A Groom? - III

The Noble Consort sat down waiting for the small secret meeting, and asked everyone who accompanied her to leave, leaving only her loyal servant, Nainai.

- I believe that the council meeting was a bad one to call this one at the last minute.

- Yes, the king intends to join Sunri and give Princess Mei Yang in marriage to the general's son, to then unite the two kingdoms. - Amon spoke with irritation. That throne was to be his, the eldest son. All this because of a stupid tradition left by ancestors.

- If the king succeeds in uniting the kingdoms, our chances of ascending to the throne will be null and void. We have to put our plan into practice before this happens. - The Prime Minister made his comment this time - Every day I am more afraid of what might happen to our state. The heir princess is a foolish child, she will put years of work and effort away. Men who died at the edge of a sword protecting our kingdom from the enemies who ravaged us night and day, children's blood... All this will be in vain!

- You don't need a motivating speech, Mifu, everyone here knows your real intention to trip up the king and put my son on the throne. You will never accept being ruled by a woman, especially a child. - spoke the consort

- Just like his real intention to trip up the princess and her husband is the hatred, feels for not having been chosen queen. - The consort was ready to answer when Amon rolled his eyes and shook his hands in the air with irritation.

- Let's not start talking about real intentions; we all have the same goal here. I do not want to take Naran's throne to be a tyrant; I want to be a king that my father never was. Naran's people suffer from hunger while my father worries about increasing his territory seeking wars. I walked through each city of Naran. I saw how it works, I saw how the people hate the king, and if Mei Yang takes over the throne he will be strongly influenced by Qiang Mao and his thirst for battles. It will be more years and years of suffering for the people.

- What do you intend to do? -Soo Won finally asked just by watching the conversation while drinking his tea.

- Our plan is already in place, and soon we will see the first remains. - The consort Ayame smiled as she uttered these words. - Don't worry about the plan, worry about putting Amon on the throne, the rest I'll take care of.

- How do you intend to overthrow the king and the princess? - Mifu was interested; after all, he could not risk his neck in a plan that was not of his knowledge. Mifu was a suspicious and fearful man, being part of a scheme made by his consort was too risky.

- A deer also has his methods to capture a lion. If this meeting was only for the purpose of announcing the probable union of Naran with Sunri, then they lost time. Even before Sunri dreams of allying himself with our state, Amon will already be on the throne. Do not worry about that. - Ayame stood up and arranged her dark blue robes with embroidery made especially for her by the royal embroiderers. Where she entered, her captivating and at the same time intimidating presence was suffocating. Although she was a woman in her fifties, her beauty was well preserved. Her thin and delicate face with few wrinkles around her eyes was just a charm when she smiled contrasting with her brown eyes and her slightly light hair. It was a rare beauty for that place.

The consort went out of the room and everyone bowed goodbye. In addition, just as she arrived, escorted by guards, she left. Minister Mifu made just one mention with his head and went out the back by the Soo Won, both still concerned about the Consort's plan. Whatever she was planning, it was not at all discreet.

- Whatever the Consort is thinking, I hope it works, I am risking my position as minister to help that scoundrel sit on that throne. - Mifu wiped the sweat from his agonized face, and Soo Won joined him.

- Now there is no turning back since we entered the siege of the consort, there is no way out. The problem is after Amon sits on the throne, what will it be like? Princess Mei Yang can still be bent, she is a child, influencing a weak mind without experience is something easy, but Amon is different, he will not bend so easily the suggestions of the council.

- This is another problem. The consort has great power of influence over the son, when Amon becomes king, Naran will be ruled by his mother's tricks.

- What will we do? We are between two valleys, the princess and her foolishness and Amon and his mother. - The two ministers faced each other with fear. Either option would be walking towards the guillotine.

- For now, we will lift Amon, if something gets out of control we can only bring him down. He is a bastard, when he takes over the throne he will have many rivals within the council, especially the minister of works, knows that he is extremely attached to the customs, only the royal lineage can rise to the throne, and only Mei Yang owns that lineage, unfortunately!

- Yes, for now we will let Amon realize his plans, getting him off the throne will be easier than getting that lame princess off. Let us split up, I'll go out the back and you follow the front area. If we both leave Qu'r's palace together, we will leave clues to think of a possible conspiracy.

Mifu went around the courtyard of the first prince's palace and left through the entrance gate. That all had to work out, it was his neck being put on a gallows. And the only thing he could do was believe in his consort.

While walking slowly to the emperor's palace, he didn't realize the presence of a young man behind the trees attentive to everything that was happening. Mi Gu sneaked through the blooming peach trees and reached the lake that gave access to the supreme palace and finally rested his legs. Mifu, Soo Won, the noble consort and Amon in the same room for so long, good thing would not come out of that little secret meeting.

The young man then passed his hands on his hair, lightly messing up bun hairstyle and sighed. The day was so good, but now he should stay alert. Mei Yang was under his care, and she was too foolish to notice a possible conspiracy.

In the end, everything was in her hands, as always!

An abnormal amount of servants started to crowd at the entrance door of the king's palace. Mi Gu stood to see what was happening when he saw the consort pass quickly by the servants who bent to his splendid presence pass by. The queen, Tai'Ner entered soon after accompanied by his servants and some guards when he saw the king's physician leaving inside the palace.

- How is his majesty? - Ayame asked quickly.

- I cannot pass confidential information, noble consort, but his majesty is not well.

- Good heavens! - The queen exclaimed in fear.

The consort looked at the queen with sobriety, who seemed very disconsolate because she could not enter. Ayame called her servants and before turning to leave, she smiled, it was such an imperceptible smile that nobody noticed.

Finally, her plan was in progress.