Born As The Daughter Of A Lowly Concubine [EN]: Chapter 250

“You, you!!”

“……”

Youngsun didn’t get slapped.

Far from it, she knocked away her father’s arm and then clamped her mouth shut, startled by what she had done.

‘The Princess taught me… She said women need self-defense skills, so I learned them.’

She had simply learned diligently as taught, because it was what she was told to do, and practiced steadily with the other women as instructed.

She never thought she would ever use such skills in her life, but it turned out they were useful after all.

While her father was momentarily stunned by the unexpected counterattack, Youngsun widened the distance and went back inside the Princess’s residence.

Whether it was legally different or not, the Princess’s residence was a place where anyone could not easily set foot, a kind of extraterritorial jurisdiction.

To the people who actually lived there, it felt like any other place where people lived, but to others, it seemed different.

Youngsun didn’t particularly want to correct that fact.

“Please don’t come looking for my mother and me for things like this in the future.”

“……”

“……”

Did they think they were completely wrong?

After that, the two men left the place as they were.

Youngsun’s mother, who later heard the news, seemed surprised that she hadn’t been able to meet her husband and once again poured out her resentment on Youngsun.

Still, she hadn’t lost her reason, as her voice was kept quietly low.

“How could you! How could you do that!”

“Please, just stop it, Mother!”

“What good is it to have so much knowledge if you’re so foolish! How could you, who are smarter than me, do such a thing! You should follow your father’s wishes! Shouldn’t you uphold your duty as a child, your duty as a daughter!”

“How can you say that when we ended up like this because of that father! And if you’re going to be like that, aren’t we the Princess’s slaves now? If you have to follow blindly, then act like a slave! Follow the Princess, our master!”

“!”

At those words, Youngsun’s mother seemed shocked and burst out of the room.

Since she’s such a coward, she won’t be able to take a single step outside the house alone in her current slave status.

Youngsun watched her mother’s retreating figure, huffed to herself, collapsed, and fainted.

Because it happened inside the house, those who had been secretly watching from here and there rushed out to treat and move her, so Youngsun’s health was not a big problem.

***

“It seems like a lot has happened.”

I frowned as I read the letter that had arrived from the residence.

Youngsun had sent me a letter saying that she had gotten out of bed and was feeling better now.

This meant that even though she was sick, it seemed like no one was coming to visit her anymore.

‘I should go see her today.’

It seemed better to see her in person.

“Now there’s trouble in places other than Siyoung House, what could be the problem?”

“That much commotion is unavoidable in a place where people live.”

Soyi pouted slightly with a tired face as I took Youngsun’s side.

“Ah, why are you like that?”

“It’s just that the Princess doesn’t seem to take much care of us who are actually in the residence.”

“Why are you being jealous……”

In fact, I take the best care of the palace maids, so why is she reacting so jealously?

I chuckled and ordered preparations for going out.

Whatever they said, they all listened well.

“It seems like a lot of snow fell last night, so I’m a little worried about the road. Do you really have to go out today?”

“Yes.”

“Understood.”

Chunho nodded without adding any objections to my firm answer.

Instead, Soyi put more clothes on me.

“Are you very cold?”

“It’s okay, maybe because it snowed.”

“Hmm.”

I had roughly confirmed that it had snowed a lot when I woke up this morning, but the road might be worse than I thought.

‘Jeok-ah would like it.’

After finishing moderately urgent tasks, I came out and found that the stairs were indeed a bit slippery.

Chunho, who was down below, asked as he saw me rubbing the stone steps with my foot.

“It looks dangerous, should I take you down?”

“Yes.”

Without much thought, I moved my body towards Chunho.

“Ah, Princess. Just a moment……”

Soyi tried to say something, but my body was already in Chunho’s hands and had safely landed below.

“Oh, why?”

“Why do you ask? Princess……”

Soyi’s face was a bit complicated, but she didn’t stop the outing.

And when there were no people around, she continued what she was about to say earlier.

“In the future, shouldn’t you avoid contacting Chunho so… casually?”

“Why?”

It’s comfortable.

“……Isn’t the Princess not a child anymore?”

“Me?”

“??”

When I looked at Chunho at Soyi’s words, Chunho also had a slightly dumbfounded face.

“Now that the Princess has grown up a lot, shouldn’t you avoid contacting men who are not family? Chunho is not a eunuch either. Chunho, don’t you think so?”

“Yes?”

Chunho’s eyes, suddenly pointed out, wandered around, but there was no one here who could save him.

“Oh, but the Princess still seems so small…… um, like she’s still growing, so do we really have to do that?”

……He was going to say small, but he changed his mind.

Chunho was looking back and forth between me and Soyi with a face that said, ‘What nonsense is this?’

