The Five-Year-Old Baby Princess Rules the Palace - Chapter 66

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#66. Bickering Yeonjo and Eunhye

A moment later, as if a great storm had passed, all six of them—souls and humans alike—sat in a row beneath the skylight on the eastern side of the library, looking half disheveled.

To the right of Eunhye, who sat with her legs stretched out in front of her, were Lady Park and Lady Han, crouched down and reading the mood, and a little further away sat Park Jeong-bin, who had collapsed with a dejected face as if he had given up everything.

Like them, Gwangjo and Yeonjo sat cross-legged in a row to Eunhye’s left, sighing tiredly as they looked up at the skylight.

[That little one’s stubbornness is truly remarkable, Your Majesty.]

[Heh heh heh, indeed it is. So stubborn, bold, and fearless—doesn’t she take after me perfectly?]

[Haah… Yes, yes. Even her spirited personality is exactly like Your Majesty’s.]

[Heh heh heh heh heh heh.]

Yeonjo and Gwangjo’s hearty laughter seemed to penetrate every corner of the library packed with books.

[So then, Your Majesty, do you truly intend to send that child outside the palace with that fellow called Uncle?]

At Yeonjo’s question, Gwangjo chuckled and looked down at Eunhye, who had been listening intently to their conversation.

[Trust her. And if necessary, you can help her.]

[Me? How am I supposed to help, Your Majesty?]

At Yeonjo’s puzzled question, Gwangjo smiled slyly and looked at Park Jeong-bin, who was sighing in the distance.

[If necessary, you could enter that fellow’s body and go outside the palace with the Princess.]

Hearing Gwangjo’s words, Eunhye looked with surprise at her uncle sitting in the distance.

‘Poor Uncle…’

Park Jeong-bin, who had been sitting with a dejected expression as if he had given up everything, suddenly shrugged his shoulders questioningly when he saw Eunhye looking at him.

Shake shake shake, tsk.

Yeonjo and Gwangjo burst into laughter again at the sight of Eunhye smiling cheekily at Park Jeong-bin as if nothing was wrong.

Then Gwangjo leaned back against the library wall and continued speaking in a hearty voice.

[You and I cannot leave the palace in our spirit forms, but you could go outside the palace if you borrowed that fellow’s body, couldn’t you? Isn’t that right? If you, who was called the Sword God of Taeshin Kingdom, went with her, I would have no worries at all.]

[However, thinking of taking that young child outside the palace…]

At the sight of Yeonjo shaking his head, Gwangjo chuckled again.

[Weren’t you the one who built countless more secret passages beneath the palace than existed during my reign? I hear that through those passages, there’s nowhere in the capital city you can’t reach?]

Yeonjo looked at Eunhye, who was still watching him and Gwangjo carefully, and couldn’t help but chuckle. Like a rabbit with perked ears, she was listening to their conversation with sparkling black eyes.

To such Yeonjo, Gwangjo spoke again in a serious voice.

[Please help her out. The situation is grave, isn’t it?]

[However, Your Majesty…]

Gwangjo slowly shook his head at Yeonjo’s worried face and looked down at Eunhye’s waist as he spoke.

[The divine object this child carries will protect her from evil and wicked things. Moreover, this one can even communicate with the spirits in the marketplace, so she’ll be much better off than us who are stuck inside.]

Eunhye, who had been listening to Gwangjo’s story, smiled cutely as if she had never cried and slightly lifted the green palace pouch hanging at her waist to show it.

[Heh heh heh heh, what a charming little one.]

At the sight of Yeonjo shaking his head and laughing as if defeated, Gwangjo smiled warmly and looked at Park Jeong-bin sitting in the distance and then at Eunhye beside him.

[Though he may seem like a half-wit to us, that fellow still passed the military examination with top honors and even served as a training officer at Yongho-yeong. Moreover, since he’s this child’s uncle, he’ll value her life more than his own.]

Queen Dowager is the best!

Eunhye closed her eyes prettily and slightly raised her right thumb toward Gwangjo.

