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"Then we will need to leave tomorrow morning." prince Jimin smiled to the crying boy, who had enveloped you, while he had spoken about the weather.

You had finally woken up and Hansoo couldn't hold his tears when he had seen you finish the soup bowl and greet him with the usual warm smile. The boy had missed his noona. On the other hand, prince Jimin was worried internally, how he needed to accommodate the change in plan before the soldiers arrived. "Master Ryung." came a familiar call. All looked at the door, prince Jimin decided to answer, leaving the two. "Who is it?" he asked as he stepped out and found the hunter bowing to him. "It is you, Yanbu-shi." he smiled to the man. The man chuckled as he stood straight and prince Jimin stood with him.

The man pulled out a purple ragged sachet from his pocket and held it out to the prince. His highness slightly puzzled at him, "Master Ryung, this is a flower that I found in the mountain, a bit far away from the village, when I went to hunt the boar. As soon as my eyes fell on this flower, I was reminded of you. Not romantically. Haha." the man laughed along with him the prince chuckled. "I have often heard most beautiful flowers make good tea that nobles enjoy. I had never seen this one before anywhere, even at the place I visited it was never there before. It stood out for my attention even more because there was only a single flower. Like I said I was reminded about master, so as a token for gratitude, I wanted to gift this as tea. Although there is only one flower." he handed the bag to prince Jimin. His highness had an appreciative smile and nodded to the hunter. "Thank you Yanbu-shi."

"Master allow me to leave." he bowed before leaving. Prince Jimin opened the sachet to see the beautiful flower, curious as to what it looked like to have the hunter remind of him particularly. He carefully took the flower in his hand. The flower had started to wilt, however one could still tell its beauty with even the little of its purple drying colour and blue stigmas. His fingers touched its soft area of the flower. Maybe I should prepare a tea with this for Y/n. Placing the flower back in the pouch, he headed back in.

He walked in the room and met with an inconsolable Hansoo whose tears were wiped by you. Shifting your attention to the figure, "Who was it-?" you asked him carefully, not addressing him for their identity hidden. Prince Jimin gave you a pity smile, indicating that he had already revealed his identity to the boy earlier without your knowledge, which you didn't catch on to. "It was Yanbu-shi." he dandled the pouch in the air, sitting beside you. "What is it?" you curiously took the pouch from his hands. He sat back comfortably, his hands supporting his body, "A dried up flower?" he heard you. "Yes. He brought it as a gift for me."

"For tea, your highness?" The boy sniffled. Like a stone hitting, eyes widened at his mentioning, exchanging glances from the two. "Don't worry." his highness smiled, rubbed your back. "Some day or the other he is supposed to know. After all he is coming with us." you violently turn to face him, your face contorted in pain, he sat up. "Are you alright?" his face drew closer to yours, worried, looking at your stomach region. "It is just the pain." you waved it, facing him, "When?!" your voice almost screamed. "When you were sleeping." your face withered in worry, "But Why?!" Definitely your behaviour expressed, Hansoo felt a pang, wondering if they were never close enough like he had thought, it being something really secretive and couldn't be revealed to him.

"Would you like to drink the tea?" his highness asked you, pulled back, ignoring the question. Knowing it well enough that he had ignored to the question, you retorted back, "I don't need the tea." his highness nodded, not understanding that you were upset to for the fact that he had revealed his identity without consulting you. "Keep it in the small tea box that we have." The boy was shooed away with a duty. "How could you do that without even speaking with me?" As soon as Hansoo closed the door, you sprung at him. "Don't move too much. It's only been few hours since you were patched up." he cautioned you. "your highness!!" you whispered, in a sterned tone.

"Y/n, he is to come with us. The boy would only question you further every time we try to ran away from place to place, trying to escape the soldier's clutches. Now, he will be a part of us, it is only right for him to know about us, who would help us detect the palace soldiers." He reasoned you. Side eyeing him, you questioned his plan, "How long do you think we can hide from the soldiers?" His face drew closer, eyes focused on yours, "As long as they chase us." displayed his mischievous smile. Your eyes rolled, pulling away, "By now the palace would have noticed your highness's absence. They must be on their way to the village." Prince Jimin grimaced at your sentence, "Can't you say some good things?"

