Lee Hyeom looked toward his grandmother in complete despair. "Halmeoni, please stop arranging my marriage while I am still sitting at the table."
"If I wait for you to arrange anything yourself, I will die before seeing the wedding," the old woman answered without sympathy, causing Lee Hyeom's men to laugh while Lee Yeong quietly emptied another cup.
Across the table, Seon Jeo leaned slightly toward Eunuch Jang and whispered that their young master had consumed almost no rice but seemed determined to make the wine jar disappear before dinner ended.
Eunuch Jang glanced toward Lee Yeong and replied quietly enough that nobody else should have heard, "At this point I no longer believe he is drinking wine. The entire jar has somehow transformed into vinegar, and he appears determined to consume every drop."
