“I shouldn't have taken in a low-born. It seems you can't fool your own blood as the nature of your low birth still remains in you.”

“Not at all, mistress. That was definitely not my doing.”

“Is that the only excuse you can utter from your mouth? After I have looked after you all this time?”

“I have not stolen your hairpin, mistress. I really haven't.”

“There are children who said they saw you around midnight. Two of them! If what you say is true, it means that those two children are lying. What were you doing around midnight?”

“I brought some firewood to the heater and returned to my room. Then I went to sleep.”

“And how will you prove that?”

“That's….”

“The two children who have seen you have attested to the same thing. That is why I used this roundabout method to rebuke you. Had you shown the slightest hint of repenting, had you shown a hint of shame, even, I was planning to forgive you. However, it seems that your nature is truly that of evil.”

Senior Jung, who was rebuking her while emitting her wrath, turned around while clicking her tongue. Her acting was flawless. Acting that contained sixty years of experience turned an artificial set into a place of the Chosun era.

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