The Five-Year-Old Baby Princess Rules the Palace - Chapter 63

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#63. The Gate of Ghosts

Through the high skylight, sunlight streamed down, and among the dust particles dancing in the light, a white smoke-like spirit was slowly approaching together with Eunhye.

Park Jeong-bin, who had sat down with both hands supporting him from behind, was panting as if he might faint and trembling his lower jaw.

Why are there always such tremendous spirits around our niece? Just the soul of King Gwangjo, who was called the Blood Emperor, is terrifying enough to make my whole body tremble, and now even King Yeonjo, who was called the Sword God!

Park Jeong-bin hurriedly got up and prostrated himself before the two royal spirits slowly approaching him.

“I, I am, no, the Yongho-yeong training officer, no, ah, that is, ah, Park so-and-so who is in charge of guarding Princess Eunhye of Daeshinuk greets the two Late Kings!”

“….”

“…?”

Why is there no response at all?

Park Jeong-bin, overwhelmed by fear and curiosity, swallowed his dry saliva and slowly raised his head.

“Uncle?”

Eunhye, curled up like a small rabbit and crouching in front of him, was smiling brightly at the pale-faced Park Jeong-bin.

And behind Eunhye, two spirits were wavering!

“Gasp! P-P-P-Princess, could you please tell me what is happening here?”

Then Eunhye, who had smiled sweetly, extended her small, chubby hand.

“Please stand up. I will introduce King Yeonjo to Uncle as well.”

Park Jeong-bin’s eyes, filled with fear, were trembling finely as he looked behind Eunhye who was extending her small hand to him.

“Please stand up quickly. The Queen Dowagers are telling you to get up right now.”

Thud!

Yeonjo approached Park Jeong-bin, who had stood up instantly.

[Where did you find such a dim-witted person, Great King.]

Yeonjo, another Late King who called Gwangjo “Great King,” was a man with a very sharp impression. Moreover, strangely, he wore not red but black royal robes, and a long sword with ornate tassels hung at his waist. So whenever he moved, the sound of the scabbard swaying could be heard.

Yeonjo, with his pale blue lips covered by grayish-white beard, clicked his tongue and looked down at Eunhye with indifferent eyes.

Feeling hurt by Yeonjo’s gaze, Eunhye looked up at the frightened Park Jeong-bin.

Why do both Queen Dowagers seem so displeased with Uncle?

He may be a bit too playful and clumsy, but Uncle is handsome and quite skilled in martial arts and learning.

Not just anyone can become a training officer of Yongho-yeong.

Eunhye scratched behind her ear awkwardly at Yeonjo’s disapproving gaze and looked up at Gwangjo standing a step behind.

Gwangjo, who had been looking at Eunhye’s bright eyes for a moment, shook his head as if still unsatisfied and spoke.

[Surely I didn’t deliberately seek out and bring this half-wit. This fool who became our child’s guard is apparently her uncle.]

[You said uncle? That is strange, Great King. I know that Park Nam-il, the current Minister of War, has only the Queen Mother as his bloodline.]

[What? Then who is this lanky dim-wit?]

Yeonjo and Gwangjo, who had been examining Park Jeong-bin from top to bottom, simultaneously looked at Eunhye.

Then Eunhye, who had gently taken one of Park Jeong-bin’s hands as he stood upright blinking only his eyes, smiled brightly.

“He is not dim-witted! Our Uncle passed the military examination at the young age of sixteen. And as the top scorer too!”

Park Jeong-bin looked down at Eunhye, who was saying he wasn’t dim-witted, and blinked his eyes.

Could it be that the two Late Kings called me dim-witted?

Park Jeong-bin, who couldn’t hear Gwangjo and Yeonjo’s words, rolled his eyes as he looked down at the small hand firmly holding one of his left fingers.

“And Father said, ‘He is a talent of Taeshin Kingdom who was recognized for his abilities in Yongho-yeong and became a training officer as soon as he passed twenty.’ Hehe.”

Eunhye puffed out her small chest toward the two Late Kings who were looking at Park Jeong-bin with displeasure.

Oh my, our dear niece, how admirable you are. To appreciate this uncle so much!

Park Jeong-bin, whose nose tingled with sudden emotion, looked at Eunhye’s chestnut-sized face and twitched his lips.

[Hahaha, stop it, Eunhye, what if that fool gets so moved that he starts crying.]

At Gwangjo’s amused laughter at Park Jeong-bin’s twitching lips, Eunhye looked up.

“Uncle, are you crying?”

“What? Ahem, crying? This uncle?”

Eunhye, who had been watching Park Jeong-bin hurriedly manage his expression, turned toward Gwangjo and Yeonjo and continued speaking.

“I heard that Grandfather, who only had Mother as his child, adopted Uncle, who was the second son of a distant relative family, to continue the family line.”

[Ah, so he was adopted. Hmm… so that’s how it was.]

Gwangjo, who nodded as if he finally understood Eunhye’s words, approached Park Jeong-bin again and tilted his head.

[Whose child was he originally…]

Park Jeong-bin, startled by the white spirit that had come close to his face again, quickly held his breath.

Then Eunhye, shaking her head at his appearance, crossed her arms in front of her chest and looked up at Gwangjo.

“Queen Dowager, how long do you intend to tease Uncle? Didn’t you say you would introduce me to King Yeonjo?”

