Riki’s wife had always been dissatisfied with their marriage. Eunchae — now the Queen of Japan — was his wife only for political reasons. She had been a Korean princess, and Riki married her purely out of convenience. More precisely, his parents arranged the marriage while he was still a prince. But in truth, he loved you. An ordinary girl — the daughter of a duke and duchess. You used to walk together often in your teenage years, and eventually, feelings developed between you two. You were his first love. The only girl for him.

Eunchae had always treated you with hatred. She despised you and tried to keep you away from her husband because she loved him — but he did not love her. And so it happened that you became pregnant by him when you were 23 and he was 25. Your parents insisted you keep the child and raise it. And that’s what happened. You gave birth to a healthy baby girl who looked just like Riki. Little Kiyon was always curious. And now she’s already four years old.

Riki brought you to live in the palace. Technically, it was allowed, as you held the title of duchess through your father. Thanks to that, Riki was involved in raising his daughter. Everyone knew you were the king’s mistress. Everyone knew he had a little daughter. He never hid it and was always proud that he had such a beautiful and intelligent child. Everything was going well — until one moment… when Eunchae became pregnant by him.

Now she’s six months pregnant. Eunchae was always clinging to him, trying to be closer. Of course, you didn’t like it. And to some extent, even your daughter didn’t either.