Chapter 32

Chapter 32 In the days that followed, a new news spread throughout the empire. The Queen's pregnancy. It quickly spread throughout the empire. My dear king, you will finally have the eldest prince who will definitely succeed you especially since he is the eldest." The Queen's happy promise as they dine with the king at his palace.My Queen, I hope he is a Prince so that I can have a son who can teach me things." The king smiled as he caressed the Queen's belly. "I am sure this is a Prince majesty because I often pray in the temple, I have committed no sins, so I am sure the dear Buddha will not disappoint me. I am sure this man offered his son to me in exchange for my obedience to him. We know that the eldest daughter is not good for our superstition, so why would he give us a Princess. " Long but gentle promise by the Queen. The king smiled at him before speaking. My dear queen, this is what you will remember, even though she is a Princess, she is still our child so we should just take care and love her, especially because you will take care of and raise her." "But dear king, this will be your eldest son so he should only be a Prince, the Prince who will lead your list of children who will succeed you on the throne especially since he is my son, your Queen." The Queen said so the king just nodded before releasing a smile. Because the Queen was pregnant she could not go to the king's palace to accompany him. It was a palace law that when one of the king's wives was pregnant, she would only stay in her palace to take care of herself and the pregnant woman until she gave birth. It was up to the king whether he wanted to visit it or not. Because Consort Xiao is always with the king. It goes in and out of the king's palace in the morning or in the evening, especially when the king has no other choice. Imperial Noble Consort Ling did not get along with them while he was still preparing Consort Lawana for such things. Pim had just come out of the palace and he had heard a lot of bad things about his boss, so his mix was not good. "Dear Imperial Noble Consort Ling, it's been a few months but the dear king is still not coming here. People are also talking about our palace because it is said to be abandoned because the king has not paid attention to the owner of this palace for a long time. There is also discrimination going on, especially against our servants. " Sadly, he told imperial Noble Consort Ling that he was only busy painting at the time, especially since he was forbidden to do what he enjoyed doing, gardening. All the kings uprooted his flower plants which made him happy. Only the vegetables that they had planted before were still there, especially since the king again reduced the supply of food brought to his palace every month, so they saved a lot. Apart from those things, there were five soldiers and only Pim was left in his palace because he could no longer pay his other servants especially since the king had not favored him for a long time. Due to these incidents, he is no longer respected by most people outside his palace and is laughed at, especially when he is seen walking only when he has something to go, unlike before when he was loaded into a sedan from the soldiers. He is no longer bowed down to be respected by Consor Xiao especially and he is now a Noble Consort. "Imperial Noble Consort Ling…" Pim called him again when he was surprised.Oh Pim, it's you. Have you been there before? " Dear Imperial Noble Consort, I've been talking here before, but you're not listening." Pim, I'm busy here. You know I have a lot more to paint, you know, the Queen's mother likes it, she wants my works so we will use that reason for her to help our palace. He is the first one we can count on now to protect us especially and at any time or moment Noble Consort Xiao will do something bad to us especially and he is now favored by the king. " He made a long promise before refocusing on painting. Pim was silent for a long time because he said that. Until…Dear Imperial Noble Consort Ling…" Pim later said again that there was concern in his voice. "What's that Pim, do you want to say something?" he replied while still focused on the painting when he was stopped by a man's voice.Dear Imperial Noble Consort Ling…" Said the man who was then kneeling and bowing behind him so he faced it when he stopped when he nodded after he raised his face.Mr D-Daubou ?!" "Yeah dear Imperial Consort, it's me." Its response types are dim.what are you doing here?" He asked in astonishment before simply looking around looking for someone but Daubou had already spoken. I'm not with him, dear Imperial Consort." This sad promise to him. then, b-why did you come? Shouldn't you be with him in the war now? " calmly but full of astonishment he asked here. You are right dear Imperial Consort but I will just return here to the inner-palace and I am not sure how Prince Ri is doing now and I am here to inform you of that matter as desired of dear king Gi. "The will of the dear king? And what is this thing that I should know? W-what do you mean? " "Dear Imperial Consort, I have returned here to the inner-palace to report to the dear king about Prince Ri's condition, but he also wants me to inform you of the report about his brother so I will go straight here after I recover. to him. " As soon as Daubou said that Prince Ri's personal assistant, he felt a strange nervousness that made him stop and didn't want to listen to whatever he wanted to say but he still listened to it with courage. "A-and what is it that the dear king wants me to know about Prince Ri?" he asked nervously. "Dear Imperial Consort, the war that took place in Guandong City lasted for almost five months and only in recent days have the Baoluan Clans been defeated. Only a few troops were left who chose to retreat but - but Prince Ri followed them with only a small number of troops and we found out that the Baoluan Clan had gone to the Lhiang State Camp. until now, it's been a few days but Prince Ri still can't return and there's no news of him as well as the prime minister of the Grand Empire who followed him. " "I-Then what does that mean?" his question was soft but heavy. Daubou just bowed again before speaking. "Forgive me for what I have to say but there is a good chance that the army of the dear Prince and the chief minister of the Grand empire may be defeated. I know you already know what that means. " He replied sadly and bowed again while still on his knees before standing up and saying goodbye. He could not properly process what he had heard just now. Holding back the tears he picked up the paintbrush and turned back to what he was painting even though his every stroke had no direction. "Dear Imperial Consort, are you all right?" he seemed to hear nothing and continued what he was doing. "Your Majesty, that's enough. What you're painting is ruined… "Pim