Suddenly a sandstorm blew and slapped her face. Jeon closed her eyes tightly and screamed. The wind barely calmed down as she opened her eyes after a long time. Haewoon held out onto the front of the window of the carriage, frowning, as he had been doing so all along.

"From now on, we will run nonstop to the Imperial City."

“What?”

"Princess, get off the carriage and get on the horse. "

Jeon’s lips shook and her eyes widened. She is a princess. What a rude thing to say when she had never even ridden a horse.

“General!”

“Bring the princess down.”

“I will slit the throat of whoever puts even one finger on my body!” Jeon exclaimed. 

She was in a position where she could become the Empress. He was not in a position to bargain an agreement. Nevertheless, the general of Baek empire treated her like a lowly person.

It quickly became a tense confrontation as they eyed him with spite. The soldiers of Giran-guk, who did not think positively of this agreement in the first place, drew their swords. In response, when the royal guard, which the emperor himself selected to greet his new concubine, tried to fight them, Haewoon raised one hand and blocked her.

"Will the princess be responsible for what happens after this?"

"The general has been rude the whole time!"

“This is the middle of the desert. It's unavoidable for us to encounter a group of thieves of a fairly large size."

"Are you threatening me?"

“I’m not in a very good mood right now.”

He was aware of the fact that the emperor was curious about Eun-seol but he pretended not to know because the emperor didn't bring it up first, but he couldn’t believe that the emperor would do such a dirty thing. Haewoon's eyes turned dark.

"Please come down on your own feet, princess."

As he said that, he was looking at something beyond himself, beyond the distant horizon

"I ....... "

"That's all I can do for you."

"If something happens to me, there will be a war again."

"Do you think we reached out our hands in peace for fear of war?"

Jeon had no choice but to be civil. If she doesn't move from the carriage, this man will really have more than enough reason to kill her and all the envoys from Giran. That's what the silent, unshakable eyes of his were saying. She’d rather not associate with someone with those eyes.

Jeon's lips trembled.

"Take care of the princess."

If I become the Empress of the Kingdom of Baek, I will repay you for this disgrace, twice as much. The child born to the Empress herself will become the Emperor of the Kingdom of Baek. And her child will have to obey her.

Thinking about it made her feel a little better.

“.... lower your swords,” she said as she gritted her teeth. 

From the moment they entered the Baek Empire, they, the people of Giran, had no chance of winning conflicts like this. Moreover, what Haewoon brought were the Emperor’s bodyguards. Because it was a matter of honor, the Giran-guk side sent escorts along with them but there weren’t many people who could actually fight because the procession was made to be simple as the Baek Empire would take responsibility for the safety of the Giran-guk envoys.

The faces of the Giran escorts who had no choice but to put their swords down under the princess’s command were stiff. 

Jeon raised her chin up and took the first humiliating step to the floor, receiving the support of her maids.