The Love They Never Had: The Chase

Chapter 245: The Plague (Jeon-Yeombyeong)

"Mistress? Are you quite alright?" "Never mind myself and my loneliness, it is bound to come in waves and in strides." "But you are not alone here, you have the support of Seo Yeon and Nam Seon-Ho. You should try to visit her more often to make use of your connections..." "it was my so-called husband who ruined my new title in less than a week after conferment. And I should't get too in-between the couple, they celery have a lot of issues to sort out yet and I still need to update her on how exactly I got to where I was with Seon-Ho's help, especially after she gave me many gifts." "And what about the task that he entrusted you with?" "I was lucky to ave served in the palace after all it seems, despite my so-called husband abandoning me. He has sent word to The Emperor to send new guards to the infected areas as the first batch of men are already ill, and the larger populace is falling victim to this damned plague. We have also been asked to bring Moon-Bok back to his family as soon as possible." "What about The Emperor? What is he doing about the plague?" "He is indulging himself in beauty and riches like always, The Third and Fifth Prince are on there way to be deposed and no other Royal wants to risk their lives in the plague. Only The Young Master Nam is doing something about this at all, so we much show him our support." "Is that them already? What are they doing back here so early? Invite The Young Mistress Seo and Young Master Nam back into my quarters for a meeting, so we can figure out what to do next."
"...I have's revived word that the most infected town has been sealed up with no physicians at all. They have all withdrawn on the orders of The Third Prince most likely when his own wife prevented him from making this achievement in treating the plague himself to win over his father once again." "What about Moon-Bok, my love?" "He has already handed over the right medicinal herbs over to The Emperor. Some of them anyways, whilst The Emperor is busy indulging himself in pleasures of the flesh to distract himself rom something that he cannot control, just like he always does." "So, Moon-Bok?" "He has already made up the real thing after finding the physician before anyone could kill him off. He will hand it over to Chief Park and Jeong-Beom to hand in so they can formally cut off ties with The Prince. Your brother has already threatened him with your absence." "So if The Third Prince does not find me due to his wife's dealings, them my brother can freely walk away without any trouble?" "Exactly."

"And what about the plague?" "The guards who are supposed to be helping the citizens are actually guarding them from escaping and infecting others." "But if you, my brother and his friends defy the guards, then The Third Prince will kill you all if the plague doesn't, just to hide this secret of his, just like he always does!" "I only have one chance to defy him since it will be a big blow to him to loose your brother, but with these guards here I really do not know where to start..."
"How about this? We need to make room for people to start receiving treatment, and do it in the places that The Third Prince cannot go against, such as his noble contact's residences? Who wouldn't want to grab the chance to be praised by The Emperor himself over a mere Prince?" "And then?" "Then...you can sanitise every item touched by flame and keep biting water before drinking it all? Burn all infected corpses immediately and let all and any orphans be fostered by surviving relatives or neighbours. The government will have to provide temporary relief, such as food and clothing..." "I shall take care of that to do my part and force open the granaries if I have to." "And what if we can try to get taxes waive for next year if we help more people than anyone else has? And stop an uprising now that the guards are bring drawn out?" "Plagues have caused more issues than war since ancient times; and this one could potentially bring about the end of The Goreyo Dynasty." "And then what?" "This will be the end of The Third Prince and his wife, and as soon as his wife is on the brink of loosing everything, that is when I will bring The Lady Min in to suffer the same fate as them. I will also need both of you to show up at the palace to hand in your testimonies. And after that, we marry and become one before my family clan depends upon Hwi to bring me to them. And then we can all experience normal lives for as long as we possibly can."