"Oh yes! I am not allowed to advise your highness about something really important. Here on, no advices will be heard from this servant, your highness. Your highness can do anything. Neither do you let me die in peace nor let me live." muttering loud enough for him to hear, you laid back on the futon, under the blanket, turning to the other side. "Well then, you can lay back till Hansoo prepares lukewarm water for your bath." he didn't heed to your rant and left.

Sleep didn't occur but for sure plenty of thoughts. He never listens to me. Makes decisions in such ways that it is difficult for me to even do anything. How long does he think we can stay anywhere, we will one run the whole time. These soldiers once they get the leads, they won't let you go till the catch and torture you. I pray to lord, please allow the soldiers to come our way and capture us. That way his majesty could punish me and let me die in peace. With your thoughts starting to boil, the memory with Jihoon came, You cruel man. You lied to me. Left me alone in this world. Tears dwelled in your eyes. I had a beautiful dream but it is heart wrenching that I didn't get to live in reality with you.

Laid there recollecting his smile, eyes, voice, face, touch and the conversation you had, when a scene played in "Within next few years, I want to you to find somethings about minister Kangh, Queen, minister Yushin and a guy named Guangzhi. They want something that you have." Your lips puckered you began to note the things, Her majesty. Then Minister Kangh, isn't it that man. His image came in your mind. But who is minister Yushin and Guangzhi? I bet they are the ones who tried to kill master Jihoon, why else would he ask me to even find about them. Still what is that they want that I have? What would it be? I didn't steal/take anything. Something that is worth like jade, gold, silver? No matter what! Now! Here on, I am going to find them and give them the punishment they deserve for killing those innocent souls. 

"Noona," Hansoo called out as he walked in. He had seat behind you, with the thought that you were asleep. Tears wiped quickly and turned to face him. "Yes." Hansoo gave a pale smile. "His highness has asked if he should help you wipe your body?" your eyes furrowed, "What?!" a shout almost happened but didn't. The boy looked at you innocently, "His highness had asked if he should help you wipe your body." Your elbow propped up your body, "Tell his highness, it wouldn't be required. Bring the cold water in a bowl and a towel." he took the command to his highness, who slid opened the door, "Are you sure you will be able to do it?" his head slightly tilted, what he had noticed was your slightly glaring red eyes.

"Alright." he simply mumbled , closing the door. Hansoo came back with the water and towel for you and ordered him that no one will enter the room until you step out.

Meanwhile in the palace, the Queen held a meeting with her minions. "His majesty has commanded to set a search party for the prince." minister Shin Wooyoung reported to the queen. Her eyes fell on minister Kangh who silently sipped him tea. The silence is the room was tensing the air, making the minister Shin worried and difficult to catch a full breath. Her jaw clenched, internally questioning how minister Kangh took the situation very lightly. "Elucidate how you will take care of this? The weak boy has run away with that wench. Taehyung is not in his rational mind. What will WE EVEN DO?!!!" her hand slammed on the table, voice rung in the chamber, eyes expressing the pure fury.

Minister Shin gulped with head lowered on the other hand minister Kangh kept his cool. Gently he placed his green tea cup on the table, looked straight in her majesty's eyes, "Your majesty, I have well prepared the plan and it is being executed properly. Please don't make hasty moves that will tumble the plan. It was indeed a better idea to give prince Taehyung the dagger, at the very least she had sealed her lips until the escape. It would have been even better if the prince had specified whom to attack. For now the prince was able to release his anger. His majesty has created an unnecessary hate within the boy. I am very sure that cut on his heart will fester in anger and he would make his own mind to take things under his control." His fingers brought the cup to his lips, taking the last sip of the tea. 

His eyes looked at her majesty again, "As for prince Jimin, our spies are taking good care of him. He wouldn't have move that long since the girl with him is severely injured and will be brought back immediately. It wouldn't be long for him to give up on his life after the girl he is so attached, is punished severely by his majesty. Finally his majesty will be crumbled by both his sons, who would then act like the foxes. This would give Guangzhi enough time to establish his rule on this empire with the broken royal family."

