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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
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For hours, neither of the ministers said a word nor stepped forward to confess to using the royal seal and ordering the general to burn down Damiane village. Their feet started to ache as time passed as they still stood since no one dared take a seat while the king finished reading a few documents. With the news of the incident in the said village spreading like wildfire all throughout the kingdom, the king had been receiving reports of complaints. It was already something he expected upon hearing what happened in that village. If he fails to address the issue as soon as he could, the possible occurrence of revolts would increase. And as he tries to settle the issue as fast as possible, he also wanted to find the culprit who started the problem. His suspect was no one but the prime minister, however, he could not just point his finger at him without acquiring a piece of solid evidence against him. After reading the latest report of how Damiane village was doing, the king shook his he
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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
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At the entrance to the royal concubine’s chambers, the assassins were guarding each other’s back while the person in the middle was strangling Lady Hazel with one arm while his other hand held a dagger pointing at the lady’s face. Lady Hazel was obviously terrified because that was the very first time she faced such danger ever since entering the palace. Not only was she surprised by the sudden turn of events but she was also scared of what would happen next. Even though she was grateful to the king that he came in person to save him, she felt like a burden who cannot protect herself and simply awaited to be saved. Despite her mind telling her to fight back, her body just negated her mind as it remained frozen in fear. From Emery’s perspective, it seemed like the king was proposing a deal with the assassins since he dropped his sword right in front of them. His back was all she could see but she already guessed that he was probably as mad as hell since, this time, his woman was the o
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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
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King Lawson’s words played inside Lady Hazel’s mind like a broken film being repeated. Her eyes widened in shock and her body just froze. It was simply for the reason that they agreed before Emery was crowned queen that the matter regarding the queen position was not to be mentioned in their conversation. It was rather a sensitive topic between the two of them, especially, since it would take a lot of effort and a long time before Lady Hazel would be able to take the seat of the queen. She gulped. “Y-Your Majesty, H-Her Highness is still…” She could not bring herself to finish her statement because she felt like her tongue had been paralyzed in its place. Despite just finishing her tea, her throat felt dry and the words she wanted to say just would not come out. Of course, she was happy because it seemed that there was still a ray of hope for her to leave the spot of being simply his royal concubine. However, would she really be able to change her title? That question remained in her
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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,
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After Emery finished dressing up, the king allowed her to leave the underground prison. She was never told the real reason why the king wanted her presence in the interrogation but she saw this as an opportunity to know these assassins. As they took their exit from the West Palace, they bumped into Royal Concubine Hazel who had just come from the palace garden. Lady Hazel was surprised to see the queen whom she thought to be still in Mikros Province. Nevertheless, she curtsied before them before the king held her hand and kissed the back of it. “I’ll have lunch with you at the palace garden,” he told her. “I will wait–” Royal Concubine Hazel did not finish her statement when she saw Emery leaving them behind as if they never existed in her world. Her forehead creased, thinking that she might have angered the queen even before she gets to speak with her regarding the matter of her stepping down from the throne. She turned to the king and said, “Your Majesty, you should finish your
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