The Inner Palace Tale of a Villainess Noble Girl

414 years of experience in the Kingdom of Elland, Spring Rotten Flower Moon.

The "Rear Palace of King Juke", which will eventually be told to future generations, opened its curtain with many joys and covert moans. The number of side rooms, which were initially about twenty, followed a path of increase with the heightened voice of the nobles who wished to inherit them, and in the summer, welcomed Deanna Crester to "Between the Red Roses" at the end of the empty moon, which was a first stop.

The total number of side chambers, including Deanna, is more than double that in the early days, forty-eight. Even in the same side chamber on the documents, nature and rank rise and fall are born due to the title of the parents' house, their position in the royal palace, their achievements, etc. -.

"If we sum up last year's rear palace in a nutshell, though the rear palace has become a thumbnail state of force strife that has been going on in the outer palace for years. I would like to sort things out from this state of force strife once and for all around here where various dispositions have settled.... Well, to be honest, there are some parts of me that I haven't figured out in the first place, so that includes confirmation."

"It's okay, Deanna. Perhaps there is no one in this world who can grasp everything in the rear and outer palaces."

Yolanda responds bitterly to Deanna's words, which inevitably led her to act as a facilitator by providing a place for a secret gathering. Her surroundings snorted simultaneously at her words.

In the first place, Leticia opens her mouth as she raises her hand.

"Ranking this rear palace or ranking? Something like that was a blur in the beginning, wasn't it? I can't believe there's a clear up and down, that's about us" named. "

"This time last year, right? Because Deanna wasn't there yet at the time," Named "is between the three of us and" Between Peony "Dear Liliane. At the beginning of the Rear Palace, the operation of the Rear Palace was still very traditional, so we were given" Named Between "as candidates for the Queen and were shown to be in a higher position than the rest of us."

"Among those 'named' things, you were clearly ranked by the room you were given. This is also traditionally said to be" Peony, "" Sleeping Lotus, "" Suzuran, "and" Xu "in order from the top. Though in our case the lyre of the 'Sleep Lotus' and the me of the 'Suzuran' were practically identical"

"If Yolanda makes me feel worse now, I'll even be a feather of war over what pissed me off and what kind of back is lurking."

"- By the way, who hasn't been able to go so far about the story?

The contents of the three "named" conversations are common sense, but preceded by the premise that they are only "for the nobility of the Kingdom of Elland. All the faces of the indoors are aristocrats or those who join them, but those who are not aristocrats also participate in today's gathering behind the ceiling.

To confirm Deanna, a voice came down from above with a sneer.

Probably about me you're not following, right? Well, I have a general idea. - The rear palace of the kingdom of Elland, traditionally called 'Between Names', means that the five rooms were primarily functional?

"In the first place, the 'rear house' of the kingdom of Elland probably means a lot different than the rest of the country."

Hmm... what do you mean?

Signal Ky's voice with a subtle change of voice and switch the commentator from Deanna to Edward. Simply because he is the most knowledgeable person in all situations, both domestic and international.

"This has become apparent in the last few decades, when national traffic has been enlivened with countries across the mountains and across the sea. Thank you. It seems normal that a 'backyard' in an exotic country is meant to hold more than one king's wife for life. Once you get in, you don't get out unless there's very little, and only by the death of the king you served or your own death, is it a place to be liberated."

What's so different about this temple?

"In the history of Elland, the rear palace of Juke is more of an exception than the present one. The most important role of the" Rear Palace "in this country is" Selection of the Queen ". The rear palace was only the place where the 'candidate for the righteous queen' lived temporarily. Later, only if there is no inheritance between the king and the queen, or if a daughter appears after the choice of the queen, the king is distraught, so much so that she is freed for the side room."

"Oh, I can see the story somehow. So, the people who were chosen to be" named "in the present rear palace have been in a different position from the rest of us since the beginning."

Just neglecting the common sense of the nobility of this country, Kai, who is originally remarkably quick to rotate his head, apparently understood the outline only with a cursory description of Edward.

Edward nodded, grinning how evil it looked on the face that seemed to be numbing the woman if she had time.

"That's the thing. Juke was single, had no pet princess at the time of his reign, and naturally had no inheritance. It would have been different if he had brothers and sisters in Cotes and the next generation had already been born, but from the moment Prince Single, who had no successor, climbed to the throne, especially for the great conservationists, the birth of the 'next king' was a matter of the utmost gravity."

