Emily felt a sharp pain in her head. Her head throbbing, everything looked very unfamiliar to her.Her breath was laboured as she tried to move her body. Her body was feeling very heavy. Her fingers twitched, and her throat feels very dry like she has not spoken in days.
Emily tried standing up from the bed to see things more clearly, as she tried to move, pain shoots through her ribs. She winced from the pain, "Ouch" The pain was as if she had survived something very catastrophic.
She tries to sit once again, this time Emily feels like her muscles are weak, and her limbs are not responding to her, as if the body was not hers. Emily tried touching her chest, to smooth her chest, then she realised something, "These are not my hands, why are my hands looking smaller and why is it so smooth.
"Where exactly am I?" Her voice sounded like a whisper. "This is not my voice, I sound younger and it's much softer, very delicate." Emily starts panicking, she is so confused with what is going on.
Emily immediately looked around her, she was amazed with everything she was seeing. The bed that she is sitting on was a luxurious canopy bed, draped with silk curtains. The furniture around the room has intricate gold carvings made on them. Emily could smell the incense burning in the room. The windows were very large with heavy drapes.
"This is totally not a hospital, it looks like I'm in a palace or noble residence." " This is so confusing".
As she was still talking, the doors to the room opened and several maid servants rushed into the room. They knelt before her as soon as they were in the room. "Your ladyship is awake" a maid servant whose outfit was different from the rest said.
"Quickly, inform the steward and call the royal physician to check on our lady." The maids all had visible worry on their faces as they tried to avoid making eye contact. Their demure shows that she is someone of high importance.
"Your Ladyship, is she a noble lady?" Emily thought to herself. "Where am I and who are you people". Emily asked the maids who were still kneeling. The servants looked shocked immediately she asked them. They looked at each other and started whispering among themselves, they were confused by the question.
"Did our lady lose her memory, when she fell from the stairs?".
One of the maids thought aloud. "Get me a mirror" Emily said, she needed to confirm if she was still the one. One of the servants rushed to give her a mirror. "Here It Is Your Ladyship." Emily saw her reflection in the mirror and she was shocked beyond words. She was looking at the face of a stranger.
Her hair which was brunette was now golden in color, her eyes are now grey in color. She looked younger and a very beautiful woman. Her mind went blank, she couldn't believe what was going on, she started to panic a little.
"This is not my face or body" Emily kept touching her face. "I'm I dreaming?" Emily held the mirror to her face for a while, then she felt a sharp pain in her head, memories of the body she is in started flashing in her head.
She saw a palace corridor, someone was shouting her name. She saw the emblem of her family, she is indeed from a noble house. Emily heard a woman's voice, calling her name. The memories felt familiar and unfamiliar at the same time.
The memories were too overwhelming for her. The voices in her head calmed down and she was able to hear the whispers of the servants in the room. "His majesty must not know that the ladyship lost her memory". One of the maids whispered to another maid.
"His majesty must not know what has happened" another maid whispered. The maid servant with a different outfit from the rest, approached her calmly. "Your ladyship must rest".
She tried to help her lay down back on the bed. She took the mirror gently away from her. Emily thought to herself, "Whoever this body belongs to must be very powerful". Not long after the physician was announced at the door to examine her. "
"Let him come in." The physician soon entered and checked on her. Emily Felt dizzy again as she tried to stand up for the physician to examine her properly. Then she realized something in her stomach felt heavy, and the physician said something that made her completely surprised.
"Your ladyship is already nine months pregnant, you will have to be careful next time." Pregnant!!! She was nine months old at that time. She stared at everyone in disbelief.
"I'm pregnant, nine months pregnant, By who exactly". Everyone was once again shocked by the last question she asked. The physician replied to her, "By the Emperor, Your ladyship".
"Then I'm I the Empress" Emily asked, "No, you're the emperor's Lover". Emily was shocked. She reincarnated into the body of the Emperor's lover.
There was silence in the room for a while, Emily was panicking inside when a maid servant rushed in. "The Imperial wedding is scheduled for tomorrow, The Emperor… the servant tried to catch her breath, "The emperor has moved the Imperial wedding to tomorrow."
There was a gasp in the room and all eyes turned to Emily. Emily looked at them confused too. "What is going on!!!".