Anyway, I had a similar opinion.

“That’s right. It’s out of the blue. I still have a long way to grow.”

“You’ve already grown over 5 cheok [approximately 150cm or 4’11”], how much more are you going to grow?”

“Isn’t 5 cheok still a child’s height?”

I think that’s about what I was in elementary school.

“There are plenty of women among adults who are that tall. There are some among the palace staff too.”

“Is that…… so?”

I suddenly remembered the fact that there were short friends even in modern times and understood.

But…… the fact that it’s unfair hasn’t changed.

‘My height in my past life was 164cm!’

Even if I was reborn, shouldn’t I grow to at least 160cm?!

-If I say that, I’m just a weird person. I rummaged through my old memories and found an excuse.

“Uh, um. So…… how tall was my birth mother?”

“Yes? Ah. Hmm…… I think she was probably a little taller than the current Princess……”

It’s already been a long time, so Soyi, who never dared to stand next to the concubine, couldn’t possibly know such a thing, but she just threw it out there.

“Right? So I’ll grow to that height too. Father and older brother are so tall.”

“Haa.”

Soyi couldn’t say anything more and sighed.

Honestly, I sighed a little too.

Since I was reborn, I wish I had grown a little taller.

‘In my past life, I wasn’t super tall, but I never heard that I was short, but if I’m short even when I’m fully grown here, I’ll be sad…….’

Even though the gender is different, it seems like I’m being compared more because there’s such a big guy next to me.

I glared at the innocent Chunho and leaned slightly on Jeok-ah.

‘Ah, but if I get too big, I’ll get heavy, so Jeok-ah might not like it.’

Even recently, he tilted his head as if something was strange, watching me grow like a bean sprout for a while.

“Still, I wish I could grow about one span more……”

“I agree.”

“……”

Soyi just remained silent, watching Chunho nod in agreement with my muttering.

***

When I arrived at the residence, there was an unwelcome figure standing in front of the gate.

“Youngsun! Come out!”

“Don’t you know where this is, coming all the way here to cause trouble? Go back while I’m saying it nicely!”

“Saying it nicely? Are you daring to threaten me now?”

The figure who was trying to enter the house but was blocked by the servants and chased away was definitely the man Youngsun was going to marry.

‘Wow, annoying.’

If he got caught badmouthing her and got dumped, he should just disappear quietly.

“Why is it so noisy?”

If the other party is a nobleman, servants alone can be troublesome.

“Princess. Have you arrived?”

“Yes.”

When I appeared, the servants ignored the man and ran to me, bowing their heads.

“Oh, Princess! Please listen to me!”

“Ah, please don’t do this.”

When the man tried to approach me, Chunho lightly pushed him away with a nonchalant voice.

“Close the gate.”

“Yes!”

Due to the clear difference in physique, the man was pushed back without even putting up a proper resistance, but he didn’t give up and got up, clinging to the door and shouting at the top of his lungs.

“Please, just listen to me once! Just once!”

“It doesn’t seem like he’ll back down easily, what should we do?”

“Ugh. Annoying.”

The servants who were gathered in the yard all nodded their heads with faces that agreed with my words.

“What is Youngsun doing?”

“She is doing her usual work. Shall I call her?”

“No. It’s okay. Bring me some tea, it’s cold.”

“Yes.”

After appropriately checking the things that happened while I was away with the servants, I confirmed the voice that was making a fuss outside the gate without getting tired and called the servants.

“Drag him in.”

“Yes!”

The servants grabbed the man’s arms, one on each side, as if they had been waiting and dragged him inside.

“No, how can you treat a person like luggage……”

“Kneel.”

“Yes.”

The man, who was grumbling to the servants as he was dragged in, immediately knelt down at my words, bowed his head, and opened his mouth to make excuses.

“Princess, my words……”

“Shut up!”

“!”

The owner of the cold voice was Soyi.

Originally, the words of the master are spoken by the subordinates.

Although she is said to look gentle compared to her older sister, Soyi was also Gai’s younger sister.

“How dare you cause trouble, knowing where this is!”

“I, I’m sorry.”

“Also, how dare you speak directly to the Princess! Do you want to die!”

“I’m sorry, I’m sorry.”

Jeong, or whatever his name was, who had been subdued by Soyi, just curled up and lowered his head.

It’s just that I’m usually lenient, but originally, it wasn’t a position where you could talk so comfortably.

While Mr. Jeong was being verbally beaten by Soyi for a while, I leisurely drank tea and received reports in a small voice.

After a while, the man, who still hadn’t given up, trembled and barely asked again.

“However, this matter is between Youngsun and me. Please let me meet Youngsun.”

“I don’t want to.”

“!”