So now, what happens if Sama, the king there, accidentally dies?

"Don't accidentally kill others on your own......"

"It's not even a story of friendship, but humans, it's a flash of death. Kai's questions are understandable. - Perhaps the throne will turn to His Excellency the Duke of Mondria or his son. The Duke of Mondria is the right house of origin, even called the 'Second Royal Family', where Prince Louis, revealed as the half-brother of His Majesty the King of Unity Ast, was entertained. Her Royal Highness the Princess has been descended many times, so is the royal family of Elland and blood muscles. Sure, His Royal Highness the Princess would have married a few generations ago, wouldn't she?

"Count from me. You're four generations old. It is on record that you, my grandfather's sister, were married to a man of the then Duke of Mondria's house."

Around these genealogy charts come out instantly, I feel you're royal even if you rot. The Count Crester family is not normal, even if they are aristocratic, so it's actually more of a minority to have a proper remainder of where and with whom their ancestors, other than their eldest sons, married and had what lifetime. After that, it's on the record for the people who contacted Mame, but basically the clan whose desire for knowledge precedes them, so I guess there's an overwhelming majority of people who lived even after only their interests and whose contact with their parents died forgetting beautifully.

- Anyway, that.

Four generations ago, it's a long way from home, isn't it?

"Far away, but also closest to the status quo. Juke's great-grandfather, His Majesty three generations ago, had a brother, but he was celibate all his life, so he didn't have any children. From there on, His Majesty the King of the so-called One Son, with no brothers and sisters, including Juke."

Wow. Then seriously, if King Sama accidentally dies, the Ellands will be over by then. "

"That's why the great conservationists who hold even to the royal blood muscles consider the birth of their successors an urgent necessity. There it is, a new concept of the 'rear palace' passed down from the exotic"

"Ah." The "backyard" in the sense of surrounding your wife in large numbers and making a large number of children. You don't have to think about it, you're making fun of women, that >

"In the light of the country's current values, yes, but there's a good reason why the 'backyard' in that neighborhood did that."

Rya objected with a laugh as troubled but firm voice to Kai's perception of not dressing in her teeth. Rhea is a courtier of the Marquis of Stresia, the ancient nobleman of the kingdom, but her mother says she is from the Empire of Stanza, a desert country that lies ahead of her crossing the sea. Of all the neighboring countries in Elland, it is the country with the largest rear palace. It is only a rumor, that the queen of kings is more than a hundred, and that the total number of people in the backhouse is more than three thousand, including the maidens who take care of it?

Rya says a country with such a backhouse has a mother who is her home country.

"Unlike the Kingdom of Elland, the Stanza Empire is a sand-covered country for most of its territory. In order to connect the clan to the next generation in that harsh environment, we will need a lot of children anyway. For this reason, women are surrounded in the depths of the house as sacred beings giving birth to children, and the livelihood of the house is earned by men. They say it's a country of thought."

"... I see. It makes sense."

"There's a difference in strength between a man and a woman. But in a country like that, the ratio of men to women is skewed, right? You're just gonna go out and work for a guy, and you're gonna have a higher mortality rate for a guy, right?

"Exactly. So unlike the Kingdom of Elland, polygamy is common in Stanza and surrounding countries. One man has more than one wife, the men make money outside, and the women work together to cut up the house. - Therefore, the number of wives remains the same, a testament to the richness of the house. That's all a man has to earn to marry many wives. The richer you are, the more wives you have, the more children you have, and the more likely you are to connect your home to the next generation. That is how the strong, the good survive, and the poor men, who make little money, do not connect blood, but persist. That's what they do."

"How harsh..."

Juke shrugged and the men snorted silently. For a peaceful, swallowing Ellander in a good way, and in a bad way, I guess it's hard to get a real feel for such a generation of survivors when they hear they're rolling right across the ocean.

Deanna somehow turned to stand-up Edward.

"Does that mean that the descendants of those from the Crestor family who emigrated to the Stanza Empire several generations ago will also have many wives and children?

"No. He exchanges letters sometimes in connection with the clinic he opened at the end of last year, but he says he's a rare wife lover to Stanza and his wife is alone. Nevertheless, his house is quite wealthy, so it seems that people still regularly visit him to mediate with the Second Lady, or his poor daughter, confident in her appearance, presses him 'because even a concubine is good'"

"It's a polygamous country, and you have a concubine?