Seeing this, Yeonjo couldn’t help but burst into incredulous laughter.

[Heh heh heh heh heh! Heh heh heh heh heh heh! Now I see why Your Majesty is so completely smitten with that chestnut-sized little one, heh heh heh heh heh.]

Finally rising to his feet, Yeonjo looked intently at Eunhye, who was about to spring up to follow him. Then he let out a small sigh through his teeth and slowly began to walk.

[Follow me.]

At Yeonjo’s words to follow, Eunhye got up from her seat and smiled cutely at Gwangjo, once again raising her thumb with a snap.

‘Queen Dowager is the best!’

Then Yeonjo’s stern voice reached Eunhye’s ears.

[You there, stubborn crybaby, bring that fellow who’s your uncle and come here.]

Stubborn? Crybaby? Is he referring to me?

Eunhye’s eyes widened as she pointed to her chest with her index finger and asked Yeonjo.

“Me? Stub… crybaby… are you speaking to me?”

[Heh heh, then who else here cried and threw a tantrum besides you?]

Crybaby and stubborn… having never heard such words from anyone, Eunhye glared at Yeonjo again.

[Heh heh, Your Majesty, look at that child’s nasty glare directed at me.]

Then Gwangjo, who had been laughing heartily and waving his hands, suddenly raised his right thumb up.

[You should have behaved better from the start. If you had, I would have done this for you too. Heh heh heh heh.]

[Heh heh… it seems you’re suffering from a fondness for children that you never had even when alive. Please maintain your dignity, Your Majesty.]

As Eunhye followed Gwangjo and Yeonjo, who were bickering as they walked, Lady Park’s voice reached her ears.

“Princess, where are you going?”

Oh, right, Lady Park and Lady Han were there, weren’t they?

When Eunhye turned around, she saw the pale faces of Lady Park and Lady Han, who had been shocked by what had happened in the library.

Though these were people who had learned about Queen Dowager Gwangjo protecting her in front of the shrine last time, how surprised must they have been by today’s events?

As Eunhye briefly pondered how to explain things to these two people, the image of Gwangjo deliciously eating the food she had offered suddenly came to mind.

Oh, right! If I serve food to Queen Dowager Yeonjo too, he would be very pleased, wouldn’t he?

Remembering how delighted Gwangjo had been a few days ago when eating the food on her tea table, Eunhye gestured for Lady Park and Lady Han to come closer.

Then Park Jeong-bin, who had been watching with curious eyes, approached even faster and lowered himself.

“Niece, do you have something to say?”

Then Eunhye, with a deeply frowning face, pushed away Park Jeong-bin’s face that had come right up to her.

“Uncle should know when to butt in and when not to. Didn’t you see that I was calling for Nanny and Lady Han?”

Hearing this, Gwangjo and Yeonjo turned around and burst into loud laughter at the sight of Eunhye firmly pushing away Park Jeong-bin’s cheek.

Lady Park and Lady Han also glanced disapprovingly at the embarrassed Park Jeong-bin before bowing their heads in front of Eunhye and asking quietly.

“Do you have orders for us?”

Then Eunhye, still ignoring the curious-looking Park Jeong-bin, spoke to Lady Park and Lady Han in a secretive voice.

“Nanny, Lady Han, you know that Queen Dowager Gwangjo and Queen Dowager Yeonjo—that is, both of them—are here right now, don’t you?”

Nod nod nod.

The two women nodded their heads while looking quite frightened. Eunhye’s eyes sparkled as she continued speaking to them in a small voice.

“Nanny and Lady Han, go to the kitchen and bring some delicious pancakes, rice cakes, and drinks here.”

“Pardon? Here?”

The two women were startled by the young mistress’s sudden order.

“Yes!”

“If His Highness the Crown Prince finds out we had a meal in the library, he’ll scold us severely…”

Eunhye smiled cutely at Lady Park, who looked worried with wide eyes, and whispered again.

