Chapter 38

　　Arthur finally began to sleep with his harem. Soon, more and more concubines were called from the harem to serve the Emperor 　　He stayed away from Elizabeth. Though she sat on the Queen's seat, everyone in knew that the Emperor had not stepped into her palace for three months. 　　The concubines who were lucky enough to have caught his eye, had neither time nor the heart to ridicule Elizabeth. All were busy trying to conceive the Emperor's offspring. So far none had gotten pregnant. Everyone knew, whoever was the first to conceive would get an unspeakable honor. 　　Elizabeth did not get any good news from the harem. However, Barbara had started vomiting and seemed unable to eat. Elizabeth sent for the imperial doctor, and was very happy to hear the good news that she had been pregnant for three months. 　　All of a sudden, the palace exploded. 　　Ermengarde looked at Elizabeth anxiously. Now the Emperor didn't want to deal with the empress. In addition,