The Five-Year-Old Baby Princess Rules the Palace - Chapter 39

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#39. The Clear Mirror and Cloud Sea Jade

 

“How much you have grown already.”

 

Do-mu Makgae smiled as if painted toward Eunhye, who was looking up at her with white, plump cheeks and sparkling black eyes that glittered brightly.

 

“I clearly remember the moment Princess Eunhye was born.”

 

Eunhye stood there blinking her eyes, mesmerized by the mysterious appearance of the woman called Makgae.

 

Could she really be human?

 

She was more beautiful than anyone she had ever seen in her life. No, she had a mysterious appearance that even the word beautiful was insufficient to describe.

 

Makgae, who looked straight into Eunhye’s eyes, raised the corners of her mouth and continued speaking.

 

“When Princess first cried out, the fox star in the northern sky shone very brightly. Then it moved close to the Crown Prince’s star, Taeulseong, which was right beside it, and added plenty of its light.”

 

After finishing her words, Makgae lowered herself to sit in front of Eunhye, who was looking up at her while blinking, and smiled gently.

 

Then Eunhye took a deep breath, blinked her eyes, wrinkled her nose bridge, and smiled awkwardly.

 

“Is that… so?”

 

To this Do-mu with the highest divine power in Seongsucheong and the most mysterious woman she had ever seen in her life, Eunhye ended up giving a funny answer that was neither humble nor honorific speech.

 

Makgae, who smiled once more at that cute appearance, slowly blinked her beautiful eyes.

 

“Yes, it was so. Therefore, His Majesty the King was also very pleased that a celebration had come to the nation.”

 

“Ah…”

 

Watching Eunhye nod with her mouth half open, Makgae nodded back and extended one white, fine hand from within her wide sleeves, asking.

 

“Princess, if it would not be rude, would you hold this humble one’s hand once?”

 

It was a hand so white and transparent that blood vessels were visible. Eunhye couldn’t readily take Makgae’s extended hand and looked up at Gwangjo.

 

Then Gwangjo, who closed his eyes gently as if it was fine, slowly nodded his head.

 

[It’s alright. Take the extended hand.]

 

Only then did Eunhye extend her small hand to Makgae.

 

Startled.

 

The hand of the woman called Makgae, who gently grasped Eunhye’s hand, was extremely cold.

 

“I apologize. My hand is very cold, so you were surprised.”

 

After finishing her words, Makgae closed her eyes while holding Eunhye’s hand. Then a subtle light seemed to emanate from Makgae’s body, and amazingly, a warm energy like spring breeze flowed through her fingertips into Eunhye’s body!

 

“Ah…?”

 

When the energy that started from her fingertips, passed through her arms and shoulders, swirled around her head and neck, chest and stomach, went down to her legs, and gathered back to her chest, Makgae released Eunhye’s hand and slowly opened her eyes.

 

For a brief moment, Makgae’s eyes glowed golden.

 

Seeing this, Gwangjo opened his mouth with a heavy, solemn voice.

 

[Trust what the Do-mu felt. This child carries the divine lineage and is a treasure of our Taeshin Kingdom, a precious being who will ward off misfortune.]

 

Makgae quietly bowed her head at Gwangjo’s voice and looked at Eunhye with a gentle smile.

 

“Please forgive this humble one for daring to examine Princess’s energy flow.”

 

At Makgae’s words, Eunhye nodded with a bewildered expression.

 

“Now, shall we go inside? The divine object Princess seeks is a sacred item that chooses its owner, so regrettably, Princess must be verified as that owner.”

 

Eunhye swallowed dry saliva and looked up at Gwangjo beside her.

 

“Do I go alone?”

 

Then Gwangjo nodded his head.

 

[Grandfather will wait here, so child, don’t worry about anything and go.]

 

“Why won’t Queen Dowager go with this girl?”

 

Eunhye’s pupils, looking at the end of the stone path connected by black tiles, trembled finely with fear.

 

[This grandfather is a dead person, isn’t he? Seongsucheong, where sacred and divine energy gathers, is a place the dead cannot dare enter.]

 

“Ah…!”

 

Having no choice, Eunhye’s small chest, nodding that she understood, became noisy with the sound of her pounding heart.

