Chapter 751 – #96. Jinhaesol (55)
“Did you hear that His Majesty made all the knights who came in captive into concubines?”
“I don’t know why? It’s been making a fuss all day lately.”
“The concubine must be busy after a long time.”
“How many people do you think will come?”
“145 people.”
“Hee!”
“I won’t be able to see even your shadow for a while.”
“Hee-yuu…”
The emperor already has numerous concubines.
They spent the day living in the Emperor’s newly built concubine palace, but seeing His Majesty’s shadow was more difficult than picking stars in the sky, so they used to make friends to soothe each other’s loneliness.
In the relatively early stages, the women who entered the concubines used to fight each other and compete for the emperor’s favor, but soon after seeing the emperor recruiting concubines, they stopped fighting.
‘What are you doing fighting? His Majesty the Emperor must have hired a new woman today.’
‘None of us have a favourite, so what are we fighting for? It’s better to devise a way to catch the Emperor’s eyes at that time.’
Thanks to the actions of His Majesty, who did not favor anyone, the irony of the concubine’s fighting of spirits stopped.
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It is said that the number of women who became concubines from captive nobles is a whopping 145 people.
Among them, I heard that people from commoners were also secretly included.
“His Majesty wants to embrace all women, regardless of social status.”
“They say she looks pretty.”
“How can those filthy things…”
They say that it would be a waste to use pretty women as slaves in the mines, and put them in concubines.
Even if she could look after the courtiers who had grown up in the palace since childhood, it was a bit of a shock to place even those who grew up as commoners outside as concubines.
“But fortunately, they let us stay in a place far away from where we live.”
“You don’t know how fortunate we are. What if they do something to us?”
“I heard that the people of the Geos Empire are very promiscuous and violent…”
“Ugh, it’s not like you’re going to have to have a conversation right up close, right? I hope that doesn’t happen.”
The fortunate thing is that the emperor separated the places where they stayed, perhaps knowing that they would be uncomfortable.
Unlike the concubine palace, which was newly built, decorated in the latest style, and located relatively close to the palace where the emperor resided, the place they stayed was a place that had been used for other purposes and was hastily converted into a concubine palace.
Since she came in as a prisoner of war, wouldn’t she have to be treated differently from the existing concubines?
The emperor seemed well aware that non-discrimination would rather be perceived as discrimination by the existing concubines.
“Why are you all so low?”
“Ah! Yesha, welcome.”
“Sit over here.”
Her concubines chattered and chatted about her new concubine, and when her concubine Yesha appeared late, she hurriedly rose from her seat and greeted her.
Concubine Yesha was the concubine who had the most sex with His Majesty the Emperor, who treated everyone fairly and not favorably.
Even though he knew that the reason the emperor slept with her several times was because of the information provided by her family, he couldn’t belittle her.
Because frequently sleeping with her emperor meant that she was likely to conceive her emperor’s child.
‘If only His Majesty’s child could conceive… I would be able to live my whole life without worrying.’
At least, the Emperor was giving steady attention to the woman who was pregnant with his child.
The concubine didn’t even have to pay anything in return.
There was nothing as enviable as that of a concubine who had to live with her heart aching at the thought that she might disappear from the emperor’s memory if she stayed still.
“Yesha-sama… Are you okay?”
“Hmm? Why?”
“Your Majesty has brought in a concubine again this time.”
“Are you talking about bringing prisoners into concubines?”
“Yes. I heard that over 100 people have entered. How long will it take to hug all of them at once? I feel very sad because the concubines won’t even see the hem of His Majesty’s clothes for the time being.”
There was no way that she, who bought the emperor’s night in exchange for her information, would not know about this news.
However, she replied calmly, as if she did not know.
“What do you care about? It’s something you’ll have to embrace once anyway. The Geos Empire doesn’t take prisoners, so I had no choice but to take those who are difficult to deal with as concubines.”
“Ah…”
“You could just kill him, but he showed mercy by saying that the blood that flowed in the palace was still not dry.”
“So… You mean you won’t favor them?”
“Of course. You’re not emotionally shaken enough to favor a concubine from a hostile country.”
After hearing Yesha’s explanation, the complexion of the concubines becomes at least comfortable.
“But do you have time to worry about the number of concubines increasing? What are they saying about the rehearsal for the banquet that His Majesty will be watching soon?”
The banquet stage was created when the concubine, who had succeeded in attracting the emperor’s attention by showing off her excellent dance on the banquet stage, requested a stage where she could consistently show off her talents.
