The Royal Concubine

Part 31

You were standing in front of the Queen. Pure anger and worry were visible in her face. "Y/n? Why? Why did you do that?", she asked. "Your Highness! Every one of you was scared of me. I don't want to be a threat to anyone.

All I want is a peaceful life", you whispered. "So? You gave up on motherhood!?", she broke down. "It's my fault! I shouldn't have acted recklessly. I shouldn't have asked you a favour", she blamed herself.

"Your Highness! Please. It's not your fault! Now or then, I would have taken this decision. I don't want to have a child and make him suffer because of my birth line", you said. You too cried. "Also, I can't trust myself. If I become a mother, I may become greedy too", you whispered.

She hugged you. You cried in her embrace. "I am sorry for not trusting you. You are a gem", she said. "I am also sorry for making you guilty. But truly it's not because of you, your Highness!", You said.

"Can I request a favour?", You asked. "Ask! Ask anything you want?", She said. "Can I play or meet Prince Taemin occasionally?", You asked.

"What are you talking about? You need not have my permission. Just visit whenever you want to", she said, wiping your face.

Both of you didn't know that Taehyung was waiting in front of her room and listened to everything. At first, he came with anger to confront you but now he too broke.

He decided to wait in your chamber. You left her room and walked towards yours. Your face was puffy from crying. It was a selfish act but you didn't want to risk your future child to be played in this royal game or if you were not there he or she would be mistreated for life.

Your desire shouldn't kill their life. You braced yourself and entered your room. You saw Taehyung waiting for your arrival. He was awfully silent. You greeted him. But he was just looking at you.

You couldn't comprehend if it was anger or worry. "Did you give up on your motherhood?", he asked. "Yes", you whispered. "WHY?! JUST WHY?!", he shouted. You flinched at his outburst. "Can't you trust me? Why should you do everything on your own?", he asked you.

"Your Highness!", you whispered, unable to look at his face. "I was a nobody, to begin with. But I got a lot of things. I don't want to be greedy", you said. He pulled you and made you sit beside him. He held your face.

"It's not greediness", he was calm. But his eyes were red. "What if I couldn't protect our child? What if something happens in the royal family or something and I do something ominous just to protect our child?

Our marriage is not even going to be accepted. Will they accept our child?", you asked. A drop of tear rolled from his eyes. "I am sorry", he said.

"Your Highness, why are you apologizing? It's my decision", you panicked. He couldn't control his tears anymore. "I am sorry that I couldn't be a powerful King. I couldn't", his tears streamed down.

"How much did you go through? I heard that it would be painful", he connected your forehead with his. "Is it still painful?", he asked. "No! Nothing is painful when I am with you", you whispered.

You both cried in your embrace. He peppered your face with kisses. "What did I do to deserve you? If I have known about your conversation with her on that day-"

"Please don't blame her, she sacrificed a lot. A lot your Highness! I gave up only one, while she sacrificed her whole life. She gave you to me! Shouldn't I be thankful for that? Besides that she loves your son so much, that's motherly possessiveness", you said.

"If and only if I met you before her", he caressed your cheek. "It would have been worse. Either I would be thrown out of this Kingdom or beheaded", you said.

He just looked at you. He placed a soft kiss on your forehead. "Next time, don't do anything like this, please just please tell me. Please share with me", he said. You hugged him. You both stayed silent for a few minutes.

"I will talk about marriage in the court soon", he said. You hummed in response. "You need to rest", he made you lie down. He pulled you closer but suddenly panicked.

"Is that okay? Is it paining?", He asked. You giggled at his clueless face. "I am perfectly alright, your Highness! I need to take proper medicinal tea and drinks to avoid infections", you said. "I am already giving training to our women force, if I am not fit how can I?", You asked.

He smiled relieved. You patted his chest softly till he fell asleep. You took a deep breath. You wanted to make sure that he wouldn't leave you. Now because of your so-called sacrifice, he will never leave you.

He was more affectionate towards you after that. A week passed in a jiffy. You were given a plan for Siya's escape. She said goodbye to everyone. "Trust us. Your freedom is not very far", Yena said to her.

She hoped everything would go as per the plan. You and Jungkook already went to the border. The plan is to take her from the border and send her to the boat which was waiting for her. You and a few of the ladies resided there in disguise.

Jungkook was part of escorting the guests. They neared the border but the palanquin didn't stop anywhere. She was nervous and sweating. You were waiting for them to stop and take a rest but it didn't happen.

Instead, they crossed the border. Terror filled in both of you and Jungkook's face. They were already out of sight entering the forest. That's it. Finished! Siya wanted to cry.

She believed every one of you instead she was betrayed. Finally, the palanquin came to a rest. They reached a safe place in their country to take a rest.

The guards were getting ready to cook something so that after the meal they could move to the capital. Siya had no energy even to move. Once again she has to start from the beginning.

She was in her misery when she heard a knock on her palanquin door. She took the shield to look outside. A masked man was there. Before she could freak out he placed his palm on her mouth and slightly removed the face cloth to reveal himself.

She was surprised to see him. "Princess, come with me soon, there is no time", he took her and they quietly passed the soldiers who were doing their work. Before going they jammed the palanquin door.

So that it would take a long time to open. A horse was tied in a distance. He hopped on and took her hands and held her tightly. Siya was a few steps closer to her freedom! Prince Namjoon was a man of words!