CHAPTER ONE
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"Your Majesty, hear our plea!"
"Do you have an intention in punishing the Crown Prince, Your Majesty?"
"His Highness the Crown Prince doesn't deserve that position, Your Majesty! Dethron him and set as an example for the royal house."
Yang, the Grand Heir still can hear the voices of the ministers and scholars. They are at the central gate of the grand palcace. But due to their numbers, he still can hear until his own palace.
"Where are you going, Your Highness?" his attendant asked him.
"I will go directly to the grand palace to stop those protesters. They are not respecting my father," he answered.
But his attendant kneeled down and begged him as well.
"No, Your Highness. You can't do that right now. His Majesty the king gave an order to restrict you in going there."
"I know that but---"
"But what, Grand Heir? Do you really wish to lose your life in defending your father?"
Yang immediately turned around his gaze to see his mother, the crown princess.
"Mother, what are you doing here?"
He asked his mother but she didn't answer her instead she says another words.
"I'm begging you, Grand Heir. Please preserve your life for you to continue the will of your father. If you will go there now, they will ask you to be punish as well." The Crown Princess begged.
"Mother..."
How can he insist his will if his mother is against as well? Sometimes he wants to live as a normal human being. Because the burden of being a prince is too heavy for him. Even he can't do what he really wanted.
TEN days later...
"Forget and erase all the problems that the Prince have caused. The Crown Prince saved his life. Now let's go back to the palace," His Majesty the King said.
"Your Majesty, how about---" the young prince wants to protest but he was not able to finish what he wanted to say. Because his Grandfather, the King stopped and faced him.
"These portraits cannot erase the treacherous deeds of your father, Grand Heir. If you wish to survive, never mention again his name in front of me. Because I cannot save you from those who are asking you to be punish as well."
"Grandfather---"
"I said get up and go back to the palace with your attendant. Don't let me to make a decision as well!'
Again, the young prince who risked his life with his friends to reached the place of his grandfather was, has no choice but to obey the king. They all went back to the palace.
As the days goes on inside the palace.
"Is this true, Minister of War?" the king asked in disbelief.
"Please forgive me, Your Majesty, but it's true." The minister vowed.
"Go and arrest the Grand Heir for me. Take him to the interrogation and I'll interrogates him personally." His Majesty ordered.
"Yes, your Majesty. I'll do that right away." He vowed once more before leaving.
When the king is alone.
"That boy is reallly following the footstep of his father. It seems that he dosn't have a plan to listen to me." He clenched his palms upon thinking of his grandson and the Grand Heir of the throne.
"YOUR Highness, please go to the King to ask his forgiveness. He isyour grandfather afte all," said by the minister who's on his side.
"Why? Did I do what they are blaming on me so that I'll ask His Majesty's forgiveness? Do you really believe that I did those things?" he said once more.
"It's not like what you think, Your Highness. But the fact that all the evidnce is pointing at you, there is no way out this time." The minister's pleaded.
But as a Grand Heir of the throne, he will never do those things. If he is guilty of crimes, he will back down voluntarily. But right at the moment, he doesn't really know where did those guns came from. Even they execute him publicly, he will accept his fate.
He was in a deep thoughts when his attendants bragged in.
"Your Highness, please forgive me for my imprudence but something is terrible happened!" he said breathlessly.
"What are you talking about, Pognae?" he asked.
But before the poor attendant could answer, one of the top six minister came inside yet he as the newly crown prince didn't allow him to speak.
"Minister of War, what are you doing here? Is that your way of showing up in front of the future king of our kingdom?" he said.
"I'm sorry for my disrespectful act,Your highness. But I came here to call and invites you to the interrogation room."
"What are you talking about, Minister of of War?'
"By His Majesty's order, I need to arrest you. The King also stated that He will interrogates you personally."
"For what reason? Dont tell me that he is beleiving all those lies?"
"If that is the case, Your Highness, I can not do anything as well. Plrase understand me, Your Highness. I'm just doing what's my job calls."
By the minister's words, the young prince didn't say anything. Although he is innocent, he still need to obey his Grandfather and the King's order.
OUTSIDE the palace...
"Yeon, are we not going to do something for our prince?"
"We are just commoners. How can we possible help our poor prince?"
"There are lot of things that we can do, Yeon. I heard that Uncle Balso said that the problem right now is guns. That is why we need to help him by guns too."
Both of them didn't realise that their Uncle Balso is around. But when Doyeong gainedherself in talking, she immediately sat down facingly to him.
"Uncle, if we can find out where did those guns comes from, does it mean that the prince will be freed from this accuciations?" she asked.
"Yes, Doyeong. But it---"
Due to Doyeong's excitement, she dared to cutted off the old man's words.
"Let's go, Uncle. We can save the prince now." Happiness was shown all over her face upon knowing that she can do soemthing for the prince.
BUT!!!
When they are about to step out of their house, there are armed men from the police bureau. They wanted to take them to the interrogation as well. But they will not fail the prince, because of that, they ran very fast. That made the police chases them.
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