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How dare the kid say that he will not be able to enter the manor, saying that the general won’t allow it?

He will make sure that she will get punished no matter what it takes. Son Yu who had a fiery temper, grit his teeth and tried to catch Seol-hee but was immediately cut off by the Eunuch.

“His Majesty has commanded that anyone who touches the child will have their hands cut off, regardless of their position.”

“What? What did you say?”

“His Majesty has said so.”

“Choi Yeon, are you ignoring me? Hey, anyone there? Immediately put that girl in prison for contempt against the imperial family!”

The eunuchs were always cold. Those who lived in the palace were the most sensitive to the flow of power. The prince will never become the crown prince. One could tell just by looking at him.

Those who were near and served the emperor realized that the emperor’s words about making Seol-hee into the crown princess were true and so it was instinctive to respect the one holding the true power within the palace.

Whether she was aware of it or not, Seol-hee had rushed to the back of the imperial hall. There was a loud noise from behind but it seemed that the prince had gone chasing after her, so she rushed into the imperial palace despite the command not to run at all.

“Hey, that was really inconvenient.”

While sighing, she shook her head as she recalled the greed she had seen in his eyes.

“Hmmm… Uhhhh…”

It was dark because the sun was hidden within the clouds. There was a warehouse behind the smokescreen and Seol-hee stopped in surprise when she heard a cry while snooping around it.

“Hics… Mother…”

As she approached and crept towards the sound, she saw a child curled up inside the warehouse.

“I miss you… hics…”

Seol-hee, who was trying to hide, finally took a step inside.

Squeak.

When the loud noise from the old wooden board broke out, the crying child raised his head in surprise and shouted fiercely.

“Who is it?”

“Huh… I’m…”

Seeing his redden face and his eyes that were shriveled from how much he had cried, Seol-hee took a deep breath. What surprised her the most was that he was two year younger than her. Seol-hee only thought that she and her mother were the only ones with blue eyes in this world. The people of Giran were said to have blue eyes, but the only one she had seen with blue eyes when she was born was her mother. But the little boy in front of her had blue eyes just like hers and her mother.

“Ah…”

The boy realized the same thing as he looked at Seol-hee. Seol-hee, who was standing up and looking down at him, had the same eye color as he had, so he stared at her with a blank expression for a moment.

“Are you a prince?”

Seol-hee asked while looking at the silver dragon on his sleeves. Silver was a symbol of the emperors and was mainly used on their clothes.

“That’s right.”

“My name is Gi Seol-hee, the daughter of General Gi Haewoon,” Seol-hee said as she smiled brightly.

“The great general… I’m Seo Kang-yoon.”