Episode 25
“Everything you found will be of great help in rebuilding the North Sea Ice Palace.”
Doyul added firmly.
“So, I think there should be compensation for that.”
“Compensation?”
“yes. “Is there anything you want?”
“hmm… … .”
Yerin seemed to be thinking for a moment, but then shook her head.
“The prize is okay.”
“Why?”
“That’s right, I was just doing what I was supposed to do as the matriarch of the North Sea Ice Palace.”
At Yerin’s answer, Doyul sighed.
“Actually, I thought your wife would answer that way.”
“yes? What do you mean… … .”
“Your wife always says, ‘It’s okay,’ no matter what.”
Doyul looked at Yerin with sad eyes.
“But rewards and punishments must be clear.”
“Yes, yes, but.”
“More than anything, your wife’s contribution is so great.”
Doyul lightly shrugged his shoulders.
“If we do not compensate for this, other disciples will have doubts about the way things are handled at the Beihai Ice Palace.”
Um, really?
After listening to it, it seems like that.
At that time, Yerin was tilting her head.
widely.
Doyul put the black wooden box down on the table.
Yerin also recognized at a glance what the black wooden box was.
“Now, wait a minute. Lord, this is… … ?”
“The North Sea Ice Palace has received a great favor from you, just by providing the production cost of the Millennium Snow Flower Altar and recovering the Seolucho plantation area.”
Doyul just pushed the black wooden box in front of Yerin.
“So, your wife should have this Millennium Tale Altar.”
No, no matter what.
You’re giving this to me?
Yerin’s pupils shook as if there had been an earthquake.
However, Doyul looked refreshed, as if his business had been completed, and simply stood up lightly.
“Then I’ll just go. “It’s time to get back to work.”
“Well, this is still too much… … !”
Yerin hastily tried to dissuade Doyul.
But he just smiled.
“Please don’t tell me that it’s okay if you don’t receive it.”
“… … Lord of the palace.”
“Please don’t make me into a shameless person anymore.”
“…….”
Yerin was completely speechless.
Since Doyul was talking like that, I couldn’t bear to say, ‘Take this back.’
“Then I will come back later in the evening. “Please rest well.”
Doyul, who was approaching the door, stopped and glanced back.
“Oh.”
After that, he adds a mischievous word.
“Don’t sneak out this time, okay?”
“… … yes.”
Yerin nodded with a sullen face.
Doyul smiled and walked out of the room.
Grumble-.
The paper door was closed.
“…….”
Yerin glanced down and looked down at the Millennium Folk Flower Altar that Doyul had left behind.
Yeongdan was shining brightly, as if he was teasing her.
“Really, I can’t survive… … .”
Yerin muttered with a sigh.
Who am I to go through so much trouble to find that precious spirit?
What are you going to do if you just hand it over to me?
If other people knew about this, there would definitely be a lot of backlash… … .
‘… … still.’
Is it safe to think that I have gained that much trust from Doyul?
Sweet.
Feeling a tingling sensation deep in her heart, Yerin closed the box lid with a loud sound.
Then he waves his hands busily.
“Oh, why is it so hot?”
Even though no one was watching her, Yerin opened her mouth as if she wanted to be heard.
Her cheeks were suddenly tinged with red.
* * *
Recently, a strange rumor has been going around in the North Sea Ice Palace.
“Did you hear that? “The matriarch discovered the Seolucho cultivation area!”
“really?”
“oh my god!”
The rebels opened their eyes wide.
“I heard that the cultivation area contained a huge amount of sulluco and even secretions?”
“So the matriarch obediently returned it to the North Sea Ice Palace?”
The protestors gathered in the middle of nowhere asked back with suspicious expressions.
Shibi, who spoke for the first time, nodded loudly.
“You said so! “They said that as soon as they returned to the palace, they handed it over to the palace lord!”
However, some citizens did not easily believe that.
“Ah, but my matriarch’s family… … “Everyone knows, right?”
“It’s not any other place, it’s ‘the’ Sacheondangmun.”
“How viciously the party has been treating us so far.”
“No, it’s true.”
At that time, another citizen who was listening to the story jumped out and opened his mouth.
