King Sejong's Trap (5)

All my married friends said the same thing.

‘When the wedding is a month away, there are so many things to do and so little time that thirty days feel like thirty seconds.’

Now that I was actually preparing for my own wedding, I painfully understood why they said that.

I was so frantic that a day felt like a second, and time flew by.

When Gyeoul was taken in as a concubine, Mom and Dad simply gathered the whole village, slaughtered a cow, and held one noisy feast.

But with a formal wedding, after the six rites, Gyeoul received the sajudanja, they checked our compatibility, and then the gifts Yi Bang-won had generously prepared were sent to Kim Mandeok’s house...

After sending the gifts, I carefully wrote a reply to both Your Majesties, saying, ‘From now on, I volunteer for military service so I may serve the Joseon court forever.’

To think I had to volunteer for military service myself—what am I, a recruit being dragged off to Nonsan or something?

“Son-in-law.”

“Father-in-law.”...