Chapter 765 – #96. Jinhaesol (69)
“Your Majesty, the concubine is pregnant again.”
Ruabel put on a sour expression at the news delivered by his aide.
She did not become his wife because she loved the emperor, but a woman who came to this position to have her power.
Before her marriage, he had declared war on her that he would hug her woman a lot.
And she was determined that if that was what she had to endure to become her empress, she would endure it no matter what.
For the sake of her family, and for her own lust for power, her place as empress was unforgivable.
“Really? I guess I should send her a gift to congratulate her. And raise her status.”
In the Geos Empire, women were honored as emperors from generation to generation, but the empire had only men as successors, not women.
In that respect, she doesn’t know how fortunate she is that her first child is a boy.
Now it was her job to protect and nurture this child so that he could grow up healthy.
“…Nobi are ready to do anything you ask them to do.”
“It’s useless. You think life is too easy.”
“Your Majesty the Empress! Even if there are many concubines, aren’t there too many? A lot of members of the royal family will be born.”
“Among them, the only suitable successor is my son.”
“They wouldn’t think so.”
“Your head hurts. I won’t talk about this any more. Get out.”
She was naive and pure as an empress, so she did not leave the pregnant concubines alone.
‘Jim isn’t the kind of guy who raises his kids off a cliff. No matter what happens, the child you gave birth to will lead the empire after me. So, don’t make things unsightly by touching the children of my concubines. Then she will not be the empress, she will be the enemy who killed my child.’
The emperor revealed her affection for her other children, with a firm promise to make her child her successor.
It meant that my son’s successor position could run away after threatening the concubine’s child to solidify her successor’s position.
The position of her successor had already been secured, but the empress, who had no intention of creating trouble by causing trouble, meekly accepted the emperor’s warning.
‘You’re proving your promise by not making a favored concubine, so I can’t break that promise first.’
It was all because of this that the empress could not be shaken when she heard that her concubine was pregnant.
Unless you favor a concubine and want to make the concubine’s child his successor.
The empress intended to keep her promise to the emperor.
Furthermore, the relationship between the emperor and the empress was not so bad as expected.
Even though she had married for power, she couldn’t help but fall in love with him as long as he slept with her.
It wasn’t even that her emperor was particularly sorry for her.
In her own way, she was her empress, and she tended to make her place to spend the night with her once a full week.
“Originally, sleeping with the empress isn’t like this often. Usually after getting a road job…!”
“Every day is a long day for Jim. And isn’t that counting out the best days for conception and sleeping?
And isn’t it more likely to get pregnant by increasing the number of times rather than arguing about the road? Said the emperor with a smirk.
She honestly hadn’t had a bad night with him, and it felt good that he cared more than her other concubine, saying she would cuddle more often.
Isn’t the power of women in the imperial palace originally derived from the emperor’s favor?
Since the emperor cared for and treated her like this, her concubines dared not think of anything else.
In that respect, even if he had the flaw of revealing a lot of women, the emperor was a very decent wife.
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“I’ve received the news. I’ll give you a reduction.”
“Let’s reduce the empress as well.”
All of her concubine’s children were treated as children of her empress, so it was not unusual for her to congratulate her.
Of course, it was only the formality, but there was no case of taking a real concubine’s child and raising it by the empress.
Why would an empress raise someone else’s child with pampering?
Looking at it would be a thorn in the eye.
“But… Why did you come here? I thought she was going to see her concubine who had conceived.”
“Isn’t today the day to spend with the empress? You can visit tomorrow.”
The time he was supposed to spend with the empress was meant to be protected no matter what.
Now that she is pregnant with my child, she will be treated better in the future, but since we are not emotionally involved, it is more important to build a relationship with her empress.
She needs to raise her child well so that I can disappear from here without any regrets.
Isn’t it a situation where the concubine has already been filled up to 2,000 people?
The other 1,000 could do it slowly.
Because my heir needs time to grow up and grow up enough to take her place.
