Seo-yun looked around, trembling in her dress as she tried to ascertain the culprit behind the arrow shot inside her room. She tried to grasp the strapped letter which came with the vicious intruder while unfolding it immediately. The content she read jumbled her brain causing her to seek for support.
Maybe, this is it. The solution to her mama's worries and sleepless nights.
She had been a good woman, loyal and true, obedient, devoted, meek yet confident still, what had that got her?
Removing the crown in her head which she believed unbefit her, her focus turned icy towards the towering palace looming in her vision as she understood that her only choice was taking the bull by the horns.
Beckoning on her maids to style a regal look fit for an empress, she wiped the last stray tear cascading down her cheeks.
"Daejong, this is my last tears for you", she twirled the ring on her middle finger as she swapped it to her fourth finger, an eccentric look gracing her lovely face.