IT'S ALL STARTING TO MAKE SENSE NOW. THIS POEM WAS A FORESHADOWING👀
He paced by a well and wept his tears of death, stabbed and drowned
https://theprocrastinatingredkitty.tumblr.com/post/621365296050110464/with-regards-to-that-longass-post-wang-bang-yeon
If you look at the analysis I made a year ago about the Ten Million Ri poem written by Wang Bang-Yeon, it seems my prediction about BD using King Danjong's death is now canon. Although, I overlooked who Inhun could be with regards to the historical blueprint BD (most likely) mirrored it from
Inhun could be General Kim Jongseo, the man who had been assassinated by King Sejo, and would've been the right-hand man of the eventually assassinated King Danjong
What common point did Jongseo and Inhun have, you ask?
King Danjong trusted Jongseo wholeheartedly and believed him to be a rightful and just man despite the fact that Jongseo himself had hidden agendas to take power from Danjong's throne, and 16-year-old King Danjong was never aware of this even after his death
Danjong and Na-Kyum are similar. Both became orphans at a young age and were raised by women (the palace maids and the princess vs the courtesans), they trusted a man whom they thought had been a confidant, a father figure who would eventually betray them, both remained innocent yet were untainted in terms of the cruelty of the world (politics vs the wicked nobles), and both were supported by powerful allies (the six martyred ministers vs Seungho)
Well, what happened afterward?
If my comparisons are correct, then when I assumed King Sejo the mastermind of the assassinations was Jihwa, we should also put Min in there, as well.
King Sejo (Jihwa and Min) had everyone who opposed him be assassinated, King Danjong (Na-Kyum) included. And Wang Bang-Yeon (Seungho), who couldn't do a thing as he was a mere follower of King Sejo, could only lament over the dead king for being the very man who delivered the poison (the secrets Seungho had been keeping from Na-Kyum) for the king to take
And this is history woven with fiction
In terms of the universe in PotN, there will (SHOULD) be a divergence, as Na-Kyum is alive, and he is not as voiceless as the assassinated king, and Seungho is not a follower of Min and Jihwa
BUT SEUNGHO COULD BE A PUPPET OF THOSE TWO IF IT MEANT NAKYUM WOULD STAY UNHARMED. He could follow what they ordered him to as long as Na-Kyum won't be taken away
And that is where the questioning of the court comes in. Min, just like King Sejo, rose to power through the support of his party, forged evidence against "rebellious clans", and false written confessions presented to the court. Let's not forget, too, that Min is not as ostracized by the public as Seungho. The commoners could be more inclined to believe whatever the jolly-looking and cheerful Min would say compared to the unapproachable and unruly Seungho
And the only one who would believe the falsely accused Seungho is the "powerless" and "voiceless" Na-Kyum
Min could have forged evidence (Seungho's forgotten sword, the letters by Heena--I'll get to this)
Speaking of which, WHY ON EARTH DID HEENA GO TO THE HOUSE ON THE DAY OF THE MURDER, ANYWAY?
You don't suppose... someone informed her, perhaps? Probably a certain wonky-browed nobleman "heard" things and said it to her in passing while in the gibang? And this was probably how she ended up going there at the break of dawn. Heena didn't hesitate to check if the rumors were credible or not, so she headed out to see for herself
But then how could she accuse Seungho all of a sudden? Who planted the seed in her head that Seungho was behind this?
THE SLIMY SNAKE, OF COURSE.
We had already seen how Min purposefully suggested that Na-Kyum should go to the gibang in the form of flaunting the kisaengs with him within the painter's plain sight. We have seen his cruel prank in the form of an assassination attempt and to frame Jihwa for the fall.
THIS MAN IS BEHIND IT ALL. HE IS THE REAL KING SEJO OF THIS STORY. THE USURPER AND THE POWER-HUNGRY SNAKE.
He managed to wound Seungho around his finger into tricking Jihwa was behind the kidnapping, and managed to enrapture Heena with his wild and tall tales that Seungho was the murderer of a scholar
The only consolation I have is that in history, King Sejo died of an incurable disease
Let's hope Min dies like that as well 😌😌😌😌
ON ANOTHER NOTE, IF THAT CORPSE IS NOT INHUN, IT'S MOST LIKELY THAT MESSENGER THAT SEUNGHO PUNCHED
I MEAN. THAT ARM IS VERY THICK AF. SHITHUN DIDN'T HAVE THICK ARMS 😂