Ines pressed her lips tightly together. Then the Imperial Consort's voice came to her again.
"That is the first reason. She is a proud woman. A cold one, too. Do you think that if I yielded, your father's power would vanish all at once?"
At that, Ines shook her head.
"She would never overlook such a risk. So what you describe could never come to pass. If Her Majesty the Empress were to bear a child, she would surely try to root out the House of Greenwood."
"Then… what is the second reason?"
"The second is that I cannot yield."
The Imperial Consort said so in a voice without a trace of a smile.
"Where a child is concerned, you can no longer use a word as comfortable as 'yield.' Come what may, you resolve to sacrifice yourself for the child's happiness. You will probably understand what I…
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