Chapter 15
After waking up, the queen said to the prince, "I have something to tell you about you. You are old enough now. I think I should find a time to choose a beautiful, gentle, noble and suitable fiancée for you. Even if you are not interested now, you will be interested in the future."
The prince remained silent, thinking, what if I don't like my fiancée? What if my fiancée doesn't like me? What if I don't like everyone and it's not suitable? Will you let everyone leave me?
The queen continued, "I have discussed with your father and plan to hold a party for you this weekend. We will invite girls of the right age from all over the country to attend. We will be responsible for the arrangement of singing, dancing, food, etiquette and safety, and send invitations to the nobles. If they are interested, you can also ask them to help with some things. Relatively speaking, they can get in close contact with you. I hope you will be nicer."
Araki replied, "I will."
The queen said, "I hope so. You can't treat outsiders with the same attitude you treated us before. They will not tolerate you unconditionally."
Araki sneered in his heart and did not answer.
He lowered his head and looked unhappy.
The queen didn't care about his mood or expression, and continued to talk to herself: "I will arrange for someone to dress you up. You have to dress nicely. You should prepare to diet recently to avoid being laughed at by others due to physical discomfort and accidents. You know this is a custom, right? I am doing this for your own good."
Araki replied: "I know."
The queen nodded with satisfaction after hearing the answer: "Okay, I have told you the matter. You should also remember to practice and prepare in private. Don't make mistakes when the time comes. I have other things to do, so I'm leaving first. If you want to find me, I will be at the tea party in the back garden or in the largest room in the harem courtyard. Near the glass windows, my friends, usually noble ladies and their daughters, will also be there.
Don't get too close to them to avoid disturbing them, unless you are willing to get married now. I can act as a matchmaker for you and ask the girl's parents whether they agree or not. If they agree, the wedding can be held as scheduled, or even earlier. I will be happy to see such a scene. Of course, I will not force you to do things according to my wishes.
After all, you are not old enough to get married yet. "
Araki sneered, you have forced me to do many things according to your wishes, isn't that enough? Or, once things are over and time has passed, you can forget everything and pretend that nothing happened? You can forget it, but I won't. After all, it is my business, and it is a shame to forget it easily! I will not believe you easily.
I'm afraid that lies are more trustworthy than your words.
The queen stood up and said, "Okay, I have nothing else to say to you. If you don't have anything else to tell me, I'm going to keep my appointment."
Araki stood up and said, "Then you can leave now!"
The queen looked at him with her bag and smiled, "You seem to want me to leave?"
Araki didn't answer.
The queen turned around and smiled, "Forget it, I know what you are thinking, so I won't mention it. I'm leaving now."
She walked out of the door and murmured, "So as not to wander around in front of you and bother you."
The servant asked cautiously, "What did you say?"
The queen snorted coldly, "Let's go!"
The servant nodded quickly.
After everyone left, Araki sat on a chair, looking at the leftovers on the table. Thinking of the wedding and banquet, his expression became unhappy. The servant thought he was angry about the food on the table, so he quickly came over and asked, "How about we go to the kitchen and ask the chef to change the food?"
Araki stood up and said, "No, I need to diet recently anyway."
Eating one less meal is also good for me.
The servant nodded quickly and sent him back to the room.
Araki sat on the sofa, looked at the servants and asked, "Why didn't I go to school?"
The servants looked at each other and whispered, "Don't you remember? You were sick and asked the teacher for leave. We sent someone to pick you up, and you came back to rest. Because you were not well yet, you rested for a while longer. It was the queen who asked the teacher to ask for leave for you. You were unconscious at that time, and we had no choice but to be anxious. It was Her Majesty the Queen who went against the majority opinion and found a pharmacist for you."
Araki asked thoughtfully, "What did the pharmacist come for?"
The servant replied, "To treat your illness."
Araki asked, "Then how did he treat me?"
The servant said, "After the pharmacist came, he first found Her Majesty the Queen, and the two talked for a while, and then went to see you. We all We followed you and saw that your face looked really bad, extremely pale and scary. We didn’t dare to look at you any more. The pharmacist carefully examined you and found that you had an internal problem, not an external one. "
Araki seemed very interested and nodded and asked, "Then what happened?"
