suddenly the King came and sat on his throne, everyone paid their respects to the King. Eunuch gave a roll of paper, the roll of paper contained a report of complaints in this city, the King read it carefully and invited the minister to open his voice.
Minister Lee suddenly opened the conversation first.
"Please, Your Majesty, did you know before that there was an intruder in the border village? As a result of the intruder, 70% of the residents' houses were burned down and caused considerable losses, on the other hand the palace also had to pay the debt to Ming. Indeed, the palace debt was almost It's paid off but because of this incident the palace has to spend quite a lot of money, Your Majesty, please find the criminals and catch the mastermind behind all this," said Minister Lee.
"PLEASE CAPTURE THAT CRIME, YOUR HONOR.." said the ministers in Minister Lee's camp.
"Your Excellency, the people complain that the dry season is quite long and there is a lack of clean water for drinking, this will greatly affect the noble natural resources, drought forests and many residents crops are experiencing crop failure due to this long drought. I beg you to His Majesty to hold a noble rain summoning ritual," said Minister Namju.
"PLEASE HAVE A GREAT RITUAL .." said the Namju ministers' camp at the same time.
"Your Majesty, we must put the people first, without water we will all suffer, Your Majesty, even the rivers are now half dry, many people even drink the noble dirty water. People who can't afford meat and only eat vegetables, how can they can live if the vegetables and rice they plant do not grow well and even the harvest fails, we can still save the people in daeho village, the people there have been evacuated and have been given new houses and daeho village is now in the process of rebuilding, so I beg you consider which one is a noble priority," Minho said making Baek Hyeon dumbfounded.
"PLEASE CONSIDER YOUR PRIVACY .." said the Namju minister's camp.
"Wow.. Minho is so cool," Baek Hyeon muttered to himself.
Minister Lee's camp clearly disagreed, they whispered to each other. Minister Lee and Minister Namju stared at each other with competitive desire. Suddenly a bird came with a small roll of paper and dropped it on the King's table. The ministers were astonished to see such a genius bird, then the King opened the roll of paper and there was a picture of hills and rivers. The King was silent, what was the meaning of the letter, why were there only pictures of hills and rivers.
The bird chirped as if telling something, the bird pointed to a book in front of the King, and pointed to a word that is CHILDREN. The King was very surprised, then the bird flew away again somewhere. The King was silent, suddenly he remembered Lee Eun Ju, his daughter who went missing 15 years ago.
The King's face looked very worried, he was holding on to the table very tight. His emotions peaked, his bitter memories came back, suddenly the King ordered Eunuch to order Officer Jang to look for his daughter back and was a little surprised because the King had given up on his daughter for a long time but because of a bird he was ambitious to find his son again.
"Your Majesty, is there a problem?" Minister Seol asked.
The King clenched his fists then slowly opened his palms and suddenly the King's palms let out fire and burned the letter. He didn't want anyone to know about the contents of the letter.
"Let's just continue the discussion at this meeting," said the King.
Minister Lee and Minister Namju glanced at the King for a while then looked away, they knew that there was something the King was hiding.
"Your Majesty, are you all right?" Minister Seol asked.
"I'm fine, just continue what suggestions and criticisms from you guys," said the King.
"Your Majesty, please let Mr. Park Sun Coon solve the case in Daeho Village, give him a chance to take responsibility, because all these problems are related to the village head, I have evidence that he was the one who made the dispute happen," explained Minister Lee.
"Your Majesty.. please send the Bureau of Investigation to take care of the problems that occurred in Daeho Village, Mr. Park Park Sun Coon should be arrested and interrogated. Here we cannot trust the person concerned, Your Honor, let the Bureau of Investigation from the Palace solve this case," explained minister Namju.
"Prime minister Baek Hyeon, aren't you ready for this task?" Minister Namju asked making Baek Hyeon surprised and nervous.
"Ah yes, of course my colleagues and I at the Bureau of Investigation are ready to undertake this task," Baek Hyeon replied nervously and swallowed hard.
"Your Majesty must know who the child is, right, he is Baek Hyeon, son of Prime Minister Lee, he must be as trustworthy as his father, because the fruit doesn't fall far from the tree. Please take advice from your noble servant .." Minister Namju continued and bowed his body .
"PLEASE ACCEPT YOUR majesty.." said the camp of minister Namju at the same time.
Finally the King made a decision, he will hold a rain summoning ritual and on the other hand the king will order the investigative bureau to investigate the Daeho village attack case, Minister Lee looks at Baek Hyeon from a distance, he is worried that his son will not side with him and his son who will reveal the contents of the mud where he lived all this time.