Seized Crowned Queen

Episode 6: Queen deposed

Queen Zuriel also gave a banquet for the women in the royal palace of King Aram.

On the seventh day, when King Aram was in high spirits from wine. He commanded te seven eunuchs who served him __ Mehu, Harb, Bizth, Bigth, Abath, Zeth, and Cars__ to bring before him Queen Hara, wearing her royal crown, in order to display her beauty to the people and nobles, for she was lovely to look at.

Bur when the attendants delivered the King's command, Queen Hara refused to come.

Your Majesty, the King is waiting for you at the banquet hall, Mareshah stated, the queen's maid servant.

Tell his Highness, King Aram, that the queen is retiring and wouldn't be able to come for she was not feeling well, uncomfortable and exhausted.

The became furious and burned with anger.

It was customary for the King to consult experts in matters of law and justice, he spoke with the wise men who understood the times and were closest to the King _ Cars, Zeth, Adma, Tarsh, Meres, Marse and Memu, the seven nobles of Madan and Zenan who had special access to the King and were highest in te kingdom.

According to the law, what must be done to Queen Hara? he asked. She has not obeyed the command of King Aram that the eunuchs have taken her.

Then Memu replied, in the presence of the King and the nobles, Queen Hara has done wrong, not only against the King but also against all the nobles and the peoples of all the provinces of King Aram.

For the Queen's conduct will become known to all the women, and so they will despise their husbands and say, King Aram commanded Queen Hara to be brought before him, but she would not come. Those who have heard about the queen's conduct will respond to all the King's nobles in the same way.

There will be no end of disrespect and discord. The King and nobles were pleased with this advice, so the King did as Memu proposed. Therefore,if it pleases the King, let him issue a royal decree and let it be written in the laws of Madan and Zenan, which cannot be repealed, that Hara is never again to enter the presence of King Aram.

Also let the king give her royal position to someone else who is better than she. Then when the King's edict is proclaimed throughout all his vast realm, all the women will respect their husbands, from the least to the greatest.

The king and nobles were pleased with this advice, so the King did as Memu proposed.

He sent dispatches to all parts of the kingdom, to each province in its  own script and to each people in its own language, proclaiming in each people's tongue that every man should be ruler over his own household.