"Did the Crown Prince come to greet me? What is up with that drunkard these days?"

The Empress had a smile on her face.

Today, the Crown Prince has changed. He doesn't drink and he doesn't kill people. The banquet held every night has also stopped. She heard that the light of the study did not go out until late at night, and that he only slept with the Crown Princess on the designated union day.

She also heard that he didn't act unpredictably with the Crown Princess, but, accordingly, went to the Crown Princess' bedroom by himself. After the union was over, he returned to his bedroom. Compared to the previous Crown Prince, he lived an almost monk-like life.

As a result, the Crown Princess' complexion also improved day by day. She seemed like a person waiting for her death every day, but now she's as lively as the girl from the days of running around in the flower garden.

When the consort's palace was established, the promiscuousness in the concubinage was also corrected at once. She was a woman who had been educated from her childhood to become a concubine of the Crown Prince. She resolutely dealt with her underlings.

Like all the turmoil in the past was a lie, the Crown Prince's Palace was advancing without hesitation. The Crown Prince's adjustment also stabilized in an instant.

She couldn't stand not being proud. Yes, this is my child. The Empress believed. The Crown Prince just wandered a little. Some fools say that the Crown Prince and the goblin got reversed, but hey, she is their mother, how can she not recognize her child?

Her own child was her only son.

"Crown Prince, welcome."

"Greetings to my mother."

The Crown Prince knelt down on his knees, and the Empress hurriedly raised the Crown Prince.

"Don't do this, Crown Prince. What a strange thing to your mother......."

The Empress did not raise the Crown Prince, but opened her eyes wide.

The features are very similar. She knew, because it's always been the same

"You......."

But the Empress never, she swore, she never confuses her son with the goblin.

Why is the goblin wearing her son's clothes and pretending to be her son in her son's place?

If the goblin is like this, where is her son?

The Empress's face was distorted.

"You...... !"

At that moment, Sa Heon-yeong's hand moved.

It moved so fast, and the attendants kept their heads down, so they couldn't see it properly. Sa Heon-yeong's finger plucked exactly somewhere on the Empress's neck. The pain was so strong that for a moment the Empress's body staggered. Sa Heon-yeong said, "Mother, be careful," and embraced her. And he whispered in her ear.

"Yes, it is me, Mother."

The Empress opened her mouth, but couldn't say anything, euph, euph. No words came out. What happened? Why can't she speak? The Empress was desperately trying to speak. But no matter how hard she tried to squeeze her voice out, it was no use.

"It is of no use. You had a blood clot. Simpler than cutting off your tongue. It takes some skill."

Heup,...... Ooph! The Empress tried to hit Sa Heon-yeong. Then Sa Heon-yeong flicked somewhere with his fingers, tak, tak, tak, and the Empress's body stiffened like a log. Her body, unable to give strength, collapsed, but Sa Heon-yeong firmly grabbed her and prevented her from collapsing on the floor. But maybe she'd rather fall to the floor.

Sa Heon-yeong, drowsily, imitated her son's voice in her ears.

"Mother took everything from my wife, but I can't do that. The grace of giving birth to me is great, how can I do that? So I will live like your son."

The Empress's enlarged eyes stared at Sa Heon-yeong. What about her son? Her eyes were asking so.

"He became a fish. I will raise him in a fishbowl."

And Mother. Sa Heon-young continued.

"Well, since you have been praised for your beautiful hair color, wouldn't it be better to be a doll? What do you think, Mother?"

Eup, Eup-.

The Empress looked at Sa Heon-yeong's face with a languid smile, and she desperately opened her mouth. She should scream. She must drive out this goblin. Any one. Look at me, any one! But no one raises their head.

Her limbs keep getting stiff. It was as if she was dead but alive. The Empress's face was distorted by the terrible and disgusting feeling. Sa Heon-yeong's smile deepened even more as he looked at her face with tears streaming down.

*

And that night, in an abandoned mansion.

Twinkle, Song Young-young opened her eyes.