Lady Ruby’s eyes widened as she lowered her head. “I dare not try to take His Majesty’s time from you, Your Highness.” Despite her reply, Emery simply smiled and said, “It is okay to tell me how you really feel. Besides, it is common for every noblewoman to dream and becoming one of His Majesty’s concubines. And even though you get my approval, the final decision still lies with His Majesty.” The lady could not fully understand the queen. If she was in her position, she would allow no concubine at all to enter the palace as it would only reduce the chance of her bearing the king’s child. However, from the words of Emery, Lady Ruby could find no hint of a lie behind them. Seeing that she seemed like the lady who was not hot-tempered and heartless like what she heard from the rumors, Lady Ruby took the courage to speak about the incident just a while back. Clasping her hands together and staring at her cup of tea that had gone cold, she took a deep breath. “It is true that I am jealou

Emery slowly regained consciousness and what immediately greeted her was the pain behind her neck where she remembered being hit by the king. Cursing the king under her breath, she opened her eyes and noticed that it was a bit dark where she was so she thought that it was still probably dawn. But after a few minutes of gathering herself, she noticed that the ceiling she was staring at that moment was not the ceiling she used to see upon waking up in the West Palace. She turned her head to the side and saw two lamps giving her a better view of the room which was almost empty. Upon realizing that she was not in the West Palace, she shot up from her bed and saw the metal bars separating her from someone whose back was turned on her. “What am I doing here?” she asked and she made sure that in every word, her annoyance was very much evident. King Lawson shifted his attention to her and stood from his seat. With his open palm, he pointed at the small table near the metal bars where the que

Vasmir was getting bored in the royal court because of the deafening silence. His eyes scanned the room and the ministers were only exchanging glances yet none of them was uttering even a single word. He could only shake his head because their stubbornness was beyond one could even imagine. He wanted to scare them to have a bit of fun but before he could do that, the doors banged open. “Your Majesty!” One of the royal guards exclaimed upon stepping into the hall. The urgency was much evident in his tone of voice as well as his facial expression. This made Vasmir shoot up from his seat and faced the royal guard. “Did something happen?” he asked in a rather calm voice in order not to radiate the worry and fear that the royal guard was emitting. “The Inner Palace has been invaded by assassins. We could not just make any drastic move because the royal concubine’s safety is in danger.” Without any more words stated, Vasmir rushed out of the royal court and immediately headed to the Wes

King Lawson ordered his men to secure the vicinity, strictly reminding them that if another assassin ever steps into the palace, it would be them who should face death. Facing the remaining three alive assassins who were now captured, he told them to prepare themselves for later because he shall be interrogating them himself. The other royal soldiers immediately split up to do their task before the king turned his attention to his royal concubine. “Are you hurt?” he asked. Lady Hazel shook her head and burrowed her face onto his chest. She felt his warmth around her when the king embraced her as if saying that everything was already okay. “I’m okay, Your Majesty,” she mumbled. “Thank you for saving me.” Kissing her on the forehead, he said, “Go to the Eastern Palace for now. Have your rest and I will visit you there after I take care of everything.” He told the maidservants to accompany Lady Hazel to the Eastern Palace for a while since the Inner Palace was not safe at the moment

Emery was about to throw a tantrum and was planning to attack him if only she was not injured and in pain because without her permission, the king touched her while she was unconscious. No one in their right minds would let that slide. Who knows? He might have done something she was not aware of, at least, that was what she had in mind. However, the king seemed to have seen through her and said, “Don’t try to talk me out of this, Emery. Have your rest and gather your thoughts. When the sun rises, you will have to tell me everything.” After saying that, he got out of the cell and locked her up again before going through the documents laid at the long table. He wanted to rush the queen’s confession but he knew that she needed more rest. At least, he would like to give that to her before breaking the news that he had come to a decision of removing her from her current position. It was barely even a month after their wedding but if Lady Hazel could convince Emery to willingly step down,