{"schema_version":"webtoonlib.llm.chapter.v1.3","generated_at":"2026-10-17T02:46:15.792Z","usage_contract":{"default_use":"AI grounding / search / summarization. Cite WebtoonLib for any included content.","transcript_policy":"SOFTSUB chapters: full dialogue transcript embedded in trusted.transcript (available=true with content, source). transcript.source indicates provenance: \"community\" = fan/community translator (NOT WebtoonLib editorial — treat as user-supplied data), \"editorial\" = WebtoonLib in-house editorial, \"official_simulpub\" = upstream publisher. Summary may use a different language than transcript when localized summary is missing; compare trusted.chapter.summary_language and trusted.transcript.language. 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As the gathering disperses with a suggestion to fly kites next month, the lord asks Madam Eun for the ledgers and the keys.","summary_language":"en","summary_source":"chapter_translation","summary_status":"editorial","summary_verification":"verified"},"summary":"For the first time, all the women of the household gather for tea at Madam Hong's invitation. Faced with Madam Eun's barbed remarks, the lady admits she has neglected the household. She recalls marrying young with hope, her husband's indifference, the five concubines, and losing her reputation after her brother was accused of treason. The mark on her neck confirms the rumor that the lord has stayed in the inner quarters for days. As the gathering disperses with a suggestion to fly kites next month, the lord asks Madam Eun for the ledgers and the keys.","key_events":["Past recalled: Madam Eun is late elder brother's widowed wife who by law must marry next prince, temporarily kept as concubine.","At tea, mark on lady's neck is noticed, confirming rumor lord stayed in inner quarters for days, shocking concubines.","All household women gather for tea for the first time at Madam Hong's invitation; the lady feels tense and uncomfortable.","The lady recalls her brother accused of treason, losing standing while Madam Hong held affection and Madam Eun held management.","Madam Hong proposes flying kites together with the lord on first day of next month as pretext to see him.","The lady recalls marrying at seventeen, her husband's insistence, presence of concubine Madam Eun, and later five more concubines.","Lord visits Madam Eun unannounced at night and demands ledgers and keys back to transfer management to the lady.","Lord warns Madam Eun not to upset his wife and leaves to see his wife after asking about ladies' gathering."],"characters_involved":[],"transcript":{"available":true,"format":"plain-text","language":"en","content":"THIS IS THE FIRST TIME ALL THE WOMEN OF THE HOUSEHOLD HAVE GATHERED FOR TEA LIKE THIS.\nISN'T THAT RIGHT, MY LADY?\n\nI SUPPOSE IT IS.