 

Makgae extended one hand toward Eunhye, who had finished talking with Gwangjo.

 

“Now, shall you walk with this humble one?”

 

Makgae gently held Eunhye’s small hand and led her into Seongsucheong.

 

“Then girl, I’ll be back soon. Oh, and wet nurse and Lady Han, please wait just a moment. I’ll be back soon.”

 

Eunhye, holding Makgae’s hand, bowed her head to Gwangjo, then left words of request to Lady Park and Lady Han, who had turned pale.

 

Behind Eunhye, who entered Seongsucheong holding the hand of the Do-mu woman who stepped lightly as if treading on air, the large wooden door closed silently.

 

Thud.

 

Lady Park, who had been barely holding her startled heart, sat down on the dirt ground.

 

It was the first time she had seen a Do-mu’s face in over 30 years of living in the Palace. Although she had served the Queen Mother before Princess was born and conducted various national ceremonies, she had never directly seen the face of Seongsucheong’s Do-mu.

 

She was truly a beautiful, mysterious, yet desolate woman.

 

“Lady Park!”

 

The startled Lady Han sat down beside her and grabbed her arm. But then a thought suddenly entered Lady Park’s mind!

 

Our Princess definitely looked beside them and said Queen Dowager?

 

Princess Eunhye had clearly asked toward her empty side why Queen Dowager wasn’t going with her!

 

Lady Park looked at Lady Han, who was as shocked as herself, with a haggard face, then turned her head toward the place Eunhye had looked at while calling Queen Dowager.

 

There’s nothing… clearly nothing there…

 

Suddenly, with goosebumps rising from the back of her neck, Lady Park immediately knelt and prostrated on the ground!

 

“Late King Your Majesty! This humble one failed to recognize Late King Your Majesty!”

 

“What?!”

 

Lady Han, shocked as if terrified by Lady Park’s appearance, opened her already large eyes as wide as plates, then also immediately prostrated on the ground and shouted.

 

“Late… Late Emperor Your Majesty!”

 

Indeed! It was indeed so.

 

Our Princess had been different since yesterday, when she came out of the Library of the Crown Prince’s Palace! From then on, Princess became somewhat dignified and didn’t cry out in fear even once during the day.

 

Not only that, she even rode the palanquin she usually detested, and after coming out of Queen Dowager’s Palace, didn’t she return to her quarters by palanquin even though the Palace had grown dark?

 

Lady Han’s chest, prostrated flat on the dirt ground following Lady Park, beat roughly and loudly.

 

Since yesterday, the one protecting our Princess has been Late Emperor Your Majesty!

 

Heaven is looking down upon us.

 

Long live Heaven!

 

Lady Han even shed tears while prostrated, muttering about Late Emperor Your Majesty.

 

Gwangjo, who had been looking at the door of Seongsucheong where Eunhye had disappeared with a worried expression, couldn’t help but smile warmly at their appearance.

 

[Hahaha, enough. Get up now. I know your loyalty toward my princess. Just continue to stay by that child’s side as you do now.]

 

The request of Taeshin Kingdom’s 6th Divine King Gwangjo, which couldn’t be heard by Lady Park and Lady Han’s ears, comforted the two women on the gentle spring breeze that morning.

 

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Meanwhile, Eunhye, who had entered the Seongsucheong door with Do-mu Makgae, walked along the straight stone path while carefully observing her surroundings.

 

Jingle clang. Jingle clang.

 

With each step, only the bell-shaped jade ornament hanging from the Do-mu’s waist made sacred sounds, and there was no one passing by in the vast courtyard.

 

“Why is it so quiet?”

 

When Eunhye asked in a small voice while looking around, Makgae only quietly raised the corners of her mouth.

 

“Everyone is waiting for Princess inside.”

 

“For me?”

 

At Makgae’s words that Seongsucheong’s Shinyeo were waiting for her, Eunhye opened her eyes in surprise.

 

I heard Shinyeo have foresight, so they knew in advance that I would come!

 

Eunhye’s heart was pounding as she imagined the appearance of the Shinyeo she would soon see.

 

Would they all have mysterious and beautiful appearances like the Do-mu?

