Chapter 190 (1/2)

Chapter 190: Chapter 190

“Sure, Your Majesty.”

“No, I can’t talk with her here at the temple. I think I have to move to the Imperial Palace. ”

“…I got it, Your Majesty.”

“Thank you.”

Huh? What does he want to talk to me about? Is it related to what he was going to say, but couldn’t because of Jiun at the cemetery?

I was a little sorry for my father who seemed puzzled and reluctant, but once I bowed my head to my father, then headed out of the temple with him.

Time already passed quickly, and it was quite dark outside. Although I was bothered by the fact that it was too late, I couldn’t retract my decision to go with him.

‘I guess everything will be alright.’

I swallowed a sigh and got on the wagon waiting outside.

How much time passed?

The wagon ran smoothly and arrived at the Imperial Palace, then passed through the main entrance and stopped in front of the Central Palace, where the late emperor used to reside. When I saw the towering palace, I murmured unconsciously, ‘He seems to have already moved in.’

Somehow, he looked a bit gloomy. Maybe he might not have felt good about moving to the Central Palace, his late father’s place, as soon as the state funeral was over.

I felt a bit sorry for him, but I silently headed to the library with him.

At first glance, the study of the Central Palace seemed much larger than that of the crown prince’s palace, but now I couldn’t afford to appreciate it.

I watched him who was remaining silent all along, and opened my mouth carefully.

I thought I had better say something to him first now.

“Your Majesty. Well… Would you like a cup of tea? ”

“Um. Is it okay for you to have tea? ”

“Oh, for that matter, I am fine.”

Since I was poisoned by tea, some people around me began to feel very sensitive to tea.

At first my father told me he was concerned, then Carsein and now the emperor began to feel anxious.

After shaking my head lightly, I pulled the string and asked a maid to bring a tea set.

Shortly afterwards, the maid who came in and displayed all kinds of tea with tea pots.

I picked lavender from among them. Although I knew he didn’t like the strong scent, I thought that lavender with a neuro-stable effect might soothe him, who was somewhat unstable now.

But he put down the teacup on the table after lifting it. Didn’t he like it?

“As I felt you needed stability, I brewed it strong… Should I make it again?”

“Oh, no, you don’t have to…”

I tilted my head. Why did he put down the teacup if it were not for the strong scent?”

When I raised my cup with an anxious look, I suddenly saw his hand holding the mug trembling.

I stopped putting the mug to my mouth. I thought he felt a little better because he was calm, but he didn’t. Is it because he recalled his late father when he came back to the Central Palace?

As I felt sorry, I put down the mug quietly. When he was carefully choosing words to comfort him, he hesitantly opened his mouth after pondering over something.

“… Aristia. ”

“Yes, Your Majesty.”

“In fact, I want you to do me a favor.”

“What is it?” I looked at him with a puzzled expression. Why is he so hesitant?

When I was waiting for his reply with a bit of anxiety, he said, looking at me, as if he made up his mind, “If I am alone here… I think it will be too hard for me to endure tonight. So…”

“Yes, Your Majesty.”

“Would you stay with me tonight?”

“Pardon?” I asked, startled.

But he had no answer. I was just staring at me with deeply subdued eyes.

“Your Majesty…”