Empresses of Pangaea: The Clash of Queens [ BOOK 1 ]

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Omari sat on a red cushion sofa in his sitting area, at his house. The house was indeed fancy at every level and a special treat. But he was Imperial noble consort after all and many of the past Imperial noble consorts were given this house.

"Did the empress have lunch yet?" Omari asked annoyed with his pointer finger resting on his temple. He was supposed to spend his afternoon reading but instead, he was distracted by random thoughts in his head.

"Yes," Tano replied. His face was still swollen after Omari had almost gone wild on him the other week when the empress came late for dinner with Omari.

"With whom?" He said sounding even tenser.

"One of the new concubines, this was her first visit with him. The foreigner from the East Asian Lands."

Omari was quiet for a minute, he stared blankly out in the air.

"Your highness don't be down. She has been getting to know all the new men in the harem this week."

"Call the imperial doctor, I want my test checked," He said ignoring Tano's comment.

Tano nodded bending his knees in a bow and left the room to get a doctor to test his master's testosterone level. The concubines in the harem, especially ones that wanted to be fathers one day and share a child with the empress usually checked their testosterone levels weekly. A higher testosterone level might a higher chance of getting the empress pregnant, a lowers testosterone level, meant then a lower chance of getting the empress pregnant.

Tano walked to the harem doctor's office, which was a small brick-shaped house building. When he entered, he saw an older man sitting at a desk reading and writing on a stack of papers. The man looked up and peered through his glasses at who had just walked in.

"May I help you?" He asked.

"His highness, Omari Dalli needs an imperial doctor to check his testosterone level this afternoon," he simply stated.

The men nodded and stood up, he went into the back room and called out a name. In few seconds he came back, and a slightly younger man dressed in traditional royal blue kanzu came out. He held a leather-style brown bag.

"Where is your master?" He simply asked.

Tano exited the Harem's doctor's office and the doctor followed behind him. They finally arrived at the big gates of House Red End and entered. The doctor saw a grand display of the front lawn of perfectly lined up and trimmed flowers and golden statues. Doctor Swail couldn't help but be impressed. Was this what the grand life of being a concubine about? Sleep with the beautiful empress and in return, she spoils you with riches and servants. Sounded way too easy for him.

When they entered the house Swail followed Tano to a sitting room area. A man a few years younger than him was sitting on a luxury velvet couch with an annoyance painted on his face. He was wearing a white and gold king-styled Ababa, and white slip-on shoes, with three golden nose piercings on his nose.

"His highness just wants his testosterone level checked for today," Tano announced when he entered the living room with the imperial doctor behind him.

The doctor nodded and placed his leather bag down. He started to gather things and supplies out of it. Tano saw him take out the most important supply when it came to checking a concubine's testosterone level. The quartz needle. The needle was slim and pointy at the top, and rounder and slightly oval-shaped for its body. It was a needle made of liquid crystals. Pulling out a brand-new quartz needle, the needle was transparent and glass-like. Once the needle tip pierced a man's skin and absorbed blood, it changed color. First being red since the blood is red, but then you wait. If in a few seconds the needle body turned green it meant a healthy level of testosterone for whomever the male was, if it turned a yellow it meant slightly low, if it turned into a deep red it might low testosterone level, and if it turned into orange it meant the testosterone level was too high.