royal blood

41 | queen consort of hlorrendin.

the devastating news that sicheng delivered hit wendy. a sharp pain hit her chest, and the princess could not be able to understand the words sicheng spoke out. baron jungwoo, the seemingly lovely son, the man who had written letters to her own brother doyoung about his love for her, did not murder just taeyong, but his brother as well.

wendy sat on the couch in one of the many rooms in the castle that were hidden away from the queen and king, due to them not visiting the palace and its hidden corners too much, preferring to stay in their own room and spend time with eachother. yeri chose to talk to her sister, sicheng and taeyong's mother in that room, to prevent from anyone walking in.

however, things quickly changed as sooyoung and seulgi made their way into the room. seulgi, shocked to see taeyong's mother crying and trying to wipe them down with an already wet tissue, ran out of the room, in hopes of bringing something for the grieving mother. sooyoung, on the other hand, sat on the couch next to wendy, looking at her friend.

" that is all that i was told by jungwoo, aside from nonsense that he was not listened to and that he went through so much .. " sicheng ended his words with a sigh, but seemingly decided to continue. " it was very naive of him, if i am being honest. he was clearly fooled into this by someone who's identity still remains hidden. " he complained about the last part, walking around the room slowly.

seulgi returned in no time with more tissues for the woman. mrs. lee wiped her tears, thanking seulgi for her kindness. seulgi smiled towards the woman, before deciding to sit down next to sooyoung and watch how things unfolded in the rather small room. everything seemed tense, and seulgi felt some curiosity travelling her body.

" that is very weird, that someone told him to commit such a crime. the death scene of mr. lee taeyong's was one that made you very scared of your surroundings and, honestly, was very unsettling. " yeri said, trying her best to avoid mrs. lee. she felt bad for the woman, who had to suffer over her sons. " i do think that it was strange how .. "

" yeri, i am very sorry to leave you hanging like this with your thoughts, but .. we might think about the same thing. " wendy looked at her sister, who was unhappy with the way she was cut off. " how was baron jungwoo in the same room as us when we discovered the body ? he seemed so shocked, and it was clearly an act, as he know now. however, is he that good of an actor ? "

" i doubt one thing, your majesty. " sicheng turned back to the women, now standing in front of them. wendy raised her eyebrow, expecting to hear absolute nonsense from the young baron's mouth. " but i do not consider that my brother was the one who nailed mr. lee's palms into the desk and raised it in the air. at least, he did not do it alone. "

" there must be someone, from inside the palace, that is working with him ! " yeri got up, as she looked around the room. " it is too strange that .. that he is not sharing the identity of the killer. it must be someone we either know personally, or have heard of. it can not be an unknown assasin that was simply paid to do this, or an angry civilian that was fed up with our brother. "

" who would be fed up with doyoung ? " sooyoung finally looked up from the ground, not happy with the quite insensitive comment yeri made. " your majesty, i understand that you are mad, but using words like those when talking about doyoung are .. not okay. why would he be fed up with him ? do you hear yourself ? "

" i guess you are the one that is not able to hear properly. " yeri did not hesitate to reply as fast as she could, with anger now displayed all over her face. " i did not say that my brother was murdered by a fed-up civilian, but i literally said the opposite. i guess that you are sharing a brain with a child inside your stomach, so we can excuse your rather stupid comment .. "

" if i were you, i would watch my mouth ! " sooyoung got up, as a scoff escaped her mouth. " after all, i am older than you. aside from mrs. lee, i am older than all of you. i should be treated with an ounce of respect, but going ahead and indirectly calling me stupid .. that shows how poorly you were educated, princess. " she walked up to yeri, who widened her eyes.