The Abandoned Empress Chapter 2

Chapter 2: Chapter 2

“Mom and dad… … . ”

I felt sorry that I have hated her until now. When I opened my mouth to say sothing to comfort her, I suddenly heard a cold voice from behind .

“What’s going on here?”

It was a very cold voice. Obviously, I didn’t hear anyone approaching, but he ca to and stared at sharply.

“I’m honored to see the Sun of the Empire, Your Majesty.”

“Jiun, what’s up? Why are you crying? ”

“Rub.”

Rublis Camaludin Shana Castina. Rub? I gave a hollow smile at that. For the past sixteen years, I was not even allowed to call his na, but she called him by his nickna so easily.

“What did you do to Jiun? What did you say to make her cry like this? Why is she crying? ”

“Your Majesty?”

I felt it was unfair. Why is he blaming first? What did I do to her?

“No, Rub. Tia didn’t do anything to . I just cried because I missed my family.”

“… Oh, got it, Jiun, go and get so rest. I will follow you soon.”

I felt bitter when I saw him looking at her tenderly. My heart was broken when I saw him soothing her with a warm voice that I had never experienced. I shed tears when I watched him wistfully looking at her, as if he felt she was so lovely.

Even when he looked at coldly with contempt and a cynical smile after she left, I lowered my head without telling him I was heartbroken.

“Let warn you,” he said.

“Pardon? Your Majesty?”

“Don’t approach her. She is tender and innocent. She is not the type of woman you can ss with.”

“Your Majesty.”

I was choked with emotions when he scolded like that.

“Did you think the position of the empress was yours? No way. You were once respected as the future empress because I wrongly interpreted the oracle. It was originally reserved for Jiun, not you. ”

“… ”

“Let forgive you this ti. But when this happens again, I’ll get you.”

“I will keep it in mind, Your Majesty.”

I was so heartbroken when he turned back coldly after warning . What did I do to her? I didn’t do anything. I just tried to understand her.

“Oh, you are here.”

“What’s the matter?”

“I have been looking for you for a long ti because there are so papers you need to sign urgently. As the emperor is not available, we can’t handle lots of stuff…”

“…Really? Got it. Let’s go back. ”

I glanced at the chief palace official blankly. Papers that need urgent signing, and the affairs of the palace office that don’t run smoothly without . That’s the value of my existence. I’m supposed to make up for the empress’s role as she is not yet accustod to the royal manners and customs. And that’s why I’m here at the palace.

Telling the official with a sigh to walk ahead of , I followed the palace affairs director, ignoring the tears dropping on my dress.

***

“Tia, are you the emperor’s concubine?”

What happened to her today? I was annoyed when she, with tears welled in her eyes, abruptly ca to and asked if I was the emperor’s concubine. I was dumbfounded to hear that.

It’s already been four months since she suddenly appeared before . For more than two months she often visited without any notice and disrupted my work. Despite that, she was now asking who I was. Does that make any sense?

“I’m sorry, Your Highness.”

“Then, you are really Rub’s concubine?”

Concubine. Even though a concubine is not the emperor’s official wife, there is a hierarchy in concubines. In the empire, there is only one empress and only one royal concubine. Accordingly, the empress is called the emperor’s official wife, while the emperor’s unofficial wife is called a royal concubine. The royal concubine manages all the palace won and in tis of ergency she acts on behalf of the empress. The aning of the title ‘royal concubine’ was changed since the 11th emperor’s reign as it was given to the woman that the emperor favored most. So, there were few royal concubines who played their roles properly in the history of the empire.

“Yes, I am the emperor’s royal concubine, Your Highness.”

Nearly half a year after she beca the empress, she still does not know the difference.

She probably doesn’t understand why I am correcting the na of my title. Unlike the previous empresses, she is not yet familiar with her work and role as the empress, so I’ve been subbing for her. Despite that, she doesn’t realize what a big insult it is to call one of the usual concubines. I wonder when she will realize that.

“By the way… ”

‘What are you trying to say this ti? What the hell are you gonna tell ? ‘

Due to severe hypotension, I didn’t feel well in the morning. Strangely enough, today I felt so dizzy, and I had a headache, so I could not get up when I had so much work to do.

Was it because of that? I was growing more and more annoyed when she visited abruptly and hesitated to say sothing. Given that nobles usually have social gatherings until late at night, it is the standard manners for them to avoid visiting sobody in the morning. She has been learning royal manners for almost half a year, but she still doesn’t know basic manners. I just don’t know what her etiquette coach is teaching her.

“Uh… let co back later. Sorry.”

After hesitating for a while, she jumped out. While looking back at her in annoyance, I picked up the pile of papers with a sigh. I was thinking I should hand over my job to her around next year, it seed impossible.

“I’m sorry, Tia. I’m really sorry.”

My temper flared when she again ca to see the next day and made upset.

The mont I saw her, I thought to myself, ‘Please, can’t you stop your rude behavior by abruptly visiting without any notice?’

I pressed my aching head and said with a straight face, “Why are you sorry to , Your Highness?”

“I’m so sorry, Tia. I am so sorry. ”

I was frustrated, thinking, ‘Stop it, please! Yesterday you made upset by asking whether I was a royal concubine. Why are you doing it again today?’

I was boiling with rage when I saw her crying after she visited abruptly with a haggard look, as if sothing happened last night. I felt like shouting at her, but I didn’t.

I thought to myself, ‘Why are you so sorry to ? Because I have to take care of all the ssy work you’ve haven’t done? Because you have left all the palace work to ? Or because of your poor manners that you can’t improve at all? Can’t you stop now? If you’re not here to test my patience, please stop it.’

“What I an is… ”

“… ”

“I heard you were originally designated as the empress. I heard that you were Rub’s fiancée since you were born.”

‘Ah, you only heard it now? How co you heard it only now, when it was already half a year since you beca the empress?’

“Sorry. I’m really sorry.”

“… ”

“What I really an is…”

“Oh, you don’t have to apologize, Your Highness.”

“What are you talking about?”

In fact, I was just trying to listen, letting her words in one ear and out the other.

But because of my headache in the morning, words tumbled out of my mouth in spite of myself.

“I heard the emperor’s wife was decided by God. So, it is true that as the child of the prophecy, you are the emperor’s wife. As we were ignorant, we misinterpreted God’s will. ”

“How can you say that so easily?”

“What do you an, Your Highness?”

“God? God decided the empress? Why did God decide it? Is it such a big deal?”

What? I was speechless at the mont. She shouted at when I stared at her blankly.

“How can you say that as if it’s so natural? Aren’t you upset about it?”

Do you really think I am taking it for granted? Do you think I have accepted the reality calmly without getting angry?

“Empress? Oh my god! I didn’t want to be this kind of empress at all! One day, when I was on my way back ho, I just picked up a coin. After that, I was thrown into this empire. Everybody around , dressed in strange clothes, looked at weirdly. They were speaking a language I’ve never heard. Sohow I could carry on conversation with them. They reminded I was in a different world from where I used to live, and they even said I was a girl sent by God!”

After she spat out so words that I could not understand at all, she gasped for breath.

“All of a sudden, a guy nad the emperor appeared before and asked to be the empress. I’m only nineteen years old by Korean age, so I’m not an adult yet, but I was forced to get married to him!”