BAB 8

Prince Shen came followed by Prince Agri and Prince Helium.

"What is this?!" Agri saw a fallen pregnant woman and Laura who stared at Agri, Shen, and Helium in shock.

Laura and her friends bend over. "Hello, prince."

Agri, Shen, and Helium nodded.

Laura and her friends suddenly turned white, they secretly held back their fear at the sight of Agri, who was famous for his cruelty.

"How dare you riot in my palace?" Agri stared at Laura intently.

Livi helped the pregnant woman up.

Jiah smiled when no one noticed her.

"Madam, are you okay?" Livi looked at the pregnant woman worriedly.

The pregnant woman is Jiah in disguise, fortunately, none of the princes recognized her.

With an expression of pain, Jiah held her stomach.

"Ah… my stomach hurts," said Jiah.

The look on Agri's and the people who were there turned into worry. Going to be a problem if someone gave birth during the royal banquet.

Shen who saw Jiah holding her stomach made her think that Jiah was about to give birth.

"Could it be that Madam will give birth," said Helium innocently.

Shen also nodded.

"Guards!" Agri exclaimed

Two bodyguards come. "What's wrong prince?"

"Find a doctor to deliver."

Jiah's face immediately turned pale when she heard the doctor's words, if the doctor did come, her lies would surely be exposed and she could be thrown into jail.

Livi, Shen, and Helium felt sympathy when they saw Jiah's face that was getting paler, while Agri thought it would be very troublesome if Jiah gave birth in his palace, what's more, the absence of Jiah's family would demand if something happened during the birth.

"No!" Jiah exclaimed.

Agri looked at Jiah with a suspicious look.

Jiah rubbed her stomach. "I'm only eight months pregnant... so... it's not time to give birth yet."

Livi looked at her worriedly.

Agri found it reasonable. "But the doctor can check your womb."

"I don't want… akh… it hurts…" Jiah held her stomach.

Livi who saw her immediately pointed at Laura.

"This is all your fault, if only you didn't push it, Madam's stomach wouldn't hurt."

Laura looked at Livi angrily. "No."

"Don't lie, Miss' friend must have seen it too." Livi wiped her tears with her hands.

Agri, Shen, and Helium nodded silently while looking at Laura's friend who lowered her head.

Laura felt like she was betrayed by her friend. "I just lightly touched it."

Livi did not believe Laura's words.

'Good Livi, keep going... until Prince Agri punishes them' thought Jiah

"I didn't, did I?" Laura looked at her friend for support, but her friend avoided her making Laura feel disappointed because her friend did not support her.

Jiah pretended to close her eyes. "I want water."

Livi looked at Agri, Shen, and Helium in turn.

"Guards, bring drinking water for this madam," said Helium.

The two guards immediately went to fetch drinking water.

Livi helped Jiah to sit on the bench. Prince Shen who saw it immediately helped Livi to support Jiah.

Jiah continued her action by stroking her stomach like someone who was in pain.

"Are you sure you don't want to be called by the doctor?" Agri looked at Jiah.

Jiah shook her head. "No need, but... can the prince send them away?"

With a sickly-looking face, Jiah pointed at Lura and her friends.

"You—" Laura pointed at Jiah.

"You guys go," said Agri.

"No!" she insisted.

Agri glared at Laura angrily. Laura's friends asked Laura to go.

"Go!," Agri shouted.

Laura finally leaves with her friends.

The two guards came and brought a drink, and Jiah immediately drank it.

"Madam, how are you?" Jiah looked at Livi.

"I'm fine."

"Wouldn't it be better to call a doctor?" Shen asked.

Jiah gets annoyed with Shen.

It could be that she misspoke until all her disguises were blown.

"I'm fine prince, can I ask you a favor?"

"What?" Shen asked.

"I don't know where my husband's carriage is, can I borrow the prince's carriage to take me home?"

"Let the royal carriage take you home," said Agri.

Jiah smiled.

"Thanks, Prince," said Jiah.

Agri ordered his subordinates to take the carriage and helped Jiah get into the carriage.

"Thank you for helping me earlier Madam," said Livi.

Jiah nodded, and Agri immediately closed the horse-drawn carriage door.

The horse-drawn carriage was running and Livi was still waving her hand.

Jiah leaned her shoulders against the back of the chair with her legs crossed. 'Luckily I made it out

Glanced at the street from inside the horse-drawn carriage.

"I hope to meet Marcel and Livi... sorry I haven't had time to say goodbye," Jiah thought

After Jiah felt that the horse-drawn carriage had gone quite far, she ordered the coachman to pull over near a big house.

The coachman helped Jiah get down.

crack…

Jiah glanced at her shirt which was torn by the sharp edge of the chair, she immediately covered her lower abdomen.

The coachman saw a mansion that belonged to the residence of one of the most famous people.

"Does the mistress live here?" Jiah who saw the coachman looking at her suspiciously nodded.

"I never heard that the Oddin family has a new Mistress?" Jiah laughed awkwardly when she heard the coachman's words.

"It's because I'm unwell so news about me is very rare."

The coachman nodded, after seeing Jiah walking towards Oddin's residence the driver turned to leave.

"Who are you?" said the guard.

There are two guards behind the gate.

"Is this Cleo's house?" The bodyguard memorized Cleo's name.

"There is no such thing as Cleo here, this is Oddin's residence," said one of the guards.

Jiah laughed ridiculously. "Sorry, I seem to have misplaced, this is my first time visiting the Western empire."

"Okay, Madam."

Jiah immediately left, she was looking for the most expensive lodging there.

Several maids came when they saw the luxurious clothes that Jiah was wearing.

"Happy-"

Jiah took out one gold piece on the table. "Give me the best room here."

The maid fell silent.

"Is that lacking?"

The maid shook her head. "No, no."

Took the gold pieces and led Jiah to the most expensive room.

Arriving in front of the room, Jiah stopped the maid and whispered something. The maid fell silent but when Jiah handed her the five gold pieces the maid nodded and left.

Jiah closed the door and changed clothes, seeing her clothes in the torn abdomen she immediately threw them on the floor.

Jiah is contemplating the next plan to escape from the Western kingdom.

Agri immediately entered the queen's grandmother's room which was already filled with several of his families. Shen, Helium, and Velie who were behind Agri stopped at the door.

Agri saw the queen's grandmother who looked pale. Agri immediately held the queen's grandmother's hand to feel the pulse.

"Damn it!" he said.

"Guards report everyone who enters the queen grandmother's room!" Agri immediately came out of the queen's grandmother's room.

A woman there covered her mouth while smiling even though her face looked like she was crying.

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The quote for today is...

No, what do you expect?

Come on, don't hope for others, but hope for yourself.

-Jiah-