I’m Sorry I’m Not Qualified to Be Empress - Chapter 58

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Chapter 58

“Just add one drop to your tea before going to bed and you will feel better.”

Trisha, who was listening to the physician’s words from behind, looked at the red liquid with curious eyes.

“You have to add just one drop. If you put more than that, it can harm your organs and become poisonous.”

With a stern look on his face, he also warned the attendants who were standing side by side behind him.

The Emperor motioned, and one of the attendants hurriedly came forward to receive the medicine.

However, Madam Trisha was faster.

“I’ll keep in mind that this is an important medicine.”

She snatched the medicine from the physician’s hands and smiled resolutely.

After all, Trisha was the closest person who remained next to the Emperor until he went to sleep at night. Both servants and the physician agreed that she should take care of the medicine.

“Cancel all your schedules today and rest, Your Majesty.”

“I understand.”

The Emperor, who was sitting with his upper body raised, laid himself back in bed, wondering if he was tired.

“Then.”

When the physician bowed deeply and stepped back, Trisha ran to him, not to the Emperor.

“Wait a moment.”

Trisha, who whispered to him from behind as he walked out the door, asked elegantly with a serious face.

“What if I accidentally add more medicine? I will never use this medicine if some kind of accident like vomiting blood and collapsing, or his intestines melting inside would happen.”

Her resolute voice that she would not use any dangerous medicine clearly showed her concern for the Emperor. The physician replied with a smile.

“A bit more medicine won’t kill anyone. However, the strong medicinal effect on the weakened body may make the condition worse.”

“Is that really true?”

“For such a mishap to occur that Madam is describing, you would have to pour out all the medicine at once.”

Only then did Trisha smile softly.

“It puts my mind at ease hearing that. So if I accidentally pour a bit more of medicine it doesn’t mean that he will vomit blood on the spot as if poisoned.”

As the physician nodded slightly with a puzzled face, Trisha saw him off with a smile.

“Then please get going. You’ve worked hard today.”

Watching his back as he strode down the hallway, Trisha slowly swirled the medicine inside the glass bottle. The transparent pink liquid looked more dazzling and beautiful than any other jewel in her eyes.

With just a few days left to the wedding, distinguished guests from all over the continent arrived one after another at the capital city during the day and night.

It wasn’t until midnight when Rose’s and Maxim’s party arrived at the capital. On the way to the capital, there were Imperial Soldiers to treat guests. Their mission was to safely serve visitors to accommodations prepared by the Imperial Family, but this time other groups were present. They were people sent by the Etoile household.

“We’re here to pick you up.”

“We’ve come to see you too.”

On the dark road, strong soldiers and men split into two sides, and it seemed as if there was a fierce fight to see who would take them.

A subtle and dangerous atmosphere was detected for a while.

Rose, who was in the carriage, was also nervous. She had already received a message from home on her way here. The content was ‘The family has prepared everything, so when you enter the capital, you can go to the western mansion of the manor.’

There were also the soldiers who would accompany them to the residence prepared by the Imperial Family.

Yet, aside from the reluctance to stay in a place prepared by the Imperial Family, it was out of consideration for her family, who had prepared a place for her with utmost care.

“Who are those people?”

Natalie glanced out of the carriage with curious eyes.

“They must have been sent from the Imperial Family.”

“But we’re going to the West Annex.”

“It’s a favor to the guests invited to the wedding. We don’t need it because my parents are here.”

“Of course. Of course. There’s no reason to go anywhere else uncomfortable when there’s family here.”

As soon as we received the message on this matter, they discussed it with Maxim and Jansen, and the situation was closed.

However, Jansen went back to Maxim and discussed the situation when the Stern soldiers did not budge.

Instead of telling him to deliver the message, Maxim went directly to the soldiers on horseback.

As he approached, the soldiers unknowingly stepped back. He, dressed in black and riding a black horse, radiated a dangerous energy. Feeling an overwhelming pressure that showed they could not approach carelessly, they faltered nervously.

“We have a residence prepared to stay in, so go back.”

One of the soldiers, who seemed to be a superior, had the courage to take a step forward.

“If we do not properly serve the distinguished guests attending the wedding, our necks will be blown away.”

Hearing those words, Jansen politely added.

“Her Majesty’s and My Queen’s relatives are here. I heard that they are close friends with the Imperial Family, so do you want to win the wrath of the Imperial Family for being inflexible?”

“But…!”

“You must know that the daughter of the Etoile family went to the north for an alliance between the two countries. Are you trying to get on my nerves?”

The soldiers flinched and looked into each other’s eyes. Caught between the enormous power of the Imperial Family, Helevant, and the Etoile family, they were in a very difficult spot.

“If the Imperial Family had given much consideration to the family, an official letter would have already been issued to us. We are just carrying out orders.”

