Chapter 1361 - 1301: The Queen’s Return (Part 5)

The Queen Mother angrily pointed at Kiya and cursed, "I’ll go die right now, just pretend I don’t have a son like you!"

"Mother!"

"Why is my life so miserable... I’m old now, and my only son wants to drive me away."

Kiya was unable to defend himself, and in the end, he said nothing, lowered his head, and let the Queen Mother berate him.

The Queen Mother cried and fussed for a while, realizing that no one was cooperating with her, she gradually stopped crying.

"Sultan, I understand what you mean now, you can go. I’ll move out tomorrow," the Queen Mother said in a huff.

"Mother, do you really have to force me like this?" Kiya asked, suppressing his anger.

"I’m forcing you? It’s you forcing me, it’s the woman you love forcing me! Kiya, I raised you painstakingly, and this is how you treat me!" the Queen Mother shouted.

Paige Desmond, who hadn’t said a word, finally spoke, "Alright, I’ll go then."

"Paige, don’t make trouble!"

"I’m not causing trouble, I never wanted to return to this damn place in the first place. It was you who secretly brought Erya back, that’s why I had no choice but to come."

"..."

"The Queen Mother called me shameless, asking why I came back after leaving back then. This is the reason."

"..."

"Queen Mother, it was your son who forced me to come back! I just tried to leave, and it was your son who stopped me...

So, don’t say I’m shameless, don’t say I’m clinging to your son... I’m telling you, as long as Kiya lets me go, I’ll immediately take my child and leave this damn place!" Paige Desmond was aggressive, hurting Kiya deeply.

"..."

"If you can make your son let me go, I’ll leave right now! If you’re worried, I’ll go out and immediately find a man to marry..."

The Queen Mother hated Paige Desmond. Paige had swallowed her anger for eight years, equally furious at this woman.

Back then, she loved Kiya and could endure for him, but now, Paige fears nothing.

"Paige Desmond, shut up!" Kiya looked at the resolute woman, knowing she wasn’t speaking out of anger, this woman would really do it.

"You... you..." The Queen Mother was so angry that her face turned red, her eyes rolled, and she fainted.

"Mother!"

Paige stood there, her eyes cold, watching the old woman lying on the bed without a shred of sympathy. Kiya turned to look at Paige, suddenly feeling this woman was very strange.

"Paige?" Kiya called out uncertainly.

"Fainted again, is this really fainting, or... is she pretending again." Paige said.

Kiya called Charlene, asking her to get the doctor.

Paige walked over step by step, looking at the woman on the bed and said, "I suspect she’s pretending."

Kiya said, "You go back to your chamber first!"

"I’m not leaving, I want to see if she’s pretending to faint again this time..."

The "faint" trick, the Queen Mother had used many times, Paige had suffered quite a bit because of it.

Paige pulled a gem-encrusted dagger from Kiya’s waist. Kiya was shocked and asked, "Paige, what are you doing?"

"I want to know if the Queen Mother is really fainting or pretending..." Paige stared at the woman’s face, slowly saying, "I remember the Queen Mother is most afraid of pain, a cut on her face will tell if she’s fainting or not..."

The Queen Mother’s eyes moved slightly, Paige laughed, this wretched old woman was pretending to faint again.

Paige’s dagger touched the Queen Mother’s face, Kiya suddenly grabbed her hand strongly, "Paige, what are you doing?"

"She’s pretending..."

Kiya interrupted her, saying, "You go back first!"

"Our matter hasn’t been resolved yet today."

"How are you going to resolve it? We’re all family, do we have to figure out who’s right and who’s wrong?" Kiya stared at Paige, his tone full of disapproval for her behavior.

"Yes! We must figure out who’s right and wrong! Because... I don’t want to wrong myself anymore."

The doctor arrived quickly, and Charlene saw the unconscious Queen Mother, bursting into tears, "Queen Mother, why did you faint... sob... the doctor said your health isn’t good, shouldn’t get angry..."

"..."

"They’re ignorant, not filial, you must take care of your own health."

Paige watched Charlene, smiling as she performed. The Queen Mother’s drama was incomplete without Charlene as a supporting actor.

"Queen Mother, how could you be so troubled..." Charlene noticed Paige’s expression and paused for a moment.

Paige smiled and said, "Continue! Don’t stop!"

After diagnosing, the doctor said to Kiya, "Your Majesty Sultan, the Queen Mother is fine, just a sudden faint due to agitation."

Kiya’s face remained cold, he said to Charlene, "Take good care of the Queen Mother, come to me if anything happens."

"Yes, Sultan."

Kiya grabbed Paige’s hand and strode out of the Queen Mother’s chamber.

"You’re hurting my hand, let go of me!"

Kiya walked fast with large strides, Paige couldn’t keep up, staggering a few times.

"Kiya, did you hear me? Let go of me!"

Kiya took a few deep breaths, but couldn’t hold back, he suddenly stopped and turned around, looking angrily at the woman before him.

"Are you done causing trouble?"

"If you think this is ’causing trouble’, then I’m not done yet." Paige looked at Kiya, knowing what he wanted to say next.

It would be about how the Queen Mother is his mother, she’s old, she was wronged when the old Sultan was still alive... blah blah, ending with the demand for her to endure.

"I know you’re aggrieved, but what am I supposed to do? I can’t afford to offend either of you, why can’t you both take a step back for me?"

"Why should I take a step back for you?"

Kiya couldn’t answer. Yes, this woman didn’t love him anymore, so why should she endure for him?

"Kiya, did you really love me?"

"Of course I love you! If I didn’t love you, how could I..." Kiya didn’t continue.

Paige said, "Kiya, you don’t love me! You only love yourself... The Imperial Palace is big, very lonely, so you pulled me in to accompany you, knowing I don’t like it here at all."

"Yes, I admit I’m selfish! I love you, so I don’t want to let go."

"..."

"Since we’re destined to be together, why can’t you... even pity me a bit, avoid direct confrontation with Mother..."

"Kiya, for you, I’ve endured her for eight years!

Do you know how I spent those eight years?...

For you, I chose to endure many things, but I don’t want to endure anymore..."

Paige turned, looking at the fragile butterfly fluttering, and said, "I understand your mother better than you, she can’t tolerate me."

Kiya was indifferent, "If you just stay obediently in your Imperial Palace, she can’t harm you."