Chapter 17: the truth out there
Eunuch Jang lead the way to the Podocheong office. They got stopped by the guard in front of the office to ask about their purpose of visit. Yeon Joo started to cry her heart off.
"Poor my husband... why he got put in the cell? I have waited for him to fulfil our little baby carving..." She started to act.
The guards become affected with Yeon Joo acted. She felt like an abused injustice victim. The guards also hypnotized with the beauty of her face. They escorted her to come inside the office and the guards surrounded her with the chair and water as she acted so weak in front of them.
"Jeon Ha looked at Suk Bin mama there..." Seon Yeo pointed out his finger to Yeon Joo a crossed the room.
"Officer... what should I do to get him released? If he is not working then he couldn't put food on our table," Yeon Joo said while sobbing her heart content.
"He needs to make a daily report to us and pay all the damage include to Master Mae Da Young," the officer explained to her.
"I had paid the damage to the food stall and I would make sure to compensate for each party involved. We were just arrived in the capital to meet the king. We just a merchant up from the south," Yeon Joo walked her way up.
"Well done then. As he needs to be in the meeting with the king, we would release him. Don't be so upset madame. Please take care of the baby inside your tummy," The officer advised to her that heard by Lee Yeong and Seon Yeo from another side of the room.
"I am going to be a father..." Lee Yeong said excitedly to Seon Yeo.
The officer came over to the cell and opened the cell door. Lee Yeong runs toward Yeon Joo straight away and hugged her.
"I would make sure that you will become the queen and our kid will descent to the throne. Marked my word," Lee Yeong whispered on her ear.
They got released after Lee Yeong and Seon Yeo signed the paperwork with their stamp. Court lady Min came back with fresh tofu in her hand wrap with lotus leaf. She handed it to Yeon Joo.
"now, you two eat this tofu after out from prison," Yeon Joo gave them to eat.
"Euyyy, Jeon Ha... I hate tofu. Please helped me to avoid Suk Bin mama punishment," Seon Yeo hide behind Lee Yeong.
"Just eat it and we need to go back to the palace. It's getting late," Lee Yeong took the tofu and bite it before walked away to the palace with Yeon Joo on his side.
Seon Yeo didn't have any option rather than to follow him bite into tofu and swallow it quickly. They all followed them back to the palace.
In front of the outer wall of the palace. They found out Mae da Young brought two mysterious girls and handed her to the guard and court lady to bring inside the palace. They did it on the dark west side of the wall. As soon as Mae da young handed her to them, he received something from them in return and left in hurry. They brought them inside the palace.
"Do you recognize them eunuch Jang?" Lee Yeong asked his loyal assistant.
"I think she is from Queen residence with the guard from consort Song, Jeon Ha," Eunuch Jang reported to his majesty.
"Is that how you recruit staff?" Yeon Joo asked Court lady Min.
"Of course, it was not suk bin mama. We had really strict rules for recruiting," Court lady Min explained.
They continued to walk into the gate when they got stopped by the guard. The closed the gate with the sword to stop them. They didn't aware that they stopped the owner of this palace.
"no one could enter the palace without the pass from the queen and prime minister," they put out their sword to stop them.
Seon Yeo pulled out his sword and put it into one of the guard necks.
"Ho-oh, I am the king and I wasn't allowed to enter my palace without the queen and prime minister pass!" Lee Yeong opened up his hat and throws his king seal to their face.
All the guard on the wall kneels down immediately in front of him.
"Seon Yeo processed and interrogated two guards for his statement until they confessed. I wanted a total lockdown in the palace. No one could enter or out from the palace without my permission include queen and prime minister," Lee Yeong instructed his general who took over for the palace security. He deployed his loyal army to guard the palace and relieved the duty of palace guards. He instructed his loyal general to interrogated each of palace guard about the new rule.
Lee Yeong went into his chamber with Yeon Joo. There was a court lady waited in front of the chamber room for relaying the message.
"Jeon Ha, queen mama waiting for you in her palace. It is the time for you both to consummate your marriage night," The court lady relayed the message.
"I need to get ready. Don't you see I just came back to my chamber! If she was not patient anymore, does she have some other boy to warm her bed?" lee Yeong gave her a stern look before eunuch Jang dismissed her.
Gifts
-- Gift
received Weekly Power Status
-- Power
Ranking 
-- Power
stone