Siddhartha’s kind and thoughtful nature greatly disturbed the king, who often thought about the prediction of Asita. He decided to make absolutely certain that his son did not see any sign of unhappiness that would one day make him give up his royal pleasures. The king did everything he could to make his son happy. He told Queen Pajapati, “I shall have three royal palaces built for the prince. The first will be built from perfumed wood. It will be warm in the winter season. The second will be built of cool marble, to be used dur-ing summer The third will be of brick, for the rainy season.”