The soldier who stepped forward earlier said something plausible. Maxim let out a short chuckle with a sharp face.

“Then I’ll go to see your master now. I’ll tell him myself, so guide me.”

His words were not meant to scare them. Even so, the soldier felt startled by the pressure in Maxim’s eyes.

‘How would he dare to guide someone to the Imperial Palace at this late hour to meet His Majesty?’ If such a thing happened, he would be sentenced to severe punishment with his head falling off his body.

Helevant soldiers, who had come a long way, also became nervous at this moment. They were already looking at them with stern looks without any good feelings, but they started to feel annoyed because of the people wasting their time and blocking the road although they were tired from a long journey.

As the soldiers glared at each other and grabbed their swords, the situation became dangerous in an instant.

“Will you come to your senses only when I cut your necks?”

The soldiers, who couldn’t do anything, just sweated. It was not only the Solstern soldiers who were in trouble. The people of the Etoile family, who were watching from the side, also stamped their feet.

Although they obeyed the Count’s orders, they were afraid that the Imperial Family would come for their necks after guiding them to the western annex for no reason.

Then, to flexibly adjust the situation, Jansen opened his mouth and talked to the Solstern soldiers.

“We will send a letter to your Master as soon as we arrive. There is nothing to trouble you, so don’t worry and go back.”

“Is that really true?”

It was the best intervention they could think of right now. The voices of the soldiers subsided. Jansen spoke politely, but sternly as if warning them.

“We’ve come a long way, so we’re very sensitive and tired right now. If you don’t want things to get bigger due to some useless fuss, step back.”

Solstern soldiers waited for someone to make a decision first, looking around at each other.

“Do you want to start a war with the North?”

Jansen’s last warning.

“A-absolutely not! Move out of the way!”

In the end, a soldier who appeared to be a superior made the decision and paved the way for them. Jansen nodded slightly as if he had finally understood and thanked the soldier.

The Solstern’s soldiers retreated from side to side, as if the Red Sea had split in two.

The servants of Etoile, who watched the situation from the sides, hurriedly approached to guide them.

“Follow us.”

Seeing that the situation outside was well taken care of, Rose leaned back on her seat comfortably.

Inwardly, she was drowning in the possibility that Maxim Lancert might have taken out his sword before using words, so she felt relieved.

She didn’t even want to imagine the aftermath if a sword was wielded here.

Everything she had planned so far would have come to an end.

Fortunately, Rose realized that Maxim Lancert wasn’t such an ignorant bastard. She had lived with both so she knew from experience that if Cassiax was a hot-tempered man, Maxim was rather like an insidious wolf who never revealed his insides.

“What? That f*cker went somewhere else?”

Cassiax, who got up in the morning and was waiting for his clothes, slapped the pitiful servant on the cheek.

“Yes. Your Highness. That’s definitely what I heard.”

The servant, who fell to the floor, grabbed his cheek and trembled. He just reported what he heard and felt that it was unfair to be hit for something like that.

The Crown Prince spit out abusive words as he buttoned his sleeves.

“I’m going to His Majesty. Right now.”

At his command, the servant crawled on the floor and ran outside. This time he had to inform the grand chamberlain quickly before getting kicked.

Cassiax nervously walked toward the Emperor’s Palace to greet him in the morning. As soon as he met the Emperor’s secretary at the entrance, he asked fiercely.

“I heard the King of the North has arrived.”

“He arrived in the capital last night, but did not enter the Palace.”

“Why.”

“His Majesty already received a letter regarding the matter. I was on my way to tell His Highness.”

Cassiax shoved the arrogant secretary roughly. His rude attitude towards him, the Crown Prince, usually annoyed him, but today he exploded.

‘As soon as I ascend to the throne, I will tear your limbs apart and bury you in my father’s grave.’

With such determination, Cassiax strode into the inner room where his father’s bedroom was located. All the servants who stopped in the middle were pushed away.

“Yo-Your Highness! Your Highness the Crown Prince!”

No one could stop him as he burst in, enraged.

As he opened the door wide and entered, the Emperor looked at his son with an angry face.

“What?”

His forehead wrinkled when he saw Cassiax acting arbitrarily.

“Forgive my rudeness, Father.”

Instead of addressing him as ‘Your Majesty,’ he bowed his head, calling him Father. As he lowered his gaze, he narrowed his eyes and looked at what was in the Emperor’s hand. He was sure it was a letter from the King of the North.

“Is that it? The letter from the King of the North?”

The Emperor handed over what he was holding in his hand to the grand chamberlain and stared at his son.

“Why are you curious about that?”

“Is it true that he went somewhere other than the Imperial Palace?”

“What about it?”

“Father!”

Cassiax shouted, unable to understand his father’s attitude.

“He’s a dangerous guy. You can’t let such a person roam the capital recklessly!”

“Are you saying we should lock our guests in the Palace and keep an eye on them?”

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