Minister Shin gulped, wondering how deep had minister Kangh had planned the dynasty's destruction. The only reason he joined hands with minister Kangh was for the luxuries he was promised, one would get after becoming the sub minister of the Wei dynasty of Central China. "What makes you think Guangzhi would let me and Taehyung live in peace without anymore war?" her majesty threw the question. "He has indeed promised. Once he takes control of the royal palace with his soldiers, he will put a good word with the emperor of Wei and have prince Taehyung rule the empire. After all the citizens and the rulers of other kingdoms wouldn't approve if the Wei dynasty tried to rule on them and cause damage beyond the extend one could ever imagine." The queen only frowned at him. "Don't fret over it too much. Everything is under control." he assured her with a smirk.

"I want to speak with minister Kangh alone." she side eyed the other two to leave, minister SHin immediately left the room. "Are you sure prince Jimin would be taken proper care?" she crawled to the minister and sat beside him. "Yes, I am." Although minister Kangh had told her not to fret, she couldn't help it when it came to her child. With her head leaned on his shoulder, "I may have raised that boy but I could never consider him as my child. Now that the plan is being executed, I can't help but worry about him." She instantly felt her arms gripped, and met with the fury, "Jiyoo! Don't ever think of him as your child. Don't ever feel guilty for him. He is not your blood. It took me long enough to even accept Taehyung as yours." He shook her violently as he reminisced their past.

"After all the pathetic and inhumane ordeal you went through in your household, to become the only hope and be proposed to the position of the queen so that you would help your family to gain an upper hand in the governance. Thanks to you, I was able to destroy your family after how they humiliated my family after becoming the minister." Her majesty could see the change of emotions in the eyes of the minister. The man whom she once used to dream to spend her life with, whom she thought that no power could ever shake him, was finally facing his breaking point too if she let her caring side intrude his mind. Neither did she want his plans wash away in the heavy rain. "Now that I finally get my plans executed to save you from that man, I don't think you should even have any empathy for that boy." his breath uneven from the buried anger that had slightly sprouted from his heart to mind. He had only thought of getting help from Guangzhi so that he would get to remove Jiyoo from the queen position and would get to live his life that he had always dreamt of.

Her majesty brought her hand up, gently caressed the man's cheeks, "We have come this far. And I want to live further with you. So make things fall back in their right places while I take care of Taehyung and his wife." She gave him a warm smile. "Before I leave this palace with you, I want you to make a proper arrangement for a prosperous life for our son, then live a life with only you and no one else." the minister closed his eyes, letting out a heft breath and getting comfortable in her majesty's caress. "I will."

In the physician chamber, Mr.Kim was being checked for any concussions by his students. Just then, one of his nephews came in search for him. The man entered the inner chamber and found his uncle on a chair, being diagnosed by his students. He had come to meet his uncle to talk about something important, only to be confused what happened to him. "Uncle, are you alright?" Mr.Kim opened his eyes. "Jiwoo, what are you doing here?" This was the last thing in world that Mr.Kim wanted anyone from his family to ever see. He was a proud man of himself when it came to his profession but the thought of him being treated by anyone else, his conscious always belittled himself. Even when being treated, he had only allowed this because he knew that concussions could never be self diagnosed and require another doctor to do it. It was his students who admired him the most although their teacher had always scolded and cussed at them, they wanted the man to live longer.

Jiwoo rubbed his temples, whilst the other hand on his waist. He knew of his uncle's ego well that even when one is being concerned the man is obstinate on his principles. "I came for night duty. Put that aside now. I want to tell you something really important." He spoke. "Leave." Mr.Kim asked his students, while he massaged his head. Once the boys were outside, his nephew spoke, "Last night, the companion traveller didn't go with his highness." Mr.Kim looked astonished and just when he opened his mouth to cuss at the boy, he held out his hand to stop, "Before you cuss at me, listen to what I have. Kiun, was supposed to go. However when we passed by his house just now, we heard shouts from his hut. I decided to enquire about his presence at his house, after all he was not supposed to be home now. He then told us that yesterday while he was preparing to go, he was attacked by someone and gained conscious in the evening, after his wife; who had returned that time, woke him up. Even his horse were fed some weeds, they were out of it."

