Chapter 72 - [Bonus ] The Thought Of Bowing To Another Queen....

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Mother explained her self to the Emperor. She told him what Queen Vida said earlier. He was still calm. When she told him about Arya's health he became restless and his anger was no more in check.

"I regretted why I made you the chief of my consorts, because you are not worthy to lead them" he told her. The reaction was not the way we expected. The Emperor I knew , would shout at her but he did not. Some thing was fishy here .

A man came in to the room. He spoke to Prince Edwards, and handed over a scroll to him. Strange, he did not look familiar at all. That's means he came from a far.

Prince Edwards went up to where the Emperor was sitting and gave him the scroll. It was meant for the him. He opened it and started reading silently. His face dropped, I knew it was bad news.

"Have you found the ring?" He said, folding back the scroll.

"No your highness. That was why I asked them to search for it yesterday" Queen Valeria tried to defend her actions.

"Why will you blame my queens for this? Why will let my child starve to death?" he scoffed at her.

This time she did not answer. Probably, there was no answer to the question. She took a step back.

"I gave you everything Valeria" the Emperor's voice echoed all of a sudden. We were surprised with the sudden anger. He threw the scroll down the stairs. Its went down to Mother's knees. I wished it was mine instead.

"You were just a princess in a small town, I took as my wife, I also made you a Queen, chief of consorts and also the Empress of the whole Empire" the Emperor thundered. His voice was loud enough to reach the harem, which was not close by. His eyes were turning red, I wondered if anyone noticed it.

"Forgive me your highness please" Queen Valeria went down on her knees as she pleaded with the king. I knew this was just one of her strategies.

"How Will I forgive you ? All the trust I have for you are gone long time ago. Do you know why I left you on our anniversary?"

Wow, so there was more to their anniversary! I could guess that already. The way he left that day was quiet suspicious.

"No your highness" she started crying. Her hands were all her laps. 

"Because you betrayed me Valeria! You were right under my nose the whole time, but little did I know that you were the one who framed Queen Ariadne up" the Emperor said, slapping the iron seat with his palm. I wondered if he did not feel any pain.

Queen Valeria was responsible for the pain I went through all these while. How come I did not see this coming? The first day , we met , she was rude to me but I did not know the hatred was up to this.

"Did you know what surprised me the most ?" He took a step closer to her, I was afraid of what he might do next.

"You went out in the night" the Emperor slapped her on the right cheeks. "And kill Evelyn" he ended the statement with another slap on the left. Queen Valeria fell down on the floor. She crawled backwards while he moved closer.

The room was quiet. One could even hear the sound of a ant moving, if it was possible. The women were all surprised and their jaws dropped when the Emperor revealed the truth. As for the men they only shook their heads, it seemed they knew from the beginning.

She killed Evenly? Now, I understood why Arya was afraid of her. The hared that Queen Valeria had for Arya… the connection, it was clear to me.

"Queen Valeria, why will be so wicked?" Mother asked. She was shocked because of the way she trusted her.  I did not expect this from her too.

"Mother , am sorry" was all she could say.

"How is sorry going to heal and bring back the dead?"

"I am yet to decide your punishment" the Emperor said. "You are no longer the leader of my women's quarters."

With these words , he left the room. Queen Valeria was still on the floor weeping and begging mother to forgive her. But, mother left like her son. I did not blame her though.

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The Author's POV.

They all began to leave one after another. Queen Valeria was left alone on the floor. She cried out her heart and the Emperor did not even think of forgiving her. It's was clear, that he now hated her.

She never thought queen Ariadne would expose her to the king like these. She even told mother about it. Queen Valeria swore to never forgive Ariadne for what she did to her.

Naana walked to the throne room. The news  was all over in the harem. It's spread very fast and wide because of the way they disliked her. Her down fall was their victory.

"Valeria dear" Naana called when she got closer. She have never seen Queen Valeria in this state before. The mighty empress looked like a ghost of her self.

"I heard of what happened Queen Valeria" she said, as tears rolled down her cheeks.

"He took everything away from me Naana. Sargon said he hates me" Queen Valeria sobbed hard. The thought of giving out her crown to another woman made her to cry the more.

"Do not say that" Naana wrapped her arms around her. The Emperor was not a forgiver of sins, that's why she told Valeria to be careful from the start. If only she listened to her yesterday and gave the food to the children this would not have happened.

"He knows every thing now. Sargon said I am the killer" Queen Valeria said, as widened her eyes like a lizard.  "I love him, Naana . I am not ready to lose him to any woman not when we have come  this far".

The door opened. Malia came and join them. She was shocked to see her mistress in this condition. The strongest of the queens was sobbing like a child. She was not aware of what happened but seeing Queen Valeria like this, she knew something terrible had happened.

"Thank goodness, you came Malia" Naana said to her. She was looking for who to help her take queen Valeria to her room. "Come let's carry her to the harem."

With the help of a guard , they took Queen Valeria to the harem. When they there, the guard left them at the door, since he was not allowed to go in.

All eyes were on them. Malia was confused while some of the women moved away immediately when they saw Queen Valeria. Although , the women despised her, they never dared to show it.

"What happened Naana?" She asked when they got to the room. Queen Valeria was laid on the bed, crying. Naana was preparing some herbs to give her so that she could sleep.

"The Emperor is angry with her. She did something wrong" she said, grinding some of the herbs.

"Is he not going to forgive her?" Malia asked. She took some of the clothes to go and wash.

"I do not see that at all. She is no longer the women's leader."

"Is it that serious?" Malia was surprised to hear such news. She knew how much her mistress loved the post she occupied in the palace. Now , this was taken away from queen Valeria, she wondered if things will go well.

"I am not joking. Everything is true. I wish Queen Valeria would have listen to me yesterday" Naana stood up and looked at the woman who laid on the bed, like a dead person.

"Who do you think the Emperor would give her title to?"

"That's what I do not know for now. All we know is that the emperor is very angry" Naana replied.

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On the bed she laid. Her own life was coming to an end. This was not the way she had planned it. Queen Valeria thought of going to the Emperor to ask for mercy but he was too angry to attend to her.

She had lived with Sargon for over eight years. He had never dare to slapped although he had a short temper that was not good for anyone around. Today, without caring, he slapped her not once but twice in front of the entire royal family. This means the Emperor was not going to trust her easily.

Naana brought food and herbs for her but she was not going to eat or drink any thing. The state she was in made her to hate food. She felt like throwing up.

"please go ahead and eat something. You will feel much better" Naana advised.

"Did this old woman know what she was going through? After today, she will have to bow down to other queen for the rest of her.

Queen Valeria knew she had no choice because her parents where not going to accept her back . They disowned her the day , she choose to marry the devil.. Now, she was left alone in this kingdom to survive on her own.