Born As The Daughter Of A Lowly Concubine [EN]: Chapter 190

Born as the Daughter of a Lowly Concubine 190

Of course, I know why they’re doing that, but frankly, I don’t want to be stuck in the middle.

If possible, I’d like to watch from the sidelines.

Let me go, you guys…….

Go date each other…….

Do you really want to be holding hands with a sixteen-year-old like this!

I was so dumbfounded that I couldn’t help but walk relatively normally for a while.

‘Ah, but should I pretend to be asleep?’

It’s annoying, but for the sake of their quick progress, I decided to play possum.

I don’t know what they’ll do while I’m asleep, though.

I squinted and pretended to doze off, gradually relaxing my body and leaning on them, half hanging between the two. As soon as I did that, the Crown Prince picked me up as if he had been waiting.

“To fall asleep while walking, the medicine must be very strong.”

“It might be harmful to the body, so I am adjusting the dosage.”

“Okay. I trust you will do well.”

At Se-hwa’s urgent explanation, the Crown Prince nodded without saying much and lightly patted my back.

“Soon, I won’t be able to hold you like this when you grow up.”

“Are you sad about that?”

“Well, I don’t know. I want to see you grow up and become an adult, but I also wish you could stay as my little sister forever……. But thinking about Sia, it’s right for you to grow up quickly.”

Perhaps thinking I was asleep, the Crown Prince’s honest voice flowed out.

‘It’s not that I don’t know he thinks that way, but still.’

How comfortable would it be to have someone who can only be adored forever? He has a lot of money, so it’s not difficult to feed me.

But I’m not a pet, so I can’t live like that forever.

“But thinking about getting you married off is also a headache.”

“It doesn’t seem like the Princess wants to get married…….”

“But I can’t just send you out to live alone. Of course, our Sia seems like she can live well without a *fuma* [the husband of a princess], but if you’re alone forever, Father won’t be able to rest assured.”

“Is that so?”

“While I’m alive, it’s okay…… but if something happens to me, there’s no one to protect Sia.”

“How can you say such ominous things.”

“Before I became the Crown Prince, I never thought I would think like this.”

“Your Highness.”

The Crown Prince walked on without a word, even at Se-hwa’s call.

“It’s natural for you to hesitate to answer. Considering my position, it’s not easy to answer. You’ve just started to make a name for yourself as a royal physician, and I’ll be holding you back.”

The Crown Prince has matured quite a bit to think about this.

“So, I think we need more time to get to know each other. I hope you’ll get to know me a little better. While Sia is growing up, we’ll naturally be together, so I thought that would be enough time.”

“……Yes, Your Highness.”

Se-hwa’s voice trembled slightly.

Crown Prince, did you come all this way just to say that?

These cockroach couples are using me so thoroughly…….

I was grateful that there were no cockroaches in the Joseon Dynasty yet, but I couldn’t help but shudder.

Thanks to that, the Crown Prince was startled and turned his head towards me.

“Are you, are you cold?”

“We should get her inside quickly.”

Ah, really…… just get married already…….

I narrowed my eyes and smiled at the Crown Prince and Se-hwa.

Spring will come soon…….

How nice.

As I was thinking leisurely and closing my eyes, I suddenly remembered the documents about the medical office that had been coming up to me and opened my eyes wide.

“Princess?”

“Is Sia awake?”

No, while they’re doing this, I have to keep working?

‘Thinking about it, wouldn’t a marriage first, then love be okay too?’

Thinking that far, I closed my eyes again and slumped.

“She seems to have fallen asleep again.”

“She’s such an unpredictable child.”

Whatever. It’s all because of you.

Maybe it’s because I’m sleepy and drowsy, but I’m having all sorts of thoughts.

‘No, no. Then the meaning of creating an escape route for Se-hwa disappears.’

Maybe it’s because I don’t want to work, but I’m having all sorts of thoughts again, really.

A way to formally marry Se-hwa and the Crown Prince?

Well, first, there’s a way to pick a decent family and adopt Se-hwa as their daughter.

It’s faster than clearing her name and restoring her identity, but there’s a good chance it’ll become troublesome later.

‘To avoid it becoming troublesome, it has to be a prestigious family with no greed and no descendants. Finding a house with such convenient conditions is…… not impossible, but annoying.’

But if Se-hwa wants to be connected to the Crown Prince as a noblewoman, there was a direction she would want even more desperately.

‘First, I need to lay the groundwork for restoring Se-hwa’s identity.’

I heard that among the noble families involved with Yeongcheon-gun this time, there are quite a few families who were unfairly dragged in.

“……Brother.”

“Oh? You’re awake.”

I wasn’t awake, I didn’t sleep.

The two of them thought I was cold because I had shuddered earlier, and they were taking me to my residence.

“Princess. Are you okay? We’ll take you to your residence soon.”

“……I’m okay.”

From Se-hwa’s point of view, she must be worried that her family was falsely accused.

I decided to advise the Crown Prince for the smooth future of the two.

“But what did you two do while I was sleeping?”