remembered again that he was still holding her shoulder. "Leave me here Pim, just leave me alone." He was finally able to tell. "But Your Majesty, you are not well. I will come with you to your room to rest. " "Pim what ?! Didn't you hear me? Leave me first! " he had nothing to do with it so he complied and hurried out of the room where he was painting. As soon as Pim came out of the yard, he was surprised to see that the king who was just standing there seemed to be wondering whether to continue or not.dear king, good afternoon." Pim stuttered and startled his greeting here before getting up from his knees. The king looked at him in shock because he also suddenly appeared but he also recovered immediately. It never speaks but that Pim gets what it wants. "Ah n-Imperial Noble Consort Ling is in a vacant room next to the kitchen. S-Shall I go with you or do you want me to just call him? " Pim's voice was soft but the king immediately shook his head. "No longer! I just came to say hello to the green hill palace, I didn't think it would look like an abandoned palace for a long time, there were only dry leaves around and no people! " sarcastic promise of the king so Pim bowed as an apology before speaking. "I'm sorry, ma'am." His promise was weak. "Where are the people here?" "Your Majesty, I have been here for two months and only five palace guards are left here in the palace. The others have left and moved to Redhill Palace, while the others have been fired by Imperial Noble Consort Ling due to lack of salary. " "What? There are only six of you left here because of your employer's lack of salary? "The king said in shock."That's how it is, Your Majesty." "But how did that happen? He has so much gold and expensive jewelry and equipment that he can sell or pay for his servants here in the palace? " He's really majestic but he doesn't want to touch them because it's your gift to him so he won't just give it away." "Huh! He just wants to hurt himself! " Weak but sarcastic promise of the king and he would have turned around to leave when it was stopped. It was a few seconds before it faced her again and walked back. "Your Majesty, m-do you have anything else to say?"how is he? I'm sure the report about my brother reached him. "The voice of his promise was hard but there was a hint of concern. "He's a real dear king but I can't tell you how he really feels because he let me out but if you want to know why don't you go to him!" The king was just stunned by what he said so he spoke again. "I'm sorry but I'm leaving you and I still have to cook for my boss." He said more and left the king who was just standing there. Your Majesty, what do you want to do?" Mr. Khut asked the king curiously but he did not speak. Instead it walked out of the green hill palace. However, when he was about to board the sedan, he stopped walking. He thought for a long time until he found himself at the door of the room where Imperial Noble consort Ling was present who was still turning to painting and continuing to paint. He was just silently watching Imperial Noble Consort Ling from the door behind it. There was no emotion on his face but his eyes were pale. Moments passed when he heard the sobbing of the Imperial Consort so pity flashed on his face and he was about to approach it when he was stopped because of the name he mentioned. Marro…" He sobbed his weak promise as he released the paintbrush he was holding before rubbing his own palms. Because of that scene, a strange emotion flashed on his face again, causing him to take a few steps back and just stare at the Imperial Consort. A few moments later, he was alarmed when the Imperial Consort wiped away the tears and stood up, so he didn't turn around and left the room before Imperial Noble Consort Ling could see him. He went outside and finally left the green hill palace. Dear Noble Consort, are you all right?" Nam asked the boss when he suddenly stopped walking while they were in the garden and walking around. It was bent over and holding his forehead. "I'm fine. I just got dizzy all of a sudden again." "Dear Noble Consort, you've been feeling dizzy for a week now. You've been vomiting from time to time. Please see the imperial physician."not so-- n-I'm pregnant Nam?" Noble Consort Xiao ejaculated without any hesitation and was even held in his stomach. maybe dear Noble Consort …" Nam replied with a smile while Noble Consort couldn't paint his face. The dear king will surely be pleased to hear this. Nam promised again. Oh yes, I'm pretty sure of that especially and I'm pretty sure this is a prince unlike the one the dear queen is conceiving of a princess. Noble Consort replied with a smile so Nam was surprised. What do you mean dear Noble Consort? "Nothing. I just found out. The dear queen has been pregnant for six months so we can find out the gender of what she is carrying. I heard them talking to her doctor." It was a long explanation before releasing a grin again. "Then your son will be heir to the throne because your son will be a boy." "She's real, so come and join me at Physician Pong, especially since I'm not sure how many months I've been pregnant." After seeing Physician Pong, Noble Consort Xiao found out that she was three months pregnant. She enjoyed it thoroughly especially and according to Physician Pong there is a good chance that her son will be a boy because of his position. She knew that her future son would take her to the pinnacle of success as the new queen especially and her future son would be the heir to the throne because he was the eldest prince. Although he wanted to report it to the king, he still had to keep it for a few days because the king was not there. The king was then at the Green Valley Palace to visit Consort Lawana so it was not in the inner palace. He could not talk to the palace about the complications he was going through, so he went to Consort Lawana, especially since he was like Imperial Noble Consort Ling in thought and behavior. He would have had a few more days to stay at Consort Lawana's palace but a news reached him that changed his mind and gave him a lot of anxiety.Your Majesty, are you really going back to the inner-palace?" Consort Lawana asked him softly while they were in his room. It was early in the morning and they just woke up. The king was now preparing for his departure when the Consort became restless. "Even though we can't get along with Imperial Noble Consort Ling now, he's still my wife so I should just go to him to find out his true condition especially since he is said to be ill." The king replied calmly. "Then you will be careful on your journey back to your palace. You will also inform Imperial Noble Consort Ling of my desire for his speedy recovery." He replied softly again before getting up from the bed to approach the king and kiss him.After the king kissed him back, he said goodbye. To Be Continued…