Peace Offering To The Cursed Prince

"You should go and eat. Then take a rest," prince Sebastian said as he helped Ellen down from the horse. Their ride was smooth since Ellen rode at a slower spread.

"But your highness I should be in the Royal court. The priest for the Oracle of truth would arrive today," Princess Ellen said. She remember that she had not told the prince what happened while he was away. She was sure that Jeffery already told him.

"I.. I.. Assumed you are aware since I am sure Jeffery told you about it," Princess Ellen said biting down on her lip. She hoped that the prince would not be angry at her.

"I know but you are coming down with a fever, all you need do is rest. You also need to eat. So do as I say. Jeffrey will go to the court," prince Sebastian stated in a tone that left no room for the princess to argue.

Princess Ellen could not argue with the prince anymore so she nodded her head and followed One who the prince asked to lead her to his quarter. He did not want to leave her for one minute without protection.

"Jeffery find out what's going on in the Royal court," he instructed before going after the princess. All he wanted to do was lay his hand on the maid and find out why she was trying to hurt his wife.

He knew that his father had been the one trying to poision Princess Ellen for some time now. He thought the king would give up after the meeting before he went to samor.

He had eyes on the king, he would have known already, if the king tried anything. So he knew that they had to be someone else.

Maybe Julia or General Thompson since they would be looking for a way to win it harm her to close the case. This was why he did not want the princess to show up at the royal court.

He could feel his head hurt thinking of the many people that might be trying to hurt his sunshine because of him. 

Meanwhile, inside the Royal courtroom the priest was already standing and they were all waiting for the arrival of the king. Jeffery got inside just before the king.

" Your Majesty," They all bowed as the king entered the room followed by the Queen. The King walked over to his throne and sat down. 

Lady Catherine had her head bowed. She was feeling guilty because she knew what was going to become of her husband after the hearing.

"What did your father say?" Prince Julia asked his wife, in a whisper. He was scared for his life.

"I am sorry but he said he tried to talk to your father but the king said he could not do anything. Something about him being bond by his words at the meeting with the Generals before your brother went to samor,"  lady Catherine replied.

Julia swallowed, how could he forget. He remembered that his brother made his father give his words. Prince Julia swallowed hard realizing that his death was close. "I am sorry, I even tried to plead with the Queen but she would not listen," Lasy Catherine said.

"So you are telling me, we are about to be condemned to death," prince Julia asked.

Lady Catherine looked at him and shook her head. "Let fate decide," she corrected. She could not tell him that the Queen accepted to save her. Julia may not understand but after speaking to her father she came to the conclusion to listen to him.

After all, one of them needed to be alive if there is a chance to take revenge in the future. The prince nodded his head. He could not believe that the king gave up on him so easily. He knew for a fact that his father was just using the crown prince to fight the wars.

He promised him, that he would hand over the throne to him when the time comes .but first they needed to have the four great kings on their side.

"Your Majesty," The oracle of truth priest bowed. He was about to begin the process to find out who was lying or saying the truth.

The King nodded his head as a sign that he could begin.

"Let the two parties step forward," the priest said. Everybody in the hall looked for Princess Ellen but could not find her. The Queen got off her throne and stood beside Jeffery.

"Where is the princess?" The eunuch asked.

"She is tending to the Prince, the battle at samor yesterday was victorious but it left the prince in a bad shape," Jeffery said.

Jeffery already knew what the prince expected him to say when he told him to come here. He was aware of the attempt to harm the prince, so he knew the prince did not want to speak to anyone.

Although he was not sure why the prince would not let her show up he could tell that it had something to do with the maid at samor.

Everyone seated in the hall was surprised by this piece of news. The prince has never been injured in a battle before so how did this happen. The King tightens his fist. He had wanted to guilds the piece of news from spreading.

"I said it already that I would be standing for the princess. After all, I am also looking for justice for a lie against me," the Queen started.

The priest nodded his head and brought out two crystal stones. Place one on prince Julia's hand and the other on the Queen's hand.

"The two of you will reveal your truth to the stone and the witness. While holding the stone. After which you can return the stone to me," The priest said.

"I understand, but how do we know he who lies and say the truth. I read in an old scroll that the process of discovering the truth using the Crystal stone was very transparent. Something about the lies stone going red," The Queen asked. She knew fit a fact that the priest could change the result at the instructions of the King.

"Your Highness is right but we did have to wait for a while before the stone would revile," the priest nodded his head.

"Then everyone should hold on to their stone until the truth is revealed. It will not be right to miss up the stone when we hand them over to you," The Queen said looking at the priest.