Empress of Another World

Epilogue 2.1

“Phew…”

Bina put down the piece of the document she was reading and massaged her back.

Yulia, who was pouring the empress a cup of herb tea, said to her, “Please, you need to take a break, your highness. You are working too much, especially in your condition.”

“Really…?”

Bina wondered if it was true. She actually had much less work to do now than when she was the first wife. Of course, at that time, many things were happening.

She was, indeed, feeling tired, so Bina decided to follow her maid’s suggestion and took a break. She asked Yulia to organize the scattered pieces of documents and went to her bed to sit against a cushion.

“Ahhh. That’s much better.”

Her belly was big now. Soon, she would enter her eighth month. The baby was active, and Bina had been feeling much better. Her morning sickness and nausea improved greatly by the fifth month.

However, despite the huge improvement, she still exhausted herself easily. Her body felt heavy and even a light activity or work caused her back great discomfort. Her pregnancy was announced immediately after her coronation, so her duties as the empress were temporarily removed. The only work she did was a little paperwork.

The amount of work the emperor had to accomplish as the ruler of the biggest kingdom was incredible. Now, he was also taking on her work. The plan was for Bina to take over the empress’ duties right after her coronation. However, because of her pregnancy, she now worked even less than when she was the first wife.

For the first few months, she did suffer from severe nausea. Officially, she recently had a miscarriage due to the poisoning they planned earlier. It wasn’t true, but other than Lucretius, Lowson, and Samantha, everyone else thought this was true. Because of this, they were wary of Bina’s ‘second’ pregnancy.

Bina was getting frustrated as everyone treated her like a fragile glass ornament.

She chose to become Lucretius’ empress because she was ready and willing to take on everything that came with it. However, when the time came, her empress duties were taken away.

She was especially frustrated with Lucretius. When she was his first wife, he often studied and tested her, but now, he treated her like she would break with the slightest touch.

… Of course, she knew it was because he cared for her greatly. She was happy to be the recipient of his love and attention.

She could understand why Lucretius acted this way. Just as this was her first pregnancy, this was also the first time Lucretius had a pregnant wife.

As well… Bina was very unwell during her first trimester. She was having horrible nausea during the first few months. She had to stay in bed most of the day like a corpse. At the time, she couldn’t do any work at all. Lucretius ended up taking on all of her work on top of his.

Bina felt grateful and apologetic at that time. Now that she was doing much better, she felt like he should let her do her duties!

When she asked for them, Lucretius insisted she should not work at all until she gave birth. After a month of fighting, they came to a compromise and Bina was able to retain a small part of her responsibilities.

“But now… if I show any tiredness, he would take my work away again.”

She sighed.

She realized she would only get her full duties back after the baby was born.

Within a few minutes, Bina fell asleep. It was true that she got tired very easily.

When Yulia came back, she saw her lady sleeping soundly. Yulia smiled.