
Palaces
"Open the gate!!" shouted the Palace Gate Guard. The look on everyone's face changed when he saw Woo Rin, an inexplicable expression between pity and anger.
*What's wrong with them?- Woo Rin's inner court, the state of the palace is very quiet the officials no one greeted and saluted him as usual.
*ckk!! Whatever! I have to think fast! To find a good reason for my brother's death! And free the Hwang Family!- inner Woo Rin, just arrived in front of the Palace yard, the, he saw his grandfather and mother in front of the people with their hands bound and in front of them was attached a rope hanging for execution.
"People Joseon!!! Be a witness to the execution of Queen Lim Hari and Counselor Lim!!" yelled Emperor Ryuji, he looked very angry for whatever reason. It was still dawn, the sun had yet to appear but Emperor Ryuji was in such a hurry to finish off the two men.
"A..ap..what happened!" woo Rin shouted as he ran towards his mother and grandfather to free them.
"Hold him!" said Emperor Ryuji, he stared intently at Woo Rin. His face was stored in great anger he already knew that now Ri Won was gone.
A few hours earlier
"What's wrong with her? Is his brain so tilted because it is accused of being a rebel" murmured Emperor Ryuji his face froze because of tangent with the attitude of Ri Won. He continued his move to the Military Hall to meet Yong because discussing the crime issue of Adviser Lim with Ri Won was the same as doing nothing.
"Yong! Let's continue pem.... Oi! Why are you crying!" just wanted to discuss with Yong, he instead saw Ri Won's subordinates crying to him in surprise.
"The prince has chosen his way. Your Honour..."
"Ja...walk? What street?" asked Emperor Ryuji, he felt that something was wrong. His premonition of saying what Yong was going to say was not something good.
"He asked us to arrest Adviser Lim and Queen Hari...."
"Yes? Isn't that good, huh?"
"And set him up as a traitor who killed His Majesty the King! He told you to be a judge at the court and announced that Prince Ri Won has been sentenced to death for rebelling against His Majesty the King" his eyes kept watering, he wiped his tears. At the sight of the letter he wanted to protest and get angry but Ri Won instead told him to shut up and leave quickly.
"What?! What is he thinking! He wanted to sacrifice his life!" kasiar Ryuji exclaimed, he read a statement from Ri Won claiming that he killed King Nam Wok for the throne.
"It's actually just an excuse! Because the Prince is now fighting life and death with Prince Woo Rin.... "
"You know the end result, right?" Emperor Ryuji sat down, disbelieving, once again unable to protect anything of value for him. To her Ri Won was already like her own son, although initially due to guilt towards Queen Hyunseo but the longer she watched Ri Won in the Qin Empire and chatted with him, the more she looked up to him, they feel like father and son.
"Have I failed again?" murmured Emperor Ryuji, he looked at Yong with a silent gaze.
"If I come and stop him. Woo Rin must hate him more and hurt a lot of people right? The only way to make it stop is the death of that fool... "
"He is just like his mother" murmured Emperor Ryuji, smiling bitterly. It could have deployed soldiers to find and protect Ri Won but things will get worse for Woo Rin who misunderstood Ri Won.
"All right if so! Life imprisonment is not enough for them! They must die" Emperor Ryuji exclaimed at dawn, executing two men for all the trouble that was going on in Joseon.
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"What do you mean Emperor Ryuji? You preside over the course of the court in our Empire and punish our Queen and Imperial Advisors!" yelling Woo Rin, he stared intently at Emperor Ryuji who looked very powerful sitting on his father's throne.
"They deserve to be punished!"
"Ezina queen!"
"The royal adviser for corruption!!"
"Eating people's money!"
"Their death sentence!"
"Quick do!!" exclaiming the people of Joseon, they pelted Woo Rin with stones in anger. There was no fear in their eyes all this time Advisors Lim and Woo Rin were always willing to mena mena not even hesitate to kill them.
"Ap..what does it mean!"
"Your prince must be surprised. Queen Hari was caught in adultery while the atmosphere was grieving and Counselor Lim had already smuggled goods into the Kou Empire several times! I'm having a loss here! Not only that he also took twice the tribute of the people and bribed the officials to fight King Nam Wok!"
