Chapter 1536: Do you want to hear a story?
“Laka has been busy with scientific research lately,” Tan Rou spoke quickly of Laka’s recent activities. “He visited several foreign factories with Mr. Lin Yu, planning to develop their own fully automated production factory based on foreign standards.”
The King was very pleased, and his head nodded slightly twice, “Good child.”
Tan Rou then spoke of Samiyi’s affairs, “Princess Samiyi is very busy; she deals with official duties from dawn till dusk, even helping Laka with problems that arise in his scientific research. Whenever she can, she goes to listen to the reports of political ministers, and after listening, she has to find solutions to the issues raised. Your study is occupied from day to night, sometimes she even has to get up at midnight to work overtime.”
After listening, the King remained silent for a long time. Just when Tan Rou thought he had fallen asleep again, he slowly began to speak.
“Dr. Tan Rou, do you think I am a bad brother?” Perhaps stirred by Samiyi’s affairs, the King spoke with uncharacteristic coherence, “I don’t let her be with the one she loves, I don’t let her see her child, and in the end, I leave her a huge mess to deal with.”
Tan Rou glanced at the maid beside her, then said, “You go and watch the door, I have things to discuss with His Majesty the King.”
The maid was somewhat worried, “But… ”
Tan Rou smiled, “If I wanted to harm His Majesty the King, would I need to spend half of the twenty-four hours a day making medicine for him?”
The King also said, “You go out, Dr. Tan Rou won’t harm me.”
Only then did the maid leave and close the door behind her.
Tan Rou sat down to talk with the King, “Your Majesty, this was your intention from the beginning, wasn’t it? If the princess were to marry, she would have to move out of the palace, and you had already prepared a place for her to live after her marriage. Yet in the end, you didn’t give it to her because you wanted her to inherit the throne all along. Perhaps even earlier, you had this idea.”
The King was surprised, “How did you know?”
Tan Rou said, “I guessed. Today during my meal, I ran into Queen Monica and overheard her speaking. She said that Your Majesty had once prepared a piece of land for the princess to build a palace, but currently, that land is still inhabited with no sign of construction. If Your Majesty truly intended to build a palace for the princess, you probably would have relocated the residents long ago.”
“Yes, that piece of land is still there, and I have no intention of building a palace on it anymore,” the King admitted. “Samiyi’s residence will be the royal palace, and my royal bedroom will become her new living quarters. She is the queen, so she must reside in the palace.”
“Does Princess Samiyi know about this?” Tan Rou asked, “I’m just asking because I haven’t had the chance to discuss the palace matter with Samiyi. Since you woke up and asked me about whether you are a bad brother, I thought of it.”
“She knows,” the King said. “When she was very little, I took her to a few places and asked her which piece of land she would like for a palace. She chose that place, and so I planned to give her the palace as a residence upon her marriage, but plans cannot keep up with changes.”
“She probably has forgotten,” Tan Rou said.
“She may not have forgotten, but she won’t bring it up anymore,” the King said. “I promised to gift her the palace on her wedding day, but everything ended when I learned that she fell in love with a gardener. Afterwards, Samiyi never mentioned the palace again, perhaps feeling that I was angry with her, and it was awkward for her to still ask for it.”
“Weren’t you angry?” Tan Rou asked, puzzled. “Outside, they say that you are very strict with the princess, not only forbidding her to marry but also forbidding others to talk about her. Isn’t that because you are angry?”
“I am protecting her and her child,” the King said. “If it were not so, she would be sent to prison, and the little fellow, Agira, probably wouldn’t have been born.”
“Ah?” Tan Rou had not expected the King to be protecting Samiyi.
“Of course, I also have my own selfish reasons,” the King adjusted his bed head a little higher, allowing himself to lean back on the bed, “My foreign friend, would you like to hear a story?”
“Oh,” Tan Rou had nothing to do, so she decided to listen.
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