 

“Princess, please lower your speech. Princess is this nation’s one and only Princess. There is no case of speaking so formally to a humble sorceress.”

 

It was Makgae’s gentle voice that broke Eunhye’s imagination.

 

“What?”

 

The flustered Eunhye looked up at Makgae with clear eyes.

 

“I am merely a sorceress who conveys Heaven’s words. If a nation’s princess speaks formally to a humble sorceress, it is the same as this one committing a sin, so please understand.”

 

Eunhye opened her eyes wide at Do-mu Makgae’s words.

 

“I heard Seongsucheong is a sacred place that protects this nation by conveying Heaven’s will. You are the Do-mu, the head of such a place, so it would be improper for me, a princess, to lower my speech.”

 

Makgae smiled gently once again while looking at Eunhye, who was looking at her with star-like sparkling eyes.

 

“Still, you must lower it. I gratefully accept Princess’s heart, but the nation’s protocol is such, so please lower your speech.”

 

Makgae matched her pace again with Eunhye, who was adorably scrunching her eyes as if she couldn’t understand her words.

 

With each step Eunhye took, she breathed in deeply the mysterious fragrance emanating from Makgae. Though her face was white and clean without a trace of makeup, there was a noble beauty gathered around her forehead and eyes.

 

Do-mu Makgae was more beautiful and mysterious than any woman she had ever seen.

 

With each step she took, there was a quiet energy accompanying her as if the wind itself was clearing the path.

 

Walking while holding Makgae’s hand, Eunhye turned her head to look at the bell-shaped jade ornament that made clear chiming sounds.

 

Could this also be a divine artifact?

 

While Eunhye walked looking at the jade ornament tied to Makgae’s waist sash, they had already arrived in front of the gates of Seongsucheong Palace.

 

As if overwhelmed by the very quiet and solemn atmosphere even without a single guard, Eunhye breathed in deeply again and raised her shoulders tensely.

 

What kind of scene would unfold if they opened that door and entered? What exactly would the divine artifact that Queen Dowager mentioned be like?

 

Makgae felt the soft hand that was holding hers tightly become rigid and lowered her head to look at Eunhye.

 

“Princess Eunhye, Seongsucheong is a place that is the pinnacle of pure and sacred energy. Therefore, even a king cannot carelessly cross its threshold. However, Princess Eunhye has crossed the threshold of such a place and entered all the way inside without any obstacles. So please do not be afraid anymore.”

 

Eunhye tilted her head at Makgae’s words, which she couldn’t quite understand, and asked in a tense voice.

 

“But… there is one thing I am curious about.”

 

Makgae tilted her head to one side as if asking what it was and looked at Eunhye with a gentle smile.

 

“Queen Dowager Gwangjo said that some divine artifact I don’t know about is my Guardian Talisman, but what does it mean that divine artifacts choose their owners?”

 

Then, Makgae, who had been smiling gently, lowered her body while holding Eunhye’s hand to match her eye level.

 

“Literally, divine artifacts choose their own masters themselves.”

 

Tilt.

 

At Eunhye’s gaze that showed she still didn’t quite understand, Makgae smiled gently again.

 

“I too knew last night that its master was coming when I heard the sound made by the Cheongmyeong Mirror.”

 

“Cheongmyeong Mirror?”

 

“Yes, it is a sacred mirror and a mysterious mirror that makes sounds. It is a powerful divine artifact imbued with the power of purification and protection.”

 

“But how did you know I would come?”

 

What a precious princess who accepted her request to speak more casually.

 

Makgae curved her eyes beautifully.

 

“A divine artifact called Unhae Jade showed me.”

 

“Divine artifacts! There isn’t just one?”

 

Eunhye opened her mouth wide as if very surprised.

 

“How could there be only one divine artifact protecting Taeshin Kingdom?”

 

“Ah… I see.”

 

Eunhye’s plump cheeks that swayed up and down as she nodded with an admiring expression were so adorable.

 

Makgae held Eunhye’s hand tightly once more and opened her mouth with a serious face.

 

“Princess Eunhye, I will now tell you about what will happen from now on.”

 

They were now right in front of the gates of Seongsucheong Palace.

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