Chapter 22: Chapter 22. Intentions of protection.
Pragya's POV.
After a few weeks, living in this palace was too difficult for me. It all started at the king's birthday party. Three weeks ago. I remember that everyone was happily celebrating the king's birthday in Nanzheng Palace. Suddenly, Grand Empress Zhao Su asked me to play swordsmanship at the party. I had no reason to refuse her request. So I began to play sword in front of the king and everyone.
But suddenly some bandits entered the palace and attacked. The Imperial Guard managed to defeat them. But I saw that one of the bandits was attacking Zheng from behind and ran to save him. But that evil Yao Dan saw me and ordered one of the imperial guards to protect the king. The soldier hit me in the left chest. I vomited blood and passed out.
When I know myself, Zheng and Dr. Vin Zhang were beside me. The wound was not very deep, I recovered faster than expected. But because of the ruthless action of the king, I faced another dilemma. Zheng pronounced the death sentence on Crown Prince Yao Dan. I tried to get him to change his mind. But all was in vain. Crown Prince Zhao Yao Dan was killed.
It isolated me from everyone. After the death sentence, everyone is afraid to talk to me. Everyone sees me like an alien. I feel lonely yet surrounded by all these people. But Meier's words in the morning hurt me more. What is my fault? Why? I thought of her as Sona, my friend in the 2000s. She was a pure heart, but today het words broke my heart into a million pieces.
Her words were: "Lady, although things are completely different now, you were married to His Majesty, who left his lover and his world, fearing for his life, right? How can you judge me when I choose my life for yours, replace it? I'm sorry if I said inappropriate things, but you're the one who told me, whatever I think,"
I just shot at her and fire her from my room. But I couldn't get her words out of my mind. Am I that selfish? Fate has brought me here, to this palace and this king. I had no choice but to accept my situation. Whether I accept the situation or not, life does not stop. I lost my child and my beloved Samrat.
But Meier is right. I broke my promise. "Why Pragya?" I heard a sound behind me and immediately turned to see the source of the sound. I met an exact copy of myself. I was confused by the sudden appearance of my clone. But I did not dare to ask him.
"Why did you break your promise? A promise is a promise that cannot be broken at any cost. Then why did you break your promise to Samrat and slept with the king," she was firm and direct when she spoke.
"Samrat is my past. I will never go back to him and he will not come to me. He is dead to me as I am dead to him. I have the right to love someone else if I want," I replied to the clone.
"Really? How fast? You didn't even wait a year. It shows nothing but that your love for Samrat was not pure,"
I replied seriously. "I loved Samrat with all my heart and soul. My love for Samrat was real. And that's true," I replied nervously.
My clone smiled slyly and said, "If you think so, then answer this simple question," I nodded. I was interested in the question. "Yes, you can ask." I boldly added,
"If Samrat were here with you in this world, who would you choose from King Zheng and Samrat?" she asked. It was not an easy question. I had a really hard time choosing between the two. I just saw my clone confusingly. She smiled slyly and vanished into thin air. I realized that I was arguing with myself.
But I couldn't answer the question. "From King Zheng and Samrat?" I was afraid of the choice. Sometimes life puts you in situations where you have to choose between the two best things in your life. While thinking about this crazy thing, I heard the announcer's voice.
"The king has arrived",
I immediately jumped out of bed and went to the door to meet the king. As soon as I saw him, I screamed my frustration at him.
"Did you see what you did? Do you know how much pain you caused me?" He saw me confused. He told everyone to leave. I felt like no one cared about me anymore.
"I don't understand, Pragya. I didn't know Prince Zhao Yao Dan was so dear to you," he smiled. I was angered by his words.
"What is your problem, Your Honor? What is your main problem with me?" I screamed. "I asked you to think twice before killing the crown prince. But you refused, and now look what you did. Everyone, even my servants, stopped talking because of fear of you. Guess what I went through. Zheng, you always think of yourself, not of me," I said. I cried a lot.
"I don't know your problem. If you expect me to protect you in a way you know in your era, I'm sorry, I can't. I protected you. I wanted to protect you. He tried to kill you. If I let him live, you think you will live in peace. It's only been ten months since you arrived. You don't know how things work here in the harem", I was speechless.
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