Chapter 28
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Kana ask Jeon to take the antidotes while he prepare the things he opted to use for the extraction of the poison.
He will use the quack style of removing the rabies cause by dog bite in the modern Era. But here, he will use clear glasses and not animal horns.
"Sheen, prepare clear glasses in different sizes, we don't know how severe the wounds is, prepare gauzes and Lili, brew some additional herbs, we will go there once Jeon arrives."
Kana ordered as he prepared himself, wearing a black ordinary hanbok, he wear the signet ring of his father and slid the seal on to his sleeves for later usage.
When Jeon arrive, they go to the palace, walking behind him is his trails of servants and guards.
When they are already in the entrance, the Royal Guards won't let them pass.
"Let me in, don't you know me?!" Kana raise his voice catching attention.
"I'm sorry Consort Han but it's the palace protocols, we dhounot let anyone come in until the Emperor will be buried." the guard look scared as he look at the men behind Consort Han.
"I did not came here for his Majesty's burial. I came here for Commander Yin! I do not trust anyone here to cure him other than my personal physician." Kana pointed RM who got surprised when Kana called him a physician.
"This is the seal of my father, and his ring. Is this enough for you to let me in?"
But the guard immediately tearing up when he saw those things.
"Consort Han, is the General alright?"
He look down, wiping his tears.
All the guards who heard him, hovered over Kana waiting for an answer if their minister and the Lord of War is fine and alive.
Kana shook his head.
"No news in the borders, my shadow guard got this from my father and he said that he might not make it." Kana tried to stop his voice from breaking. He should be strong..
For his father's army.
"Get inside, Your Grace." the guard bowed at him, and the others followed.
"Thank you, I will not forget this day. I will remember all of you."
Aside from the royal guards guarding the entire Inner Palace, all the troops and armys belonged and was commanded by General Han, hence their respect towards him reflects to Kana and Commander Yin.
"Consort Han!"
Kana look back when he heard someone called him.
"Consort Lin, why?" Kana look at him, he is obviously not feeling good, the bag under his eyes proves that he isn't resting well.
"Please let me go and help.. Please let me see Prince Haii.. I'll do everything you wish.. Just please let me go with you." He kneeled in front of Kana, tears filled his doe eyes.
Kana was touched, but he knows who's probably behind all these, besides Consort Mia is his mother in law.
"No. Stay here, you'll just be a nuisance." Kana turn his back on Consort Lin.
"Please, Your Grace.. I'll do everything you wish!" he begged, holding the hem of Kana's hanbok.
Kana look around him, in other people's eyes, Consort Lin look pitiful.
Kana crouched down.
"You mean.. Everything?"
Consort Lin felt chills on his spine when he saw Kana smiled sweetly but his eyes shows different glint.
"Y-yes." he still managed to answer.
Kana helped him to get up.
"We will talk about this later, don't you ever forget that you begged me because I have tons of witnesses, fix yourself."
Kana smirk evily, now he has new instrument against Consort Mia.
She will taste her own medicine soon.
***
In the Silver Pavilion, Consort Pleng was being dragged out by the Crown Prince's royal guards.
"Unhand me! How dare you touch a woman of the Emperor!" Consort Pleng shouted.
Siwon gripped her arm even more tight.
"Yes, you are the woman who killed His Highness, so why would I unhand you? So you can kill the Crown Prince?!"
Consort Pleng acted like he doesn't know anything which made Siwon even more mad.
"I don't know what you are talking about! You slanderer!" her palm landed on Siwon's face, making the man grimace.
"Be happy that Crown Prince Sunwoo just told us to let you live, if not? I will skin you alive. Drag her away!" Siwon shouted.
They let her walk from Silver Pavilion to the Inner Palace where the dungeon was hidden under it.
The place was dark and the smell is unpleasant down there, Consort Pleng shivered when she saw prisoners there, and she almost collapses when she saw one of the bandit that she paid to do Assassination, the man is sitting in a stool, head hang low, and bloody.
While walking out of her cell prison, Empress Jong saw Consort Pleng coming in.
"Surely the world for us is indeed small, Consort Pleng." She smiled bitterly.
"Your Highness." Consort Pleng's voice quivered.
"Remember when you first came to the palace? I was just a new Empress back then, His Highness and I just recently got married, amongst the Consort, I liked you.. We've been closed for Buddha knows when, but you dared to betray me.. Surely it has been said that thou shall not trust anyone even the closest person on you because time will come that he will betray you.. What did I have done wrong to you Pleng? I treated you nicely, more than I treat Consort Mia.. Why?" Empress Jong held her breath in each sentence, she's tired, hungry and sleepy.
She can't believe that people accused her of killing her beloved husband that she had been married since she was 18.
Consort Pleng didn't answer, instead she walk ahead of the guards and enter the cell prison where the Empress occupied after days of imprisonment.
Greediness envelopes her, and she admits, and she can't do anything now but to curse under her hoarse breath that the whole empire will be struck by a lightning and everyone will die.