Chapter Ten

I'm very sure that the king would choose me to sing and dance for him at the music and dance ceremony tonight .I will be adorned in the royal pearl dress and have the shackles ,necklaces ,bracelets ,rings and earrings all to myself , and after tonight I would get that opportunity to ask for anything i want .

Queen Gema ,after such a long time ,your dreams will finally come true .This is your opportunity since you are the reason for the king's wealth .You are the seed bearer of riches for the king so how can this opportunity pass you by .You are the crowned queen and head of all the queens of the king and everyone knows that you deserve to dance for the king tonight .

Rachel ,you have been my personal handmaiden for twenty nine years so I know you know me perfectly well .

After tonight ,I will make the impossible possible in front of everyone by giving the title of the crown Prince to my unborn baby in my womb .The soothsayer has foretold me that my baby will be a boy and the king as well as everyone knows this truth .Everyone knows the soothsayer's prediction is never false .

Queen Gema ,this means that when your baby is born and he becomes the crown prince ,and later becomes the king when King Duxan is no more , your family linage will rule Mugal and you will be the greatest Queen ever in the history of Mugal .

It's good you are thinking straight Rachel so hurry and apply my make up on my face because I need to look my very best in front of the king .I should look beautiful than Krystal .

My queen ,it's good you have noticed the beauty of Krystal .Her beauty cannot be compared to any of the queens excluding you of course because everyone knows that you are the" beauty queen " .

I would want to see the look on Queen Marga's face when I snatch the power of her son away and hand it over to my son who is to be born .She will then learn not to try to compete with me .Ever since her son was appointed crown Prince because he won many battles ,her ego and pride has become very high .After tonight ,I will break her horns and make sure to get the new bride out of my way as well because if I don't take care ,she will snatch everything away from me .Couldn't you see the way the king looked at her in the morning ?

Krystal ,are you listening to me at all ?

This competition is tough especially being the new bride of the king but you are very lucky since the king won't get married again .This means you have till the king is alive to ask anything from him .

Why can't he get married again ?

A king has the power to marry up to ten wives as written in the Mugal law and the king has married up to ten wives .

We are nine Laura not ten and I 'm the ninth wife of the king .You are actually the tenth wife of King Duxan .

Two years ago ,the thirteen year old Queen Maribel was killed by the king . Just like a newly wedded bride who was given the chance to ask for anything after dancing and singing for the king ,she asked for freedom and she was granted freedom .The king slayed her throat with his dagger to give her freedom .She was the king's ninth wife and she couldn't understand that if you are sold off to a king in the form of marriage ,you can't escape or get away from him .Till you perish ,you become his property .

This story is kept in the archives so literally you are the tenth queen of Mugal which means the king has reached his limit for marriage and that's why he wanted a fresh soul like yours .

I hope you have learnt a great lesson from Queen Maribel 's story .Her story has served as a great lesson for all the other queens .You don't talk about Queen Maribel in this kingdom because she is considered a traitor of Mugal but her archived story will serve as history for all generations to come .I'm telling you this because you are my friend and so now ,you must assume you know nothing because you won't be told .Traitors are not talked about in this kingdom or else you are considered a traitor as well .