Can I See You Again

Finally the King agreed

The queen hit the door of Youra's room due to excessive emotions. Unexpectedly, a kara girl like Youra could challenge him. In fact, during this time almost all palace residents and officials respected him.

The queen walked quickly with sleeping pajamas attached to her body. His face was still puffy because he had just woken up. The palace maids and maids walked quickly following his arrogant footsteps. All the servants of the palace on duty could clearly see the angry steps that led the queen to the king's residence.

"Your Majesty..." The queen came to drop her body on the edge of the husband's bed. "What shall I do as a wife to serve you and this land?" she pretended to be sad. The king was surprised, until all the servants in the king's room finally came out leaving them both.

"What do you mean, Queen?" ask the king who was still lying sick in bed. The queen shifted her body closer to the king, grabbed the king's hand and clasped it. "Again, please hear me as the first lady of this country" she asked.

"My dear, bring the report in." The queen's order was followed by a lady-in-waiting who came to bring some reports from the people, which had been written by scholars.

The king sat down. The queen helps the husband lean on the bed carefully. "This report again?" ask king. The queen nodded, occasionally wiping away her tears. "What should I do as the leader of the ladies' palace, if having an unfilial son-in-law like Empress Lee?" ask the queen.

"What else did he do?" ask the king with his voice. "He did not attend his general health check-up. Maybe because she's scared, people will know the fact that she hasn't served her husband." The Queen said the facts, but said worse afterwards, "The Crown Prince did not sleep with his wife" the queen added.

"What's? Not likely. He wanted the girl to be his wife" the king denied. "Then, that means Empress Lee can't conceive." Queen Kim does not want to lose, just keep trying to show the bad evidence.

"If the people know about all this, they will increasingly believe in the rumors and havoc that the Crown Prince brought are true" the queen added.

"The sky hasn't left grace in the empress' stomach, we have to wait. How could a queen like you be so presumptuous to say such a thing?" The king cultivated his bad thoughts to be unaffected.

"Your Majesty, until when do you continue to maintain this bad condition and close yourself off from reality? The Crown Prince is very healthy and fit, it has been confirmed by the healers on duty. She would obviously produce offspring, but Empress Lee was never present in the examination. Isn't that so weird? It must be because she couldn't contain. Your Majesty, your daughter-in-law Ara is currently pregnant with Prince Yul's child."

The last words the queen said, were like lightning striking for the king. News that should be welcomed happiness will have a bad impact on the system of government. Today, the people are divided into camps. One of them is the supporters of Prince Yul. The news of Prince Yul's pregnant wife will make the people more insulting and laughing at the Crown Prince. This would weaken the position of the Crown Prince. They will increasingly believe the Crown Prince is the unlucky and doom-bearer for the land.

In fact, the king also wanted Prince Yul to reign, but his promises and vows to the late Queen Kim made him continue to strive to maintain the position of Crown Prince.

Suddenly, the king's up and down breathing spurred faster than his mind. "Sign one of the last two candidates who failed to become a concubine for the Crown Prince. The Crown Prince should have a descendant sooner. Don't think he agrees or not. I'll send the Secretary of State to discuss this with the ministers." The king said that sentence. The real consideration that had been discussed since a long time ago was finally approved by him.

"You'll be eliminated as soon as Lee Youra." The queen smiled happily signifying her temporary victory.

"Your Majesty."

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In her residence, Ara touched her stomach carefully. He was very happy, but his feelings could not always lie. She cried alone sitting on the edge of her porch. The hand clenched violently on his stomach, along with the tears that kept coming out. Lamenting how unfortunate her fate as the wife of a man who does not love her, almost makes her want to kill the baby in her stomach. Shortly after playing with his sadness, Prince Yul arrives home.

Ara quickly wiped her tears, tidying her beautiful dress to welcome her husband. "Welcome, my Prince," Ara said with a smile every time she met her husband. "Hm," Prince Yul replied through it just like that.

"Why don't you ever assume I exist, My Husband?"

The aura left behind could only grow even more sad. She was crying on the spot when her husband just walked by without further ado. Ara clasped the robe and hugged it. Very conscious, never for her to feel affection or just appreciated by her husband.

"Fine." Prince Yul summoned Ara from his personal library. Ara again wiped away those tears, glancing slightly at the mirror to see how it looked. Soon after, he came with great respect. "Yes, Prince?" asked Ara from the library door.

"Close to."

Ara went in and closed the library door again. She sat in front of her husband, still showing a smiling face. "What about what you said back then? What are you gonna do to help me take the throne?"

Ara slack. True, she once begged her husband not to divorce her on such miserable terms. "You didn't forget?" prince Yul reminded.

"Sorry Prince, please allow me to rethink the right way." Ara tried to negotiate with her own husband.

"no need. I've found a way, about what you should do." Prince Yul whispered something into his wife's ear.

Ara was fixated for some time, before finally trying hard to stay in control.

"Prince, can ... You undo all that? Right now, I'm carrying your baby. I'm afraid something bad happened to our baby." With a tight breath, Ara continued to maintain her smile.

"What?" Prince Yul was surprised. "You pregnant?" he added not to believe. Ara nodded, quickly looking at her husband. "Why didn't you tell me from the beginning?" ask Prince Yul.

Ara was aghast, crossing over the pseudo-shadows that were increasingly poisoning her mind. Hopefully, this news will bring change to her husband. "You never want to listen to me, how can I say it?"

Prince Yul smiled, "Good," he replied straightforwardly. Prince Yul grabbed the porcelain on his desk, sipping several times. "In this way, people will like me more and more" he added confidently.

"Make sure that the baby you are carrying is a son. If not, it won't do us any good."

For some reason, the husband's statement re-embedded a deeper wound than that. Ara's feeling was more fearful than before. The possibility of giving birth to a princess is not something small, but everything can happen. Ara was afraid, if it turns out that later she gave birth to a daughter, Prince Yul would instead be increasingly trying to divorce her.

"can't. Whatever happens, I have to have a son, "his inner self.

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