Then Yeonjo, who had been beside Park Jeong-bin, let out a small laugh and came to stand next to Gwangjo.

[The Great King is being scolded by such a tiny child. Hahahaha! This is truly something to see after living long.]

[Tsk, you’ve been dead for nearly two hundred years and you talk about living long, where do you get such absurd talk.]

Gwangjo, embarrassed by Yeonjo’s teasing, grumbled and bowed toward Eunhye.

[But must you be so stubborn? If that uncle of yours is as skilled in martial arts and knowledgeable as you say, how about entrusting the task to him.]

Shake shake shake.

“No. For Uncle to enter and leave the medicine shop without suspicion, I must be there. And I have.”

Eunhye, who had stopped mid-sentence, stood on her tiptoes toward Gwangjo’s ear.

“I also have a guardian talisman that protects me.”

At Eunhye’s whispered words, Gwangjo burst into hearty laughter as if he couldn’t stop her.

[That is useless against living people. Anyway, since you keep being so stubborn, this grandfather is greatly worried.]

“Please don’t worry. I will go out secretly with Uncle through the royal secret passageway and return safely.”

Park Jeong-bin, who had been quietly listening to Eunhye chattering and pleading with Gwangjo, suddenly opened his eyes wide in shock.

“Niece! Surely you don’t really mean to go outside the Palace with me?!!!”

Park Jeong-bin, recalling the conversation he had heard since entering the library, looked back and forth between the white smoke cluster and Eunhye with his mouth agape.

“Yes! That’s why Queen Dowager Gwangjo arranged for me to meet King Yeonjo, who knows all the royal secret passageways leading outside!”

At Eunhye’s appearance of excitedly puffing out her small chest, Park Jeong-bin began shaking his head frantically.

“No, no, this is absolutely unthinkable. What, what… what nonsense are you saying, Niece!”

At Park Jeong-bin’s shocked appearance, Gwangjo also nodded and added his words.

[You see, child. Your going outside the Palace is far too dangerous.]

But Eunhye shook her head with her lips pursed, as if she would never give up her stubbornness.

“With Uncle, it won’t be dangerous at all. And it’s not like outside the Palace is a battlefield – it’s where the good people of Taeshin Kingdom live, so why do you keep saying it’s dangerous?”

Unlike Gwangjo, who was anxiously watching Eunhye’s unyielding stubbornness, Yeonjo stood there with a constantly smiling face, as if finding something amusing.

“No, Niece! How can someone who has never once left the Palace in her life speak so fearlessly! If the Queen Mother finds out, I’m a dead man that very day!”

Park Jeong-bin, who had been looking at Eunhye with an almost tearful face, suddenly dropped to his knees and prostrated himself.

“The two Late Kings present here! Please stop our Princess!”

Then Yeonjo, who had been quiet until now, slowly approached Park Jeong-bin. And then instantly! He disappeared as if being sucked into his body!

“Ahhh! Uncle!”

At Eunhye’s scream-like cry of surprise, Lady Park and Lady Han, who had just entered through the side door one after another, began running over in shock.

“Princess! Princess Eunhye! What is happening!”

“Princess!”

Tremble tremble tremble-

The late afternoon sunlight streaming through the skylight shone straight down on the crown of Park Jeong-bin’s head as he stood trembling.

Lady Han and Lady Park, who had run frantically to where they heard Eunhye’s scream, automatically stopped in their tracks, startled by the sight of Park Jeong-bin standing with his eyes closed as if dreaming, and Eunhye with her eyes wide as if they might pop out, covering her mouth with her hands.

“Prin… cess? Princess!”

Lady Han, who seemed to come to her senses first, hurriedly approached and embraced Eunhye as she sat down, looking fearfully up at Park Jeong-bin, who stood trembling with only the whites of his eyes showing.

“Why is Guard Park suddenly acting like that, Lady Han? Has something happened?”

Lady Park, who had belatedly come to her senses, crouched down beside Lady Han and asked.

“I, I don’t know. Princess, are you alright? Why is Guard Park acting like that?”

Lady Han, looking up at Park Jeong-bin who was still trembling, asked while comforting the tearful Eunhye.

“I, I don’t really know either. King Yeonjo just suddenly…”

That was when it happened.

Park Jeong-bin, who had been standing and trembling, suddenly collapsed onto the library floor and bowed his head.

And Yeonjo, who had been sucked into Park Jeong-bin’s body just moments before, emerged with a satisfied smile!

“Huh!”

Eunhye, who was being held in Lady Han’s arms, let out a startled sound as she looked at Yeonjo.

“Why, why are you doing that, Princess!”

When Lady Han, who was holding the startled Eunhye tightly in her arms, shouted out her question, Yeonjo smiled brightly and stood next to Gwangjo as if nothing had happened.

[Tsk, this person! Even though you are a spirit, you were once a king – what reckless behavior is this!]

Gwangjo, who had severely scolded Yeonjo, approached Eunhye who looked ready to cry from shock.

[Child, were you very frightened? This old man… that uncle of yours I called a half-piece. Instead of being able to properly see the forms of spirits, he has a ghost gate open in his body that can house spirits.]

“What?!!!”

Eunhye, who was so shocked that she jumped up from Lady Han’s arms, looked up at Gwangjo.

“Uncle, no, are you saying that Uncle has a body that can contain ghosts?”

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