Lady Baek

Cheon Jongsum had learned about the poison because of a certain visitor at his home when he was very young. A middle-aged woman who hid her face with a red veil contacted his mother, Lady Baek. Cheon Jongsum overheard their conversation while he was studying herbs. ‘How long will it take to see the result?’ ‘Possibly a year.’ ‘Good. Is there any way for one to notice it if they don’t have internal energy?’ ‘There is no way. Someone with sixty years worth of internal energy can burn the poison from the body while meditating, but without it… there is no way.’ ‘Good. I will trust your words then.’ ‘So… where are you going to use the poison?’ ‘I don’t know. What do you think?’ And the woman left. A year later, news of the Lord’s 7th wife Lady Hwa’s passing spread across the entire Heavenly Demon Divine Cult. At the time, Cheon Jongsum’s mother, Lady Baek, was also glad about the news since she hated Lady Hwa too. But the excitement didn’t last long. After it became apparent that Lady Hwa’s death was due to the poisoning, the Poison Clan and Lady Baek became the number one suspect. If it wasn’t for Demon Doctor Baek Jong Woo’s claim that the poison could be acquired even if it wasn’t for the Poison Clan, things would have gotten out of control. The Lord became furious and arrested every servant who served Lady Hwa, but after finding out that the cook that had killed herself, they couldn’t find the real culprit behind it all. They found out that the cook had met with some woman with a veil, but they couldn’t find out exactly who it was. After Lady Hwa’s death, the Lord cut ties with every wife from the six clans. And as for the Poison Clan, Leader of the House Baek Oh had to step down from his Eldership. Baek Oh knew that the Lord suspected his family, so he couldn’t even object and he too was suspicious that the culprit might be his own daughter. ‘No! It’s not me!’ Lady Baek wanted to tell the truth to the Lord. But if things got out that the source of the poison came from her, that was the same thing as saying that her family was behind Lady Hwa’s death anyway. So she couldn’t tell the truth. She deliberately sold the poison, not knowing who it would be used upon. ‘Jongsum, my child. You must keep this secret between you and me. Or else, even you will be hated by your father.’ Lady Baek told Chun Jongsum to not say a word about it and soon passed away while suffering from the stress.<references /> References: