Sob sob, she took in a deep breath as if she was trying to suppress her tears. When in the real sense she was trying to get attention. "I have failed you, your Majesty...," lady Regina cried as she spoke.


    "I never thought that the princess will hold so much hatred against me, simply because I am not her birth mother," *sob *sob she acted as if she was trying to stop her tears. She elegantly took out her handkerchief and wiped her tears.


    "If I was a little hard it was because I wanted to bring you up to be a strong woman. I never expected that my good intentions will be misunderstood," lady Regina said. She looked pitiful that lady Baratheon who was seated close to her could not help but pat her back.


    "Calm down your Highness," she said. Lady Baratheon would have loved to scold princess Ellen for saying such hurtful words but she knew it was not in her place.


    "How can I be calm, I accept it all my fault, his Majesty did not want his children to fight among themselves but see, I have failed such a simple task. Now I believe that a stepmother can not be compared to a birth mother in the eyes of a child," lady Regina said.


    Although, she said it was her fault but at the end of her statements she blame Ellen for being ungrateful. Everyone at the table got this message.


    "I apologize, princess Ellen. Please forgive me," lady Regina said when she saw that her words had the effect she wanted. Although it was strange that the king did not get angry and scold Ellen. She concluded that it was because of the prince from Avalo''s presentence but in any case, she believed that she had been able to save her image. She did not realize that she rejoiced too soon.


    "I did not know you are so could at describing a person," Prince Sebastian indifferent voice was heard.


    The smile that was about to curve on lady Regina''s lips froze. ''This prince. Why did he care about Ellen so much?''


    King George cast a look of disgust at lady Regina. He wondered how he did not realize for so many years that this woman was sure a pretentious woman. He had hurt his daughter so much.


    "I do not have to explain myself to anyone if I decide to pick a new wife. This is my decision and it has nothing to do with Ann being Richard''s adopted mother. She has indeed been kind to Richard and if I wanted to reward her for her efforts I could just give her gold coins. I want to marry her because I want to Mary her. She is capable and since I do not have a Queen it will be good to have someone as capable as herself to take the duty, " King George said.


    He could read princess Ellen like a book. He knew that this daughter of his was just trying to anger lady Regina to death and he did not mind.


    In fact, he said those words to anger her more. He knew that lady Regina has always had her eyes set on him but He thought she gave up after he was together with her friend. He did not know of the tricks she had played in the past, so he has tried his best to be nice to her.


    If he could not return her feelings he could at least treat her nicely but after realizing that she was not kind but a poisonous snake he no longer cared about her feeling. If she had the heart to mistress his daughter then it was not his fault for treating her like that.


    When princess Ellen heard her father''s words she was surprised. His words will make someone think that he had special feelings for Ann. If she was not the one that persuaded him she would have thought so too.


    As expected lady Regina believed his words. Tears threaten to run down her eyes but she continued to blink her eyes to hold back her tears.


    Why? She walked very hard to become his wife but even after years of being married to the king, he never like her. He at most treated her with respect. She thought his heart was dead to Queen Agatha but just like that, a maid was able to move that heart.


    Why had heaven decided not to favor her? Why did she always have to fight for what she wanted? Why was there always someone to snatch what belongs to her? '' she thought.


    Lady Regina lamented about how heave was unfair. She forgot that king George was never her, to begin with. She forgot that she had done so many evil things just to have the king marry her.


    She first plotted with the second prince of Bozoa to hurt Richard when he was born. Then she calmly feeds the friend herbs that will make her unable to get pregnant. She thought that when the pressure for children was on the king he would pick a new wife but he did not.


    Just when she planned to offer her womb to the king and lie to her friend that she wanted nothing more, Queen Agatha met a midwife who help treat her and she got pregnant with Ellen. In those times the midwife monitor what she eats and Queen Agatha stop taking the wrong herbs she had prescribed


    It was fortunate that she got a chance to add something to her tea before the Queen could give birth. She thought that once her friend lost her baby this time she would finally have a chance to offer her womb and become the king''s mistress. She did not believe that she would be unable to grow in stature once she gave birth to a boy.


    Unfortunately, the midwife was able to Save the baby, luckily it still worked out for her good. But today hearing the king''s words she wondered if it was worth it.


    To Be sincere lady Regina treated Agatha as a friend at the beginning but that friendship was nothing compared to her feelings for King George.


    "which woman will not want to become a Queen and be favored by the king?"


    Perhaps if Lady Regina heard that Ann was unwilling to marry the king, to begin with, she might have died of angry and jealousy.


    Ann was just a maid yet she could act arrogantly. One thing lady Regina did not know or ignore is that some people were not greedy for things that did not belong to them.


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    I have decided to add an  extra chapter today I hope you enjoy the remaining hours of your weekend.