7 The Empress punishment and Shira returns to the palace with two kids

What are you going to do? Your highness?! Please understand I want to be with you. I don't want to give birth without you. You should see our child. He is your son. So what? My king? Your my beloved husband.

You may very well be my Empress of this kingdom, but that doesn't give you the right to follow me. But you wanted a child with Shira. But that doesn't matter anymore. But your the Emperor. She can't go against your words.

She has a family. She even has children to raise because of you. The father died because of you. Now you must be punished. Since you have just birth I can't hurt you too bad because you might be able to give birth again. So I have a great punishment for you.

Your highness?! Now it's time for your punishment Empress. Send the Empress to the cold palace. Once she able to be whipped give her 250 whips.

Yes, your highness. I was wrong your highness forgive me! Please!! No! No! No! Don't you think that was a bit harsh for the Empress? I want give her 50 whips a day until Shira returns to the palace. Yes, your highness. What did he say?

Once it is safe for your body you shall get 50 whips a day. Until lady Shira returns to the palace. This is your punishment. What do you mean? For now 15 whips a day is your punishment. Very well. I understand why I am being punished.

Please bring her back. Yes, my lady. After a year and a half Shira returned to the palace. She was with the children. I am back what do you want? Is it really you? Shira what are you doing here? I don't have much choice.

Shira bowed to him. As the Emperor we must bow. Long live the Emperor. Mommy why are you saying that? We must say that as respect for the royal family. The crown prince and Empress has arrived.

May we leave? Yes, you may. Shira why aren't you the same. If I didn't have two children then I wouldn't be here. Please prepare a room for them. Yes, Emperor! We hold no rank your Highness.

We don't need to have a special room. This room is your old room. We left everything alone. But I would let people clean it for you. I would watch those who have clean the room. I see your highness. Thank you then.

Umm your highness? What is it? The room is ready. Let's rest up for the evening. Yes, mommy! We haven't rested since we started the trip here. So can you please show us some patient. Very well.

A maid show them to their room. Wow this is pretty. It's cool. This my old room from before I left the palace. Really mommy?! Yes, it is. But why did you leave? I left the palace because of the promise that I had made with the Emperor.

What was the promise? She started to explain the promise and told them what happened. How could he brake the promise he made to you? He is the Emperor. After all everyone shall fear him if he doesn't follow the laws.

But even the Empress can't be reckless. She is the Empress for a reason my dear child. Those with high position and power are to be feared. But those whomover use their power are the very cruellest. Is that why you would kill those people?

Yes, even though it wasn't my nature to do so I didn't have much choice but to do so. I am confused. Everyone gets confused my children. Even you? Yes, we all must have a weakness to make us strong. What is yours?

My weakness can't be shared. But why not? Why don't we just sleep? Okay mommy!! Yes, mom. They are my weakness. My family is my own weakness. So I can't tell anyone. I must be strong enough to protect them and myself.

This is why I can't tell anyone about this. Shira and the children went to sleep. The next day Shira and the Emperor talked. What reason does the Emperor want with his enemy? How dare you?! You shall be dehead for this rudeness.

A woman has no right to speak to the Emperor this way. Enough!!! But Your Majesty?! I can't blame you for being mad Shira. I did brake my promise that I had made to you. You are right. We are enemies as promised. I know that. I remember the promise to you.

After all you did say by breaking the promise we will be come enemies. Then why call me here? I could kill you for just bringing me back here. But we both know that you won't do it. Is this about those children with me?

Yes, we both know that you can't risk them being hurt or killed. So what? I am fast after. Plus if you try to harm them then I have you as the hostage. Remember last time I had a hostage. Yes, I do.

You couldn't even stop me from killing him. Plus you knew that I would have killed him. But you listened to me so he was spared. I could do that again. So that my children won't get hurt. They are my lover kin after all.

Are they your own children? Sadly no. But they are my children. I am not by blood but I do love them like a mother would. I will look after them. As I promised their father. I am a woman of my word. Yes, you are.

But you can't seem to find a job? That's true. But I will find one? Why do you mean by this? Are you the reason that I can't find one? Maybe I am? Is that so? Your children need you. What about them? They need you to find a job soon.

What are you implying to me? I want you to work for me. And why would I want to do that? The thing is why I even work for the likes of you? After all we are enemies and I hate you. This woman show doesn't respect the Emperor.

All the guards were mad at Shira. They wanted her to be punished. The Emperor is a man with high power. They think that she was asking for death. But she didn't care about them.

The Empress shall never recognize me as friend or a soldier for your army. She can only see me as a lover of yours. Just as before nothing had changed. This is why she was following you. She thinks that I am seducing you.

What about her? I won't let her hurt my family. After all I do know what happens when I talk back to her. Just like last time I punished by you. It is just that I couldn't let anyone talk down the Empress. Besides me no one can do so.

Well I can't help you. After all I stay with such an Empress. I will leave the palace soon. I will have to train my children now. They aren't going to be safe here. But I can't risk them getting hurt. So this is good bye. Wait! Shira!!

Why are you leaving me? Shira went to her room. Mom?! You are back so soon? Yes, and we are leaving the palace. Why are we leaving the palace? The Empress will kill us. So we can't stay. What did you do?

Woman here are mean and think only for power. Fear is how they control their servants. Really?! Yes, this why we must leave. Wait a minute? What is it? Doesn't the Emperor like you? That isn't easy to explain. Please try to explain it.

He does like it but he even the Emperor, himself still has to follow the law. But isn't he the law? Yes, that is true. Then why doesn't he change the law or make you the Empress? Sweetie life doesn't work that way. Even if he did do that many people would question his decision.