The Pheasant, that fell from the Sky || Hwarang

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The courtyard in which the outside throne was located cleared up. The officials and most of the Hwarang as well as the royal family left. The five maids on the stairs with Yeseul left as well. Yeseul wasn't sure if she had to leave as she wanted to talk to Yeowool and went down a few of the steps. Only the group of the shed-robbing and Banryu were left now standing at the end of the stairs. Yeseul looked up the stairs to Jinheung who just stood up, he nodded smiling at her. She took that as the permission to stay. She turned around again and ran down the stairs and into Yeowool's arms. He was startled at first but hugged her back.

»I'm happy everything went well«, she said smiling.

»Me too«, he laughed and Yeseul left his arms. Jinheung had arrived at the little group as well. As she looked around into the faces of the Hwarang she noticed that they laughed, even Jinheung. A little embarrassed she took a step back closer to Yeowool. Then they looked to King Jinheung resulting in him feeling like he should say something.

»Let's make Silla better!«, he eventually said.

»Yes, Your Majesty«, Seonu agreed and Jinheung smiled amused about the formality. Suho, Banryu and Yeowool agreed as well. Yeseul didn't say anything as she felt like she wasn't meant.

Yeseul arrived back at the shared room of the seamstresses and set down on the floor. She just came back from the throne room and neighbouring big halls and was exhausted. After the coronation Lady Ok had quickly ordered her to rush to help set up the rooms for the coronation celebration. Yeseul and the other maids set up a lot more than a hundred soban dining table sets and equipped them with seating cushions and tableware. In addition, they were decorating those rooms with expensive cloths, flowers and vases. Everything had to be perfect. After all, it was the celebration of the King's coronation. Hundreds of maids and servants rushed to set everything up, all under the meticulous eyes of Lady Ok and other Court Ladies.

Now Yeseul sat down exhausted.

»Did you see what the Palace looks like now all decorated?«, Gyeongsoon asked curiously and sat down next to her.

»Yes, I made it look like this«, Yeseul answered.

»Ah, right.«

»What does it look like now?«, Joohye asked and sat down on the other side.

»It's decorated with cloth, flowers and vases. And far over a hundred soban are divided into three rooms. The throne room and two big halls next to it.«

»Wow, that sounds exciting«, Bokja said and sat down next to Joohye.

»It really is pretty to look at.« Yeseul smiled thinking about how festive the Palace looked. Even though Lady Ok had rushed her to work fast, Yeseul was a little thankful for being able to see Palace decorated like this. A celebration like this wouldn't be happening again any time soon.

Suddenly there was a knock at the door to their room. Then a guard opened the door and looked at them.

»Miss Hwan Yeseul, Court Lady Ok commands you to come to the servant room close to the throne room. You are to hurry«, he ordered before stepping aside from the door.

»Yes, I will«, Yeseul answered, stood up quickly and made her way out of the room. With quick steps, not running, as this wasn't liked seen in the Palace, she went through the labyrinth of hallways that seemed more familiar now.

Heart beating fast she arrived in front of Lady Ok at one of the servant rooms. Dozens of servants around her went in and out of the room. They carried things or told others what was left to do.