A chuckle showed on Nneka’s face, knowing the other concubine hated Xena as much as she hated her. She walked towards them with a smile and hugged the concubines one after the other.
“Let work in hand to take care of our king, and help him to grow his community,” she hadn’t finished speaking when Xena walked in, raising her shoulder raised proudly, she looked at the other women as her juniors.
“Good morning my queen,” Xena greeted Nneka with a slight bow, and she slipped onto the seat that was meant for Nneka. Seeing her reaction, the concubine exchange gazes.
“That is my seat,” Nneka said.
“My queen, I’m sorry, I thought it was meant for me,” She said, yet she didn’t stand up, rather she brought the gift forward.
“For the future heir, I brought this gift to him. Each of the women here knew that the king had planted the kingdom heir in your womb last night, and I want to be the first person to buy a gift for the future king,” Xena said, looking at Nneka to see her reaction.
There was a brief eerie silence in the room, Nneka’s blood was raised angrily, and she glared at the woman who made her last night a torment, but she pretended and took the gift from her since she knows her mission is to disgrace her.
“Thank you Concubine Xena, but don’t you think it is wrong of you to make your queen mother wait for you, also your queen mother is standing, yet you are sitting on her seat. I think I won’t tolerate this kind of disrespect next time. Cause it means you are disrespecting the king and his queen, and I don’t think the king would tolerate it, even if I let go of it “Nneka replied, it was a counterattack on Xena, she said confidently with a commanding tone.
Reluctantly Xena sprang to her feet, she looked at Nneka as if to swallow her up, but she couldn’t, rather she begged Nneka.
” I’m sorry my queen,” she said and all the other concubines burst into mockery laughter.
The queen’s mother went to sit on her rightful seat, and Xena stood up, her face holding so much anger.
“I would oversee the palace activities henceforth, so Concubine Xena, you will be handed off from overseeing the palace, since I’m here now. Also, I would like to take slave Aurora as my maid, since the king wants her to suffer, I should make the king’s earnest wish happen” Nneka said, and the concubine was lost in thought looking at her, they all wondered the kind of person she was, her voice holds so much rage towards Xena.
“Why would she like to be in charge on her second day in the palace? and how did she know about Aurora” they wondered.
On the same spot where Xena stood, her blood boiled with anger, her mind overridden with anger and rage.
“She was feeling too big, who did she think she was? Did she know how much, had suffered just to be in the position I was?”Xena thought
“The king made me the overseer of the palace activities, and I think you should ask him for permission before you remove me from the position,” Xena said, she tried her best to make her voice neutral, she didn’t want to get angrier as she was.
“Okay, if that is what you want, there is no problem. I will take permission from the king. Once again thank you for the gift, I will make sure I tell the future king about your care for him in the future” Nneka said in a mockery tone.
She hated hiding her true face, every knew with the tone of her voice that she had declared war against Xena.
“Okay my queen, if that will be all, I would like to take my leave,” Xena said with a bow, and she was about to turn her head to the exit door when Nneka’s voice came out.
“The queen should leave before any women in the palace leave her presence, the rule of the palace,” Nneka said indirectly just to halt Xena’s movement.
Just as she wanted, Xena couldn’t take a step forward anymore, she stood on the spot looking downward, she knew that the queen is powerful whether the king wants her or not, so she chose to apply wisdom.
Nneka looked at how she halted, she smiled and discharged her.
“You can go, but I think you should learn about the palace rules before coming into my chamber next time, I might not be easy on you like today,” Nneka said, but Xena couldn’t reply, she stormed out of the chamber angrily.
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Angry Xena walked back to her chamber, she met her friend Jeanne in the room with her maid Shastina, massaging Jeanne’s shoulder as she entered.
With the sight that welcomed her, she hissed loudly and bounced on her bed with an aggressive force.
“What is wrong?” Jeanne asked and stopped Shastina from going further.
“Welcome your Highness” Shastina greeted, but was replied with a hiss.
“You can go first, I will call you back,” Jeanne said to her, she wanted to speak to her friend privately.
“What happened to Xena?” She asked.
“That queen is a bitch, I guess I have two enemies now, and I must do something urgently before bitch takes the king from me “, Xena said in an angry tone.
“What did she do?” Jeanne asked, and Xena glared at her friend.
“She wanted me to serve her as my superior, who does that?” Xena said.
After her response, Jeanne remained silent for a likewise didn’t utter a word.
“I think you should pretend to the king that you are pregnant, and make the queen abort the fake pregnancy, with that, the king will hate her, and you won’t have to bow to her. Put her in her place before she grew wings, ” Jeanne said.
Instantly, the sad and rage expression on Xena’s face changed, and she hugged Jeanne tightly.
“You are the best,” Xena shouted excitedly.
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