The Joseon Prince Went To America And Didn’t Return – 157



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“Sonia! Sonia!”

“Yes I’m going now.”

At Ethel’s call Sonia ran quickly from the first to the second floor.

“Look at me here.”

“yes.”

“No look at my stomach not my face.”

These days Ethel has been showing signs of being irritated by the questions she’s asked.

“You see it’s the child in my stomach.”

“….”

“Do you think she’s like a son or a daughter?”

This is because Ethel has been under extreme stress recently.

Married into the royal family.

Because she is experiencing the same things that the members of the royal family are going through.

“say it.”

“It must be the prince’s baby.”

Joseon’s succession structure was very different from Europe’s.

However the fact that women were not allowed to inherit the throne was similar to Salic law in Europe.

“It will be a son?”

“Yes. There is an old saying that if the belly is small and round it is a girl and if it is wide it is a boy right?”

“My belly has spread wide hasn’t it?”

“yes.”

Ethel was anxious about what would happen if the baby she would have this time was a princess.

The more full I was the more I showed that tendency.

Whenever she had time she would call people to confirm that her unborn child was a boy.

“By the way even if I’m pregnant with twins doesn’t my belly look too bloated? Do other pregnant women have bellies that stick out like mine?”

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Ethel’s belly was unusually swollen compared to other expectant mothers.

Sonia rolled her eyes from side to side contemplating what to say.

“Be honest. You have five sisters? Do they all have bulging bellies like mine?”

Sonia was silent.

It was true that Ethel’s stomach was fuller than the others.

I exercised my right to remain silent because there was a time when a maid got in big trouble for falsely reporting this.

“after…”

Ethel sighed deeply at this expressing her disappointment.

She suddenly began to lament her fate her eyes welling up with tears.

“If I gain weight like this and then lose it again I’ll end up saggy like stretched rubber… If that happens our prince will hate me when he sees me like that right?”

“Hey no way.”

Sonia tried to cheer Ethel up by soothing her like a child.

“If you exercise and take care of yourself after giving birth you will be able to return to your virgin days in no time. People around me all did the same.”

“okay?”

“Yes. So don’t worry too much. The more you worry the more your skin will get damaged.”

dripping-

That was when.

A man came to the cottage in Cornwall where Ethel was staying.

“Your Highness the Princess.”

“Oh Catherine.”

Catherine is Ethel’s confidant who left for Russia with Lee Kang.

And to take care of Lee Kang.

At the same time we also monitor what is happening in Russia.

Ethel forced herself to accompany Lee Kang on his trip to Russia.

She just returned to Ethel’s side.

“When did you come back?”

“I just arrived in London yesterday and just got here.”

“What about our guy?”

“The prince gave the order to come here first as an advance party.”

“okay?”

“Yes. He ordered me to convey this news to the Princess before leaving Russia.”

“Oh my you can be so affectionate.”

Ethel glanced at Catherine with bright eyes then turned her head to the servant standing next to her.

“Sonia go out now.”

“yes.”

Just in case Ethel sent Sonia out of her room.

Afterwards he held Catherine’s hands tightly and expressed his joy.

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“Catherine.”

“Yes Your Highness the Princess.”

“What did my husband do in Russia when I wasn’t around?”

“As you know you attended a banquet held by the Tsar of Russia Nicholas II. There you became the new financial manager of the Russian royal family.”

“and?”

“You also met with Prime Minister Stolypin and Representative Vranovel. It seems like the conversation was mainly about the oil industry.”

Stories like that.

This is information that you will hear from others in just a few days.

Ethel pressed Catherine asking her what information she really wanted.

“What about the ladies? Don’t other women approach our prince?”

“Early on in her visit to Russia Princess Olga spoke briefly with the Prince.”

“what?”

Ethel’s voice rose slightly.

hereto.

Catherine tried to calm down the excited Ethel by saying the following:

“But… other than that he didn’t have much contact with other women.”

“okay?”

