Chapter 1: Still Born

Chapter 1: STILL BORN.

At the palace.

The whole palace was chaotic and all tensed up, so tensed up! It was enough to make one suffocate to death. No one could risk having a divided attention at this moment cause if they weren't careful they'll loose the most precious and most kept gift of their Emperor.

Two people were in labour at the same time, the Empress and a prisoner. While the Empress was having a very difficult time giving birth, the prisoner who had no support or care from anyone was actually having everything go smoothly.

Empress Kim Byun was having a very difficult time giving birth to her babies, she was sweating profusely and gasping for air every single moment, her eyes were starting to show the key sign that she was giving up, her face already turned pale white and her lips were completely grey lilac and looked chapped, she was too weak to make any sound of pain.

So many maids surrounded her, fanning her and wiping the sweat from her forehead, some where trying their possible best to keep her alive during this though labour.

While she was having this most difficult moment of her life, her husband, Emperor Kim Hyun already ran out of patience. Just then, the third mid wife came out of the labour room, she looked really confused and worried.

"What's going on inside?!, Why am I not hearing my wife's voice anymore?!," Emperor Kim Hyun yelled at the third mid wife.

She was so scared and didn't know how to give him a solid explanation, how can she break the news to him and still remain alive....His wife has been in the labour room for more than five hours now and it's really frustrating.

"My Lord, one of the baby is stuck and there's no way the other can come out if the baby isn't pushed out of the way, we need to take some careful.....

"I DON'T CARE!," He roared angrily. "If you have to break your skull open then do so!, nothing must happen to my wife and babies! Else..

He didn't need to complete his sentence, it's an easy fill in the gap task. The second midwife entered the labour room and whispered somethings into the first midwife's ear, the first midwife nodded in approval and satisfaction and gave a sign 'wait'.

While all this was going on, the lady locked up in the dungeon already gave birth successfully, though it wasn't an easy task to do so on her own but she had no choice, she was determined.

The entire cell wrecked of the smell of fresh blood but she didn't mind. She forced herself up and got small water from the molded water storage in her cell then bathe for the child not minding how messed up everything would get after she was done.

Once she was done, she wrapped the baby up with her scarf and held him so close to her. During all this whole process, the baby made no sound.

"You are just like your father, quiet, even in times of trouble.....", She gave a weired smile and stared at the baby again. "I can't get out of here but you can, you'll come and get me out of here. I'll be patient. You'll come back to avenge your father's death .. my precious son", she looked determined, happy, sorrowful and pained all at the same time.

"Those cruel people killed your father", as she said this, her chin quivered slightly and tears rolled down her cheeks. "You'll avenge him, my son...

The son she was holding so carefully and patting gently was so light weight and had pale lilac lips, he looked healthy though.....something was wrong somewhere.

She held him close to her chest and hugged him tightly with silent tears streaming down her face.

*Sounds of footsteps*

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Queen Kim Byun was barely alive when she bore her first child. The first mid wife handed the baby over to the second mid wife who stared at the child with so much interest.

The baby girl's eyes were so white and clear like a pearl and it lacked pupils, Her cherry lips were as pink as the fresh roses in the garden, she looked so healthy and cute even though she was dirty and still needed to take a bath. Her white hair plastered well on her forehead.

When the second mid wife noticed the strange features of the girl, she felt strange, it was like she was carrying a stranger. The baby who seemed to have noticed that she was now in an unfamiliar place started to cry loudly.

"I-Its a boy", she announced weakly, the maids were so overjoyed when they heard that but the queen wasn't fooled, she knew it was a girl, a pure new baby girl. She just conceived a girl!

Kim Byun was so shocked when she realized the gender of the child. "A-a b-boy?", She asked the first mid wife who shook her head. She felt her soul left her for a while.

"My queen please save us, don't close your eyes, please deliver the last child", the maids who said that sounded so worried, not for the queen or her children but for her life. Kim Byun knew the girl was more like a waste product, she isn't important. Anyways, she already planned what to do with the child if it ended up being a girl, there isn't much to be worried about.

Now her focus is on conceiving the second child and praying silently that it isn't a also a female but a male. Just like her heart cries were heard, she conceived a boy and it was easy this time unlike the first child.

The mid wives refused to allow the maids bathe for the children which the maids only saw as a protective measure for the lives of the emperical children.

Kim Byun signaled to the head mid wife who came closer to her. "H-has....she?", Kim Byun couldn't complete her sentence cause she was weak but the mid wife completely understood her.

"Yes my queen, she already conceived but it's a still born child and he's a male, what a loss!', Min Bai said sorrowfully.

"Kim Byun's hope shattered instantly. A dead boy! She can't switch her child with a dead child.

"But my queen, I found out that her case is similar to yours, just like my lady seemed to be dead when she was born, her son also seem so, now my princess is back and her eyes are already normal so I think we should be patient maybe he can still come back to life"

Min ho's word sounded so stupid to Kim Byun but she had to risk it . Everyone would get killed by that daughter of hers if she kept her anyways.