SCANDAL - yoon seungho

CHAPTER 19

—Have you heard the rumors? About the fiendish first son of Master Yoon, Yoon Seungho. From what I hear, he's met his match. He spends all day entangled, kissing and fondling and doing God knows what... with his fianceé!— Finished the man.

—Look at this guy, talking nonsense so we'll be distracted, eh? —

—Fork over the money, now. —The man who was bidding said. He looked annoyed.

—That's not it, I'm telling you! It really is true! — The man said, he looked desperate to be believed.

—What's true? That Lord Yoon is engaged? —He asked as the "clink" of the metal bowls hitting the table echoed around the empty street. — You could'a tried a little harder if you really wanted to pull our legs. — He said.

—Ugh, listen to me, I say! Let me give you more context. — The man began explaining. — A traveling merchant I'm close with visited Lord Yoon's residence a few days ago. And he said Yoon's manservant came creeping over to him, asking if he could sell a dresser without the mirror attached. It looked smashed up, but you could tell from a glance that it was an expensive one that noble ladies would use. —

—But it's strange, isn't it? That Lord Yoon's servant would have something like that. Even the dogs in this village know about Lord Yoon's sodomizing ways! So my friend pushed back, saying he doesn't take stolen items, and they started arguing... when suddenly, bang! —

—Yoon Seungho himself popped out of the study, buck naked! Any fool could tell, from his flushed face and his body covered in sweat that he'd been at it, screwing around in broad daylight. And what do you know, he was carrying someone in his arms. My friend couldn't see the person's face since she was wrapped up in Lord Yoon's blanket... —

—But the legs sticking out were so smooth, without even a single hair. It was a woman's leg! — He finished explaining.

—Huh, Lord Yoon?! That can't be! — Said one man.

—Quit your nonsense and just shuffle! — Said another man.

—You fools! Have you been tricked so many times you can't tell when someone's telling the truth? But think about it! Lord Yoon used to stir up the whole village with his affairs, but now he's always home. —

—Not true. — Said one of the men playing.

—I've seen Lord Yoon out and about downtown, and recently, too. With a servant woman, no less. —

—I've seen her too. A little one, with a muffler 'round her head. I'd never seen her before... —

—Could she be his fianceé? — One of them asked.

—Her? But she's just a servant! — Responded the man telling the story.

—No, but it'd make sense. Who knows what goes on in the mind of Lord Yoon? Maybe he has found his match in a low-born woman. —

—Still, it doesn't seem likely. Lord Yoon, engaged to be married? We'd have heard news of the wedding... —

—But it makes sense, if you think about it. That must be why he's abandoned Lord Jiwha! To shut away that part of his past! —

—Lord Jiwha might as well have been Lord Yoon's mistress, I tell you! — Exclaimed one of the men.

—Exactly! — Said another one.

—Huh! Must be some woman if she's captured the attention of Lord Yoon. —

—I'd say so. A fiend like him, who'd have thought? —

—Why, you simpleton, now that's not much of a puzzle. — The man said. — Are you really so dumb as to ask that? — He then got closer, and started whispering as to not let the people who had begun walking around the marketplace hear them. — Clearly she's made use of some womanly tricks in bed! —