The Five-Year-Old Baby Princess Rules the Palace - Chapter 26

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#26. Possession Through Spiritual Vision

 

“Heuuk! Kkeok! Kkeuk kkeuk! Kkeueoeouk!”

 

It was a loud groan made while clutching her chest in suffocating agony.

 

When such a terrible sound that could not be considered coming from a young child burst out from the room, Lady Park and Lady Han who were standing outside the door were startled and flung the door wide open.

 

“Princess! Princess, Princess Eunhye!”

 

Lady Han, who rushed inside ahead of Lady Park while screaming shrilly, embraced Eunhye.

 

“Kkeueoeouk! Heoeoeouk!”

 

The body light as a feather struggled in her arms. Small hands that flailed wildly with agonizing groans were violently striking Lady Han’s cheeks and head.

 

“Princess! Princess, please come to your senses. This servant is here!”

 

Lady Park, who took Eunhye from Lady Han as she gasped with a face pale as if about to stop breathing, screamed frantically toward the door.

 

“Call the doctor! Quickly!”

 

Then she held down the arms of Eunhye who was suffering while clutching her own neck and chest, and cried out.

 

“Princess! Please come to your senses! Princess!”

 

Why was Princess Eunhye, who had been perfectly fine just moments ago, acting like this?

 

Wasn’t she the princess who had commanded them to get rice cakes from the Queen Dowager’s kitchen and had been delighted seeing all the food placed on the refreshment table?

 

For what reason was such a princess suffering like this, collapsed not even on her bedding but on the bare floor!

 

The sorrowful crying of Lady Park and Lady Han, who embraced and massaged Eunhye as she let out painful groans, was crossing over the low walls of the Princess’s Quarters.

 

From far away, voices that seemed to be her wet nurse and Lady Han crying out loudly could be heard.

 

The voices of her wet nurse and Lady Han calling for her while crying from a distant place…

 

I can’t breathe! I can’t breathe, wet nurse!

 

It’s cold and scary! It feels like there’s a ball of fire inside my chest, wet nurse.

 

Please save me!

 

Her wet nurse’s gentle arms were firmly holding her body that seemed to be sinking into the depths of a well.

 

Soon, as strength drained from her entire body and drowsiness overcame her, at the end of Eunhye’s vision she saw the ghost boy being grabbed by the collar by Grandfather Gwangjo.

 

The young boy who was being slapped repeatedly by grandfather while shedding bright red tears of blood was looking at her and crying.

 

Grandfather Gwangjo was striking the boy’s cheeks wildly while shouting in his aged voice, and the withered body of the child who staggered back and forth while being hit looked heartbreakingly sad.

 

‘Grandfather, please don’t hit him. He was a pitiful child. A child who died pitifully…’

 

Eunhye’s words toward Gwangjo could not reach him, and her small body that had been gasping as if suffocating went limp and drooped down.

 

“Princess!”

 

She could hear the scream of Lady Park who was holding her and the voice of Lady Han who was massaging her arms and legs while crying.

 

But strangely, the bubbling sound of water could still be heard.

 

Cold breath was exhaled between Eunhye’s lips that had turned blue as if she were in cold water, and hot tears flowed from her tightly closed eyes.

 

“Is the doctor not here yet! Hurry and run to bring the doctor. Princess Eunhye is in critical condition!”

 

Lady Park, who was tightly embracing Eunhye as she breathed out white vapor like cold frost on a winter day, was screaming and crying toward the door.

 

And Gwangjo, who had knelt down beside Eunhye, also called to her with an urgent voice.

 

[Child! Eunhye! Don’t lose consciousness!]

 

Grandfather Gwangjo’s voice calling her loudly reached Eunhye’s ears along with the bubbling sound of water.

 

Grandfather, it’s too cold.

 

It’s so cold, but my chest burns as if on fire.

 

At Eunhye’s desperate groan, Gwangjo grabbed the collar of the ghost boy who was standing beside him trembling in fear and shouted in his aged voice.

 

[You rascal! Do you want to be annihilated right now! Quickly withdraw your evil thoughts!]

 

At Gwangjo’s furious voice, Eunhye, who had been breathing with difficulty, slowly lifted her eyelids.

 

The ghost boy was looking at her with sad eyes streaming tears of blood while being grabbed by the collar again by Grandfather Gwangjo.

 

‘So you died by falling into that cold well. How frightened you must have been. Is your body still in that freezing well even now? Wait just a little. I will definitely punish the bad sister who caused your death.’

 

Could he have heard Eunhye’s thoughts?

 

The boy who was being grabbed by the collar by Grandfather Gwangjo looked at Eunhye and slowly shook his head.

 

‘You’re telling me not to punish her? To forgive the sister who pushed you into the well to die and even covered it? No, I can’t do that!’

 

In her fading consciousness, Eunhye also shook her head toward the ghost boy.

 

Then, the child who smiled faintly while shedding bright red tears

 

Eunhye completely lost consciousness with that as her last sight.

 

Rumors spread throughout the palace that Princess Eunhye had collapsed again with seizures.

 

The doctor who attended to the king hurriedly visited Hyesin Palace, the Princess’s Quarters, and in one corner of the kitchen, medicinal decoctions to be offered to Princess Eunhye were being prepared in several medicine pots.

 

[Eunhye, child! Can you hear grandfather’s voice? Eunhye…!]

 

[How could you be so reckless! How could you suddenly expose that young child to it without knowing for certain whether it was a vengeful ghost with evil thoughts or a spirit with much resentment!]

 

[Tsk, you rascal! How could I have known that fellow would do such a thing! Besides, I only knew that spiritual sight had opened in that child, but I didn’t know she could even see spiritual memories through it, you fool!]

