Capítulo 5: Page-05
1786…
Everyone seemed to be crying when one woman was lying helplessly on the floor. Everyone shouted, thus inviting the King and also the empress to come to this room.
"What's wrong? What happened?" said the King in a loud voice.
One of the maids came closer, she knelt at the very feet of the King and wept. "Forgive the servant of the King. The servant is wrong." said the waiter.
"Deji what happened, and why do you have to apologize?"
The waiter named Deji pointed to a woman wearing a blue hanbok who was lying helplessly on the floor. Deji went to the palace kitchen to make lunch, but when he returned to the empress's room, he already saw the empress lying helplessly on the floor with foaming lips. Deji had also summoned the royal physician to check on the empress's condition. But the healer said that if the empress was lifeless, so would the baby in her womb.
Do Mingyu flinch at that? He stared at the royal physician in disbelief. "What are you saying?"
"King forgive me... I have tried my best. I have tried to save the Empress as well as the baby-to-be, but I lost to the poison the Empress drank." The healer looked frightened, so he could only lower his head.
Do Mingyu approached the empress and cried. His legs were limp like jelly, making the king bend his knees in front of his wife's corpse.
"So this is the gift you wanted to tell me? About your death and our baby too?"
Mingyu looked devastated by this news. Why? n he was young, his mother asked Do Mingyu to marry him, and he would become a leader so that made Do Mingyu agree with his mother's words. But the first marriage was unexpectedly fruitless. Do Mingyu married Lee Yunji and they had no children until their third year of marriage. Do Mingyu's mother seemed frustrated by all of this, and asked Do Mingyu to remarry. The king has many wives and it's only natural, that's what Do Mingyu's mother taught him. And yes, the man remarried to the woman of his mother's choice. His second wife was named Ye Jun, the second marriage was the same as the first. Ye Jun couldn't get pregnant, her womb was so weak that the baby could only last one or two months in Ye Jun's womb. Do Mingyu's mother, who seemed annoyed with her second daughter-in-law who often miscarried at a young gestational age, finally asked Do Mingyu to marry for the third time. And the last one is Kim Aera, the woman she married six months ago is pregnant with her future baby. Unfortunately, his third wife died from poisoning. Even though this place has a lot of other King's concubines if the three people fail he only needs to take people from this room to conceive the King's offspring. Wasn't that used to it, where the King had many wives?
The angry Do Mingyu immediately looked at the people in front of him one by one. His gaze was directed at Choi Suk who was still staring at Kim Aera in surprise.
"Choi Suk is looking for the culprit who dared to poison the empress and also her future baby. After meeting their law is as severe as possible." Do Mingyu order?
Choi Suk nodded, he asked the healer to carry Kim Aera back to bed. Some ladies have already made announcements and also prepared an honorable funeral for Kim Aera. Do Mingyu himself will replace Kim Aera's shirt in white? Do Mingyu's gaze immediately focused on Kim Aera's stomach which was still flat. There was his future child, who would have the heart to kill his future child so cruelly.
"Mingyu …," Mother came with a trembling voice. She looked at Kim Aera who was already pale on the bed. Her tears flowed slowly then she said "Mingyu what happened? What the maid said wasn't true right?"
Do Mingyu could only stay silent, he couldn't explain much about this. Likewise, his mother could only cry hysterically because the potential successor to this kingdom was killed again. Dayang told Do Mingyu's mother that her third daughter-in-law was pregnant. Unfortunately, both mother and child had died from drinking a large amount of poison. The healer had tried to save Kim Aera and her baby, but unfortunately, she was too late and it cost them both their lives.
"Find out who dared to poison Empress Kim Aera, catch them and imprison them in the dungeon. I will give that person the death penalty!!" Yura exclaimed.
Everyone was frightened by Yura's words. She is an old woman who wants an heir to this kingdom. But having been married three times, Yura has not only had grandchildren with three sons-in-law who died miserably. She will not forgive anyone who killed Kim Aera and her baby. Whatever happened sooner or later Yura would be able to find the culprit.
