The Crown Prince’s Bath: Part V
The Court Lady Superior Ahn Yeo-bin gathered her skirts and made haste toward the central court. She knew that His Majesty would be there, but she did not have a…
The Crown Prince’s Bath: Part IV
The Stag That Killed The King It was late summer when news arrived that the King had been fatally wounded. He had been impaled, ironically, not by the enemy's sword…
The Crown Prince’s Bath: Part III
The Girl From the Bamboo Forest It was a warm night when Ahn Yeobin served Hyun Joon’s tea at the pavilion. A half-moon shined in the rippling waters of the…
The Crown Prince’s Bath: Part II
Previously on The Crown Prince's Bath... Every morning, Ahn Yeo-bin rose at an ungodly hour to start the fire for Prince Joon’s bathwater. She would visit the royal gardens, where…
The Crown Prince’s Bath: Part I
The Kingdom of Samgaju In the 6th Century AD, during the period of the three Kingdoms, there was a Kingdom by the shores of the East Sea on the lands…
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