The Secret Night at Unyeon Palace (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 103

Wind surged in through the open window. The curtain hanging by the window fluttered in the breeze, and today, for some reason, its motion felt strangely indifferent.

Inside the dark room, the surroundings were faintly illuminated not by candlelight, but by the dim glow of moonlight.

Eun Seol stared blankly out into the darkness for a long while. Lately, such moments had become frequent.

It had been fifteen days since Royal Noble Consort Song took her own life.

They said the Consort had remained quiet for a while after Song Mun Sik and Song Seok Joo’s deaths.

Everyone condemned her as an unfilial wretch who abandoned her parents and siblings just to save herself.

Even hearing such scathing remarks, she endured them steadfastly—and palace staff remarked, shaking their heads, how tough and ruthless she must be.

A child who betrayed her father, daughter of a traitor.

No matter how wicked people claimed the Consort was, those harsh words must have been unbearable to endure.

Hearing she spent every day drunk, behaving like someone out of her mind, came as quite a shock.

Thinking how, had she only paid a little more attention to what the Princess had said last time, this tragic event might never have occurred, Eun Seol let out an involuntary sigh.

“Mother seems strange. All day long, she says nothing and just gazes up at the sky.”

“Mother cried again today. She sheds tears every day.”

“She doesn’t scold me—just quietly watches me—and told me to get along well with my younger sibling.”

“But she still shows her tears. She cries while holding my younger sibling, and even when she looks at me, tears keep streaming down her face. It hurts my heart.”

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