Later.

“What do you mean? You just fell asleep, so we brought you here. I heard you’ve grown taller, but you’ve only gotten heavier.”

“What’s the use of a man being so weak?”

“……Don’t you think you’re being too harsh on your brother these days?”

“You’re not exercising enough these days because of your injury, Brother.”

“…….”

The Crown Prince was pricked, so he saved his words.

I was also sleepy, so I decided to save my words.

“Brother seems uneasy. I’m going to Cheon-ho.”

When I called, Cheon-ho, who was following from behind, raised his head and approached.

“Weakling…….”

The Crown Prince was about to hand me over to Cheon-ho willingly, but he heard me mutter and picked me up again.

“You’ll be in big trouble if you keep doing this when you grow up.”

“Don’t grow up?”

“That’s not it…….”

“But when I grow up, there won’t be many opportunities to be with Brother like this, right?”

“…….”

Why do you have such a hurt look on your face?

‘You should get married quickly and have babies.’

Apart from supporting the relationship with Se-hwa, I was frustrated with the Crown Prince’s actions, so I scolded the Crown Prince to my heart’s content.

The responsibility for the stress of being busy with the Narye-hui [a traditional Korean ritual to drive away evil spirits] was also on the Crown Prince.

***

The theatrical performances during the Narye-hui do not mix male and female actors.

‘Because you might be called promiscuous.’

It seems that the realistic method acting of the Crown Prince and Se-hwa couple at Siwolgak [a type of Korean traditional theater] last time became quite a hot topic, and it seems that the actors suggested adding it to the script.

Hmm. The two held hands and hugged on stage, and it looked so real that the audience’s reaction was enthusiastic, huh?

And thanks to that, complaints about being promiscuous and praise for being so good exploded.

‘Se-hwa…… I wonder if her mental state is okay…….’

She must have heard it somewhere.

I was worried about Se-hwa’s mental state and stared at the Crown Prince, who was also unexpectedly mentally attacked in front of me.

“…….”

His face looked expressionless, but he was quite shaken.

“So, the flower rain needs a little script modification.”

“Re, really? Not getting rid of that scene?”

“It’s too good to get rid of because it’s popular.”

People originally like extreme skinship.

Even if the acting was done by the same gender, no one wanted the scene to disappear, so the scene would be modified that way in the future.

I wonder if it’s okay to do that without the original author’s permission…… but it was the original author’s acting.

Besides, the other person is the original author’s lover. They must think it’s definitely okay.

Everyone subtly modified the script.

Anyway, thanks to that, it has been tentatively decided that even if the play is a love story, the acting will be done by the same gender.

Of course, since they’re wearing masks, I don’t know if anyone will notice if they change one or two people.

“If that kind of sensationalism is a problem, shouldn’t we make a law that only male dancers and male musicians can perform in places where ministers or men gather? Of course, only female musicians can perform in places where only women such as concubines gather.”

“I’ve said something similar, but there are many opinions that the performance itself is too wasteful. Rarely, there was even an opinion to abolish female musicians altogether.”

“Hmm.”

The reason why I’m listening to this government meeting about the play is simple.

“So, His Majesty the King subtly announced that it would be better for me to manage and supervise the female musicians, is that it?”

“Wasn’t that already agreed upon with you? Of course, the ministers were in an uproar because they heard it for the first time.”

It seemed that some of the practitioners had noticed.

Of course, it’s an abuse of power for me to send my subordinates to manage the female musicians.

But the king and the crown prince turned a blind eye, so those in high positions who were eyeing the female musicians and were caught didn’t have the power to protest, so they sent people to contact me for no reason.

Of course, I pretended not to know and rejected them all.

‘I heard that there are many people who harass the female entertainers! So I’m trying to help!’

‘The kids who used my name are monitoring them? I ordered them to, so what’s the problem?’

‘My favorite singer is there too! You’re not harassing them, are you?’

The fact that I had some acquaintance with the female entertainers or clowns because of Siyeongwon [a government office in Joseon Dynasty] and Siwolgak was a story that those who knew knew, so everyone thought that the young princess was meddling without knowing the world and was backstabbed.

Thanks to that, those who tried to take the female entertainers as concubines during this Narye-hui period had to back down.

The list of female entertainers came up to me, and even if the people under me were managing them, it was not easy to coax or deceive them.

That way, the Narye-hui passed safely without any problems.

‘Actually, I fell asleep early in the middle, so I don’t remember from the middle.’

Sad.

But I was a little less sad because I thought I could see it properly when I got better.

There are some nobles who are fond of women, but otherwise, it was generally peaceful. After a rebellion once passed, the military discipline was so strict everywhere that it was difficult for anything to happen.

‘I was tired, so it was good.’

The tiring Narye-hui ended, and it was the New Year.

The year has changed, and originally, around this time, the royal family would be busy greeting relatives in a friendly atmosphere, but the Yeongcheon-gun incident was still vivid in everyone’s memory, so the atmosphere among the Jongchin [royal family relatives] was cold.