The Gentle Couple

Second Marriage

To leave the imperial city it was impossible to avoid mountain terrains.

'Who are you to dare to obstruct the path?' an imperial guard asked.

'Stop the pleasantries,' Woo seok said and took off his mask. 'Prepare to sacrifice your lives.'

Woo seok's sharp sword tasted fresh blood. Sunlight shone on the bloody ground. More imperial guards appeared because they thought Woo seok's life was in danger, but they were immediately killed under Woo seok's sword and their dead bodies collapsed on the ground. The last face they saw were Woo seok's disturbing smile.

Woo seok searched forty dead bodies for someone similar to his build and looks to exchange clothes with him. Then he flung the forty dead bodies down the mountain.

Woo seok escaped on a horse and heard silence in four directions. He was happy he no longer had to be Woo seok and truly free.

Woo seok rode for a while but a person with a cold demon face who wore black clothes obstructed his path.

'It's you,' Woo seok said.

Woo seok recognised Hoseok who had a cold demon face that never changed expression and was also Taehyung's servant but he didn't know why Hoseok followed him.

'Thank you,' Hoseok said and raised his sword.

Later at Taehyung's manor, Hoseok recounted what happened to Woo seok and Woo seok's imperial guards.

'You said thank you to him?' Taehyung asked.

'Of course I should thank him for dealing with the imperial guards,' Hoseok said.

'I didn't think he would kill everyone to escape,' Taehyung said. 'What are his true intentions?'

'Perhaps he wants to start a new life,' Hoseok said.

'A new life?' Taehyung asked. 'If that isn't true then it's hard to explain his actions. I didn't expect tenth brother was someone like this. I thought he asked imperial father to take away his position to wait for a good opportunity to strike... where are you hiding him?'

'Su Ci,' Hoseok said and looked in four directions.

'Gentleman jung, who are your wandering eyes looking for?' Taehyung teased.

'There are sand in my eyes,' Hoseok lied.

Taehyung spat out tea. 'Why don't you find your precious pupil to help you? Wait, don't disturb her. She's studying effects of some poisons in the courtyard with Jimin... wait, where are you running to... tomorrow I'm summoned to the palace, you need to be prepared.'

Taehyung thought Hoseok was in a deep spring trance after only a few days.

In the courtyard Hoseok's expression darkened, he saw Jimin sat too close to Yea ji.

Hoseok's deadly eyes focused on Yea ji. 'You, follow me to my chamber!'

Yea ji calmly followed Hoseok to his chamber. 'Gentleman jung, what's wrong?'

'There are sand in my eyes,' Hoseok said. 'Help take them out for me.'

Yea ji was speechless.

Inside Taehyung and Yn's chamber, Yn's chest wound had healed. It wasn't a surprise considering for half a month she was forced to ingest nutritious food and herbal remedies to improve her health while pregnant and recovering from her injury.

Taehyung thought Yn's body was even more appealing while she was pregnant. The problem was he could only see, kiss and touch her but he couldn't eat her because Hoseok advised him it was dangerous for him to eat her while she was pregnant.