"And the tragedy of 7 years ago was also caused by them!"
"Queen Hyunseo's death and the great fire in Joseon were the result of his cooperation with me!"
"A...WHAT....?"
"What did they do with my mom!" woo Rin yelled, feeling alien to his mother and grandfather when Emperor Ryuji called the tragedy of Queen Hyunseo's suicide.
"Ehh? Didn't Queen Hyunseo kill herself"
"Nahh right! I'm sure the goddess of war can't kill herself!"
"She's the daughter of General Hwang who fought in the war! There was no way he would kill himself because of depression!"
"Why do you ask? Aren't you glad that happened" Emperor Ryuji said with a grin, not liking Woo Rin at all because he thought Woo Rin was the same as Adviser Lim or Lim Hari.
"Threatening the life of her son and husband! If they do not commit suicide, they will kill Prince Ri Won and King Nam Wok and make Prince Woo Rin greedy for the throne and misguided in making decisions in his life!"
"Read the letter that the late Queen left you" cried Emperor Ryuji, he was so angry when he read the letter he accidentally found under the board in Queen Hyunseo's room.
The letter is for Woo Rin but out of fear Lim Hari will suspect him. He put it under a wooden board that became his footrest. I don't know when Woo Ri will read it. Queen Hyunseo only hopes that one day Woo Rin will see and understand her decision at that time.
'Hallo my little son, are you awake now? Why am I writing such a stupid word?! Haha.... This is the last letter I don't really understand how to write a farewell.
Woo Rin's.....
Mother wants you to take good care of yourself! don't be too sad because your mother is no longer there. Try to make up with Mother Hari, she is also a good mother just that she has a lot of business because it helps her mother keep this palace.
If your brother comes back you have to get along, yes, you never met him but your brother is very good. She always wrote that you were her sweet sister, it was because Mother leaked your secret that still sleeps with her mother and has lunch hahahaha.....
Live well. Apply the knowledge that your mother taught you to our people, uphold your morals and ethics and help your father to realize how great this youngest son of mine is.
Mother loves you.
After reading that Woo Rin cried his heart felt rattling, sick. Had he been right wrong and ignored the teachings of his mother easily just because of the words of his grandfather.
"Blood is thicker than water! Rin Woo! I'm mother! Whatever a woman writes****** that you don't have to trust her!" lim Hari shouted as Woo Rin began to read the letter his facial expression changed. Lim Hari began to feel uneasy, the only one who could help him right now was his son.
"Shut up!" woo Rin shouted his eyes red, he clenched his teeth just as he committed a great sin, not not new but almost a year he committed a great sin. Killing the people, hurting his wife, killing his son, killing his father and his own brother, his sins are already numerous. His hands trembled imagining his brother's blood rushing out of his body.
"Sister love me...."
"Mother loves me too... Ta. but I killed him. Ak.." Woo Rin just wanted to admit that he killed Ri Won but Emperor Ryuji interrupted him.
"Prince Ri Won was executed first! Diia is the traitor who killed the King! Yesterday night he was put to death!" emperor Ryuji says Woo Rin is surprised, he just killed Ri Won. Why did Emperor Ryuji cover up his mistake? Wh why? What reason.
"Hwang's downloaded family will be released and compensated for these unsubstantiated allegations"
"Well?!"
"What! That's impossible!"
"The prince is so good that even those of us who used to want to kill him are not punished!"
Excited the people they did not believe Ri Won killed King Nam Wok just for the throne because all this time only Ri Won who paid attention to them the people.
"Yeah... I expected!"
"Prince Ri Won must be jealous"
"Haha.... Prince Woo Rin became King"
"In the future we'll side with him"
Unlike the people, the officials blamed Ri Won with a small laugh.
"I deserve it"
"Don't misunderstand me! It's all Ri Won's own will, I'm not going to help you! If it wasn't for Ri Won it would have been a long time since I hung you up like two" he stood up and walked over to Woo Rin and whispered.
