120 Last of the Playboy
Hearing the report from the attendant that Ririsha and Taira met and embraced each other and cried, Tae Sangje smiled.
“Emperor, are you really going to be okay with that?”
“Yes, this time it caused a nuisance.”
Rudy drank tea that was said to have been brought from a foreign country as recommended by the Taehwangje Emperor.
It’s a scent that I’ve smelled at least once on Earth. It must have been herbal tea. Like most men, I don’t know what kind of herb it is. fragrant
As soon as he removed the teacup from his mouth, Taehwangje shrugged his shoulders as if he was cold.
“It’s nothing to worry about. I’ve had many children, but it’s the first time I’ve had a child who’s so serious and clings to me. It’s quite fresh. The other kids don’t even come near me, perhaps because they’re afraid of me.”
That would be just scary. When I first met Tae Hwang Je, Rudy didn’t want to get close to this man either.
“In the past, some of the people involved would have been decapitated. If it had been me, the girl would certainly have died.”
that would have been Because the empress almost died.
Rudy took a sip of the fragrant tea and set the glass down with an elegant gesture.
“Isn’t the emperor too lenient?”
Taehyungje asks.
This is what Rudi requested from Tae Hwang Je. It was also Rudy who instructed the chamberlain to give advice to Lilitha.
If the emperor himself simply forgives, it becomes a precedent. In that case, equity was also a problem, but there was a concern that discipline would be lax. Rather, it was better for this to be a slightly irregular case.
Rudy smiled and said.
“Your Majesty Sang Hwang, I don’t want Lilitha to shrink too much. I hope she grows up with the bright and cheerful personality she has now.”
“The Emperor’s tastes are strange.”
Taehyung shrugged his shoulders and smiled.
Well, it’s not a taste, it’s just a desire for a cute child to grow up strong and cheerful, but it will be difficult to make these people understand that.
Besides, both kids must have learned something from this. It was an unfortunate accident, but it is not in vain if it gives the two children a chance to grow up.
Taehyungje raised the cup and immediately put it back down.
“Did you say the girl’s tribe, the Red Hawk? Are they doing a good job as watchmen?”
“Yes, a merchant named Goruka is arranging the relationship between the tribe and the border city. He has also appointed a new lord of the border city. For the time being, you will have to tighten your belt and run it hard, but the future is promising. Barbarians ‘s stuff sells at a pretty good price in other countries.”
While they were talking about this and that, Taehwangje never raised a cup of tea again.
Now, my body has deteriorated to the point where I cannot easily lift even such a thing. I was faking it so I wouldn’t recognize it, but the end was coming.
I felt sad for some reason.
I obviously didn’t like this man, but why is my heart so sad?
***
As the cold wind blew and the white breath was scattered into the air with each breath, the condition of the Taehwanje system gradually deteriorated.
From the day the first snow fell, the time I got up and sat down was reduced to less than half of the day.
Every day around lunchtime, Rudy chose a time when Taehyungje was awake, and looked at each other for a while and exchanged a few words.
It’s the little things.
Lilitha, who went to Nadia Rain’s residence, stepped on poop while plowing the field with Marie, the goat that chewed up all of Nadia’s mama’s skirt that had been washed and hung out, and ruined it. An envoy from another country came and was surprised to see the chair of truth. Day. stuff like that.
After talking for a while, Tae Hwang Je often fell asleep.
Then come out quietly.
Sang-hoo Sang, who usually leaves for a while when Rudy comes, was waiting outside.
Sang-Hoo went inside as if Rudy would go out.
As Tae Sang Je lay down, Hwang Sang Hu was mostly by his side.
It is the ladies-in-waiting and servants who serve Taehwangje. They changed clothes, gave me medicine and food, and helped with defecation.
Speaking of what Sang Hwang does, sometimes when his fever rises, he puts a wet towel on his forehead or talks to him and just stares at his sleeping face.
However, Hwang Sang-hu stopped everything he had been doing up until now and stayed quietly by Tae Hwang-je’s side for most of the day.
Listening to the report from the attendant, Rudi thought that Sang Hoo was really in love with her husband.
He could still stand up and walk with support, but the doctor, Pablo, diagnosed that the life of Taehyeonjae would not be far away.
From then on, the last visits of people close to Taehwangje followed.
Tae Hwang Sang Jae has been telling people not to lie about the doctor’s diagnosis, no matter how much life is left.
Taking advantage of the time when Hwang Sang-hu was not around, Rudy honestly told Tae Hwang-je what the doctor had said.
Hearing this, Emperor Taehyung smiled quietly.
“Yes, I’m sorry to the emperor. You’ll be comfortable if I’m alive a little longer.”
The pupils of Taehyeonjae looked transparent like glass beads.
There was only one thing Tae Hwang Je wanted after knowing about his death.
To be greeted by all the concubines who have spent the night together. And if possible, Nadiagra should be done in the order closest to the end.
The time when the concubines would be with Taehwangje was also set in advance. Said it would take about 10 minutes. He set the same time for all concubines and told them not to increase even one more.
Is it really necessary to do it that way? I thought it was a bit strange.
“Your Majesty, when should the prince and princess visit?”
The head chamberlain asked, but Tae Hwangje calmly shook his head.
“No need. The children have no fear of dying.”
The conversation is getting weird. Is it possible that the mind is confused as death approaches?
When Rudy glanced at the chamberlain, he too had a slightly embarrassed expression.
Tae Hwang Je continued as if he did not know the mood of the two.
“When my last moment comes, let me stay by my side after the situation. You guys are fine, but don’t leave the concubines around.”
The chamberlain, who was standing quietly by the bed, asked.
“Your Majesty, are you sure?”
“Yeah, just after the situation is all you need.”
“Then shall we increase Mama Nadiagra’s time a little?”
The chamberlain asked with a pitiful expression.
Only then did Tae Sang-hwang look closely at the chief chamberlain’s face and clicked his tongue as if he was pathetic.
“Ray, you’re getting more and more stupid as you get older.”
“…”
Taehyung Je looked at Rudy.
“Emperor, this will be my last piece of advice for you. A woman. Even if she knows the truth, if she tells a believable lie, she will believe what she is comfortable with. Well, men are no different.”
Taehyungje smiled.
“I’m such a nasty man, but I’m still a loving person. Huang Sang, Nadia, and the other concubines are all cute. I don’t want to kill any of them. It’s a completely different matter for me to bully and for my woman to suffer under other circumstances.”
“Ah,” muttered the chamberlain.
Tae Hwangje smirked.
“Sang Sang-hoo is a very jealous person. If I’m gone, I might bother the concubines every time I think of the past. I’m especially worried about Nadiagra. So, it’s better if only the empress stays by my side. I’ll stay by her side until the end. It will be okay if you have memories of leaving it. As a human being, the emotion you felt at the end is always the most memorable.”
It seems that long words were difficult. Taehyung took a moment to catch his breath.
“Just in case, Hwang Sang-hu harasses Nadia. If I’m not there, Hwang Sang-hu must be hurt. I don’t want to see the woman who has been by my side the longest die miserably. So, staying by my side until the very end is a must. It has to be after the situation.”
This is not to the chamberlain, but to Rudy.
It must mean that we should crack down on things in advance so that things don’t happen before Sanghwang Hu does something and can’t deal with it.
“All right.”
From Rudy’s words, it seems that Tae Hwang Sang Je also felt that he knew what he meant.
“Yes, please be sure to ask, Emperor.”
Tae Sang Je smiled as if he was relieved and pointed his finger at the desk on the other side of the room.
“When I die, take care of the concubine according to the instructions over there. I arranged everything in advance.”
From that day on, the visits of Bideul in the concubine began.
The concubines visited one at a time, at intervals of time so that Taehwangje would not get tired.
Each time, Taehwangje gave the concubines a small gift that he had prepared in advance.
Most of them were of the small accessory type. Things like rings, necklaces, and brooches.