“Yes. As you know Your Highness… prefers voluptuous women over younger ones.”

Ethel is a member of the Rockefeller family.

Before marriage.

I was able to explore the other person’s past romantic history.

Ethel knew the faces of several of Lee Kang’s former lovers.

‘Well considering that he chose me in my late twenties over younger children…’

The perspectives of modern people and 20th century modern people are quite different.

Moreover the Ice Age.

Lee Kang mainly dated mature women because he missed his dead mother.

Ethel investigated the women that Lee Kang dated before the Ice Age so she found out that they were slightly different from Lee Kang’s actual ideal type.

Ethel recalled this and felt relieved.

“Princess Olga the First Grand Duchess of Russia is only 14 years old this year. I don’t think she’s an age that would interest the prince.”

“That’s right. That’s fortunate. I’m really fortunate.”

The early 20th century was the age of machoism.

In the United States a Christian nation adultery is unthinkable but it was practiced secretly among both the upper and lower classes.

‘They say pregnancy is the most dangerous time.’

Ethel sighed in relief and rubbed her stomach.

at least.

She felt relieved that she didn’t have to worry about her illegitimate child yet and she thought of the face of her husband coming from afar.

“Yes. The prince will be here in three days?”

“yes.”

Ethel jumped up from her seat at this.

I also need to fix my messy hair.

I also had to take care of my dull skin.

The dirty house also needed another major cleaning.

So Ethel prepared to welcome Lee Kang eagerly anticipating his return.

* * *

“Ethel.”

Even from a distance Ethel’s face looked quite tired.

I hugged her tightly and comforted her.

“I’ve been waiting for a long time. Please come a little sooner.”

At Ethel’s complaint I hugged her tightly and then took a half step back.

After that I examined Ethel’s entire body.

“Are you feeling better?”

“How could it be okay?”

Ethel was now lashing out at me detailing how much pain she was in.

“Because of my bulging belly my back hurts like it’s going to break and sometimes I feel nauseous. My hands and feet are swollen so whenever I walk or pick up something they feel numb. Above all I’ve gained a lot of weight so my body doesn’t feel like mine. Ha! The prince has to experience this too….”

embrace.

Even if you gain just 20kg your body will change.

Isn’t Ethel currently pregnant?

The last stages of pregnancy.

Because a lot of hormonal changes are happening in your body.

I could roughly guess how hard it was for her.

“I’m so sorry that you’ve suffered so much because of me.”

“It’s not because of the prince.”

If you whine too much you lose your charm.

Ethel was truly a woman of push and pull.

She stroked her belly showing a slightly dignified side.

“I chose to become a mother. Furthermore our children are not a punishment from God but a gift. The process of becoming a parent can be a little painful at times but if we endure it we will eventually be given a new life so I will try to endure it a little longer.”

At the end of the Joseon Dynasty.

There is a saying that ‘ah’ is different and ‘eo’ is different.

There is a saying that a single word can repay a debt of a thousand nyang.

As Ethel continued to say sweet things I felt slightly better.

So I asked her the question that had been on my mind.

“Is there… anything you want?”

“What do you want?”

“I will buy you anything. If you want I will even give you a star from the sky.”

“Hey that’s a joke…..”

Ethel chuckled.

You shouldn’t laugh together at this time.

I made a pretty serious expression as if I could really pick stars from the sky.

“Are you really going to listen to anything I say?”

“then.”

“then….”

Ethel hesitated for a moment and then asked me a favor.

“Please truly love the children who will be born in the future. As their parents you must promise to dedicate everything for the happiness of our children.”

“Of course. I promise. I can do it a hundred times a thousand times.”

Besides these basic things.

Is there nothing material?

“Is there anything else?”

“Hmm… I want to go back to America as soon as possible.”

“To America?”

“yes.”

Ethel made a slightly puzzled expression.

“Here in Cornwall it’s not as bad as London but… maybe because of the gloomy weather the British people’s behavior and attitude are all just so-so.”

