Diary Entry - Eundeok Married Life (Baekhera) [COMPLETED]

Mongryong!

Eun's diary

Oh man! Guess what? Soondeok's father actually bought us a pet dog! He's so cute! It's not fast...but it smiles at everyone that pats its head. I haven't decided on the name yet – I suppose mother will be the one naming it since father-in-law bought it for her. He must've heard Soondeok saying how lonely mother had been living all by herself. Suddenly, I feel like the entire house is alive! Sure the dog's noisy but I love it the way it is. Soondeok loves to play with it too – she and mother. I still haven't had much time being with it since the girls kept it to themselves. I know I can have fun with the dog if I join them, but I don't want to play along Soondeok. It's not like I hate her...it's just that I can't be myself around her, and to have to pretend to like my wife in front of mother is really hard work.

Mother's been nagging all the time telling us to have kids – I'm really getting sick and tired of it. If only a baby can drop from the sky! Then all my troubles will be lost! If only, if only. Soondeok said she'll have to give me extra study time...she'll be with me throughout to make sure I do it properly! What nonsense is that? I can't even study when she's not around, how'd she expect me to study well when she's there?

I told my servants to copy the books for me...hope they'll finish by today. Maybe I should give up on trying to impress Haesoo by being smart...should I start learning martial arts? I mean, all the hyungs are good with the sword, I guess I could...but then Soondeok will be the one to teach me! Again...not something I want. Oh, I want to drink some wine, if only I have friends to chat with me. But ever since mother's been banished, all my friends stopped coming to see me – I know it's not that they don't like me, but because their parents wouldn't let them. I understand, who would want their son to hang out with the son of the king's banished wife? I miss them...

Soondeok's diary

Mongryong! That's what we've decided to call our new pet!!! Father gave it to us last night, it's the best thing that happened in months! Father got it from a Persian merchant saying it's a special bred from the far west – indeed I've never seen such a dog before. Big ears, short legs, tiny tail and a long body, like a sausage! Its fur is golden yellow and it has the most beautiful grin when it looks up at you! Mother decided to call it that saying that she originally wanted to name the prince this, but the king picked the name Wangeun instead. Imagine! Imagine the prince called Mongryong! Such a cute name! Mother planned to make Mongryong a house, I think it's just wonderful! She's even sketched it out for the carpenter to build it – she did it all by herself! I'm really thankful to dad, for making mother this happy and filling up her lonely days with something she can look forward to. I will go to the market today to get the house done, hopefully I can find a nice carpenter – workers in the capital these days are not as honest as used to be.

I'll go after Eun's study session, I've made him study under my watch because I really want to know how he studies and perhaps deal with the problem. How can he not memorize a paragraph in a week? Even the maid who comes in every now and then to bring us water memorized it!