That day was the only chance left for the concubines who could not borrow the power of their families.
“I’m preparing hard, but…”
“I think it’s become useless because a lot of concubines came in.”
“That’s right, I don’t know if I can get His Majesty’s gaze.”
“Tsk tsk, everyone knows nothing about Your Majesty.”
Despite Yesha’s blatant disdain, clicking her tongue, there was no commotion among her concubines.
Because she knew it wouldn’t do her any good to show her her dislike.
“I thought I wouldn’t tell you if possible, but I’ll let you guys know because I’m so sorry.”
“Which…?”
“Your Majesty is interested in dancing.”
“Are you dancing?”
“He is someone who truly enjoys the stage. That’s why he willingly accepted the request to hold a banquet.”
As if Yesha had no idea, she let out a sigh as she looked at her concubines in surprise.
“What if someone who says he’s trying to get in Your Majesty’s eyes doesn’t even know what His Majesty likes?
Yesha splashed a lot of muddy water on the feelings of her concubines and got up from her seat.
“I’m so tired, so I’ll have to walk and exercise a bit. I’ll go first, so let’s talk.”
“…”
“…”
Even though he himself is a tick-tack who can’t even dance.
The remaining concubines rolled their eyes without opening their mouths willingly.
“That…Who was the concubine who was good at dancing? I remember that there was a concubine who danced well at a banquet last night and spent the night with His Majesty…”
“Will that concubine teach us how to dance? It’s a competition.”
The concubines bowed their heads in sulk at the word competition.
“Aren’t there any of us who are really good at dancing?”
“How about decorating the stage with something other than dancing?”
“Your Majesty is interested in dancing, but something else?”
“Anyway, dancing is beyond our abilities.”
“That’s right.”
“Let’s join hands and do something. We can’t just look up like this. Once the stage is prepared, His Majesty will look after it. Isn’t it just something that catches our eye?”
Even if you’re not number one, wouldn’t it be possible to spend the night with my darling as long as you catch His Majesty’s eyes?
The other concubines weren’t just aiming for first place.
She knew her skills so clearly that she already knew it was impossible to rank in the ranks.
They went one step further.
“Think about it. Everyone dances and plays instruments on stage, but when we do something else, it jumps out at us.”
“But what shall I show you on stage?”
“Um~ How about doing a play?”
“Hey, a play?! How do you prepare it right now?”
“That’s right. Time is running out!”
“It’s not that I’m going to show you at the banquet that’s coming right away, but why don’t you aim for the next banquet?”
“!!!”
“I think that’s a great idea.”
In the minds of the concubines, ‘this works!’ The thought passed by.
“Instead, you must never let anyone else know about this, you know?”
“I will never, ever tell anyone else.”
“It won’t be easy to hide from the eyes and ears of the courtiers, so what?”
“We have to find a way. And since we need more people to do a play, we need to find more concubines to accompany us.
“Yes!”
“I’ll take a look.”
A signal flare went up announcing that the banquet of the concubines to catch the emperor’s eyes would intensify.
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Thinking back on the decision to make the captives her concubines was a smart choice.
“It’s pulling back its positions little by little, but it’s not completely retreating.”
“Even because of his pride, I don’t think Emperor Geos will defeat the army easily…”
What would it be like if I were the Emperor of Geos?
First of all, since war is not my style, such a war itself cannot be established.
“Your thoughts are the same.”
“Knowing that no further support will be available from the home country, morale will be pointless. Emperor Geos must be paid for not fully retreating his forces out of pride.”
“At las…!”
If you think we were only concerned with the civil war within the Empire, you are mistaken.
Isn’t it the situation that the soldiers of the Geos Empire are camped on our land?
I couldn’t sleep with my legs stretched when I thought of the soldiers and people who were confronting them on the battlefield.
“Shouldn’t we bring regret to those who dared to point their swords at my people on this land?”
I will not let you leave this land comfortably.
When they leave this place, shouldn’t they at least leave their bodies behind?
Of course, I don’t mean to kill them all.
Shouldn’t we bring a lot of prisoners and make them concubines?
The Geos Empire is so actively helping me with my mission, but ignoring their sincerity is a bad thing.
‘Let’s take a bus.’
I ordered an all-out attack on the long-awaited army of the Empire.
It was a surprise attack on the enemy’s army, which was caught off guard, aiming for a blow.
Losing the armies facing the Empire would make Emperor Geos realize that he couldn’t just focus on civil war.
