Chapter 20
"What? I hope I am pregnant because this child is the only one who will love me, unlike his Prince father who suddenly left me", Princess Purity was bubbling with enthusiasm.
Princess Purity caressed her belly and she smiled happily as she stared at it.
"Princess Purity I am sure you are pregnant, I will first deliver this herbal tea to Princess Bonya and I'll take you to the midwife of the Palace," Madam Saher said in an excited voice.
"Madam Saher please don't tell others about it, keep it a secret," Princess Purity exhorted.
There seemed to be sadness in the tone of her voice.
Madam Saher quickly came out from Princess Purity's room to hand Princess Bonya her herbal tea.
"Come in!" said Princess Bonya in a raised voice.
"Princess Bonya, your tea is here," Madam Saher's voice seemed to tremble.
"Put it down there!" Princess Bonya snorted without even staring at Madam Saher.
Madam Saher felt nervous at Princess Bonya's cursed voice. She was about to leave but Princess Bonya called her.
"Come here Madam Saher, did you do what I told you?" Princess Bonya asked.
"Did you put herb in the Princess's drink?" Princess Bonya looked at her fiercely.
Madam Saher was silent and could not answer immediately, so the Princess got angry and raised an eyebrow and frowned as she glared at her.
"Hey! Old woman why can't you answer, my question is simple and it's not hard to understand!" Princess Bonya's eyes widened in annoyance.
"Don't worry Princess Bonya, I did everything as you ordered."
Madam Saher replied without staring at the Princess, she just focused her gaze on the floor.
"Get out! Organize your work so you don't falter!" Princess Bonya snarled.
Princess Bonya slammed the door.
Madam Saher came out of Princess Bonya's room with a sulk.
"That witch is really very naughty, very narrow-minded and her behavior is different from Princess Purity," Madam Saher muttered.
"Maybe that cursed Princess thought that I obeyed her command," Madam Saher laughed as she whispered herself.
"You're wrong Princess Bonya because you can't fool me".
"You just don't know that I mixed that sterile herb into your drink instead of putting it into Princess Purity's herbal tea," Madam Saher smiled.
"Your behavior is so bad, you don't deserve to have strong power in this Palace," she grunted.
Madam Saher came back to her senses when she heard the People in the Palace busy preparing food, she almost forgot the presentation day of the two Princesses so she immediately went to the kitchen to help with the preparation.
Everything was ready and the King had summoned all the staff of the Palace to witness the very important presentation.
Princess Purity was very gorgeous and fabulous in her yellow gown and she paired it with her golden earrings while Princess Bonya wore her favorite red gown with embroidered blue diamonds on the front and each side of it and she paired it with her blue earrings with an engraved diamond in the middle of it and she placed her crown that suits her being a Queen.
"For everyone's knowledge these two Princesses, Princess Bonya and Princess Purity are depicted as the official Queens in this Kingdom," King Gab trumpeted.
Everyone who witnessed the presentation applauded.
The King noticed Prince's Gian's strange behavior, and his constant touching of Princess Bonya's hands and he was very clingy to the Princess.
"He didn't even pay attention to me and especially to Princess Purity he didn't even greeted her," King Gab wondered.
"What happened to the Prince?" the King was disturbed for the Prince strange gesture.
"I know the Prince, he doesn't behave like that most especially in front of a lot of people," the King wondered sadly.
"Why did he suddenly like Princess Bonya? I seem to smell something wrong with the Prince's actions," said King Gab with a frown.
Princess Purity was hurt because the Prince ignored her which made her very sad.
"He didn't even stare at me, he used to always admire me even more when I wore a gown," Princess Purity murmured.
Princess Purity's deep thoughts were interrupted when the King spoke.
"Whoever of these two Princesses is the first to give birth to a Prince, I will appoint her as the first Queen in the Palace and all her orders will be obeyed and her son, the Prince, will be appointed as the next King in this Kingdom," King Gab enunciated.
All the spectators applauded and the King left the stage, Princess Purity also left because she was deeply hurt, it seemed like she was stabbed by a knife. She really couldn't stand the pain anymore.
She walked away and locked herself in her room but she heard a knock on the door so she stood up and opened it.
Madam Saher appeared before her.
"Your Majesty, I am here to accompany you to the midwife of the Palace," Madam Saher offered as she bowed her head.
"Thank you, Madam Saher," Queen Purity smiled.
They immediately boarded the carriage to go to the Palace midwife.
"Your Majesty, have a nice day, anything I can help?" asked the midwife with her head bowed.
"I felt dizzy and my body went numb so I came," Queen Purity responded.
Meanwhile, Princess Bonya is restless and in deep thought.
"Why is it that I haven't felt any signs of pregnancy? It's been a month since the Prince slept with me but I haven't felt any early signs yet," Queen Bonya was confused.
"I need to visit the Palace midwife so I can make sure of everything," Queen Bonya whispered.
"Congratulations because you are Pregnant with the Prince's child," the midwife jabbered.
Excitement overflowed in Queen Purity's eyes at what she heard from the midwife.
"I am now a full-fledged mother," Queen Purity crooned as she caressed her belly.
In the distance, Queen Bonya saw Queen Purity and Madam Saher coming out from the Palace hospital so she hid herself. When the two left, she immediately came out and she had many questions in her mind.
"Is Queen Purity pregnant?" her face frowned at the thought and she immediately went to the midwife.
"Your Majesty, good day. What do you need?" asked the midwife while bowing her head.
"I want you to check me out if I'm pregnant," replied Queen Bonya sarcastically.
The midwife touched her wrist and checked her eyes and even examined her carefully.
While examining her she thought of asking the midwife.
"What did Queen Purity do here? Why did I see her here earlier?" Queen Bonya interrogated.
"Your Majesty, the Queen was accompanied by Madam Saher as she was lethargic and vomiting," the midwife replied.
Princess Bonya sighed as she waited for the result of the midwife's examination and suddenly the midwife said.
"Congratulations because you are both pregnant with the Prince's child," the midwife gladly announced.
"What! Queen Purity is also pregnant?" her eyes glazed over with anger.
"No one should know that Queen Purity is pregnant, don't tell others especially the King and Prince," Queen Bonya ordered.
Queen Bonya left immediately.
"It's really annoying, that's why I don't trust that Madam Saher," Queen Bonya mumbled with a blush on her face.
"I need to get ahead of Queen Purity the Prince needs to know that I am pregnant before Queen Purity announces her pregnancy," Queen Bonya muttered.
"Your Majesty, you need to inform the Prince about your pregnancy so that his treatment for you may change if he finds out about your situation," Madam Saher advised Queen Purity.
Queen Bonya happily went to the Prince.
"My dear Prince, I am sure you will surprise today because I have something to tell you," said Queen Bonya as she hugged the Prince.
"My Queen, what will you tell me? Are you pregnant?" asked the Prince while caressing the Queen's waist.
"Exactly," Queen Bonya revealed as she kissed the Prince on his lips and suddenly she whispered something to the Prince.
While they were kissing, Queen Purity suddenly came.
"Your highness, please excuse my sudden arrival because I have something important to tell you," Queen Purity said.
"Speak up!" said Prince Gian in a loud voice.
"Prince Gian, I want to let you know that I'm pregnant," Queen Purity happily announced.
Queen Bonya suddenly laughed.
"You're a liar, you can't fool me because Princess Bonya has already told me everything!" the Prince glared at her.
"Get lost! I don't want to see your face here! the Prince scoffed.
Abundant tears flowed from Queen Purity's eyes.