The Reason I Made Her My Queen - Chapter 20

Only the queen consort bears children.

The consorts in the rear palace show no signs of pregnancy, no matter how many years pass.

Anyone with sense could deduce the reason from these two facts, but greedy women fail to notice. They must be viewing the situation from a different angle.

Whispers spread convincingly—that the queen consort was scheming to prevent the other consorts from having children, or that she was using some method to make it difficult for them to conceive.

How absurd.

My Petronila is deeply compassionate.

She is a pure-hearted woman who has never even considered harming anyone.

Driven by jealousy to harm the consorts? Impossible.

Besides, how could Petronila, who doesn’t even reside in the rear palace, harm the consorts?

Utterly hopeless.

They assume others would do the same because they themselves would.

Such hopeless foolishness.

In reality, many consorts believe the rumors.

There is no end to consorts trying to drag the queen consort down and take her place.

How foolish.

The rear palace is also the backstage of politics.

Scheming to harm the queen consort, or worse, fabricating charges against her, is out of the question.

“Your Majesty.”

“What is it?”

“The twenty-third consort has passed away from illness.”

“I see.”

The twenty-third consort was a woman of striking beauty but ill-natured.

She was always competing with the other consorts over everything.

There were many disputes.

She would look down on Petronila, even sneering at her once.

The audacity of a mere consort.

Had she behaved herself, she could have survived.

‘Your Majesty, please forgive me!’

‘This is some kind of mistake! Ah, yes! The queen consort set a trap for me!’

‘Your Majesty, I beg for your mercy.’

It would have been one thing if she had only begged for her life.

But she tried to frame the queen consort.

For that crime, she deserved to die a thousand times.

“How are the arrangements for the consort’s funeral?”

“They are already complete.”

“I see. Well done.”

It wasn’t just the twenty-third consort.

Many consorts before her had foolishly schemed and lost their lives as a result.

Only Petronila will bear my children.

I have no need for children born of other women.

Only the queen consort can have children.

That is my wish.

“From now on, only Petronila will bear my children.”

In two months, the rear palace will be abolished.

Considering how many children the queen consort has already borne, frankly, consorts are unnecessary.

If a consort were to bear a child carelessly, it could lead to a succession dispute.

As expected, there was no opposition.

Everyone affirmed my words.

“Now I can adore Petronila to my heart’s content.”