The Queen and her National Treasure

Chapter 58

Third person's POV

The next day at Consort Sana's palace, after coming to terms with herself, Sana has decided to face the consequences of her actions all alone. She told all of her maids and guards to pack their belongings and leave the palace, helping them to avoid criminal charges as accomplices,

Consort Sana hands to each of them a bag full of money and gold, 'This will be enough for you to live comfortably for the rest of your lives. So... leave, return to your family, and live a happy life.' She tells them,

The maids and guards are on the verge of tears, feeling very touched with the Consort's kindness. They hesitate to leave but they know their families need them, and therefore they can't just stay here and die, 'Your Highness, thank you for your kindness!' They bow their heads deeply at the Consort as a farewell before wiping away their tears and leaving one by one. EunHa is the only one who still stays, 'Your Highness, please... let me stay with you.' Of course, she's scared to die too, but her loyalty for Sana is above that,

Consort Sana shakes her head at EunHa, 'No, EunHa, you need to leave. I'm the one who brought this upon myself, so I will face the consequences alone. EunHa, you only followed my orders, you have done nothing wrong, therefore you can't die with me. Your family needs you.... you still have to find a good partner and live happily together...'

'No, Your Highness, I... I can't just leave you here by yourself. Maybe... maybe you should leave too. Let's run away...' EunHa is crying hard while suggesting,

But Consort Sana just smiles at her, 'I don't want to run away, EunHa. I... I'm tired. After putting on a hard shell for so long, I'm so tired. Now that I have the confirmation that the one I love, also loves me, that's enough. I will die happily.'

EunHa shakes her head repeatedly, 'No, Your Highness, you can't die... please...'

'EunHa, leave!' Consort Sana urged,

EunHa hesitates, she looks at the Consort with tears continuing to pour out,

'Leave! It's a command!' Sana is determined,

Hearing the determination in Sana's voice, EunHa knows she can't change the Consort's mind. She slowly kneels down onto the floor and bows her head deeply to say her final farewell, then she stands up and slowly walks out while sobbing hard,

After EunHa left, Consort Sana heaves out a sigh of relief, a relief of how she at least could save all those people's lives. A moment later, she then stands up and fixes her own clothes, making it as neat as possible before walking out of her palace.

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Meanwhile, at Consort Mina's palace, since the news of Mina's pregnancy, her palace is always a full house. As the trauma of almost losing her Treasure is still so fresh in her mind, the Queen now literally doesn't take a step away from Mina. And because the Queen is here, so anyone who has anything to discuss with her, would be here as well,

Consort Mina is now resting in her room as her body is still recovering from the exhaustion that she had to go through in the last few days, while the Queen together with Consort Tzuyu, Head Court Lady Nayeon, Minister JeongYeon, Momo and JiHyo are in the main hall. The six of them are sitting together at the big round table, having discussions,

'Your Majesty, why haven't you ordered for a reinvestigation yet?' Minister JeongYeon is wondering why the Queen hasn't taken any action yet, given how angry she was with the whole case,

The Queen stays quiet while staring into the distance. She is so deep in thoughts at the moment,

Consort Tzuyu glances at the Queen then she replies to JeongYeon on the Queen's behalf, 'JeongYeon ah, it's... very hard for Her Majesty to go ahead with the reinvestigation right now because... Dahyun is somehow involved in it.'