The servant hesitated and said, "Then, the pharmacist and Her Majesty the Queen said a few words, and they asked us to leave. Then, in your room, they started arguing loudly, as if they suddenly disagreed and were a little angry. We vaguely heard words like "dirty" or "congenital deficiency" outside the door, but we didn't hear them clearly and didn't know what was going on. We waited for a while.
After a while, the pharmacist and Her Majesty the Queen seemed to have discussed it. , they finally calmed down, looked at each other, and separated. Later, Her Majesty the Queen fainted from running around for His Royal Highness the Prince. The pharmacist asked us to help send Her Majesty the Queen back to her residence. Her Majesty the Queen lay on the bed in the bedroom. This news also shocked His Majesty the King.
His Majesty the King was very busy at the time. He couldn't concentrate on handling government affairs after hearing the news. We hurried over and met the pharmacist. It turned out that the pharmacist was the one that the Queen was looking for and was in charge of. The King had hardly seen this man before, so he suspected that he had poisoned her. After asking around, he found out that it was not the case, so he relaxed a little and asked the pharmacist how to treat the Queen's illness.
The pharmacist explained the Queen's illness in a very convincing way. Although we didn't understand The King was also like this. After listening, he trusted the pharmacist very much. He held the pharmacist's hand and said, "Please save the Queen, no matter what you use or what the price is. We were almost crying when we heard it
."
Araki raised his eyebrows and asked curiously, "Why are you crying?"
The servant wiped his tears with a handkerchief, looked up at Araki, and two blushes appeared on his cheeks. He smiled a little embarrassedly and said, "Your Majesty the King and the Queen have been married for many years, and their love is as deep as the sea. It is really enviable.
In the past, anyone who had heard about the deep love between His Majesty the King and the Queen would not help but admire them. What a pair of fairy lovers.
We just came to the palace, and we didn't know what was going on when we heard those words. We thought that those were fabricated by outsiders to praise the royal family. Now we know what it means to envy only the birds and not the gods.
We were all deeply moved. Thinking of the rumors outside, we felt that Her Majesty the Queen, who loves her son so much, and His Majesty the King, who is diligent in government and loves the people, should be together. It is right to overcome all difficulties and love each other.
We will do our best to serve the royal family in the future! So I couldn't help crying. I'm sorry to make you laugh. We are ordinary people who seem to have too much emotions. If you don't like it, we won't be like this in the future. Although it is a bit difficult, if you feel uncomfortable, we can still correct ourselves for you. "
Araki waved his hand and said, "No need. Since it has come to this, it doesn't matter whether it is changed or not. I don't care much about this matter."
He asked, "What happened next?"
The servant lowered his head and said, "Later, the pharmacist found a way to make a high-quality medicine and gave it to Her Majesty the Queen to drink. Her Majesty the Queen got better. Her Majesty the Queen brought us to visit you. Seeing that you were still unconscious, she was very sad and asked the pharmacist for help. The pharmacist was very embarrassed, but thinking of Her Majesty the Queen's deep love for her son, he said he would find a way later.
He walked around the small room alone, not knowing what to do. He thought of the King's deep love for the Queen, and felt that he could not just stand by and watch. He spent a lot of effort to come up with a solution, asking us not to look or ask, and it was best to pretend that we knew nothing. The pharmacist went to find the Queen.
The two discussed for a while, and then the Queen hurriedly brought the pharmacist to your bedroom again.
We didn't know what happened outside the door. It seemed that there were painful cries and wails coming from the room, but we didn't hear it clearly, and we were not sure whether it was there or not.
In short, when they came out again, they were sweating and exhausted. It was obvious that they had tried their best. If it still didn't work, I'm afraid it was doomed to fail.
But God has eyes, God has mercy, His Royal Highness woke up, well, when Her Majesty the Queen wanted to thank the pharmacist, she found that he had quietly left. Maybe this is the style of a master!"
Araki asked: "What style of a master?"
The servant laughed and said: "Don't ask for rewards for doing good things, don't ask for rewards for being a good person, is there any nobler virtue in the world than this? That's why we say this. After all, the pharmacist is your lifesaver. If you meet him in the future, you should really thank him."
Araki said: "I am not good at speaking, since you are so good at speaking, when you meet the pharmacist, point it out to me, and you can thank him for me."