The imperial family crest and the recipient’s name were engraved on it.
Tae Hwang Je gave the accessory to each person and said to each person.
“If something happens to you or your children, take this and request an audience with the emperor. This does not guarantee your safety. However, since ancient times, items with the imperial family’s coat of arms stamped on them are the best way to have an audience with the emperor. At least It will be an opportunity to appeal at least once.”
Hearing such a report from the attendant, Rudi thought that if it were him, he would not have been able to prepare for such a thing.
What Nadiagra received was a pendant in the form of a necklace containing the emperor’s portrait.
Hearing that story, Rudy involuntarily smiled bitterly.
There were several other people besides Nadiagra who received the pendant with the portrait on it.
But those women were probably disguised. Such a poor camouflage that Nadiagra wasn’t the only one who received the portrait.
It made me feel bitter to think that the shrewd man wanted to leave a trace of himself.
He laughed a little when the attendant who was reporting said that Hwang Sang-hu had also received a portrait pendant.
A flirt can’t do anything. When you are alive and when you die, a typhoon blows.
The former crown prince, who was sent to a distant land, did not have the opportunity to see his father’s face, although the death of Taehwangje was near.
So do other children.
Unlike Taehwangje, who is sweet to women, he seemed a little callous to his children.
In the end, I didn’t meet my children until the end.
However, she met the empress, Lilitha, several times over several days.
The attendant said that he had quietly looked at Lilitha’s face each time.
I thought maybe I was looking at Nadiagra through Lilitha’s face.
The waking hours of Taehwangje gradually decreased, and on the day ten days before the New Year, he could no longer wake up.
And with two days left before the New Year, I quietly stopped breathing. It was a day when white snow was pouring like a hole in the sky.
On that day, Rudy lost the only person who shared the existence of the emperor. It was only after the death of Taehwangje that he realized that he had become the only lonely monarch.
As Tae Hwangje’s breath stopped, the bell rang from the bell tower inside the imperial palace against the background of Deng, Deng, and white snow.
The sound of the bell spread to the outside again and led to the sound of the bell of the largest bell tower in the ecliptic. One bell goes on to the next bell again. In places where sound could not reach, people rode horses and delivered the news.
In the large and small cities of the empire, bells mourning the death of Taehwangje, who loved them, rang for several days.
The coffin of Taehwangje was enshrined in a huge underground tomb where all emperors of the past were to enter.
Rudy looked up at the sky. A cold wind brushed my cheeks.
The last words Tae Hwang Je had left were unexpected.
He said he wanted to die on the battlefield.
I heard that Boris trained him before he became emperor. Perhaps Tae Hwangje wanted to become a soldier rather than an emperor. He had never shown that kind of attention, but maybe that was the kind of life he wanted.
In a world where one’s place of birth determines one’s life, it is no different from the emperor who stands above everyone.
No one can run away from fate.
***
The papers on the desk that Taehwangje asked to be dealt with after his death were about the treatment of concubines in the concubine.
Now that Emperor Tae Hwang is dead, all the concubines he touched will leave the palace.
It was prepared so that it would not be in need at that time.
Most young concubines were negotiated in advance to be given as someone’s wife.
To the extent that a concubine of a certain age could be found, a place for his wife was prepared.
For a concubine who was too old to find such a position, the estate’s income was paid like a pension until she died.
There are really no gaps from one to ten.
However, only one person, Nadiagra, was not mentioned to leave the concubine.
It wasn’t strange since it was the empress’ biological mother. In many cases, the mother of an empress or emperor had a separate palace.
However, the reason Taehwangje did not mention Nadiagra was probably meant to keep him in the concubine.
Men are allowed to enter palaces other than concubines, but concubines do not have universal men.
Maybe that’s why he paid attention to Sang Hoo until the very end because he intended to do so. Even if he died and took such measures, so that he would not be disappointed.
The red-eyed chief chambermaid laughed, saying, “It’s an obsession until the end,” as if he was amazed.