One by one Do Mingyu tried to open the hanbok that Kim Aera was wearing to be replaced with white before being cremated. His hands were shaking so much that it scared Do Mingyu. Moreover, that hand suddenly touched Do Mingyu's hand which was trembling violently, and opened his eyes wide.
"What are you doing? Why are you taking off my clothes, sir?" said Kim Aera, opening her eyes slowly.
Do Mingyu jump up in shock, to the extent that he had to fall to the floor in shock when he saw Kim Aera slowly open her eyes? "You… aren't you already dead?" exclaimed Lee Yunji in disbelief
Kim Aera blinked her eyes many times looking at Lee Yunji in surprise. "Die? I even feel like I'm fine."
Yura, who was half-conscious, asked the healer to examine Kim Aera. She had to make sure that the woman came back to life with her future baby. Of course, the examination made Kim Aera confused, she looked at everyone's looks confused too. Everyone wore a hanbok as well as Kim Aera who wore a blue hanbok. Meanwhile, as far as Kim Aera recalls, she wore a black shirt, black leather jacket, and black pants. Unknowingly the woman pulled her hanbok to see her underwear, whether she was still wearing her black pants or not.
"Mama... don't do that!!" shouted Deji who immediately stopped Kim Aera's hand.
"I only saw my pants, nothing more. Why do you look worried?"
There are a lot of people in this room, it would be nice if you wanted to see if you were wearing pants or not, waiting for the people in this room to leave first. At least there's only Kim Aera and also Do Mingyu. Or maybe it was Deji who had always taken care of Kim Aera when she had trouble getting married and living in this pavilion.
And Kim Aera refused, she didn't want anyone in her room except herself. What era is this? Why do so many people still use hanbok except for weddings or pre-wedding photos? Meanwhile, in modern times, there are many clothes that they can wear. It has many colors, motifs, and models. Why does he have to wear a hanbok every day, which according to Kim Aera is very troublesome to live in? Maybe, if tourists who want to use hanbok and also feel like wearing school uniforms still can. They rented in several places to feel that way. Why do we Kim Aera have to wear hanbok like this?
"Mama... you are the third wife of King Do Mingyu. This is how you dress," whispered Deji
Kim Aera didn't understand anymore. She looked back at everyone in confusion. The third wife of King Do Mingyu? The truth is, Kim Aera is not married and she also doesn't want to marry someone who has a descendant of a king or prince.
Yura didn't want to hear the debate. She approached the healer and talked about his health and future grandson. The healer smiled with satisfaction and said, "When the mother is safe, then, the baby is also safe."
Yura smiled contentedly at this happy news. She even asked the soldiers to gather all the people, to distribute gold coins. Yura had once prayed to God that if she had a royal successor, she would give a bag of gold coins to her people. As a thanksgiving to God for granting his prayers so far.
Likewise, Do Mingyu, will hold a party for seven days and seven nights. Letting many people into the kingdom to enjoy the feast. Even this party wouldn't stop until Do Mingyu was satisfied.
"I'm so happy to hear this, I thought I would lose you and our future baby too."
Whatever happened, could someone explain to Kim Aera what happened? She was confused to see that there were so many people wearing hanbok clothes with different colors. Likewise, the different headdress, immediately made Kim Aera feel dizzy looking at it.
"Empress Aera rest, the maid will bring lots of food for you," said Yura.
Kim Aera just kept silent, staring at the people in this room leaving one by one. Likewise with someone who uses Ikseongwan on his head. Kim Aera gave a strange look, so Deji immediately closed the door to this room quickly.
"Mama... are you okay? I was so worried about you," said Deji who immediately bent his knees in front of Kim Aera.
The woman gasped, she asked Deji not to do this again. They could sit side by side and talk to each other comfortably, this wasn't the royal era where maids were afraid of their masters.
"But... we live in the Inseon Empire era, Mama," Deji said back.
Kim Aera chuckled. "Are you kidding me? I've seen movies like this a lot, not that you can trick me."
"Mama… I don't even dare to deceive you. I tell you the truth, we are in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty-six."
Immediately Kim Aera gaped, looked around the existing building and she realized that this was not the house she had been living in all this time.
To be continued
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