"Ja.do not joke." Anna muttered as she saw Woo Rin return full of blood. He was shocked and ran out of the palace following the bloodline formed on the ground.
"My Ri Won is alive!" muttered Anna, he continued to say that while smiling.
"Daughter!!"shouted Head Dayang And saw Anna who arrived running made him surprised and tried to chase after him.
"Master! Master Yong!"
"Please!! The princess ran out of the palace!"
"The baby could be in danger again" said Dayang Chief And his glassy eyes could not imagine what would happen to Anna and the baby if Anna ran.
"I still have more important business...."
"It may also be the Princess' last chance" Yong said with a warm smile, he turned around and went to the palace grounds to carry out his duties, for him, Ri Won is one of the people he should remember for life.
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"Ri Wonnn.." cried Anna loudly, the state of the forest was still dark making it a little difficult to see the surroundings.
"No!! No!!! Don't hujann!!" isak Anna the rain suddenly came soaking the ground and made the bloodline disappear.
"Ri Wonnn!!!!"
"Where are you?!"
"Don't leave me" Anna's tears broke her fear of becoming more and more because no one was there.
It was dark and cold when he had just woken up and asked Chief Dayang and accompanied him on the road. When he saw Woo Rin covered in blood, his chest hurt and immediately remembered Ri Won.
"Yiweii.." suddenly the voice of Ri Won's cry was heard in her ear making her who was desperate to stand down the forest again with the guidance of her husband's voice that was getting weaker and weaker.
"Ri Wonnn.." - Anna looked straight ahead there was a large field and someone lying on the ground with a pool of blood filling the surrounding land.
"You're coming....?" ri Won asked, he poked his head up, looking at Anna from a distance. Is his wife's face full of tears? Is that possible? Or because his vision is blurred so he can't see clearly? What else was now raining heavily, making it difficult to distinguish whether it was tears or rainwater.
"Gee! " because it was too fast to run Anna tripped quickly Ri Won stood up and caught his wife.
"Ka..you know?"
"Hmmm..." Ri Won nodded, he closed matanta briefly and put his head on Anna's stomach.
"My son. Take good care of your mother yes" murmured Ri Won he kissed Anna's stomach and hugged his wife's waist for a moment.
“Your mother is very naughty, tell her not to trouble others.
“Daddy loves you guys so much”
"If you know why you're dead!! Why did you leave me!! I don't want anyone I just want you!! " sob Anna, she held her husband's blue cheek.
"Come with me! We're going to the doctor!" anna said she wiped her tears quickly and was about to call Ri Won.
"Ti.no need... My heart was split in two, blood had stopped flowing, my veins were all broken"
"Don't cry" said Ri Won, she wiped Anna's tears and brought her head closer.
"I love you..."
"I love you too! I love you so much! I love you so much.., Hik.. Hic... Hiccups"
"All I've done so far is a way to get close to you. The marriage contract too! I liked you from the beginning! I love you so much.. Ilove you... Hix... Hicksnake..." Anna hugs Ri Won tightly, confessing everything despite her embarrassment but she wants Ri Won to hold on for her love.
Ri Won was jolted at Anna's statement, her feelings had not been avenged but Anna was waiting for her. Waiting for him to return the feeling of the hidden Princess, he smiled. It's the happiest thing in his life "It's nice to hear it..."
"Accept... Ugh! Thank you" his chest was so painful it seemed like it was only this limited, he could endure the pain.
"Ri Wonnn....!!!"
"Ri Wonnn's... Hikss!!!"
“Open your eyes, I'll say it again. Okay well? I like you..”.
"Ri Wonnn!!!! Ahrgg....!! My husband" Anna cried so much that Ri Won didn't move anymore even when she shakes her body firmly she doesn't open her eyes anymore.
*****
“Your Majesty!!! Ahgg!!” when he saw Anna carrying Ri Won's body behind him made Dayang Head And shouted hysterically.
“It.... I...it's the corpse of the Traitor!”
“Darahh... Blood-soaked princess”
“How many wounds on his body?”
“Seperrti finished doing battle”
The whispers of the officials they laughed seeing Ri Won was really gone. The princess Qin raised the corpse of Ri Wonn with her own hands.