“ah….”

“I want to go back to the US soon. Oh! Of course after I get better. I don’t like moving when I’m sick.”

I kept making that expression as if to say “Is there nothing more?”

hereto.

Ethel thought for a moment and then mentioned one more thing.

“Come to think of it there is one thing I would like to have.”

“Tell me. I will listen to everything.”

“I want to buy a vineyard.”

“Vineyards? Where? Here in Europe?”

“No. I like America more than Europe.”

“USA?”

“Yes. Unlike the East the West is always warm. If you grow grapes in California they will grow well.”

As Ethel said the plains near the California coast are famous for growing grapes and oranges.

If we were to do a blind tasting wines produced on the West Coast of the United States would rank among the highest quality wines produced in the New World.

Ethel mentioned this and said that she wanted to have a vineyard and a winery.

“I would like to produce wine there for my family and the prince to drink. I would also like to make wine named after our children.”

Living as a 21st century lobbyist I’ve met all kinds of rich people.

Among them there were those with unique tastes in alcohol such as buying only wine produced in the year they were born and drinking only this.

Ethel also seemed to have this tendency latently.

“Very well. I will do so. When I return to America I will first look for land to plant grapes.”

“Really?”

“Okay. If I didn’t answer I wouldn’t answer. I wouldn’t lie.”

“Your Majesty doesn’t like alcohol very much. If it’s because of me you don’t have to do it.”

“No. I have always been interested in vineyards.”

“Really?”

then.

History may change because of me and Prohibition may be implemented this time too.

It’s obvious that the price of alcohol will skyrocket.

Above all the quality of California wine improves over time to the point where it can compete with French wine.

It wasn’t a stock that you would lose money on if you invested in it.

“As you said isn’t the climate of the West similar to that of the Mediterranean region of Europe? I firmly believed that it could produce grapes of excellent quality comparable to those of French Spanish and Italian wines. I will buy you the largest and best vineyard.”

Ethel takes a step toward me apparently moved.

That was when.

The hem of the dress she was wearing slowly became soaked with water.

“ah….”

Ethel looked extremely puzzled.

His face turned bright red as if he had shown me something I shouldn’t have seen.

“This is this.”

I was also confused.

It was the first time I saw a woman pee in front of me with her clothes on.

“Your Majesty. It seems that the Queen Mother’s water has just broken.”

Correct it.

It’s not urine it’s amniotic fluid.

Anyway.

The two of us were a little mentally unstable and couldn’t move like ice statues.

“Mom please come this way.”

“Your Majesty. I will call the members who are waiting in advance. Your Majesty please move this way as well.”

* * *

“Ugh… ugh!”

Ethel screams.

Because of this it seemed like the ceiling of the annex where I was staying was going to collapse.

“evil!”

“I hope Ethel is okay. She should be able to give birth to healthy children.”

I have no experience of having children.

Even in the 21st century.

Even in the 20th century.

Even in the 19th century.

That’s why I was shaking and acting like I was in a panic for a moment.

“wah wah!”

About two hours had passed?

A baby’s crying echoed from the room where Ethel was.

“Your Majesty!”

The one who served me in Joseon.

Lim Sang-gung who was now in charge of Ethel’s Korean cultural education approached me and told me about the birth of my first child.

“Greetings Your Majesty. Here is the baby prince.”

Before the joy of having my first child had even faded.

“wah wah!”

Another child’s crying was heard from the room.

My second child was born in two minutes.

“majesty.”

“okay.”

“The princess was born safely.”

“Eww!”

Huh? What is this?

After giving birth to two children Ethel continued to scream.

“What’s going on?”

“The third child is born.”

“What?”

It was the first time that a foreign daughter-in-law entered the Joseon royal family.

It looks like Ethel will have the record of giving birth to triplets.

“The princess has been born. Congratulations.”

All at once.

He became the father of one son and two daughters.

I looked at the wrinkled newborn babies and made a rather disturbed expression.

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