"Damn it! What in the world is happening!"
The Commander of the Imperial Palace Brocade Guards had raised troops and was heading toward the Supreme Harmony Hall, where the Emperor currently was. As soon as that news arrived, Seop Mugwang could not hide his bewilderment in the chaotic Imperial Palace.
"There was no talk of this! A rebellion...!"
But Chief Eunuch Ju, walking ahead, only hurried his steps with a grave expression, not answering Seop Mugwang's words.
"Superintendent!"
Seop Mugwang grabbed Chief Eunuch Ju's arm and pulled him back. Only then did Chief Eunuch Ju turn to look at Seop Mugwang. Meeting Chief Eunuch Ju's impassive gaze, Seop Mugwang's expression instantly hardened coldly.
"...You knew."
"..."
"You knew from the start that something like this would happen. The damned Emperor as well...!"
"Watch your words. This is the Imperial Palace. Must you truly lose your head to come to your senses?"
Crack.
Blue veins bulged in Seop Mugwang's hand as he gripped Chief Eunuch Ju's arm. Seop Mugwang forcefully swallowed his surging rage and continued speaking.
"So that's why? You called me and Choryeon into the Imperial Palace?"
To use us when the rebellion eventually broke out?
"The theft of the explosives is true."
"Meaning you had even calculated for that."
Damn it.