She climbed into my bed, wanting to bear me a child. When I refused, she flew into a rage. “A bastard like you thinks you deserve to be crown prince? You’ll regret this!” I was my father’s only son, but I wasn’t his biological child. She claimed she wanted to give my father, who was incapable of having children, an heir, and bear him a true prince. Later, she succeeded in winning my father’s favor, became pregnant, and was promoted to Noble Consort. At the height of her triumph, she urged my father to castrate me and make me serve their future prince. But she had no idea that not one of her children would survive...
