If u notice in chapter 60 too, he was remembering what his brothers said to leave Lee Nok, it was during the scene where brothers told Jaeshin Lee Nok going to die soon. So when Lee Nok said he's going to spent the winter far away because the king told him to do so, what i interpret is Jaeshin, either thought that 'are you getting punished because of last time?' or smtg similar... Then the shocked and anxious expression because he worries Lee Nok will die because of that
Ooooh. I get really confused with the timeline in the last chapters. In ch60 Jaeshin doesn't reminiscing anything though... We see a part of this conversation with his brothers in ch 55 - they're telling him Nok's gonna die soon- and in ch 56 it's continuing with them saying he should leave Nok.
But you may be right Jaeshin's worried Nok will die bc he revealed maehyung, which lead to the mess in the palace and then the king sending Nok away. Thank you, I didn't think about that!
So what he wanted to say was "will you really go?"? It's what I'm guessing now.
While we wait I'd like to ask you about smth. In chapter 60 when they're talking in the bed and Nok says he'll spend the winter outside the palace, there're 2 paneles with shoked Jaeshin and him getting up, wanting (and begining) to ask about smth with anxiety.
So I was wondering WHAT has made him that anxious? I conjecture (after a long cogitation) he's scared Nok will say he wants to end their agreement. "i'll be away, we won't be seeing each other for a few months."
Am I right? Or could it be smth else?