Chapter 33 – Infertility cup of tea
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Two months later.
Meisi stormed into her Chamber, red-faced with anger. She had just come back from the pavilion of women because the Queen called for a meeting with the consorts. She hated the woman with all her might. She had thought Treven would get tired of his queen and come back to her eventually but that did not even happen. Whispers littered every wall of the palace about the king and his Queen’s fun moments in all the walls of the palace, they never got tired of each other. The king wouldn’t even visit her Chambers, he would only visit the nursery if he needed to see his children. He visits other consorts but not her and that makes her extremely jealous. She went from being his favorite to being a discarded rag in just a few months. He wouldn’t forgive her for trying to swap his daughter with a boy of an unknown origin.
And that Wicked shrill of a Queen too, She walks around the palace as if she owned the place. Yes, she heals people at the temple every day and so? If Natalí gave Meisi the power she would do better too but the wicked goddess gave the sacred power to a tramp from that little city of Ruqgu. She even dared to name her daughter because the king asked her to. Well, Meisi will make sure that she will never have a child in that palace, she will never name her own child.
” Have you served Her Majesty the Queen her tea this morning?” Meisi said to the silence of her room, The sneaky young maid entered from the secret room. She was the same girl Meisi gave the pouch containing the infertility herbs to, to put in the Queen’s tea. The pouch contained a reasonable amount of grounded licorice and Sylvanis petals, licorice on its own works like a normal medicine and has a sweet taste but when mixed with even a small amount of Sylvanis petals, it becomes a dangerous concoction that renders women barren whenever they ingest it. And this young maid has been feeding it to the Queen for the past two months.
” Yes, your worship. I even added an extra teaspoon to it this morning. I must say she has gotten quite addicted to it, she even asks for it when I forget to make it” The girl replied and Meisi smirked. It must be because of the sweet taste of the licorice that the Queen was getting quite addicted to her own poison. Her foul mood subsided and she broke into a full smile.
” Well done, here is another part of your payment,” She said dropping a pouch full of golden hairpins at the slave girl who picked it up instantly and walked out of the room.
” Amaranth, you are doing the right thing” The maid whispered to herself after releasing the breath she didn’t realize she was holding. She was trying to convince herself that she was doing the right thing.
” Sure, I might be hurting the Queen or probably poisoning her but this money will eventually buy my slave contract and I’ll be free again” She wiped the guilty tears from her eyes and walked towards the king’s chamber.
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” Your majesty you spoil us too much” Konan one of the king’s consorts smiled happily as I handed her the sweet date cakes I made with Annalise and the maids. It was a hot afternoon and we all sat under a shade at the pavilion of women. Konan wore a green sleeveless blouse and flowery high-waist skirt, her hair was braided and rolled up to the back of her head secured with a silver hairpin. Linda wore the same style except hers was light blue with neat embroidery, she loves doing exquisite embroidery in her free time.
Annalise wore a white sleeveless blouse on a shorter, buttered color high waist skirt, she sat directly in front of me while the two other consorts that were devouring my date cakes occupied my sides.
” These are delicious” Linda moaned after eating a bite. She blushed as she noticed my stare on her. ” it’s a pity someone stormed out of the Harrem like a toddler” She said referring to the one consort I don’t get along with. I have been friends with these two ever since I met them at that tea party before my wedding. They keep me company together with Annalise at the pavilion of women whenever I’m not needed at the temple. Both of them were such sweet and beautiful women, I love and appreciate their company.
Since women were not allowed to read or learn how to read in Nayak, I always ended up reading my favorite fairytale to them, even though they were the women I had to share my husband with, we were still friends and we got along really well. Annalise often calls the three of us sister wives as a joke but I adore them. If only the other one will just quit being a drama queen.
” Her loss, more for me please,” Konan said taking another cake while Linda just nodded sheepishly before taking two more. ” the stupid woman still believes her Majesty stole her place beside the King” Linda giggled loudly and I smiled at her words.
” More like saying Natalí is senseless for blessing us with a generous woman like Queen Lyn well I won’t blame, she has always been delusional because she was the first woman in his Majesty’s life” Konan added and both women giggled together. Annalise could barely contain her side Snickers, she also felt the same way.
” Enough of the bitch talk, reading time!” I said removing the romance books I kept under my sleeves. My tears infused Jade Bangles clinks together as I yank the book out. I have gotten more tears infused in my pieces of jewelry I have also gotten better at healing people and controlling the tear’s reaction around me. They only respond when I summon them.
The girls and Annalise sat down in front of me to listen to my reading, even though Annalise could also read, she loved listening to me read them stories together. I enjoyed it too, reading to them was part of my therapy after becoming the Queen. It made me forget about the life I lived back in Ruqgu and the traumas that came with remembering them.
Treven had been helpful too, I can’t say we are in love yet but we are civil with each other now. We eat meals together and he eats whatever I bake with Annalise in my spare time. Whenever he was not in the courtroom making decisions, he was always with me or maybe inside me all the time.
We can’t keep our hands off each other, at the dining tables, in his Chambers, in the garden at night like some dirty teenagers, even inside the library. My body always responds to him every time, I can’t even resist that man even if I tried. I can’t count the amount of dresses he had ripped off my body apart from my wedding dress. There were always whispers about us among the servants but they don’t dare say it loud. Even though Treven was getting soft to me, he still remained the good ole Tyrant to every other person apart from Annalise.
” Your majesty?” one of the girls said snapping me out of my daydream. I was getting more aroused thinking about a certain grey-eyed giant. A little pink tainted my cheeks at the thought of having a wet dream in front of my friends. Is it weird that I don’t even know where the Queen Chambers is?
” Hmmm I think I have read enough, the King will soon invite me for dinner,” I said placing the book on my lap. The girls laughed at the same time, my eyebrows furrowed in confusion as I wondered what they were talking about.
” You didn’t even read anything. You opened the book and spaced out” Annalise chuckled softly and my eyes widened. I smiled sheepishly trying to take a cake to stuff away my embarrassment when I found out Konan and Linda were helpless sweet teeth. That ate everything already.
” My mind must be occupied, I must calm my nerves. Where is Amaranth?” I said asking for the maid who knew how to make my favorite tea.
” Here I am your majesty,” The Young girl said walking into the pavilion. Her head remains bowed.
” Can you make the tea for me again? I need to calm my nerves” Or more like my raging hormones. The tea calms me whenever I imagine Treven’s hands on my body too much.