The story of Princess Deokhye (3)Time goes by quickly but bitterly for Deokhye. It has been 4 years
The story of Princess Deokhye (3)Time goes by quickly but bitterly for Deokhye. It has been 4 years since her arrival to Japan. When she first arrived she was still a young girl. But now she has turned mature, mature enough to marry. At least in the eyes of the Japanese government. In 1929, the Japanese government have started to plan for Deokhye’s wedding, to make sure she will stay in Japan as a hostage by forming a family for her just like what they did to her brother Yi Un. The wedding was not yet announced, it was merely a plan or even a thought. But this thought was interrupted in May 1929 by the news of the death of Lady Bongnyeong, the mother of Deokhye. Having her father killed and her mother seized away from her is the biggest punishment for Deokhye for whatever sin she have done in her past life or this. For four years, she have been struggling to hide the pain away and continue her life of hardship. She recovered after for years of hard work, but the death of her mother hit her critically. Having known her beloved mother is now with her father while leaving her behind suffering from the Japanese treatment, she locked herself up in her room. Under such situation, the Japanese can do nothing to calm Deokhye nor her only relatives in Japan. They decided to let Deokhye return to Korea to attend the funeral of her mother. Her return was short and full of grief. Returning to her motherland did not get her away from the pain of losing her mother. 15 days later, she was taken back to Japan in a rush. No goodbyes, no nothing. Deokhye returned and left like the wind that carried her fragile body.Yi Un and Masako went to the pier to welcome her, just like when they first met Deokhye four years ago. This time there were no welcoming ceremonies and no pomp and circumstances, only the couple and their servants. Another thing that happened to be different is the appearance of Deokhye. It has only been two weeks and Deokhye has become not a young girl nor a teenager, Masako recalls that day and said she cannot find a bit of emotion in her eyes and her face. She became a skinny young women who seemed to have gone through battles and heavy defeats, who lived in the center of a man-made tragedy. A tear-less and emotionless Deokhye was sent back to her apartment and her school to continue to study only to find out, very soon, that she is unable to learn. The Japanese discovered that she is not unwilling to learn, but physically unable to learn. She sits in her room all day, responding to others slowly and too calmly. Soon, the doctors have found out she was diagnosed with a neuron disease caused by too much grief and mental illness. Sources: a) Wikipedia/Deokhye b) Baidu/德惠翁主 -- source link