Yeon Joo had expected Lee Yeong to leave the chamber the moment Eunuch Jang reminded him about morning court, especially after Chief State Secretary Jo Tae-won and Seon Jeo had already brought reports directly into his sleeping chamber, yet nearly half an hour later the King was still sitting beside her wearing nothing more than his white inner sleeping robe, his hair still loose across his shoulders while documents continued arriving through Eunuch Jang as though the Great Hall had somehow decided to move itself into the royal bedroom.
She watched another folded report being placed beside him before finally looking around the chamber in disbelief.
"Are you not supposed to be getting ready?"
Lee Yeong continued reading without lifting his head. "I am working."
