Chapter 25
25 - Dread
*Pakkk!* loud slap was heard in Ruby Pavilion, Minister Hyun felt so disappointed and mad after he found out that his daughter sneek out a dangerous poison ingredient.
"What have you done?! You just get the fifth rank and now you're doing some mess?! Our family has been the head of the Imperial Academy of Medicine! What did you do?!"
Minister Hyun was enrage after the Bureau of Investigation sees their records and they found out that his daughter, the 5th rank Consort sneeks a poison ingredient that has been use to kill the Emperor.
"I was desperate father! Consort Pleng told me that she will help me gain favor of the Crown Prince if I will get that ingredient.. She told me that it will be used on the Armory of the troops.. And.. And it will please the Crown Prince and made him happy if he will know that I was the one who contributed those things! I don't know that she will use it for such thing. Please believe me father!" Consort Hyun Lian rubbed her palms together.
Minister Hyun heave a deep sigh.
If only he is contented in his post and didn't aim for more connections, wealth and power, his daughter will not be like this, she won't be an instrument for a wicked plan.
"You have to redeem yourself, the Crown Prince is coming. Testify against Consort Pleng, the records in the Academy will show that you only help her recently, explain yourself. Tell them the truth so Consort Pleng will fall alone." He said then he left without looking back.
Consort Hyun Lian wiped her tears, if only she's contented and didn't aim for more, she won't be hurt.
She made up her mind.
***
Consort Pleng pace back and forth in her Pavilion.
"Where are the ministers who's siding and supporting me? Where are they now when I need them?! Is there any news on what's happening in the borders?! Does any of the paid bandits came back?! Answer me you pest!" She slap her servant who's already squirming.
"I don't know Your Grace.. I don't know."
They've been locked up for an hour now after the death of the Emperor.
The Special Bureau of Investigation was established by the late Empress Dowager, and now they are on the moves to inspect every Pavilion after they found out that the Emperor has been poisoned for a long time.
Consort Pleng is confident that the Empress will face death because of the evidences that she put in her Palace but now that she didn't hear anything about what's happening, her confidence evaporates into the thin air.
"Your Grace!" a servant came in panting.
"What's happening?!" Consort Pleng said.
"The Princes arrived, the Crown Prince was unscathed, but Prince Tong and Prince Haii has been shot by the poisoned arrows and they are in critical condition. They are inside the Royal infirmary of the Palace and no one is allowed to enter! The Crown Prince was safe because Commander Yin caught the arrow that was meant for him!"
Consort Pleng lost her strength, and slump in her feet.
Her plan didn't went well, it fell down into pieces and turned into dust.. and now her son, her precious son is in danger!
***
Kana cannot sit still, after Madame Yoon left to go back to their Manor, he keeps on asking Xiumin if there's any news coming from the Palace, but all he received was shaking head as an answer.
Kana didn't believe them, despite the strict guards he manage to call Yoongi and ask him about what's happening.
"Consort Mia didn't leave her Pavilion, same as the other Consort. They are silent."
After Yoongi left, the Bureau of Investigators came to see The Jade Pavilion.
Kana accepted them wholeheartedly until they left since they didn't find anything.
Gladly Kana was prepared and he anticipated this.
Sheen and Lili tried to comfort him down but Kana start to panic again when he saw RM walking inside the Jade Pavilion.
He's all bloody!
"RM! What happened?!" Kana went to him and examined him all over.
"What happened?!" he shouted when RM didn't say anything.
"You were right Your Grace.. There was an Assassination.. The two princes are shot with poisoned arrow.." RM remembered what happened and he can't say it naturally.
"Who?!" Kana thought that it was Sunwoo.
"Prince Haii and Prince Tong, Prince Sunwoo is safe"
Kana sigh in relief. He hold his forehead and thanked God for Sunwoo is safe.
But RM continued and that made him froze.
"Because the arrow that's meant for him was caught by Commander Yin's body. He push Prince Sunwoo off the horse and shield his body for him.. We can't see the sniper but Commander Yin felt him, he anticipated it and moved on his own."
Kana shook his head in disbelief, again and again.
"Where is my brother RM?!"
"They took him along with the Princes in the Royal infirmary."
He was about to ask on how did it happen when V came, just like RM, all bloody.