“This is a secret, but the Queen Dowagers can actually eat the food I offer them. I want to offer some to Queen Dowager Yeonjo too, so please go quickly and come back, okay?”

Only then did Lady Park and Lady Han nod their heads vigorously.

What deep filial piety this was. Such a touching heart, wanting to offer food to the late kings who had become spirits.

“I understand, Princess. I will quickly go to the kitchen and bring whatever I can.”

“Yes, please do, Nanny.”

Lady Park, with a deeply moved expression, grabbed Lady Han’s sleeve.

“Let’s hurry and go, Lady Han.”

“Yes, yes, I understand, my lady.”

The two women bowed to Eunhye, who was smiling brightly and even waving her hand in farewell, and began walking hurriedly toward the side door of the library.

“Niece, where did you send those two women?”

Eunhye was startled by Park Jeong-bin’s sudden question as he poked his head forward, and she frowned cutely.

“You don’t need to know.”

“Are you really going to be like this, niece?”

“Yes, I am going to be like this, Uncle.”

Yeonjo, who had been watching the two of them with amusement from a distance, gestured for Eunhye to come over.

“Uncle, please come this way. Queen Dowager is calling.”

“What? Oh, yes yes.”

The haggard Park Jeong-bin moistened his dry lips and followed Eunhye. Behind them, Gwangjo in his white jacket was following with a pleased smile.

Yeonjo looked at Eunhye, who approached with sparkling eyes, and Park Jeong-bin, who stood bowing his head, then pointed with his hand to the second lower section of the bookshelf filled with old books.

[Child, tell your uncle to feel around the bottom part of that section with his hands.]

Then Eunhye tilted her head and looked up at Yeonjo.

“Pardon? You mean not the books, but the lower part of the bookshelf?”

[That’s right. Tell him to put his hand into the lower part where the books are stacked.]

“Yes, Queen Dowager.”

At the sight of Eunhye addressing him as Queen Dowager with such a docile tone, Yeonjo unconsciously curled the corners of his mouth.

“Uncle, King Yeonjo says to examine the bottom of the second shelf from the bottom here.”

Eunhye relayed Yeonjo’s words to Park Jeong-bin while also craning her neck toward the bottom of the second shelf.

At Eunhye’s words, Park Jeong-bin knelt on the floor and began feeling around the bottom of the second shelf with his hands.

“Please tell me what I should be looking for.”

Park Jeong-bin, who was feeling around the place Yeonjo had mentioned, asked toward the spirits of Yeonjo and Gwangjo beside Eunhye.

[If you examine carefully, there will be a place that’s slightly more raised than others, so pry off the board there.]

After hearing Yeonjo’s words, Eunhye waddled over to Park Jeong-bin, who was grunting as he felt around the bottom of the second shelf.

“Uncle, King Yeonjo says that if you feel carefully with your palm, there will be a place that’s more raised than others.”

“Yes, niece.”

Having heard Eunhye’s relay, Park Jeong-bin stuck his head completely between the first and second shelves and began making grunting sounds as he searched for the different spot.

[No, you can’t tell well by looking with your eyes. Feel around with your hands. There’s definitely a different place there.]

“Uncle, he says don’t look with your eyes, but search by feeling with your hands.”

At Eunhye’s relayed words, Park Jeong-bin made another grunting sound as he pulled his head out, then put his hand back in to start feeling around the lower boards of the bookshelf.

[Hah, being so dull… How can he not find that? He should know immediately upon touching it. How can someone who claims to have learned martial arts be so dull in sensitivity? What use is he?]

Eunhye shook her head at Yeonjo’s complaints, which fortunately didn’t reach Park Jeong-bin’s ears.

“Uncle, please look carefully. He says there should be a board that feels different.”

“Ugh… Yes, even if my neck gets stiff from being bent, I will definitely find it, so please wait just a moment. Ughh.”

[Haha! Right there, right there it is!]

It was just when Yeonjo, unable to bear his frustration, was about to enter Park Jeong-bin’s body again!

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