The Queen and her National Treasure

Chapter 41

Third person's POV

'But... but I want to see Her Majesty. I want to... tell her that... that I'm sorry.' The pretty Consort is on the verge of tears again,

JiHyo and Nayeon both hold onto Mina's hands to calm her down, 'We know, we know... but Your Highness, be patient and Her Majesty will come here to you.'

'What if... what if she's very angry and she won't ever come here again?' Mina's heart can't settle knowing The Queen is quite upset at the moment,

'That will never happen.' Nayeon reassured her, 'Your Highness, you know how much Her Majesty loves you, don't you?'

The Consort slowly nods her head. Of course she knows Chaeyoung loves her to pieces, but that doesn't allow her heart to rest because without the Queen's affection and adoring touches, and right away, everything becomes uncertain for Mina. Chaeyoung just walked out not long ago, but Mina already feels so uneasy, so lonely and so lost.

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On the other hand, at Consort Sana's palace, after hearing about what happened at Willow Palace, the Consort is celebrating at the news. She finds great opportunity in this situation because this might be the time where Consort Mina will finally lose all the affection from the Queen, 'Hahaha... great! Even God is helping me.' Sana is in a happy mood,

Her maid EunHa is also laughing, 'Yes, Your Highness. God is helping you. That assassin is Consort Mina's older sister, and that's why Her Majesty will surely slowly lose affection for her. As the matter of fact, I heard that Consort Mina is currently being grounded in her palace.'

Sana smirks victoriously, 'I will take this chance to make sure Her Majesty will be completely over that insolent Macedon girl.' She then orders EunHa, 'EunHa, get someone to closely watch Consort Mina's every move. I'm sure she will make mistakes because it's about her sister's life or death now. She won't stay still, and I will just take that chance to bring her down.'

'Yes, Your Highness.' EunHa obeys.

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One day has passed since the grounded command, two days and then three days, The Queen doesn't come inside Mina's palace to see her at all. Every single day, The Pure Consort would wait for her Queen, she stands at the door for a long while, then she walks back inside her room and cries a little, then a bit later she walks back out and waits at the door again. My God the time seems to stand still for Mina, a day feels longer than one year,

On the other hand, our great Queen is now like a walking corpse. Without her Treasure right next to her, she's dead inside. She is still doing her work as usual because it's her responsibility but certainly, the smile has left her face. Chaeyoung actually has come to Mina's palace many times since the incident, but she just stopped outside the gate and stared to the inside for a very very long time, then she just walked away. Being a strong minded person, The Queen is determined to keep her Consort safe inside, no matter how much that decision is hurting her,

'Your Majesty, please eat something, you haven't had anything all day.' Head Court Lady Nayeon and the personal guard Hyung Sik worriedly say,

'I will eat later.' Chaeyoung answered, still fully focused in her work, trying to keep her mind busy so she won't have time to think about her Mina,

But it certainly doesn't work, 'Nayeon unnie, how's Mina doing?' She asks without even realising it,

Nayeon sighs deeply, 'She's not doing well, Your Majesty. She hasn't been eating or sleeping much, she's just waiting for you all day everyday with tears all over her face.'