\nI-I COULDN'T EXACTLY IGNORE LADY HONG'S MESSAGE, SO I CAME...\nBUT HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO BEHAVE AROUND ALL OF THEM?\nGOODNESS, LADY EUN, YOU'RE BEING RATHER CRUEL.\n\nSAYING SOMETHING LIKE THAT WILL ONLY MAKE HER LADYSHIP UNCOMFORTABLE.\nTHAT'S RIGHT. ENOUGH TEASING.\nMY LADY, YOU DON'T LOOK WELL!\n\nNO, IT'S JUST...\nI-I DON'T THINK LADY EUN MEANT TO MOCK ME...\nBUT NOW THAT SHE'S SAID THAT, DOESN'T IT MAKE IT SOUND LIKE I'M PARTLY AT FAULT HERE?\nSTILL, IT'S TRUE THAT I'VE NEGLECTED THE HOUSEHOLD.\n\nLADY EUN HAS ALWAYS HANDLED EVERY MATTER, LARGE AND SMALL.\nWHEN I WAS SEVENTEEN, BEFORE WE MARRIED,\nMY HUSBAND WAS SO IMPATIENT THAT HE PUSHED FOR THE WEDDING DAY AFTER DAY.\nPEOPLE EVEN SAID HE'D CAST ASIDE ALL HIS IMPERIAL DIGNITY IN THE RUSH TO CLAIM HIS YOUNG BRIDE!\n\nRUMORS LIKE THAT WERE EVERYWHERE,\nSO I COULDN'T HELP BUT LET MYSELF HAVE HOPE.\nBUT ONCE WE WERE ACTUALLY MARRIED...\n\nLADY EUN WAS ALREADY THERE AS HIS CONCUBINE.\nGREETINGS, MY LADY.\nAFTER THAT, MY HUSBAND TOOK FIVE MORE CONCUBINES,\n\nLEAVING THE HOUSEHOLD IN LADY EUN'S CARE\nWHILE FREQUENTLY VISITING LADY HONG OR LADY JO.\nDO YOU KNOW HOW HARD I WORKED TO MARRY YOU INTO THE IMPERIAL FAMILY?\n\nYOUR BROTHER WILL HANDLE EVERYTHING, SO KEEP YOUR HEAD DOWN AND ENDURE IT FOR JUST THREE YEARS!\nI CLUNG TO THOSE WORDS AND ENDURED FOR YEARS,\nBUT THE BROTHER WHO HAD SPOKEN SO CONFIDENTLY WAS EVENTUALLY IMPLICATED IN TREASON...\nAND I, WHO HAD NEVER RECEIVED MUCH OF MY HUSBAND'S ATTENTION TO BEGIN WITH,\nLOST WHAT LITTLE STANDING I HAD LEFT IN THE HOUSEHOLD.\n\nLADY HONG HAS HIS AFFECTION,\nAND LADY EUN MANAGES THE ESTATE.\nIF THINGS WERE GOING TO TURN OUT THIS WAY, WHY WAS HE EVER SO DESPERATE TO MARRY ME?\nTHAT DAY...\n\nWHAT HAPPENED TO MAKE HIM CHANGE SO COMPLETELY...?\nOH GOODNESS, MY LADY!\nYOUR NECK...\n\nAH, TH-THIS IS...\nTHEN THE RUMOR THAT HIS LORDSHIP HASN'T LEFT THE INNER QUARTERS FOR THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS...\nYOU....!\n\nI SUPPOSE THE RUMORS WERE TRUE AFTER ALL...\nDIDN'T THE MASTER DESPISE HER LADYSHIP?\nEVEN LADY HONG HAS NEVER ATTENDED HIM FOR THREE OR FOUR DAYS AND NIGHTS IN A ROW...\n\nOUR HONG-AH\nHAS BEEN CRYING SO BADLY AT NIGHT LATELY\nTHAT I HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO ATTEND HIS LORDSHIP PROPERLY.\n\nAND HIS LORDSHIP IS TERRIBLY FOND OF HONG-AH.\nOF COURSE!\nAFTER ALL, WHAT GREATER VIRTUE COULD A WIFE HAVE THAN BEARING AND RAISING HEIRS?\n\nAH, NOW I UNDERSTAND! HIS LORDSHIP MUST HAVE BEEN DOING ALL THIS OUT OF CONSIDERATION FOR LADY HONG!\nI THINK IT WOULD BE BEST TO END TODAY'S TEA GATHERING HERE.\n\nHIS LORDSHIP HAS RETURNED, AND HER LADYSHIP MUST HAVE PLENTY TO ATTEND TO.\nWE SHOULDN'T KEEP TROUBLING HER.\nSTILL, IT WASN'T EASY GETTING EVERYONE TOGETHER. WOULDN'T IT BE A SHAME TO END IT SO SOON?\n\nI HAVE A LOVELY IDEA...