"My man is a man that doesn't accept any flaws, in doing anything I must first inform him, do not try to hide anything and pretend to be virtuous. I must not distance myself anymore and i must not beg for favours anymore. When people see what it s like two live under him, then they will finally acknowledge us. Then I will have a reason to layoff his people and insert more of my own trust aides." "My Lady? What are you talking abut? Why are you mumbling to yourself so much? Mistress Han?" "…he is a person that is well versed in familial piety, literary and fighting skills….servants! What are you doing! I am of noble birth and you are hiving mu gruel for my meals? Are you all looking down on me for not having any family backing at all! You all really do not know how to weigh your pros and cons at all! I can limit the usage of my pwn people as I am confined to my quarters for no reason, but ever since my husband returned, I have hardly seen him at all! He must be always tired for sleeping in the study and the female servants must be throwing themselves all over him! He treats me like an outsider, but who can look after him better than I can? I know that he is considerate and thorough in caring for me, butt he doesn't tell me anything at all! He keeps his problems bottled up inside and I would much rather that the shouts at me and…"
"And if she ever steps out of turn again, I will cut off all of your limbs and peel off your skin so that no man will ever be bewitched by the sight of you ever again!" "My Lord? Why have you come here to…My Lord! Please let go of me! Let go…" "Your infatuation has gone too far for you to call upon my father's clan, don't you think so?" "Why did you come back with her! You come from an illustrious family! How could you keep coming back with a woman who doesn't even deserve to sew your clothes! Do you no longer fear malicious gossip anymore! This will affect your future and waves of salacious gossips do not need wind to carry them in people's ears! You must be careful and cautious at all times and do everything you can to climb up the ranks and stop being bewitched by her! I have even taken notice of other women from noble families since I took you into my home and endured the heartache of making plans for you! To find you the right bride to mate with and the most beautiful one, but you keep choosing Seo Yeon over everything and everyone! Just what is so good about her! You always go to he instead of making time for me! She used to always feign being sick in the brothel when you had the free time and…" "My god, what more do you have to say? All you do is talk, shout, brag and nag, it is no wonder that I detest spending time with you a tall."
"Moral conduct is always valued in case you have forgotten Lord Nam. That girl seduces you with crass tricks to court you favour! You could be using that time to rebuild your previous golden status in the palace and…" "How can I do hat when my senior is pressing on my neck with every single opportunity that he has with the information that you give out about me? Why shouldn't I use up my free time with my woman since nobody wishes to hear me out in the palace or pubic at all? At least she is talented in making green plum carvings and making wine from those plums and…." "You rewarded her for that by giving her my jade coloured robe ha was a gift for me? It looks more elegant on her than it does me!" "To be fair, the colour is infamous for a concubine who wore it in the previous dynasty who was a supposed enchantress and brought suffering to the nation and its people, so you should be thanking her for taking away such an inauspicious item in he first place. The other kisaengs loved wearing it also to be honest." "Did you also frame their scriptures like you did hers?" "What can I say, they all know me for being of noble character with integrity." "Were you really so close to the kisaengs? You barely looked at them when you were with me, but you just end up making friends wherever you go when you are with her, don't you? She probably used you to sponsor her brothel for her…" "I was the one who bought the Ihwaru brothel long before she landed there again because of me this time." "Your heart must have truly broken for you to do so, you never wanted to spend a single coin on me ever." "You have expensive taste whereas she does not…" "By background and talent and sacrifices made for you, I am superior to her! But you only see her! You have even endured heart-piercing pain for her…." "That was all caused by you and not her, not once and not ever."
