"Husband! I have had abdominal pains since noon, why won't you do anything?" "Well I wouldn't be the first time that you have lied to me jus to get my attention, isn't that right, wife? Like your age, your wealth, your favour and even your love for me? Is that damned baby even mine? It is premature like I heard the physician said, so it cannot possibly me mine"! "I told you that you misheard that husband!" "You liar! How many tricks did you pull to marry me so quickly! And only to end up humiliating me like this! You won't even let me be with my own concubine!" "Your concubine! The one that you never spoke of! The one that was never part of our plans! The one that you are so ungrateful to me for still tolerating!" "At least I will know that I fathered her future child for sure, unlike you! Everyone in the palace knows how much you cheat on me with your brothers friends so that he can secure his support upon that damned throne!" "Husband! Watch your words! Do you have any idea how much trouble you can get us both in if anyone heard your words now? Do you no longer care for your life? Or mine for that matter?" "You are the one deceiving me, so how long do you think that you can last, wife! Or is having secret dates too thrilling for you to give up?" "How can you be causing trouble when I am pregnant like this?" "Because you are only using me for my prestige and damned dowry gifts to cover up your affairs, that is why! Why would I care about a baby that isn't mine! You have drained me of all of my resources and even of my masculinity!" "You must be going crazy over that girl, and that is why you are venting out your anger upon me here! How dare you!" "How dare I? How dare you bully that girl day and night? What rotten things you put in her low quality fragrance pouch to give her those horrid rashes on her body?" "It is not my fault the internal department sewed up her pouch too loosely, is it!" "Just like it isn't your fault that she got the ugliest one either?"
"Husband! My belly really does hurt now, and I already told you that she lives in a cold and remote place so no fragrance pouch can work on her, so why must I waste those precious resources? Nothing I did caused those rashes on her at all! She is then acting reckless by defying her morning greetings to me as the main wife at all! She is giving me even more reasons to look down upon her for her lowborn status, but that is her fault!" "Not everyone in this world has to be born to a high status, and even then it is nothing special at all, not anymore since everyone will try to become one of us." "Oh for goodness sake! Servants! Attend to me! And have the monks start to read the scriptures and start praying for this baby to arrive safely and healthily!"
"…My Lord Nam? What on earth are you doing here? And why are you removing all of these flowers? What is going on? Cousin?" "Well? What is the status of The Princess and her baby?" "My Lord Nam, it seems as though The Princess…she…" "I have full authority of The Crown Prince to carry out an investigation on this pregnancy since we suspect that somebody may have tampered with it. Now tell me the status of this baby? Is it healthy at least?" "The Princess has born a baby boy with some serious defects. It died after taking it's first breath and it would never have lasted long enough in the first place." "Deformities? Wha deformities?" "Severe ones that are deemed to grotesque to look at." "No…but we just heard him cry, didn't we? Physician?" "Guards! Arrest this man on suspicion on of causing his wife's own miscarriage!" "What? What exactly is going on here! Cousin! Please help me for once! What happened! What do I know about babies! I am innocent!" "Innocent? You are your sister have both fought for your positions, for power and even for love that you are even trying to out=do each other here in the palace! That is why your sister murdered your baby and even ended up harming her own!" "My sister? What did she…why would she…."
"My Lord Nam? Are you still there?" "Yes I am Your Highness, do you have any orders from me?" "My…sister=in=law has repeatedly shown signs of aggression to me behind her brother's back, including pushing me around on occasion during my pregnancy and even badmouthing me to her servants. This is because she in unhappy in her own marriage and has repeatedly sown discord between her brother and myself and even supported his concubine instead of myself!" "Princess, if you wish for me to take action against the concubine, you only need to say." "Yes, if my husband is found guilty of this crime, then you must take her down with him." "Very well, my condolences to you on your loss and I can assure you that I shall do my very best to arrest the members of The Nam Clan for you."
