Lady of YeonSung (Lisrene)

Chapter 24

Oh no.

So stupid! Since when did the Red King obediently back off?!

It was too late for regrets. She missed her chance to make an escape.

"You are..."

He stretched out his hand. He was trying to grab onto her arm.

Suddenly, she heard the voice of her savior at the other end of the corridor.

"Your Highness!"

The two of them stiffened. Ahn Ho, the SangSuh official, approached them like the wind once he discovered Lisa. When he came closer, he discovered something quite odd.

Lisa stood with a black fur cloak draped across his shoulders. He almost looked like the Grim Reaper. The crying woman who was collapsed on the floor in front of him was dressed in red.

Did something happen? He crouched his body in confusion and shock to take a look at this lady. As he got a closer look, he realized that it was a familiar face.

"Aren't you Duke MoonYeo's wife?"

Both Lisa and Joohyun tensed up at his words.

"Why are you in a place like this...?"

"My lord, thank goodness you've come."

Joohyun barely moved her stiff, pale lips.

"If it weren't for His Highness coming to save me, I don't know what would have happened to me."

"Excuse me?"

Ahn Ho's surprised eyes went back and forth between Duke MoonYeo's wife and the Red King. Joohyun turned her head and looked at Lisa. His shocked face suddenly turned calm. Joohyun lowered her eyes and continued to speak.

"I saw someone strange in the garden. I was shocked and ran away. His Majesty happened to be passing by and managed to chase off this strange assailant. I don't know how I will ever repay him... Your Highness, thank you."

"How could this be?! Duchess MoonYeo, are you all right? Hey, is anybody there?"

Even as the SangSuh official shouted out to his servants, the Red King didn't move a muscle. He merely stared down at Joohyun.

His eyes expressed his confusion. He looked at her as if he hadn't seen a human like her before.

Joohyun closed her eyes. One cowardly tear dripped onto the floor.

People came and escorted the lady away. The Red King continued to stand still in the corridor. Ahn Ho frowned.

What's going on?

After a long time passed, the Red King finally spoke. However, his voice sounded strange.

"I'll be heading back for today."

The SangSuh official raised his head in shock, but he didn't say anything. By the time he was about to call out to him, the Red King had already walked down the corridor.

What should he do?

Ahn Ho looked around in confusion. Thankfully, no one was around. To be honest, the fact that the Red King had been alone with Duke MoonYeo's wife was enough fodder for gossip.

Even if he was a member of the imperial family, meeting a noblewoman without cause was forbidden. On top of that, she was his cousin's wife.

If this incident was known, it would have serious ramifications. Ahn Ho bowed as he sent the Red King off.

Duke MoonYeo's wife?

Those words repeatedly circled Lisa's mind. Duke MoonYeo was Princess Yeowa's son, making him his cousin. He suddenly recalled Chaeyoung's remarks. The gossip she had chattered to him as soon as he had returned to the city last spring.