"Is that where you care? I don't know the details, either, but a woman officially married is his wife, and instead of being guaranteed identities, he requires strict chastity, and even forbids her from showing her skin in front of anyone but her husband. On the other hand, the concubine is a so-called mistress who does not enter into a marital relationship, chastity is not particularly required, but her identity is even lower than that of a regular servant, and no matter what she does from her wife, she can't complain...... or anything like that?

"... it doesn't seem like an easy country for a woman."

"At least it won't be a country where women used to the national style of Elland suddenly jump in and adapt quickly,"

Rhea nods one and laughs slightly over her shoulder.

"To me Stanza is my mother's home country and the country where my grandparents are, but unfortunately I don't want to spend my whole life in the empire. My mother was also treated a little differently in the country, which is probably why I had an affair with my Ellandic father."

"But it's really simple to think about, isn't it? The strong get more women, leave offspring, and connect blood. A woman can also leave her own blood by polishing herself to become the wife of a better qualified man and raising my child without starving her. Perhaps it makes sense in a sense if we follow the creature's instinct of continuity of species."

Conversely, it is a difficult environment for humans to live and grow, mostly sand, which means that the first priority is the survival of species.

"The survival of the strong first is also necessary to make the species last longer. I understand that, and I understand that a king ruling such a country cannot show that there are not many wives in the kingdom."

Common sense also changes if things change. The Kingdom of Elland has a system of kingdoms, and the Stanza Empire has a system of empires, each of which has been built up over a long history of trials and errors. Whether the Stanza Empire seems harsh or irrational from the Kingdom of Elland, it is only about other countries. If the people who live in the Stanza Empire are satisfied and happy with the days they live in the country, there is no need for other humans to pinch their mouths more than that.

- So the problem is not in the matrimonial system of the Stanza Empire.

"But nothing, farming and livestock is possible in most of the country, rivers and lakes are blessed, water is abundant, and the kingdom of Elland is rarely hit by heat waves or cold waves in all seasons, but there is no need to imitate the Stanza Empire."

That's right.

"Right. In fact, the current royal family has been on its own for three generations, but they are all grown up safely, and I know that taking one of them is pointless."

Juke, who had been smaller and smaller since earlier, was finally crushed when he talked to Deanna, Ky, and Edward in a series of mouth shots. Although the opening of the rear house is the result of the Ministry of the Interior's hard work, the fact that Juke, who had refused to select the righteous queen to welcome wholeheartedly loved ones to the righteous queen, acknowledged the 'exotic rear house' in order not to be interfered with by the Ministry of the Interior, and welcomed the wax or side chamber there does not disappear. Without the king's life, there would be no sign of the side chamber, for it was Juke himself who put a sign of his life.

Did you feel sorry for the crushed juke, or Leticia laughs a little and opens her mouth.

"To sum up the story so far, the present rear palace, which was opened just about this time last year, was created as a combination of both the traditional role of 'choosing the righteous queen' and the new concept incorporated from the exotic of 'making as many sons of kings as possible' - right? For the sake of coming here from everyday hating exotic things, we are actively incorporating content that is convenient to us, as well as the conservatives."

"The Kingdom of Elland took a long time to achieve peninsular unity by loosely incorporating several countries. Tolerance of different cultures is, in fact, like national identity."

"If... I don't feel like we need to stick together in the first place like we're conservatives or innovators"

Even though he was in the House of Lords and worked in the Royal Palace as an official, the family business was only a study of the cultural culture and culture of each country. Shayla dropped her pompous words in Keith's commentary, a Heisette family man. Shayla's words, which she has seen terribly after eating all of the "conservatives and innovators" stuff, are so heavy.

In the air that was about to get heavier somehow, Deanna dared to laugh lightly.

"It's proof that there are all kinds of values that are recognized just because they stick together in dignity. Because each person is free to think and express his or her arguments, there is an indulgence between them and their counterparts in different ways of thinking. If a ruler imposes only one thought and eliminates those who have other ways of thinking, there is no freedom instead of disagreement. - It's only natural to worry about a dispute, but if you change the angle of view, it's not all bad."

"... Dee is really good at switching points of view like that."

"Even if you care about all the negativity, life's boring, isn't it? Conversely, if you only see positives, you may even overlook the big hole that should be right at your feet, causing unexpected catastrophes. That's why we need to always keep our heads soft and our horizons wide open.... because I say it sounds great, but this is all for your father"

"Crestor, you know the lord family."