 

Along with Grandfather Gwangjo’s voice full of guilt, the sound of someone reproaching such a grandfather could be heard.

 

‘Who is it? Who dares to say such things to our Grandfather Gwangjo?’

 

Eunhye’s eyes twitched at the unfamiliar voice.

 

[She is far too young a child. We must ensure that possession through spiritual vision never happens again! If by any chance a ghost gate opens for that young child, then countless spirits will come and go through that child’s body!]

 

[I know, you fool! How could I have known it would turn out this way, you rascal! I’ll immediately deal with that fellow!]

 

[Oh my, Your Majesty, where are you going again!]

 

The voices of the two people who had been bickering for a while gradually faded away.

 

In the quiet that soon came, Eunhye felt relieved by the presence of her wet nurse and Lady Han felt right beside her and began to fall into deep sleep again.

 

“My lady, why did our princess suddenly collapse? And why in the middle of the room instead of on her perfectly good bedding… heu heuk.”

 

“That mouth!”

 

Lady Park showed a stern expression toward Lady Han who kept sniffling.

 

“How can one who serves the princess so closely speak so carelessly?”

 

At Lady Park’s stern rebuke, Lady Han shut her mouth tight and nodded her head as if she had done wrong.

 

“Princess, please come to your senses quickly.”

 

Lady Park placed the wet cloth that Lady Han handed her on Eunhye’s small forehead and murmured sadly.

 

Bubble bubble bubble bubble.

 

Sister! Sister!

 

Along with the bubbling sound heard in her ears and the cry of “sister” called with desperate heart, Eunhye’s body began to twitch again.

 

Sister! Sister!

 

The silver stars shining under the black night sky and the face of This Servant with sad eyes as she pushed the well cover closed!

 

I’m here! Sister!

 

At Eunhye’s body movements that suddenly twitched as if having a seizure, Lady Park and Lady Han were startled as if they would jump and massaged her small arms and legs.

 

“Oh my princess, please come to your senses quickly. Please wake up, princess.”

 

It was truly a frail and small precious body. When had it been since she turned five, yet why was her body still so small?

 

Lady Park carefully massaged Eunhye’s body that looked even more pitiful because she appeared only about three or four years old, and wiped away the tears that flowed down.

 

What evil thing is troubling our princess again today? Didn’t they say some precious spirit was protecting the princess!

 

Lady Park and Lady Han continued to wipe away their endless tears while constantly massaging Eunhye’s twitching body.

 

“Princess, please come to your senses quickly.”

 

Behind the bubbling water sounds, the voices of her wet nurse and Lady Han calling for her could be heard. The bubbling sounds heard as muffled noise and the voices calling for her with desperate cries…

 

Eunhye’s breathing began to slowly find stability.

 

Don’t cry, wet nurse, Lady Han.

 

I’m okay.

 

Eunhye finally shuddered at the cool sensation felt from the cloth placed on her forehead and slowly opened her eyes.

 

“Princess!”

 

At Lady Han’s startled cry, Lady Park, who had been wringing out water from another cloth, hurriedly leaned toward Eunhye.

 

“Princess, are you conscious!”

 

Lady Park’s two eyes, which had become sunken as if extremely shocked, looked straight down at Eunhye.

 

“Ahhhhh!”

 

The moment Eunhye saw Lady Park’s eyes wide open toward her, she was startled as if about to faint and flailed her hands.

 

Thwack!

 

Though she was a young child, Lady Park, who was struck hard in the face by the two hands swinging with all their might, collapsed backward without making a sound.

 

“No!”

 

Even though Lady Park had collapsed backward, Lady Han quickly embraced Eunhye, who was screaming with her eyes tightly shut.

 

“Princess!”

 

“No! Wahhhhh! It’s scary, it’s dark! It’s cold! It’s scary!”

 

At Eunhye’s desperate screams as she struggled and shrieked in her arms, Lady Han burst into tears.

 

Lady Han held Eunhye’s small, soft body even more tightly and began to slowly rock back and forth soothingly.

 

“Shh, shh, it’s alright, Princess. I am Song. I am Lady Han Song. Shh, shh.”

 

How frightened she must have been—the breath of the Princess trembling in her arms was extremely loud and rough.

 

What on earth had she seen and what kind of ordeal had she experienced to be so terrified?

 

Tears flowing from her heated eyes dripped down Lady Han’s chin.

 

“Princess, I will protect you. Shh… Princess, I will definitely protect you.”

 

Lady Han’s murmuring, like a vow or an oath, continued like an incantation.

 

Lady Park, who had collapsed, also crawled over and cried while tightly holding one of Eunhye’s hands.

 

Heavenly Lord, Buddha, Dragon King, Mountain God, all the gods of this world.

 

Please lift the curse placed upon our small and lovely Princess.

 

If it cannot be lifted, I earnestly hope and plead that you transfer that curse to me instead.

 

Perhaps the two women’s earnest prayers and wishes had reached them. Eunhye’s rough breathing as she cried aloud was slowly subsiding.

 

Hic, hic, hic.

 

The small hiccupping sounds that followed after the long crying were extremely pitiful.

 

Five-year-old little Princess Eunhye buried her face deep in Lady Han’s embrace.

 

“Princess… Please look at me. It is Lady Han.”

 

At Lady Han’s gentle voice, Eunhye slowly raised her head, her two eyes soaked with tears.

 

How frightened she must have been to struggle so much. The collar of her undergarment, soaked with sweat shed in the meantime, was extremely pitiful.

 

Lady Han gently touched Eunhye’s forehead as she looked up at her and smiled quietly as if to reassure her.

 

“Princess, please be at ease. Everything is alright now.”

 

Hic, hic, hic.

 

The hiccupping sounds leaking through the tiny lips covered with tears and snot were so heartbreaking that Lady Park burst into tears once again.

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