“Velda must be feeling unsettled but you weren’t able to investigate this thoroughly. You let things be in a hurried manner. She must be extremely upset. She probably even feels that someone in the palace wants to harm her. That’s why she was in a hurry to move out.”Theodore intelligently pointed to the crux of the situation. He even guessed the reason for Lucy's move.Arthur and Juliana were astonished to hear Theodore’s analysis.“But… Charlotte is the one Velda is suspicious of. Both of them are your sisters. How are we supposed to continue investigating this? I refuse to believe that Charlotte would want to hurt Velda.”“Charlotte has been feeling sad about this the past few days. If… If Velda…”Juliana stammered as she tried to help explain things on behalf of Charlotte. The words Charlotte had said during her temper had actually popped up in her mind.Theodore looked at Juliana incredulously and said something that woke her up.“What are you talking about, Mom? Velda is t
Lucy opened her present after that. Her words made everyone burst out laughing.Theodore bought back a box of snacks for Lucy. There were many items women liked hidden among the snacks.There were perfumes and lipsticks, diamond necklaces and earrings. Lucy was still like a little girl, and Matthew had never given her any romantic presents.She started playing with her presents and could not bear to let them go. She even teased Theodore about being a romantic when courting women and wanted to know when she would be getting a sister-in-law.Theodore got shy from Lucy’s teasing. Juliana quickly said, “Don’t you know, Velda? Your brother is engaged. You’ll probably have a sister-in-law at the end of this year or early next year.”“Is that true? I’ll have to congratulate you in advance. Any woman you like must be a very nice person. I’ll need to prepare a huge gift for you and your wife when you get married.”Lucy smiled as she said this to Theodore. Theodore said nothing. This was a
Theodore left after saying that. Lucy did not understand what he meant.However, she found out very soon.News came from the palace that Theodore had summoned the helper from Charlotte’s residence for interrogation.After that, Charlotte was grounded and had half a year’s pocket money deducted.Even her fief profits had been taken from her. It was considered a very serious punishment.Charlotte’s eyes were swollen from all the crying, and nothing changed even when she tried to beg for leniency from Juliana. She continued to be grounded.Lucy’s coronation day arrived very soon. It was a national celebration. When Hugh and Chelsea arrived in Charleston’s capital, it was covered with lights and decorations. The entire city was in a festive mood.“Wow, Charleston’s capital is really beautiful, Hugh. Is there a special holiday today? Why does everyone look so happy?”Chelsea looked around with curiosity and was in a great mood.She had just walked past a few shops, and they were
Getting the invitation and attending the ball was not the most important thing. The most important thing was to get into the palace and find out if there was any news of Lucy.They quickly headed to the hotel after making the decision to put down their luggage. They went to the front desk to find out more information about how to buy an invitation.When they found out that the invitations were limited, they quickly went to the palace entrance to buy one before they were all sold out.It took them some effort to finally arrive at the palace entrance. There was a long line to buy the invitation, and they were deflated by the sight.There was a bustling crowd outside, and it was just as busy inside the palace. Everyone was busy preparing for the ball and coronation that night.…However, Charlotte could only daydream inside her bedroom. It had been three days since she was grounded.She had attempted to see Juliana during these three days, but the helpers outside her room had stopp
“Let’s not worry about getting punished. We should inform the queen about this immediately or it'll end badly for us.”The slightly older maid said decisively. She continued, “Stay here to look after Princess Charlotte. I’ll report this to the king and queen right now.”Her companion nodded, and she went toward Charlotte’s bedroom.Charlotte’s bedroom was not far from Arthur and Juliana's, and the maid arrived very soon.When she went to see Arthur and Juliana, Theodore and Lucy were present.It was because today was Lucy’s big day. Lucy had been dragged to the inner hall early in the morning to change and get styled.She had to meet the ministers, and there was the ball as well. There was plenty of etiquette to pay attention to.Lucy had to do last-minute homework as she listened to the palace administrator give her a lecture while her makeup was being applied. Lucy got drowsy while listening to her.The maid immediately knelt in front of Juliana and Theodore when she saw them
Charlotte had pretended to pass out to get Juliana to visit her. How could a princess do something so inappropriate?The maids felt disdain for Charlotte over her actions. They finally understood why Theodore refused to let Juliana see her.“You’re mistaken, Princess Charlotte. The first thing we did was inform the queen about this, but we could only bring the royal physician here because of Prince Theodore’s orders. That's why Her Majesty isn’t here.”The maid looked up slightly as she informed Charlotte of the truth with slight glee.“That’s impossible. My mother would never treat me this way. You’re lying!”Charlotte did not believe that Juliana would be hard-hearted enough not to see her. The maid replied condescendingly, “I’m telling you the truth. It’s up to you whether or not you believe me.”“What kind of attitude is that? Are you mocking me? Who do you think you are to be mocking me?!”Charlotte lost her temper on the spot. She got off her bed to slap the maid.The mai
Due to what she said, Charlotte's punishment was just being grounded for half a month. However, it could have been worse..."You know you did wrong, so just reflect on it, okay? Half a month will fly by. Why did you lie to me?"Juliana was still upset about Charlotte yelling at the maids and was not convinced by Charlotte's excuses.Charlotte thought hard and then had a great idea. Crying, she said, "Mom, you don't understand how hard it's been. I've only been grounded for two days, and the maids are already treating me badly. They don't even respect me as the crown princess anymore."Charlotte blamed everything on the maids, and Juliana got really mad."You're my daughter. How could they treat you like that?"Juliana was moved by Charlotte's words, so Charlotte kept going, "I was so mad, that's why I yelled at them. Mom, please talk to my brother for me. Today's your birthday and my sister's big day. I'm the crown princess. I have to be there, right?"What will the ministers an
"I can't decide for you, Charlotte. I'd only be in your way if I stopped you from going," Lucy said with a smile, leaving Charlotte speechless and at a loss for words. Just then, a helper came with a message. "Your Majesty, all the guests have arrived, and the king is asking if you're ready to escort the princess." "Tell the king we'll be there soon," Juliana instructed, and the helper left. She then turned to them and said, "Enough, enough. We can talk about this after tonight. Charlotte, go change your clothes. Don't make your father anxious." That meant Charlotte was going to the dance. She beamed with happiness, nodding eagerly. Once Charlotte left to get dressed, Juliana looked at Lucy with a guilty expression. Lucy gave a reassuring smile and said quickly, "Mom, don't feel bad. It's important for Charlotte to be there. I get it." "Velda, you really are my good child!" Juliana was touched and hugged Lucy gently.The coronation ceremony of the royal princess was a grand