“Daughter let us bring Prince” exclaimed the guards, they want to take the body of Ri Won.
“DON'T TOUCH MY HUSBAND” Anna said, a face that looks so awful when the bodyguards want to touch Ri Won.
“Yiwei...” Ogled Emperor Ryuji, he could not see the corpse of Ri Won covered in blood, he cried, especially when he saw Anna who looked very depressed.
“Release him.... Release him Yiwei..” Emperor Ryuji said, he pulled Anna and told the guards to retrieve Ri Won's body.
“No!! Emperor Ryuji...!! No!! Don't separate me from my husband....! Hixes.. Hiksss”
“Yiwei.....! Calm down.” he hugged Anna tightly, his tears flowing seeing how suffering Anna was.
“Bury soon!” emperor Ryuji's order made Anna flinch at that.
“Do not! What are you doing! He's my husband!”
“Kakak...” Woo Rin, he felt very guilty when he saw Anna who lost her brother so much.
“I'm sorry..” he went from there curled up in the back of the Queen's residence.
“See... He's the son of the Queen of adulterers!”
“The one killed his father and the other one had the mother and grandfather of a criminal!”
“What is the end of the Joseon Empire!”
“Hahahaha”
“Im sorry” exclaimed Eunyeon, she looked at Woo Rin coldly.
“I know you're guilty..”.
“Apologies to Queen Hyunseo, King Nam Wok, Ri Won and Yiwei.”.
“I'm sure they'll forgive you... Everyone deserves a second chance” Eunyeon hugs Woo Rin, she knows now she must feel very guilty for killing that person.
“I will always be by your side... Cry Woo Rin..”
“Aghrhhh!!!” woo Rin's tears broke and he couldn't hold her back anymore. His heart was filled with guilt, even though Emperor Ryuji or Anna did not forgive him, he still wanted to be near Ri Won's grave and asked for his dead brother's abilities.
*****
17 Years later
"And that night Do Hwa breathed his last in the arms of his wife Gaon bearing the name of the traitor of the country" said a young man reading the novel he was holding enthusiastically.
"Damn! Why is Do Hwa so stupid! He has a wife and an unborn baby! Why is she thinking about her brother!" said the young man, he blew the novel to the ground in annoyance.
"Young Jae!! I'm right! Do Hwa this is indeed a stupid man!" ask him to the young man next to him.
"Hmm? Not really...."
"He is a true hero. Protecting his brother and family by bearing the name of a traitor" Young Jae exclaimed, he took the novel off the ground and looked at the middle-aged woman in front of him.
"Allowed Mother?" ask her mother who was drinking tea, the woman glanced at her son's face and smiled.
"Yes. Do Hwa's a true hero...."
"Young Min's... You have to try to be in his position" said the middle-aged woman he picked up the novel in his son's hands.
*I used to not understand why you did it but having returned to the Palace and witnessed the great change in Woo Rin and the great change of Joseon made me feel proud of you - the inner woman who was none other than Anna he kissed the beloved Traitor, a novel that was popular in Tiong and Joseon. Anna who wrote it wants to show the other side of Ri Won in the novel and her tragic love story that is very difficult to forget.
"Prince Young Jae! Prince Young Min!" exclaimed a well-dressed man from behind from his robe alone they could already guess who had come.
"Eh? Greetings Your Majesty the King" said the two Princes, they are the twin sons of Anna and Ri Won.
"Greetings to His Majesty the King" said Anna, he stood up and greeted Woo Rin who is now the King of Joseon.
"There is no need to say hello to sister.." said Woo Rin, he still felt guilty when Anna attacked Ri Won's own body even refused to bury Ri Won.
It was Anna's most difficult time with severe depression. Until she finally gave birth. Seeing her baby baby makes her feel calm and over time, she can accept the death of Ri Won.
"Yes that's right... Big brother is old" Eunyeon's lips that suddenly appeared from behind Woo Rin.
"Look at the wrinkles on your face before mocking me" said Anna, three strokes appearing on her forehead, upset by Eunyeon's words.
