"Your Highness, are you all right?" Daisy helped Lilian to stand up right away.
"You bitch! How dare you attack me?! I'm carrying a baby for His Majesty! How could you?!" Lilian snarled. She was so furious that she wanted to kill the woman right then and there.
However, the woman only gave her an indifferent look and said in a rigid tone, "His Majesty said that Your Highness is forbidden to go out of your palace. He also said that if Your Highness threatened us with the baby in your womb, we should just bring some abortion medicine for you."
Lilian was stunned by what the woman said. Looking at her in disbelief, Lilian said, "You're lying. His Majesty can't do that to me!"
"I'm telling you the truth. Whatever you want to do, it's none of my business, Your Highness. But we need to follow His Majesty's orders." Immediately, the two women closed the door right in Lilian's face.
While staring at the closed door, and hearing the sound of multiple locks outside, Lilian could not help the trembles all over her body. She grabbed Daisy's hand, constantly adding strength to her grip. "It's impossible. His Majesty can't treat me this way! It's impossible!"
"Your Highness, please calm down. His Majesty is just upset right now. Everything will be all right after he gets over it," Daisy said, trying to comfort Lilian. But in fact, she was terrified as well. How could Rolando have uttered such ruthless words about Lilian? The princess was pregnant with his child for heaven's sake.
"No! I can't wait anymore. I want to see His Majesty. I want to ask him in person what's going on," Lilian said. She then began ceaselessly knocking on the door. "Open the door! Let me out! I want to see His Majesty! Open the door right now!"
But even after a while, there was no response outside the door. All of the people outside simply ignored Lilian's cries and screams. In the imperial harem, everyone could stomp and push around a lady who had been dumped by the emperor. Lilian had once been glorified and respected when she first arrived at the palace. But now that she was out of Rolando's favor, she was nothing but a frantic and confounded woman.
In the Imperial Study, Rolando was reviewing the reports from the courtiers. However, he couldn't concentrate. He irritably threw a document out. When Sean came back, it was the first thing that he noticed.
Sean picked it up and cautiously put it back on the desk. Then he said, "Your Majesty, Lady Lilian is suffering from emotional instability. She kept on asking to see you. Is there something that you would like me to do?"
Rolando sneered, "She wants to see me? Didn't she push me to another woman? Why does she still want to see me? Just ignore her."
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