“Because the palace lord and the elders said they were having a meeting about that issue today.”
“… … “If that is true.”
“It’s true that the matriarch has achieved great things… … .”
The civil servants could not hide their surprised expressions.
* * *
Meanwhile, at that time.
The palace lords and elders of the North Sea Ice Palace gathered in one place.
“This is… … .”
A soft cloth was spread on the table, and on top of it were some bigeup and seolucho.
The elders could not take their eyes off the items.
“Everyone knows this well, but both bigeop and seolucho are genuine.”
Doyul suppressed his excitement and opened his mouth.
“Also, I personally visited the Seolluco cultivation area.”
“Well, then… … .”
“I can assure you.”
Doyul continued speaking in a firm voice.
“The amount of Seolucho is very generous. Even after using as much as needed in the ice palace, there is still a considerable amount left over.”
“…….”
“…….”
At that tremendous news, the elders each swallowed their saliva.
Doyul suddenly remembered the scene he had seen.
‘The location of the Seolucho plantation area was a top secret known only to the palace lords for generations.’
And the moment he set foot there, Doyul understood the judgment of his ancestors.
‘Living… … ‘I’ve never seen anything like that before.’
The pure white growth of Seollucho reminded me of an endless snowy field.
Even if you search all over the world, that cavity is probably the only place where Seollucho can be cultivated artificially.
Just looking at it, it was a place that should never fall into someone else’s hands.
Doyul resolutely raised his gaze.
“So I called the elders.”
“That means… … .”
“Now we can get a supply of sulluco again.”
Doyul’s eyes shone coldly.
“That means we can maintain transactions on an equal footing with the Sichuan Tang Gate.”
“… … Lord of the palace.”
“So, I want to ask the elders’ opinions.”
In an instant, the elders’ eyes became determined.
I realized it instinctively.
Now is the turning point for the North Sea Ice Palace to recover.
“I think the Sullucho deal… … .”
“Well, I don’t think so.”
“So is there a better alternative? “Tell me about it!”
“No, I’m saying, let’s think about it step by step! “Why are you raising your voice like that?”
In this way, numerous arguments arose over the large quantity of Seolucho.
But even after discussing it for a while, there was no clear solution.
Doyul, who had been listening to the inconclusive story with a bored expression, declared.
“Then let me ask the matriarch.”
“yes?”
“Anyway, if it weren’t for the matriarch, we would never have been able to find both Bigeup and Seolucho.”
Doyul lightly shrugged his shoulders.
“So you are asking for the opinion of the person involved, what is wrong?”
Well, that’s true.
The elders nodded in confusion.
After a while, Yerin stepped into the room.
“I meet the palace lord and elders.”
Yerin bowed her head softly.
Doyul greeted her with a smile.
“Please come and sit here, ma’am.”
“Well, sitting at the head table above the elders is a bit… … .”
“No, matriarch.”
“Aren’t you the matriarch of the Ice Palace? Of course you have to be at the head of the table.”
The elders hastily offered Yerin a seat.
‘That’s right, she’s a girl from a party family, but everyone is so blinded by the ball in front of her that she acts without a sense of purpose.’
Among them, only Ji Sook-myeong glares at Ye-rin with a disapproving look.
“Your credit for discovering the old heritage of the North Sea Ice Palace is enormous.”
Doyul, who subtly showed off Yerin’s achievements in front of the elders, moved on to the original topic.
“Now, we will be receiving Seolucho periodically, and we were discussing how to dispose of this Seolucho.”
Doyul tapped the armrest of the chair with his index finger.
“The elders are talking about re-opening the deal with the Sacheondangmun… … .”
There was a slight sense of displeasure in Doyul’s voice.
It was like that in other ways.
Because it was true that Sacheondangmun had been wielding food as a weapon against the North Sea Ice Palace.
However, in order to most easily receive the amount of food needed in the North Sea Ice Palace, it was most convenient to receive assistance from the Four Heavenly Gates.
This is because the amount of grain grown in the wide plains near Sacheon Province was significant.
But then.
Yerin shook her head resolutely.
“No, I am against it.”
