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Can't let them catch me. I didn't kill him. I didn't... He just suddenly dropped dead by my feet. Yes, that's right ,I had nothing to do with it. I just have to prove it... That's right I just have to prove it.
"THERE SHE IS!" I heard someone shouted right behind me, I turned and saw the naegeumwi a few meters back. I can't prove my innocence if I get locked up in the dungeon.
I ran as fast as I can in what I was wearing... Trying hard not to trip over my own feet, my dress, or some twigs. So this is how animals feel like when they are being hunted, fear running through your veins, while thoughts of escape are the only things running through your mind.
How did I get out of the palace? I forgot, I was too shocked that they were fast on pinning the death of my father on me. I only remember someone pulling me out of there before the guards entered the room. If they catch me they would just execute me without a trial on the charges of treason and murder.
I was still focused on running when an arrow suddenly shot right pass me. I gave a startled and terrified shriek that caused me to trip. I got up and started running again. I know they would probably catch me anyways since I have never ran in my entire life.
Thoughts of why, how and what occupied my mind. Could I still live? Could I still prove my innocence? Would my brother side with me?
I felt a piercing pain as something hit my spine. It pushed me forward causing me to land face-first on the forest ground and just as I was about to hit the ground.
I woke up... In my bed... In the same room I fell asleep in last night... I checked my clothing only to see that I am still wearing my sleeping attire, which was my sok-ot... I sat up and touched my back, that felt so real. I have never had a dream that felt so real before.
"Bae Sanggung ?" I called out to one of Senior court ladies. She was the one that has nursed me since I was a little.
"Yes, your Highness?" She asked as she pushed the sliding door open. She was holding a lamp as she quickly walked towards me. She was still wearing a hanbok with a green top, and a blue skirt.
"Nothing. You can go, oh and kindly tell the guards to stop checking on me until the sun rises, I can't sleep because I can hear their every step" I said as I lay down again. She answered a yes and slowly backed walked towards the door. I heard her footfalls as she walked out the hallway and towards the main door. I heard her softly talking to the guards.
"Chul Moo?" I whispered into the shadows. A light breeze passed by the window, only light illuminating the room was the slight moonlight that the window allowed to pass. I sat up again. "Chang Chul Moo,I know you're here."
I heard a deep chuckle from the shadow near the door. Slowly someone emerged through the shadows.He was wearing a black sokgui topped with a black durumagi, he was also wearing a black daenim that held up this baji up. I could see the outline of the katana that was at his side.His face was being concealed by the shadows but I can see the outline of his sharp jawline that was being covered by a cloth.
"What is bothering you ? I heard you whimpering in your sleep." He asked as he sat down on the floor 3 feet away from me. He is one of my personal guards, shadow guard to be exact. Always in the shadows, watching over me. I can't really complain as he saved my life more that once.
"Just a bad dream. Found anything on
Dae Hyun orabeoni?" I asked as I stared into the moonlight that was penetrating through the windows. It was a quiet night, too quiet like a silence before a storm.
"The last thing I heard about the former seja was that he was spotted in a village called wonjin in the south,but I am not sure if that is true." I sighed. My brother ,the former crown prince, has been missing for two years already. He went hunting with a few guards and never came back. Even the guards went missing as well, no body was found so they can't say he is dead.
"You should go, I'll get some sleep dawn is on its way." I laid down again. I know he was gone the moment I told him to go.
The palace has been having this tension in the air since my mother died. Ever since then it felt like everyone has been trying to get rid of me and my brother. Well more like the tension between the yukju and hugung bin , I mean the new wangbi, she has been pushing to stop the search for Dae Hyun and crown her son as the new crown prince to make sure there will still be an heir. Some ministers disagree and some agree, I don't care if they crown her son as the new crown prince I just want them to look for my brother.
He's the only one I have left within these suffocating walls. Father is always surround by people and he views all of his children equally, I can't always ask for his support. Now I am all alone until they find him again, I know his alive, No body means he is still alive somewhere.
I let out a deep sigh. Same thoughts have been running through my mind since he disappeared, something just doesn't seem right. Thinking too much won't let me sleep, they'll start wondering why I look pale again. I'll just ask what the dream means tomorrow.
I closed my eyes and listened to the crickets out side, along with the soft whispers of the and allowed myself to drift into another slumber until dawn appears.
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Unfamiliar words
Naegeumwi- Royal Guards
Sok-ot- under garments(from what I understand it is like the undergarments worn underneath the Hanbok)
Sukgui- A long sleeved top, usual part of male clothes
Durumagi- short sleeves worn on top of the usual sukgui
Daenim- Type of cloth straps to hold pants
Orabeoni- what females call their Older brother (modern alternative is oppa)
Seja- other way to address the crown prince
Yukju - Ministers
Hugung Bin- 1st Senior Concubine (think that means like noble consort or something)
Wangbi- Queen
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