Prince Sebastian did not say anything, he simply bend down and picked up his wife. It was already late at night but due to the prince''s special eyes he could see Richard clearly and for the first time, he noticed that this man had the same eye color as his wife.
The two did not look very much alike. One has taken after his mother, while the other her father but blood could not be denied. There were a few similarities between the two.
It was in Prince Sébastien''s habit to know what goes on around him, so he heard about the mysterious firstborn of the king.
Prince Sébastien joined all the dots together in his mind and came to a realization that Richard must be the first son everybody was curious about.
First lord Zorander treated him nicely and he eat at the same table as the royal family. No matter how outstanding he was eating on the same table should not be done so casually.
Moreover, his wife seems to be more close to this man than her brother. It was clear to him that his assumptions could not be wrong, so he decided not to hold any hate in his heart for his sunshine favorite brother.
Since they were related, he no longer minded, that princess Ellen rested her head on his shoulder. Jeffrey and Richard on the other hand went to get the royal physician to take a look at the princess.
When the royal physician came over, princess Ellen was still sleeping in her bed peacefully. He checked her heartbeat and other thing but could not find anything wrong with her.
Just as the Royal physician thought of calling grandmaster Grenn princess Ellen suddenly woke up.
She looked at the people in the room like someone that was lost. The shock was seen on her face. Richard thought of going over to comfort her but himself when the prince got to her.
"How do you feel, your highness," the Royal Physician asked when the princess seems to have calmed down.
"fine," she replied. Her eyes were as clear as the day. If the people in the room did not know she was sleeping just now they would have thought she was just pretending.
"Your highness did you take anything to help you sleep," the Royal physician asked. Although it was not very common there was a yellowish leaf that was said to be tasteless. It was used by a few physicians to help their patients who have problems with falling asleep.
This leaf was not very common and no one was sure of the side effects it could have on the person who used it. So it was only used when everything else has failed. Besides, it could lead to the death of the patient if used wrongly.
When he was still studying under his teacher, they have once treated a patient with it. Since he was a student back then, his teacher will always leave him to monitor the patient.
The way the princess woke up just now was how that patient used to wake up, the princess also slept like a dead person which was similar to that patient, so he wanted to confirm if this was the case.
"no," princess Ellen shook her head. "I only took a cup of grapevine," princess Ellen replied as she spoke she remembered that the taste was a bit off but she had ignored it since she did not smell anything strange.
"it tasted off," she added after the short pause. The physician nodded his head. "after taking the wine, did you feel tired and sleepy suddenly?" he asked.
Princess Ellen nodded her head and explained. Jeffery and Richard also informed him of their inability to wake her up no matter how hard they tried.
"there is a possibility that the calming leaf was added to your drink, your highness. In the future, you should be careful. This leaf can lead to the death of a person if they were not healthy. Even a physician has to take care when giving it to their patients to avoid an unfortunate incident," The physician said.
Prince Sébastien took a step back and allowed the physician to check how the princess was doing. It was only after confirming that she was fine that the physician left. Although the man had said it was a possibility, the people in the room believe that it was indeed so.
"who did you say you suspect?" prince Sébastien asked. There was no way he would let go of anyone that laid his hand on his sunshine.
He did not understand why so many people target his wife. He just learned from Eva that someone was trying to kidnap her and yet another tried to kill her.
"Lady Regina,"
"The king''s wife,"
Richard and Jeffery answered together. Prince Sébastien nodded his head. He suddenly remembered that once his sunshine had asked if he could kidnap this Woman.
She sure had a death wish, if she dare to raise her hands against his sunshine then there was no need for him not to make his own move. The woman has tortured his wife from a young age and was still unwilling to let her go.
Prince Sébastien has not forgiven her for slapping princess Ellen and now she played more dirty tricks. Prince Sébastien could not be sure of what the Queen''s plan was. Prince Ellen had not drunk too much, so it could not be certain that the woman was not after his life.
Jeffrey and Richard excuse themselves when they saw that the prince did not say anything else.
"Do do not drink anything in a feast next time," prince Sébastien said and princess Ellen nodded her head. The prince Sébastien walked closer to her and princess Ellen finally picked up the faint familiar smell.
She did not need to think too much to remember that it was the same smell that he had the day he went to meet his mistress.
Although the prince had explained to her she did not believe him, especially now that he had that same smell on him.
"Did he decide not to accompany me to the boutique because his mistress arrived?" princess Ellen wondered.
"You do not have to worry about lady Regina, I have my plans," Princess Ellen said. She felt that it was up to her to avenge her mother.
In her heart, lady Regina''s reign was numbered. Princess Ellen could not be so sure that lady Regina did not want to kill her the way she killed her mother.
"I will think about it," Prince Sebastian said. How could prince Sebastian just let the Queen go like that but he still considered his sunshine feelings and decided to think about it?