The King's Unbreakable Wife-Chapter 224: Secret exposed (1)

Hazel returned to the palace on the day set for her and thanks to those she trusted, the secret of what happened on the way to her parent’s home remained among the small group of people she was close to.

A month later, it started to feel like Hazel had adapted better to the palace. She had been able to send Lynn off with a proper burial, keep her promise of taking care of Lynn’s family, and then during that time, watch her sister be married and leave Lockwood. ƒrēewebnoѵёl.cσm

Hazel continued to meet with Tabitha to better herself as queen and looked for ways to find herself in rooms that queens were not allowed in.

"Is there something on your mind, Your Majesty?" Julia asked as she brushed Hazel’s hair. "You’ve looked lost in thought all morning."

"Have I? I was thinking about what I would do today. The war at the border is becoming more serious and has the king along with the court busy trying to prepare in case the war moves beyond the border. What can I do?" Hazel wondered.

She was not invited to listen to the plans for the war as though she would send what was said to the border for their enemies to win. Her father was in the palace as he would have to provide more weapons and the Henson were offering their army.

"I think that it is best that you stay out of it," Julia answered, her gaze fixed on Hazel’s hair. She wished to cut it.

Julia knew that Hazel had to be hiding the miscarriages she suffered and because of it, Grant was angry with her. The secret needed to be exposed.

"You should just take a walk-"

"I am tired of just visiting the garden or sitting with women to gossip. I am the queen of this kingdom. There is more to be done than walking around and gossiping. Everyone is worried about war so it would be wrong of me to be seen relaxing. Though it is what they are asking me to do," Hazel muttered.

The growing tension at the border wasn’t spread to the people as the palace wanted to avoid the panicking but it would get out at some point.

"What the palace needs is a distraction. Perhaps news of an heir. Enough time has passed," Julia said, watching Hazel’s reaction.

"A child is not enough to calm the kingdom in a time of war. I am finished," Hazel said, annoyed by the mention of a baby.

Did they not think that she was trying her best? Since the last time she had miscarried, there were no signs of her being pregnant. She had not bleed yet so she hoped that there was a chance another baby was waiting to make their presence known.

The trouble at the border worked as a good distraction as Hazel didn’t have to listen to anyone questioning why she was not pregnant yet. They were too busy trying to save themselves from joining the king’s men at war to be speaking on this.

Hazel had a short moment of peace to get pregnant to end the pressure of having a child to keep the kingdom distracted from brewing war.

Hazel stepped out of the tub, finished with her morning bath. "How are your siblings, Julia? You haven’t spoken much about them these days."

’They are well. The youngest has started school. Something that I missed out on but I am glad that they could have it," Julia answered.

"Because you had to work? I think that all children should be able to attend school and not be made to work. That is something that parents need to take care of. There are plenty of schools around the town for anyone to attend. I might be able to do something about it," said Hazel.

"That is kind of you, but it will not stop some children from working. If they want to eat, they must help their family. What is the point of learning for the poor? All we need to know is how to serve those with money," Julia said, once again angered by how Hazel thought she could just swoop in to fix everything.

Hazel was raised in a family that had everything laid out for her so she never had to lift a finger. Unless Hazel was giving out money, making children go to school meant angry parents struggling to put food on the table and children not eating.

"That is not good. Everyone should have some sort of learning in their youth. Knowledge is quite valuable. There are plenty of stories about who changed their lives because of what they learned. Some men in the court didn’t come from what you might call a good family. They learned," Hazel said, determined to help others off on the right start.

Daisy brought a cloth to dry Hazel’s hair. "I think that it is a good idea for you to make children have to go to school. I was fortunate to go to school and knowing how to read has helped me."

"Yet you ended up in the palace," Julia said, finding it to be pointless.

"The palace pays well. Many try to find work here but it is not easy to enter. I was in luck to know how to read and look at me now, serving the queen," Daisy argued.

Hazel shook her head at the two. These days they weren’t seeing eye to eye but she used their arguments to find out what needed to be fixed. They both gave her different views on how some would take what she wanted to do.

Daisy was curious how Julia made it inside the palace since she didn’t go to school and when asked, Julia didn’t mention having worked as a maid for long to have the experience to be here. She didn’t question it now as it was already rude of them to argue before the queen.

"I understand that some won’t take it well while others will be grateful for it. I will do my best to come up with something to please everyone. I don’t want to take a walk to the garden but I would like to go see my husband so please get me dressed for that," Hazel ordered the two.

Julia glanced at Daisy who was more of a headache than Lynn. Daisy was in luck that Julia was more focused on figuring out how to spread around that Hazel lost a baby. She had poured plenty of what Grant gave her in Hazel’s tea each morning and with Hazel not leaving the palace anytime soon, there should be a good show to watch.