Walking past the guard post, I always come away with a bowlful of gossip. Today no one opened their mouth. That's the scariest kind of day there is.

• Mu-gyeolToday I heard nothing either.
  Hong-iIf you didn't hear it, sir, that doesn't mean there's nothing. It means someone's hiding it.
• Left Minister Sim-gyuThe trouble with palace girls is how loose their tongues run.
  Hong-iThis one only has loose ears, my lord.