A Kind Goblin’s Bird - Chapter 71

When the Empress entered the audience room, she watched the tiny, insignificant-looking girl kneeling on her knees, dressed in a bunch of things that were not acceptable to her, saying, “Greetings Queen Mother.”

Hmph. The Empress snorted as she sat down on her own seat. The girl that Heon-yeoung likes quite a bit. The Empress didn’t want to allow the girl who went to the palace to stand up so easily when she was just an illegitimate child of commoners, so she had Young-young knelt down on her knees and just looked down at her.

Not long ago, Heon-yeong annihilated this girl’s family. It seems that this girl was being abused a little in the house, and he was angry to the end. He caught the family growing herbs and killed them all. Herbs? Huh, herbs? Who cares about that? How could Heon-yeong, who is equivalent to the king’s hand and the inspector general, be free enough to intervene in a herb or other incident? It’s obviously because of this bitch.

Where are you so pretty?

No matter how carefully she tried to look at her, she couldn’t find any pretty corners.

A terribly skinny body looks like a lowly born, and a pale skin looks like a sick person. An overly small body makes it doubtful whether it will be possible to give birth, and a blank eye is not at all as intelligent as an idiot.

Where the hell do you like it?

Before meeting this girl, Heon-yeong gave priority to his mother’s words. Although he was a goblin, he always cared for the mercy of his mother, who didn’t abandon nor kill him.

Of course, she had always been educating him for fear that Heon-yeong would run into her son or herself without knowing his place. She made it clear to the Crown Prince, too, and the Crown Prince cleverly established who had the upper hand over the goblin Heon-yeong when he was young. After that, Heon-yeong became obedient.

But the rebellion is about to come again. Because of this one bitch.

“I heard you sing.”

The Empress spoke again without allowing Young-young to stand up, and the court ladies were perplexed. But they were well-trained and no one showed their surprise.

“Yes, Queen Mother.”

Young-young raised her head as she answered. This Empress is also faintly smelling like death. Why? Why is the splendid pavilion where such a beautiful woman lives …… ?

“They say that if I sleep while listening to your song, my wishes can come true, is it true?”

“I do not know.”

Young-young shook her head at her. She really didn’t know. When a high-ranking person like the Lord pays a lot of money to sleep while listening to her songs, she can only guess that there is probably something good about it. When they slept listening to her song, she didn’t actually know what was there.

“Insolent thing!”

When the Empress yelled at her, Young-young shrank her shoulders in surprise. Young-young couldn’t understand why this beautiful woman was angry.

“What are you doing with that insolence?”

The Empress pointed her finger at Young-young. The trinkets on her nails made a sound. At that time.

“Empress.”

Court Lady Yoon carefully intervened between the Empress’s words. Her fearsome gaze fell down, but Court Lady Yoon got down on her knees and said.

“Forgive this lowly subject. Even if the punishment comes later, it will not be late. However, if her body is ill, I am concerned that her little talent will be affected.”

“I know what you mean, stop.”

The Empress’s fingers were withdrawn again. Young-young stared blankly at her fingers.

Oh, it feels familiar.

Every time Young-young was beaten with the rod, she didn’t know why she was being beaten. She just got beaten. All she could do was be beaten helplessly, as the beatings only increased when she resisted or cried. It was a similar atmosphere back then.

I’m going to be beaten today.

Young-young became pale. Although she thought being beaten was not a big deal, she didn’t like being beaten because she had been with Sa Heon-yeong for a few while. Sweat dripped from her hands. She wondered if Sa Heon-yeong would come and take her out. This beautiful woman is Sa Heon-yeong’s mother. When she looked at her face, she could see Sa Heon-yeong. So he won’t take her out from here. Wasn’t he the one who brought her here in the first place?

Her heart aches.

Young-young clenched her fingers.