The Secret Night at Unyeon Palace (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 34

Eun Seol cried until she was exhausted and fell asleep.

When she struggled to open her eyes, Woon was no longer beside her.

She scanned the room, now slowly darkening, but he was nowhere to be found.

She rose from her seat and stepped down from the bed—her lower abdomen still ached as if it might tear apart.

After taking a few steps, her legs gave out, and she collapsed onto the floor.

Gritting her teeth against the excruciating pain, she steadied her ragged breathing.

Leaning her immobile body against a chair, she looked around Yeon Hwa Dang—the place she’d never properly seen before.

They said this spotlessly clean, dust-free room had rarely been used before her arrival.

Just as she caught her breath and tried to stand, her foot knocked against a box beneath the table.

Looking down to close the box lid, she noticed a handkerchief delicately embroidered with red plum blossoms.

“This is…”

The red-plum-blossom handkerchief felt strangely familiar.

Since childhood, she’d always carried the two handkerchiefs her birth mother left behind, treasuring them like talismans.

She couldn’t recall how many days she’d cried inconsolably after losing them when she was little.

But why did *he* have this handkerchief?

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