Peace Offering To The Cursed Prince

The news of what happened between princess Ellen and the Queen at breakfast spread throughout the Palace. Most of the servants and maids in the Palace felt relief to hear the news.

They knew how unfair the princess have suffered in time past. "To think that woman and her daughter still want to bully the princess," Marinda was very upset.

"The princess is too kind, she should have let the Queen lose her hand," Rosa replied. These two had stayed in the background when everything happened.

"Does this mean she is no longer the Queen?" one maid asked curiously.

"Of course, what kind of a king will his majesty be if he took back his words. Oh how the mighty has fallen," Marinda said in a happy voice. In the past, the Queen has always used her against the Princess. It was against her will but she was not confident to reject her, since the Queen threaten her with her sick father. 

Marina blame the Queen for her father's death, so she felt that her father finally got justice.

"you should speak gently, her son is the crown prince and she will become the Queen mother in the future," Rosa warned.

"so? What does that have to do with me? I will be in Avalo serving the kind-hearted princess. Even the Queen of Avalo is very nice. She does not make things difficult for the princess," Marinda said.

"Do not be so proud. Who knows if you will fall, as you know who," one of the maids joked and they all laugh.

"I wish I meet Queen Agatha. Why was such a Queen friend with that?" Marinda said. She held grudges against Lady Regina for the way she had been treated in the past.

Soon even the guards held what happened. Only a few felt bad for the Queen, after all the Queen has been paying them a few gold coins to be on her side. 

A lot of servants did not mind joining the assigned servant assigned to clean the concubine quarter. It was ready in two days. Some of them even joked about the king forgetting his instructions and thereby leading to lady Regina returning to her power they could not allow that.

When the king heard what had happened he was amazed. He wondered why he was the last person to discover the true nature of Regina. 

Lady Regina on the other hand felt frustrated. The two guards the king kept to watch her were very loyal and followed the king's order she could not even see her children. She was so frustrated but she calm herself down. As long as the king allows her to join the final feast she was such to take her pound of flesh.

At this time Richard was very busy, he did not have the time to accompany the princess. After breakfast that day, lord Zorander had arranged a few fishermen, to go get dowery that lord Yancey demanded. If the people were going to accept him as their crown prince he needed to show how capable he was. So in the last two days, he had been in the sea trying to get a shark.

Prince William on the other hand has been taken his training seriously. He did not know what he was expected to do but his mother had told him that the Royal council will give him a task and he must accomplish it successfully. Since lady Regina was not born into a royal family, neither was she close to the king when he was the crown prince she did not have many details about the rules.

Her father may be among the royal council but since the family of Tyler was not among the five strongest houses of the kingdom he also did not know what was going on. 

Princess Ema on the order hand locked herself up for two days. Whenever a maid brought her food she will throw a tantrum and refuse to eat. Two days past but her father did not even bother to check on her. She became depressed but after giving it a thought she realized that her father must be very busy. 

Even her brother had not had the time to visit her. So on the second night, she decided to change her approach. Her father will surely listen to her if she tried to kill herself. So when it was about dinner time she locked the door.

When the maid came to give her food, they knocked for a long time but since she did not reply they turned without giving it too much thought. 

She had been regretting the food anyway. But to be on the safe side, the maids reported the situation to attendant Tim. 

That king was not even at the Palace. He had a royal visit from his cousin. His step-sister had been married to the late king of Phrygia. This is one of the three kingdoms that had attacked Avalo recently.

When the king heard of what has happened to Pontus in a few hours, they became scared and try to look for other supporters. 

Prince Williams was also given a task by the king. Since he had never fought in a war front before, he needed to go out to the mountains and survive the cave for three nights. On the other hand, Richard had fought in the last war against Avalo. Although he had not performed outstandingly. 

He was in the front line, so with his survival, he was qualified to become the crown prince without needing to stay in the woods. 

So this made Princess Ellen the only member of the Royal family that Tim could report to. Although lady Regina was present the king has bound her from coming out of her chamber. 

"your highness," Tim bowed. Princess Ellen and Lady Catherine were eating their dinner and having small talk. The two have not become good friends but they got along.

Lady Catherine was no longer as prideful as before since she had lost all her support. One will expect her to hate princess Ellen but she did not. She wanted to keep her father's wish and keep their household alive.

She had suffered a huge loss in her first fight with the princess. She could not afford to lose more. "He who fights and runs. Lives to fight another day. Lady Catherine did not know what the future looks like but she was unwilling to be reckless as before. Moreover, she felt she could learn a lot from the princess.

Now that her father is gone, she would need to support and protect not just herself but the household of Thompson. 

"Her highness princess Ema has refused to eat in the past two days. Usually, she will reject the maids that brought the food but this evening there was no answer from her room," Tim said.

"So? Go find her brother. Whatever happens to her has nothing to do with me," princess Ellen was not interested. She was scared that Ema was trying to scheme against her. Not that she cared but she did not want to waste her precious time and energy to deal with her.

Tim pinned his lips." His majesty is not available, and her brother is not available either. You are the only royal family member that can make a decision. We need to check and make sure she is fine," Tim said.

"then get someone to open the door, but only the maids are allowed to go in and check-in case she is not decent," princess Ellen said and continued eating her food. She was not even a bit worried. As far as she was concerned. She only had one sibling, his name is Richard.

She did not care for anyone else.