The Royal Concubine

Part 21

"Really?", Yena asked him. "Yena, I always cared for you, that's why I married you. But your father is giving me a lot of headaches", he said. "I know I am sorry", she replied. "It's not your fault", he softly caressed her cheeks.

"Do you like me then? As a woman?", she asked, still resting in his embrace. "That's", he stuttered. "It's okay, I didn't expect you to love me that way", she smiled and released herself from his embrace.

"Why are you not hating me, even after I don't reciprocate your feelings?", he asked. "You got me out of the nightmare! You made me your queen, most importantly I love you with all my heart", she said. It could have been better if they remained as friends.

You were just walking near the pond getting a fresh breeze. You were in your own world just thinking about random things. "Boo", you freaked out at the sound and slipped your feet.

When you thought that you would fall into the pond, Jungkook held your waist and pulled you closer. Your body clung to his body. "Your Highness", you were still in shock.

"Why did you do that?", you asked. "A warrior should be alert 24/7", he said. "I am sorry", you whispered. "Don't be, just practice more", he said, still holding you securely.

He admired your flustered face. He came closer to you. "Oh! Princess, Good evening", you greeted her and moved away from Jungkook. She came towards both of you.

It was awkward for you. She just eyed Jungkook and came towards both of you. "I will take my leave, your Highness", you bowed at him. "Where are you going?", Jong Mi asked you. "I am going to meet Ms Jiya, Princess", you said to her.

She just nodded. You took your leave. "Queen is attacked yet the future commander is playing around", she scoffed. "Well, looks like I am not going to be the future commander, somebody already has an eye on that spot.

Also, the lady in front of me is going to be the wife of him I guess", Jungkook just smirked. Jong Mi was terrified. Jungkook was just pulling her legs.

In the past few days, the tension between them has reduced a lot. Even though his heart was longing for you, deep down he started to accept that he can't have you.

Maybe a straight confession and a very straight rejection woke him up completely. He was unknowingly drawn towards Jong Mi. He just wanted to play with her but he scared her. "I don't want to", she muttered.

She also knows that Jungkook was talking about Min-hyuk. "Well, nobody gets what they want", Jungkook chuckled. Tears were pooled in her eyes. "Please don't talk like this", she said, letting a drop of tear.

Jungkook felt guilty. "Princess, I didn't mean to", he tried to comfort her. But she didn't want to cry in front of him. She just ran back to her room. He pulled his hair out.

Definitely, he was affected by her. After all, they were friends, to begin with. For the first time, Jungkook ran after her. She was walking fastly wiping her tears. She doesn't want anyone else except Jungkook.

The thought of getting married to someone else was her trauma. "Princess, wait", he caught her wrist. "I am sorry, I didn't mean to", he said, still holding her wrist. She just looked at how securely he caught her wrist.

He immediately released when he came back to his senses. "I was joking", he said. She removed her hand from his grip. "I want to rest", she muttered and went away. He felt bad for her.

Namjoon and Taehyung were scheming a plan. They thought that this would be the perfect opportunity to make his father in law go down.

"But, still we don't have an eye witness, I don't think Yena will allow this to become a huge drama. Once again, they will point to you telling that the King is not even capable of protecting his Queen. How can he protect the country?", Namjoon said.

"But still he needs to be punished somehow", Taehyung said. "Queen mother wants to see you, your Highness", a maid informed me.

They both greeted their mother. She briefly asked about the incident. "We will deal with this in court tomorrow because I am sure the ministers will raise questions", Namjoon said. "Taehyung ah", she calmly called.

"I don't know what happened between you both, but if you have ever planned to give her a child, at least she wouldn't be going through all this", Queen mother said. Namjoon remained silent indicating that's true.

"I know mother, but I didn't want them to play games by putting my son on the line", he said. Queen mother understood that well because Taehyung has always been played by royals like that. He didn't want his son to go through something like that.

He wanted to give him a proper and powerful throne. "There will be no such thing as peace in the royal kingdom Taehyung ah, every day something like this will keep popping up, that is why this is always complicated", Namjoon said.

"Let her heal first, she is very weak mentally. I promise this time I will give what you wanted, mother", he said. Queen mother's face lit up brightly. "Really?", She asked. Taehyung just nodded.

She hugged her son. The thought of getting a grandchild made her go up in cloud nine. "I will ask the astrologer and fix an auspicious day", she said and left the room happily. "Are you okay?", Namjoon asked.

"Yeah Hyung", he said. He too nodded. Soon the date was fixed. Meanwhile, in the court, Yena's father was still under arrest and he explained what happened that day.

"Still, you can't hurt the Queen, just because you are her father. It's a huge crime and punishment is also huge", Namjoon said, planting some fear. "Your Highness, I am ashamed of my father's act.

We will accept all the punishment. Also, I will step down from the previous position", Min-hyuk kneeled. Taehyung and Namjoon were a little shocked. They didn't expect this from him.

Maybe he is not that bad. "We can't punish you for your father's act. As he is my father in law, I respect him. But he can't enter the capital for 3 months and he needs to step down from his positions", Taehyung said.

Other ministers too accepted. Taehyung didn't want the father and son to be together. He ordered Min-hyuk to continue his duties. Once the order was imposed, Min-hyuk smirked to himself!