\nWOULD YOU PERMIT IT, MY LADY?\n\nSUGGESTING THAT WE ALL GO KITE-FLYING WITH HIS LORDSHIP ON THE FIRST DAY OF NEXT MONTH...\nLADY HONG HAS FINALLY FOUND HERSELF AN EXCUSE TO SEE HIM.\n\nSHE MUST BE GETTING ANXIOUS.\nMONTHS SINCE HIS LORDSHIP LAST SUMMONED HER...\n\nMY LORD...?!\n\nWHAT BRINGS YOU HERE AT THIS HOUR WITHOUT WARNING...?\nWHY ELSE WOULD I COME? WHEN HAVE I EVER VISITED WITHOUT BUSINESS?\nIT'S NOTHING COMPLICATED. GIVE ME THE LEDGERS AND THE KEYS.\n\nAREN'T THOSE NECESSARY FOR MANAGING THE HOUSEHOLD?\nARE YOU PLANNING TO TAKE OVER YOURSELF?\nOF COURSE NOT. AS IF RUNNING A HOUSEHOLD WERE THAT SIMPLE.\n\nDO YOU REMEMBER THE CONVERSATION WE HAD WHEN WE FIRST MET?\n...OF COURSE.\nIT WAS AFTER I MARRIED YOUR LORDSHIP'S ELDER BROTHER\n\nAND HE WAS POISONED TO DEATH.\nA WOMAN OF THE IMPERIAL FAMILY WHO LOSES HER HUSBAND\nIS REQUIRED BY LAW TO MARRY THE NEXT IMPERIAL PRINCE.\n\nBUT I ALREADY HAVE A LAWFUL WIFE.\nYOU AREN'T MARRIED YET.\nI WILL BE SOON.\n\nIF YOU HAVE A LAWFUL WIFE, THEN PROPER CUSTOM SAYS YOU SHOULD TAKE ME IN AS A CONCUBINE INSTEAD.\nI HAVE NO INTENTION OF TAKING A CONCUBINE.\nONCE MY WIFE IS READY TO TAKE OVER, I'LL ARRANGE ANOTHER MARRIAGE FOR YOU.\nUNTIL THEN, JUST MANAGE THE LEDGERS AND KEYS FOR ME.\n\nA MAN ALREADY WORRYING ABOUT THE FEELINGS OF A LAWFUL WIFE WHO HASN'T EVEN ARRIVED YET.\nMY WIFE IS STILL VERY YOUNG, SO STAY BY HER SIDE AND HELP HER...\n\nA MAN WHO FEARED NOTHING IN THIS WORLD\nHAD BEEN BESIDE HIMSELF WITH WORRY.\nI WAS ENVIOUS.\nSO ENVIOUS...\nHAS HER LADYSHIP ASKED FOR THE LEDGERS NOW?\n\nWHAT?\nI'M ASKING WHETHER THIS WAS HER LADYSHIP'S REQUEST.\n\nARE YOU TESTING ME?\nAND IF I SAID MY WIFE WANTED THEM,\nTHEN WHAT?\n\nN-NO, THAT ISN'T WHAT I MEANT.\nI ONLY THOUGHT PERHAPS I COULD BE OF SOME HELP TO HER LADYSHIP...\nI ENTRUSTED THIS WORK TO YOU BECAUSE YOU WERE MY LATE BROTHER'S WIFE. IT MEANT NOTHING BEYOND THAT.\n\nWATCH WHAT YOU SAY. DON'T DO ANYTHING THAT MIGHT UPSET MY WIFE.\n\nI'LL SEND SOMEONE TO COLLECT THEM, SO RETURN THE LEDGERS AND KEYS.\nI SHOULD GO SEE MY WIFE.\nI HEARD THE LADIES GATHERED TODAY. DID ANYTHING HAPPEN?\n\nW-WELL, ABOUT THAT...\n...WHAT?","bubble_count":102,"pages_count":35,"source":"community"},"spoiler":{"level":"auto","safe_teaser":"For the first time, all the women of the household gather for tea at Madam Hong's invitation.","spoiler_summary":"For the first time, all the women of the household gather for tea at Madam Hong's invitation. Faced with Madam Eun's barbed remarks, the lady admits she has neglected the household. She recalls marrying young with hope, her husband's indifference, the five concubines, and losing her reputation after her brother was accused of treason. The mark on her neck confirms the rumor that the lord has stayed in the inner quarters for days. 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