Truthfully, when Queen Leila was pregnant, Milton wanted the fetus to be a boy. While he didn’t care personally whether he had a son or a daughter, the important thing was there couldn’t be any noise about the successor. The child of Milton and Leila would take the surname Lester, not Forrest, in other words, the child would become the next monarch of the country. So, of course, there would be less noise if it was a son and not a daughter. Although Leila was crowned the Queen of the Lester Kingdom, the perception of the current era still favored a king over a queen. In fact, Queen Leila being the only female in the position of monarch on the continent was evidence of that.

And so, Milton was doing everything possible to create a smooth path for their successor. Even though he had promised it to her before, Milton still made sure to have Queen Leila conceive a child first and negotiated with his other wives to sleep with Leila more often. Of course, Sophia and Violet knew and understood his intentions. They knew that it was important for Leila to give birth first in order to solidify the legitimacy of her heirs. It can even be said that if the oldest son was born...