‘I have to endure at least 15 years here.’
I filled 2,000 people in less than 5 years, but can I not fill 1,000 people in 15 years?
Now it’s really only a matter of time to complete the mission.
‘I don’t have to fight secretly in the palace.’
Court battle.
As in history, these are things we have often seen in dramas.
Poisoning, assassination, curses, false accusations, etc.
Envy and envy each other in various ways.
And that secret struggle would not kindly avoid the prince.
What if there is a problem with the heir who is growing up and the time to hand over my seat is delayed?
‘Absolutely not.’
I have a place to return to.
It means that you don’t have the energy to pay much attention to this world.
These days, except for holding a new concubine, most of them have been living by sending their alter egos.
The development of the country that had grown into an empire was to be left to the next emperor.
My job is to raise the country’s wealth appropriately so that the next great emperor can rule the country well.
In that respect, it was absolutely necessary to strengthen the relationship with the empress, the mother of the crown prince.
All you have to do is make her feel that she is being treated distinctly different from her concubines, while satisfying her lust for power.
Then, naturally, people will become generous, and instead of envy and jealousy, their hearts will expand.
‘No matter how many concubines there are, they will think that concubines are just concubines.’
For a family to be harmonious, a man must do well.
I could never see the women who mixed flesh with me point their swords at each other and try to hurt each other.
“When I talk to His Majesty, I often feel possessed by a monster.
“Was it sweet?”
“…Are you going to say no? You’re embarrassing me again. You’re mean.”
“I’m like that. If you keep liking me, I’ll try to make fun of you.”
“Joy.”
The empress is a person who strictly observes courtesy in front of others.
However, when the two of them were alone, he was surprisingly good at acting cute and whining rather than being polite.
Of course, she wasn’t the kind of person who melted men so easily from the start.
Especially when she had just risen to the position of empress, her face was so hard that she had no charm as a woman.
‘If I had been the real emperor, she would have hated the empress for being hard. She would have had no choice but to show favoritism to her concubines, whom she was friendly with.’
However, I knew that she was only being held in the position of ’empress’.
At first, since she was a daughter of a ducal family, she thought she would adapt well to the position of empress.
It was a hasty prejudice that had overlooked her age.
As if she was frightened, she held the empress’s stiffened hands and talked openly.
Let’s put down the cumbersome position of emperor or empress, at least when the two of us are together.
‘I’ve improved a lot since then.’
Because of the special position of the emperor and empress, she and I were definitely ‘couple’.
Consoling her scared wife was the right thing for her husband to do.
“So you knew I wouldn’t come today and you dressed meticulously like this?”
“…No. It would have been the same had I known you were coming.”
“You lie calmly. Didn’t you always wear clothes that could be easily removed when I came? Now, even if I put my hand in her, I can’t touch the empress’s skin.”
When she puts her hand in, she touches another piece of clothing.
I put it away once more and put my hand inside, but the clothes still block me.
“Do you usually wear this much? I think you wear more than me.
“Your Majesty don’t you think you wear that?”
“Why do you wear everything. You can’t see it because you’re wearing it underneath. And I originally hate things that are stuffy. Am I the only one who knows how well the empress keeps her etiquette? Taking off these clothes is something only I can do.”
…Of course, even the courtiers would know.
The empress’ face turned red as if my words of seduction had worked well for her.
“What if His Majesty, who is supposed to set an example, doesn’t follow the etiquette?”
“It’s something only we know, so what’s the matter? You just have to tell others. And since we’re the emperor and empress, who’s going to say it? That’s what power is. We can do things that others can’t do.”
Who can say anything about making dressing a little more comfortable?
“Let’s live comfortably. Comfortably. It’s too cumbersome to live your whole life wearing this. Let’s at least compromise on the parts that others don’t see.”
The same is true of the position of empress.
If it’s too heavy, you can put down anything that can be put down.
The empress needed to know that carrying everything on her back wasn’t good.