"…How very nice for you to come and see me of your own accord cousin, and it is nice to see that woman of yours not holding you back from interacting with your family, despite the grim circumstances." "The Crown Prince should be on his way here to hand out your punishment, and…" "How dare you! How dare you show up here after I just lost our baby with that slut on your arms! Husband! Do you feel nothing for me at all! And as for you, how dare you hold onto my husband like that! My own servant! I treated you the best out of all of my servants…." "How did you do that exactly, Mistress? You gave me the least earnings and tips, you whip me every 2=3 days and you will not even let me get married! So can you blame me for wanting to find someone of my own, as you did? Or will you now force me to death for your own envy? It wouldn't be the first time, would it?" "Husband! Your Highness! Why must you slap my face like this on the worst day of my life! Our lives!" "Well, this is certainly the worst day of my life since you already knew how weak his baby was from the start, didn't you? There was no need for our entire scandal in the first place or to even bring you in as my concubine at all. Now I am glad that we didn't even hold a ceremony for you, or that would have humiliated me even further than you already have just with your existence!" "What? Husband, what are you talking about?" "Why did you marry me? Why did you choose me?" "Because we fell in love, why else would I ask myself to…" "To getting in a scandal with a Prince when you knew that The Royal Family, would be forced to take care of the situation for you? All because you were jealous of your own brother's marriage? Is that why you bribed the guards of your manor and the temple to have all of those private meetings with me? Just like your mother and your aunt was rumoured to be like!" "You cannot talk about my family like that! I have you in my heart and I only wanted to marry you!" "And my sister? I wonder who gave her all of those flowers that made her miscarry?" "What flowers? What are you talking about? How is it my fault that she lacks goof fortune when she is my brother's responsibility?" "Who sent her overwhelmingly nourished foods and medicines that made my sister's baby grow so big and even gave it physical deformities! How many sins have your servants committed for you exactly?" "Husband please do not listen to them! They can betray me today and do the same thing to you tomorrow! I am sincere with you husband!" "You shall be moved to the cold palace and away your final sentencing there, along with that half=wit brother of yours. Of course I have to end his life along wih yours and maybe there will be a few spots for the rest of your family clan to join you for once. And you do not need to worry about me as I have a harem full of your sisters to replace you at any time." "Husband! No, I am sincere to you! Husband!"
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"The Imperial Physician has already granted you the medicine for your rashes My Lady, but you should stop touching the leadwort so much in case your rashes get infected this time." "My lifetime of prosperity is given to me by The Royal Family after all, and I have become a rather shameless person as of late' becoming unreasonably spoilt and creating a scene such as this one, or how else am I supposed to survive in this place?" "Your husband dotes on you endlessly Mistress, and of course he would have to take your side when he saw you in that pitiable condition. And the fact that you were able to use Seo Yeon's previous condition of her living in poverty to help you win your case over The Princess, even if it was a bold move." "I have married into The Royal Family and I still cannot compare to that lowborn girl who also rose above her statin like I did, I can at least use her life on poverty to look up to as a pitiable concubine." "There is still the difference of being promoted through marriage and working diligently like Seo Yeon did, why else would an ambitious, selfish and cold=hearted man like The Lord Nam staking everything on her. She didn't even use her brother's help even once or the many followers that her late father still has to this day." "More pity her for not using her status to her advantage, but I get backlash for making simple requests such as donating to charity to put myself to use her instead of wasting time to see when The Princess will finally release my husband to me." "My Lady, weren't you aware that Seo Yeon does that to? All of her leftover food in her husband's household goes to the poor as well as her leftover household materials. She even sends smoke provisions to the brothels for the children mostly and she even makes her husband give away a small portion of his pay to support the lowborn around them." "If only my husband could get a good position instead of just wasting away as The Princess's husband and lackey, even to get a good position of an envoy and he could beat The Lord Nam at his own game before he brings us all down." "Forgive my arrogance My Lady, but I really do not understand this paranoia of yours; surely The Nam Clan's pride is his own, how could he even breach the palace walls to bring down his family?" "It is exactly because we are not his family that he will do such a thing; he will never let his paternal family strive in the palace or anywhere else1 why else do you think he left behind a well=connneted kisaeng to start and illicit relationship with the girl he is obsessed with? He will replace his paternal clan with his future children and do a better job of his father's mission that he himself could do, whatever that was. So I must teach him a lesson before he even makes his way over to me." "Is that why you sent The Princess's servant to checkout The Lord Nam's horse on his behalf?" "Yes, well…"
"My Lady? Why are the Imperial Guards coming this way? My Lady?" "Greetings to The concubine, you are hereby summoned to the office of The Lord Nam under the order of The Crown Prince…" "he Crown Prince? Why? Has something happened?" "We are arresting you on the suspicion of adultery." "Adultery? With what proof? Do you have any how much shame these unproved charges shall bring upon me? I might as well kill myself now! And where is my husband? Why isn't he here to speak up on my behalf?" "He has been arrested for causing the death of his own son and even his nephew. He will no longe be a part of The Royal Family like his sister, and you are on the way of being next in line if you cannot account for your crime." "What crime?" "The crime of adultery, to be more specific; we have found an intimate piece of your clothing in possession of The Lord Nam's nephew and we need to carry out an investigation to ascertain how long this affair has been going on for." "Affair? What affair? There is no affair!" "You must come with us regardless of the situation and we must carry out a search of your quarters."