Matapos malaman ang kaganapan sa inner-palace ay agad tinungo ni Prinsipe Ri ang palasyo ng kanyang kapatid.
"Anong ginagawa mo dito, hindi ba dapat nasa border ka ngayun?" Malamig na saad ng hari pagkarating na pagkarating niya pa lamang. Ni hindi manlang siya nito nilingon dahil nakatalikod ito at may hawak na kopeta ng alak habang nakatanaw sa hardin ng kanyang palasyo.
"Mahal na hari, n-nabalitaan ko ang nangyari dito ngayung araw."
"Ikaw ang Punong Heneral ng sandatahang lakas ng Emperyo, ang siguridad ng emperyo ang dapat mong pinagtutuunan ng pansin at hindi nakiki-alam sa mga kaganapan sa emperial harem."
"Ngunit mahal kong kapatid--"
"Mahal kong kapatid? Tama ba ang narinig ko? Hindi ko yata iyun nararamdaman." Sarkastiko nitong saad na hindi parin siya nililingon.
"Gi pakiusap, mag-usap tayo."
"Ano ang sasabihin mo? Kung hindi ito tungkol sa iyung tungkulin ay mas mabuti pang iwanan mo na lamang ako."
"GI RA KHUN! PAKIUSAP! Harapin mo ako! Kung galit ka kay Imperial Noble Consort Ling dahil sa nangyari sa Shaondong Province--"
"Tumigil ka! Hindi ko kailangang marinig ang kahit na ano mang tungkol jan!"
"Makinig ka sa akin Gi, walang ginagawang masama si Imperial Noble Consort Ling! Wala!" Mariin niyang saad dahilan para tuluyan na siyang harapin ng hari.
"Tama na sabi eh..."
"Wala siyang kasalanan! Kung galit ka sa akin mo ipukol lahat ng galit mo! Kung nagagalit ka dahil magkasama kami sa Shaondong Province, sa akin ka magalit hindi sa kanya because it is me who have decided to go to Shaondong because I've learned that she was there! Kung hindi sana ako pumunta dun edi sana hindi kami nagkasama!"
"So you're saying that you're planning to take my wife, is that it?!"
"What?! Of course not! Ano bang sinasabi mo? Gi please, listen to me! It's not what you think okay!
Sabina didn't do anything wrong!"
"Didn't do anything wrong?! Talaga? What about secretly taking up contraceptive huh? Wait...is she doing it because she doesn't want a child from me, or she's taking it because she's reserving everything for the both of you in the future?!"
"Ano? Gi please... You're going to far mahal kong kapatid-- that's not what I'm expecting from a King like you!"
"This is not what I'm expecting from a brother like you too. Masisi mo ba ako if I'm paranoid towards the two of you hah?! Nauna kayong dalawa! There was you and her before She and I! There were memories of the two of you before we started ours! She is your Sabina before Sabina before she become my Imperial Noble Consort Ling! You're her first love! You were happy together for years before I made her my bed chamber!"
"You're a fool Gi!"
"Fool what?!"
"Hindi mo ba naririnig ang sarili mo? You keep saying was when you're talking about me and Sabina while you talk about you and her now in the present! See, what we have are all in the past now! You are the present!"
"And you're in the present too..." The King said emotionally before turning his back from him again.
"Gi... I don't know what to do or what to say pero pakiusap...you have to talk to her. Also, sabihin mo sa akin kung ano ang dapat kong gawin."
"May nagbabadyang madugong digmaan ngayun sa Guandong province dahil sa kagagawan ng Lhiang State, kailangan nila ang presensya mo roon." Napalunok siya sa tinurang iyun ng hari. Masyado iyung malayo at delikado rin lalo na't Lhiang State Clan ang naghihintay sa kanya roon. Posibleng abutin siya ng ilang taon roon. Gayun pa man ay tumango na lamang siya.
BINABASA MO ANG
Became The King's Woman
RandomSabina Maliari is a woman with an outstanding beauty and a body of a beauty queen. Any man wouldn't have to think twice to fancy her. She's also smart and dignified woman. The only fault in her is that she was born to a poor family and have a father...
