When you're bored? Seventeen short fanfiction!
02. Your Majesty the Emperor! When will you bring in an empress?
"Your Majesty the Emperor! When on earth will you bring in an empress?"
“Didn’t the Empress Dowager say it was urgent?”
윤정한
"I already know that too. But!"
윤정한
"If you don't have a lady to do it right now, isn't it?"
"The Queen Mother said she was looking for a woman."
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"It won't work if Jim doesn't like it anyway, right?"
"The Queen Mother said she would force the marriage."
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"Shouldn't you marry the woman you love?"
"Then, Your Majesty, quickly find the woman before the Queen Mother brings her."
"Your Majesty! We have a guest."
윤정한
"Why are you telling Jim that?"
"The Empress Dowager asked me to speak to His Majesty..."
윤정한
"Who else would do something like that..."
"Please prepare quickly and go out, Your Majesty."
김여주
"Uh... Are you, by any chance, His Majesty Jeonghan?"
윤정한
"That's right, but why are you here, my lady?"
김여주
"Um... I heard you came to the palace as a guest, Your Majesty."
윤정한
"Oh, is this the guest the gentlemen spoke of?"
김여주
"I think so, Your Majesty."
윤정한
"Where did you come from, my lady?"
김여주
"I come from Bongbong Village, a small village in this Sebon country."
윤정한
"Bongbong Village...? I've never heard of it before..."
김여주
"Hey, how can Your Majesty the Emperor, who rules the country, not know the villages in the country?"
김여주
"Well... Bongbongna is famous for being a friendly village where fights rarely occur."
김여주
"The population is small, so we always live in harmony."
윤정한
"Hmm... I think I've heard it somewhere, but how did you, Lady, come to the palace as a guest when you're from Bongbong Village? This is... truly unusual."
김여주
"The Empress Dowager said before that she would select the Emperor's woman."
윤정한
“Oh, so you came as a guest to the palace?”
김여주
"No, I didn't apply. I wanted to be a court lady."
윤정한
"Then how..."
김여주
"Actually, my friend was elected, but he suddenly became seriously ill... so I came in his place."
윤정한
"Hmm, did you not want to become the Emperor's wife?"
김여주
"It's not that I disliked it. Wouldn't it be better if you were the empress? But since the Empress Dowager herself had chosen you, I didn't think Your Majesty would be very pleased. It's only right for Your Majesty to marry the woman He admires."
김여주
"Marriage is something that happens when both partners like each other, but how can we call a marriage a marriage where no one is happy?"
김여주
"And I'd rather marry a man who likes me. Not someone as high as His Majesty the Emperor, but someone who is a good match for me."
윤정한
"Hmm... The more I look at it, the more I like the lady."
김여주
"Yes? Your Majesty, I have only come as a representative of my close friend!"
윤정한
"Just... how about you becoming the empress instead of your close friend?"
김여주
"I cannot break my duty to my friend."
김여주
"I apologize, Your Majesty the Emperor."
윤정한
"There's no need for that, my lady, just raise your head."
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"But Jim is so fond of the lady that he can't help it."
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"If it is alright with you, my lady, please come to the palace at any time."
"I am ready to accept you as my empress at any time."
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