"What?!" he shouted at his nephew, who gestured him to lower his voice. "How could you be so careless and let me know now, you lazy bum. You should have told me the instant you came to know it." The boy only lowered his head. "Now I did." he reasoned. But Mr.Kim didn't have it enough. "Then who took his highness? Or did they go alone?" Mr. Kim stood up from his seat, "I swear Jiwoo, if anything happens to the prince, our family is in serious danger, boy." The boy cocked his brows, "As if helping the prince guaranteed anything less." Jiwoo scoffed and soon met Mr. Kim's scowl. "I don't want to waste my time. I am heading out with his majesty." He spoke, walking off the chamber.

After quite a long while, you stepped out of the room and heard prince Jimin's voice that came from the opposite room where Hansoo slept. Not a second did you spare, "What are you talking?" the door slid open and saw them seated, prince Jimin held a handkerchief unwrapped, each of them nibbled on the sweets. Your eyes focussed on the sweets in their hands. "What happened?" he turned to you, clueless from the violent opening of the door. "What are the two of you eating? Where did you even get that?" you walked in and sat on your heels with them. Prince Jimin gulped, looking at you. "Where did you get it from, Hansoo?" You looked at the boy. The boy only looked back to prince Jimin. "His highness gave me." 

Your lips parted, looking at the prince unbelievably, "How could you?" he saw your eyes twitched. "Did you want it too?" he raised the half bitten sweet to you; which was peach whitish in colour with a flower print and an tangerine colour dot in the middle, your look moved from his highness to the half bitten sweet with lips pursed. "Noona, I ate a lot, there is a little of mine." The boy held out his three fourth bitten sweet; which had tangerine colour as a small dot in the middle, purple colour in the middle and its border yellow. If you were in a condition to do something, you would have already pinched the boy's ear while giving earful scolding to his highness but that wasn't possible. The look of pity and disappointment only had them realize their mistake come on their faces; they ate it before tested. "Who gave you this?" Yet they didn't regret it because it was really sweet savouring for them.

"The guide gave." he replied and pulled back his hand before you could snatch. "Give me that now." Both of them pulled away because they knew for sure that you would throw it away, since you didn't test it for poison. "Hansoo, if you don't want noona to be mad at you, give it now." you held out your hand. Not only didn't the boy want to give it but also he didn't want to upset you. Eventually, he gave in. You looked at his highness, who threw the last piece of it in mouth. "Spite out now." you gasped but it only had him to chew and swallow quickly and then flash a smile. "Your highness is stubborn like always. Ah, every time this girl forgets, who is she to even advice?" you spoke stepping out of the room and threw the sweet in the yard. It is then that you noticed the stormy clouds, "What is the stormy cloud doing in the spring?" you mumbled as the darkness from the cloud reached all corners of the area. 

"Whatever." you walked in. You called out Hansoo to help you with a quick preparation, only to be obstructed by his highness and the boy. In order to keep you out of kitchen, he made you sit with in the bedroom. He order the boy to bring his regular green tea while you were ordered to light the bedroom and burn the incense stick to make the room aromatic. After a long while of silence, while you seated beside him fanning, "You haven't arranged your clothes from here. Take what is necessary and pack them. Hansoo had packed my things, so you need not fret over it." he spoke while sipping his tea. Listened to him but chose not to answer and do your work. You began to take your necessary items. "I am feeling so sleepy." his highness complained. 

You stood beside your drawer, when you took a glance of him, "Your highness hasn't slept for a day. So it is only a natural requirement from the body to get over the tiredness." You replied as you got back to your work. "But I am drinking the tea to get rid of the tiredness." he complained again. "Then maybe your highness, should take a nap soon after the dinner." What you had not able to detect from his complain was the depth of the complain. He actually had his vision go blurred and shaky every time he blinked. His head started to feel heavy for him. "Y/n." he called you.

When you looked at him, he had his left hand massage the forehead while the right one gestured you. "I told you!" you shouted, as you sat beside him. Worry swept you as his body slumped on you but he did his best to keep his eyes open even a little. "Hansoo! Hansoo!" you called for the boy to bring the water but no reply came. "Hansoo! Come here quickly." you cried out loud. The door slid and in came a tall man who wore a black soldier dress with a sword, his face covered. Your confused eyes met his confident black eyes.  

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