"You're still being disrespectful" Woo Rin said as he stroked Eunyeon's head. Now they have become husband and wife back then only Eunyeon who was on his side even though everyone looked at him contemptuously because of the vile actions of his mother and grandfather.
"Let it...."
"Hey, you two have a hug for me!" eunyeon exclaimed at the two twins.
"Auntie,." exclaimed the two of them who immediately hugged Eunyeon tightly to him, saying, The twin prince is like his own son because it has been 17 years since Woo Rin and Eunyeon returned but there is no sign that Eunyeon is pregnant. Maybe this is karma for Woo Rin who once killed his own baby.
"Let's go to your father's grave to ask for his blessing" Woo Rin said as he stroked the twin princes' heads, today is the anniversary of Ri Won's death as well as the day of Young Jae's coronation as the next King in Joseon and Young Min as Emperor Kao succeeding the aging Emperor Ryuji.
"Hey don't forget to take me too" said Emperor Ryuji, he arrived to Joseon yahh even though he came here once every year to see Ri Won and Queen Hyunseo.
"Grandfather" Young Min shouted, he ran towards Emperor Ryuji and hugged him.
"My dear grandson" said Emperor Ryuji, he returned Young Min's embrace, his body already unable to bear the burden of taking care of the country. He has no family because he never married. Only Young Jae and Young Min are the ones who make her feel alive because she doesn't feel lonely.
"Yinwei.... Your promise?" emperor Ryuji said to Anna.
"Hm... I must have kept it" Anna said with a smile the man had helped her husband a lot and her husband entrusted his son to the old man, of course Anna had no problem if Young Min would take over the Kou Empire.
*Ahhh! Just in front of your grave! Oi! I'm here again! Look at this your son calls me grandpa. Bweee.... I have the inner grandchildren of Emperor Ryuji, he is in front of a large mound with a gravestone bearing the name Ri Won, the tomb is far from the center of the palace because Ri Won was buried as a traitor.
*Sister.. forgive me... It may be too late to apologize to you like this. I've changed, I'm back to being your sweet little brother Lee Woo Rin. Please keep Hyunseo's father and mother there and please bless me for making this decision - in Woo Rin he always cried in front of his brother's grave as hard and how many times he apologized, he knew his brother would not return.
*Ayahanda... We know you're a hero! Your shy wife has told us through the novel she wrote. If her husband was a hero! Well even though my mom was too honest to tell me everything until I was embarrassed to read it. Please pray for me to lead Josoen well-in Young Jae, he is the eldest son of Anna and Ri Won, who is now Crown Prince of Joseon despite living without a father he does not feel any shortage because everyone is there for him.
*Dad! I'm 17 years old! I am now Crown Prince Kou! My name is Young Min Daddy don't forget? I always tell you a long story on your anniversary. I hate you for leaving me first just like Do Hwa who died for her brother and left her wife and unborn baby - Young Min is the second child of Anna and Ri Won. He is still unaware that the novel he is reading is a love story of his own father and mother, because he had promised Emperor Ryuji to tell Young Min to become Emperor Kou, now Young Min is getting the title of Crown Prince of Kou and will soon become the new Emperor of Kou.
*I love you... Ilove you.... I love you Ri Won. You tau? I raised our son well. Now they would be ready to take the throne at the same time - Anna's tears were falling she felt very happy now
*A meeting with an arrogant kid a few years ago made me realize one thing! If I can't judge something from the outside - she remembered Ri Won's first expression when meeting her made her chuckle.
"Long live His Majesty Emperor Lee"
"Long live His Majesty King Young Jae"
Anna smiled and hugged her two children. A face similar to her late husband made her not feel like losing her husband again.
At first the officials did not accept Young Jae but thanks to the support of Young Min who reigned as Emperor in Kou as well as the Qin Empire. Joseon finally accepted Young Jae. The son of a renegade enthroned traitor replaced his uncle Woo Rin.
Anna is not as cold as she used to be because the time she smiled and was gentle to others, although sometimes missed Ri Won and a little lonely, the memories with Ri Won were enough to make her heart bloom again.
End