Tess of The D'urbervilles is a great novel and a good introduction to Thomas Hardy. But my fave of his is still Far From The Maddening Crowd - and Jude.
I have started reading Love and Longing in Bombay written by Vikram Chandra. I love this writer and his Sacred Games is a fave of mine although I like Red Earth and Pouring Rain too. Anyway the first story is really good, packs a punch and carries that certain VC flavour.
Meanwhile Jumong is going on full speed. I didn't watch the day before since it was my b-day and family stayed awake till after 23:00 at night.
And in these three episodes things really got interesting.
Stupid Youngpo hired assasins from Dochi to attack the shrine and kill Yeomiul (I will not call her sorceress now since she left the palace after surviving the attack and did a complete 180 degrees. Now she supports Jumong and is very very sorry for interpreting the signs wrong and harming Haemosu this way. She called the King a hypocrite and accused him of wanting Haemosu that because of his love for Yuhwa. Finally she pledged alliance to Yuhwa and more importantly to Jumong. She told the poor man everything and that Haemosu is his father not the King. She said not to trust Kumwa since he knew Daeso and Youngpo killed Haemosu but did nothing to punish them. Well she has a point of course and what she said it true but on the other hand I don't think Kumwa is that bad or dishonourable. He has his weaknesses for sure and any decent father would choose his son over his friend. But he definitely is a hypocrite.
Sosuhno turned Daesoo down very gently but firmly. He was so mad that I thought he was going to burst.
Youngpo also kidnapped Bouyong again and after getting rid of Yeomieul (she said she will suffer away for sometime because she needs to be punished for her sins but she made alliance with Yontabal before she went away) he has targeted Jumong.
Daesoo gets in touch with the Governor requesting the secret of making steel swords. The Governor said he will give it to him but on one condition. He has to marry Governor's daughter. He asked for some time before giving his answer.
While Jumong is trying to make sense of the mess his life has become - Daesoo, Youngpo and Queen are plotting against him although Youngpo didn't tell them any details on how he plans to get rid of Jumong.
So he calls Jumong and tells him to quit the competition or Bouyong is dead. He actually accepts and tells the King he wants out and that the eldest son should be the Crown Prince. Everyone is very suprised and our villains are so very happy. Although Daesoo suspects that there is another reason why Jumong has quit.
Sosuhno is more worried about Jumong loving Bouyong than his quitting of the competition. But as the 23rd episode ends Jumong visits Sosuhno tells him that he needs to go away for a while but he will always think of Sosuhno and offers the ring his mother gave him to her (Haemosu gave this ring to Yuhwa right before Jumong was consummated). Yuhwa told him to give it to the woman he loves so now we know and Sosuhno also knows (she was so full of emotion as she accepted it).
I can't wait to see what will happen now :)
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