"I think I understand. My father always tells me to confirm the advantages and disadvantages and both sides when negotiating. It can't be just a good story."

"Right. - According to that logic, it's not as if the conservatives are jeopardizing the rapidly deepening interaction with foreign countries."

Calmly, quietly, then with the power just to silence everyone on the spot, Keith poked sharply at a certain essence. Leticia and Shayla - in this, two people on the 'rapidly deepening interactions with foreign countries' side - somehow exchange their gazes.

"... don't you know more about His Majesty or those in the heart of the royal palace than we do about how it happened?

"Indeed, my parents were traders who made their fortunes out of dealings with foreign countries. But it also came about because the state recognized foreign trade in the private sector. If rapid exchanges with exotic countries are dangerous, why did they not take the stage and suddenly adopt national policies like a total ban on trade?

As always, Shayla's thoughts are truly logical where they are fundamental. Depending on what you hear, you can accept it as if you are blaming the country for its response, but from the look on her face, she just wants to ask.

Deanna did not respond directly to Shayla's questions and first glanced at Keith, Rya and Yolanda. But the three of them also look back at Deanna and the Crestors with a question mark in their face.

And not one more.

"... if you ask me, if we hadn't interacted so rapidly with the outside world, we might have been a little more calm, even if the domestic factional feud would have been inevitable"

The pinnacle of the country, Your Majesty. And the man.

Unexpectedly, Deanna sighed deeply and turned her jitty eyes to Edward and Alford.

"Whatever the others, why don't you know it depends on your majesty? Even though how little His Majesty's fertile environment was Matomo, after his reign, he would have had the opportunity to tell you as much truth as he could. And so did Alford, but what did little Voltz do?"

"No, I say so, Miss Deanna! You know, I've been able to talk to Juke belly crack since last year or so, and when it comes to that time, it's my top priority to do something about the rear palace, and blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. Everything else was behind me!

"So, what about little Volts?

"My lord, since Juke came to power, radical conservatives have been staring at me, and I've only had the minimum contact I need! Later on, I heard that Juke's reign was used to eliminate the caregivers and educators at once, and that just seemed to have caught my eye. Until then, seriously, they couldn't stop watching me."

… so when it comes to having no choice, do you? But no matter how much, the greatest difficulty in the defence of the kingdom today has not been passed on to the present king is too much of a state of contour on thin ice.

"... it's a mess between your father and brother, this is... Isn't that on the verge of the three generations of Elland family struggle being attributed to blisters?"

"No, bad. It's an excuse, but honestly, I've never even known what Juke didn't know."

"Well, you don't normally think. - Your Majesty, it's so important that the kingdom isn't aware of exactly the threat of aggression right now."

The bomb, lightly fired by Deanna, stunningly froze facades unknown to the circumstances. It was that which did not surprise me that Chris and I had been asked what was going on behind the kingdom as the future Mrs. Crester...

"Heh, invasion? Is this country being targeted from somewhere?

I didn't know it was a national disaster. It's about this guy who's free to go. Kai was originally abandoned and was not registered as a King of Elland national because he was picked up and raised by Sola, who had flown from the exotic under various circumstances. He's the only one who doesn't have to be tied to the kingdom or anything like this is a fire across the shore in the right sense no matter what happens to the kingdom.

Nod, Deanna looks up.

"For a long time. Digging deeper into this story is a long story."

But isn't it necessary to explain that area to answer Mr. Shayla's question? What does this have to do with the sudden internationalization of the kingdom and the invasion crisis?

"Does it matter, or did you rush to internationalise because you are exposed to a crisis of aggression"

- Tell me more about it.

Of the frozen faces, it was His Majesty the King, who reigned at the summit of the kingdom, who recovered just as quickly as possible. In an instant, "I was foreseen by him, who became the face of Wang, and Deanna's spine stretched naturally.

"I understand, Your Majesty. Longer, would you mind?

"I don't mind. It's important to the country, I want to ask you to be as jealous as possible."

"Please."

Following the juke, Shayla can also bow her head. Deanna closed her eyes for the first time before the future king and his wife.

"Then I will tell you from me as I surrender. Modern history of the kingdom of Elland - one end behind it."

In the eyes of the beautiful Aokai, he dwelt the glow of the Sage inherited by Crestor, and opened his mouth again.