Rosie's Games

Chapter 278: A Queen's Plea

"Your Grace, the Queen wanted to have some tea with the Duchess at the greenhouse," a servant said after they finished paying their respects to the dead. They were about to leave. "And His Majesty, the King, is inviting you into the gardens."

Rosalind looked at Lucas. The two could have just invited them together. Instead, they have given a separate invitation.

"I will personally send my wife to the Queen before I visit the King," Lucas answered. Since they arrived, he never once let go of her hand. Of course, this was not a problem, as holding him made her feel safer. Not long after, he took her to the greenhouse before leaving.

"Your Majesty," Rosalind curtsied at the woman sitting in the same spot where she sat the first time that Rosalind visited the place.

"Duchess, please take a seat." The Queen sounded gentle. "It seems that you have become even more beautiful," Queen Aurinda continued.

"Thank you, Your Majesty," Rosalind said. The woman in front of her looked the same. However, something about her seemed to have changed. It felt like the Queen had become younger. She looked more beautiful and her skin seemed better than before.

"Please… I asked them to serve you all of my favorites. I hope you do not mind."

"No, not at all." Rosalind chose to limit her interaction with the Queen as she recalled Lucas's warning about the scheme inside these walls. Wugari seemed peaceful and the Royalty was unbothered by what was happening outside. However, each kingdom has its own problems and to be honest, Rosalind did not want to be involved in their politics.

"I called you here because… of what you mentioned the other time."

"I apologize, Your Majesty, but it seems that I have misspoken," Rosalind said as she lowered her gaze. By now, the King and Queen already knew about Rosalind's ability to heal and the reason why the Queen called her here was that she mentioned something about her infertility. "The Duke seems to think that I always speak nonsense when I am a bit happy." Rosalind immediately mentioned the Duke's name. "He was right. I tend to… talk too much when I am full." And happy. After all, food is happiness.

"So it was His Grace," the Queen sighed. "And here I thought what you said back then was…" she let out a loud sigh. "As you know, I have struggled to give birth since… since I got married. Since my mother also struggled to give birth to me, I thought perhaps this was something that I inherited from her. I have talked to many physicians and all of them told me that I might not be able to give birth. Your words, however—"

"I apologize, Your Majesty. I was not supposed to mention that I just— the Duke warned me about it, but I wanted to get closer to Your Majesty. I thought I could— I guess I was only overestimating myself."

"Is that so?"

Rosalind nodded. Her decision to not help the Queen had been influenced by Lucas. Lucas's words about politics were enough to convince her not to get involved with the Royalty. She should not have interfered in the first place. This was her fault.

To be honest, she felt really good when she was with the Queen. This was because she felt like she finally found someone like her— someone who loves food. However, their current circumstances are very different. Rosalind wanted to build relationships with stronger people that could help her in the future, but she did not want to be dragged into schemes.

As someone who spent most of her time in the palace before, she knew very well how deep schemes really went. There were simply a lot of things that desperate people did to get what they wanted.

"What if I pay you?" the Queen asked. "I may not look like someone with much gold, but I have properties. I can… give them to you. I can give everything to you as long as you… help me." josei

"Your Majesty…"

"Just one child," the Queen suddenly got up. "One… just one…" Queen Aurinda was about to kneel but Rosalind quickly stopped her. She helped the Queen back to her chair. She could only blame herself for being so excited.

As a woman who learned a lot of lessons from the past, her actions were careless and very shameful! It was an embarrassment!

How could she even think of it like that?

"I know— I know this must be because of what I did, right?" Queen Aurinda said. "The King warned me ahead of time, but I did not listen. I— I know I took advantage of you and laced Consort Leona's cake with poison because I wanted the Duke to deal with her. But I— she is trying to steal the man that I love. Surely, you will understand me, right?"

"Your Majesty," Rosalind looked around. The Queen was already crying as she begged Rosalind.

"You can — I know you can forgive me, right?"

"Your Majesty, please calm yourself."

"No. You— You are a woman as well. Surely, you will understand the things that I have experienced in the past because they wanted the King to have his own children. I watched my husband spend the night with other women because of it. I have suffered a lot! You must understand. I did it because I could not take their bullying anymore."

"Your Majesty, please, not in this place." Rosalind knew that there were servants outside of this greenhouse. How could she carelessly reveal this matter in front of her servants?

"No! I must do this. I want to ask for your forgiveness. I knew the Duke would immediately deal with her so I took the risk and took advantage of the fact that you are the first Duchess of Rothley Estate. I apologize, alright?"

"Your Majesty—"

"Please forgive me. I promise you. I will never try to use you again. Please Lady Rosie help me out. I just need a child.Just one child for my husband!"

"What is going on here?" a loud voice boomed behind them