"Why have you come here to see me at all? Are you here to brag about her? Or to see how pathetic I have become without you? I was born into a prestigious lifestyle, how dare you confine me like a slave?" "For all of the sins that you have committed, this is wha you rightfully deserve. How dare you crawl back into my home after the way that you left and abandoned your intentional spouse?" "What good is life to me without you? Unless you want me to confess to my various sins so that you can kill me…and you can kill yourself afterwards to join me in the afterlife?" "I am simply here to retrieve your dowry to give to her; she has already been through quite a lot in a few hours because of me, so she deserves to be compensated for that at least." "What! You want to give her more of my things! Her brother can afford the world for her, why must you give her my things! Stop it right now and give everything back to me!" "If you want me to kill you with my own hands, then you are going about it the right way girl! Now step out of my way and do not make me hurt you!" "I am not a slave for you to hurt! I was born prestigious and I shall never be ordered around as a slave ever again!"
"My Lord, pardon my intrusion, but The Madame Nam is calling for you. She is experiencing a migraine presently and…" "Say no more, I shall see to her right away before heading into the palace! Actually, since she isn't feeling well, I may as well stay with her for the rest of the day and go back to work tomorrow."
"My Lady…" "I knew that I couldn't stop him at al, it isn't like I haven't tried stopping him before when she calls for him. And he just took my jewellery box so swiftly and without any attachments at all." "My Lady, the entire household is oddly quiet for this time of day, the clan members haven' even called us over to pay our respects to them at all today. Even the servants are being unusually tight-lipped…" "Having close contact with such a woman must be a source of shame to them. We will have to monitor everyone in this household and develop a new plan from there…The Nam Clan has also been implicated by The Lord Nam's actions; if I somehow manage to win them over with gifts, then they will probably predict it as me winning them over to setting them up even more. They care about reputation more than anything and this will not look good of them at all. I have to bring up favourable conditions that suit them as an independent clan who are barely hanging onto their last thread for now. I have to obtain their weaknesses and exploit hem if I have to."
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"How comes you were so eager to call me back? Although arrogant and shallow, she has no power over me and you know that wife, she even scolded he concubine for bringing your name up jus before I went to see her." "You may think that condoning her behaviour have no significance, but everyone in this household would follow suit from now on and grow conceited over delusional past favours. This will cause us greater trouble eventually and…" "But your unbridled nature can go on without punishment, wife?" "I am different." "How so?" "I am your wife, you've known that I have always been…free-spirited and I am pregnant, so my out of control emotions aren't my fault, it is the fault of your son who…" "You are blaming my child now for your lack of prudence and consideration? Seriously?" "What is on your mind, husband?" "I am thinking of breaking down the walls between the 2 sides of this home…" "For what reason other than to let the entire household poison us in our sleep?" "For surface image, I shall let the world know that I am reuniting with my family clan." "But in reality?" "Catch them in unspeakable acts and do away with the all at once?" "At the risk of my pregnancy? Have you utterly lost your mind, husband?" "You are the one who has lost your mind at your painting; the artistic mood of an orchid flower should be made of loose flowers and simple leaves instead of the mess that you have made. The lighter the stroke, the more unique your art will be…." "You know I despise conventional things, the more vulgar, the better it is for me." "You are being unreasonable of late." "Then go and paint with your gentle concubine then; since I am a vulgar person to begin with! Of course my art and effort shall be vulgar as well!" "Nice try wife, but you are not getting out of this that easily." "So? Where is my compensation that I asked you for?" "Why have you collected all of these gifts and rewards?" "You are going to skip everyone's rooms bare including ours apart from our necessaries and take it all to the palace." "What! Why? What are you plotting now, wife?" "What can I say, I am suspicious at the fact that you haven't made any mention of your future and damaged reputation, so I shall take matters into my own hands for the future of the palace." "Wife?" "You will donate these luxuries towards the shattered damn in the northern kingdom. And I presume that you have kept your funds hidden in my brother's village as I warned you to beforehand?" "Yes madam, I followed your instructions very well, butt are you sure about this wife?" "You need to rebuild your status and respect from somewhere right? And the biggest obstacle that The Emperor always has after such natural disasters are funding from the public for materials and so on. What better way to gain a lot of peoples trust at once by being the first to donate funds for such a cause?" "You are still the little genius that I met all of those years ago wife; and I am grateful for it. Now, about the issues of your family clan, I do have a solution to slowly wean them off of us…"