When lady Carrero heard her husband''s equation, she bite her inner chicks. She did not expect him to link the rumor to her so easily.


    She had done everything very carefully and deliberately ensure that it will not be linked back to her. So how could he figure it out so soon? After giving it much thought, she realized that her husband might just have been trying to test the water.


    He may not know anything for sure, but he tried to get words out of her mouth. After thinking of this possibility she frowns her brows and acted as though she has been wrong.


    "What are you talking about? I have never done anything to attract the crown prince''s attention," she formed ignorant.


    "Do I stupid to you? The rumor about the prince and Vare has something to do with you. If I can come to this conclusion do you think the prince will not also realize this?" Lord Carrero was not convicted by his wife''s act of ignorance.


    "What? " lady Carrero acted hurt. "Even if someone came to tell these lies against me, will you not at least ask? I already discussed my thought with you from the beginning then why would I make a move without telling you," she said. She sounded as so she has indeed been misunderstood by her husband.


    If it was someone else they would have already been fooled by her action.  But lord Carrero has been married to this woman for years, how could he not see through her act.


    "Nobody said anything? The answer is clearly written on the wall. In the past, no one cared about the prince''s marriage. In fact, many of the nobles with unmarried daughters were relieved that their daughter will not be a target of the crown prince. Many people knew the benefits of marrying their daughter to the prince but they felt it was useless to sacrifice their daughter. So why will people suddenly care about this matter unless, someone was deliberately trying to manipulate the people''s viewpoint," lord Carrero told his wife the flaws in her plans.


    In the past, this wife of his was good with coming up with schemes. The problem is that she never cared to look at the full picture and so she always lead a lope hole to point back at her.


    When lady Carrero heard his explanation of the situation she realize that he was right but she was still will never accept her mistake.


    "So? How does this mean that I was the one that spread this news? Do you have evidence that I am the one who spread this gossip? The last time when I have come to discuss this with you, I have not made this matter secret. Now that I think of it, I seem to remember that I caught sight of a shadow. It was too fast that I was not sure if my eyes were playing tricks on me," lady Carrero said with a straight face.


    Her husband felt speechless hearing her defense.  Although he was still not convinced he could not continue pointing fingers at her with no evidence so he could only take a deep breath.


    When Lady Carrero saw this she felt, please. Of course, she could not have sat down as the madam of the household for over twenty years if she did not have her way with words.


    In a big family like this, the woman in charge of the house must be spare and scheming, if she did not want her position snatched away from her.


    To these women, being their husband''s favorite was not what mattered most, after all the husband will still have to give face to the family order. As long as she did not go to extremes, she could even make things a bit difficult for her husband''s favorite wife or mistress.


    It was only a foolish man, that will interfere with the balance among the woman with no good reason or evidence. So even if the man was displeased by the woman he has named madam of the house, which in most cases was usually the first wife, he could not just take away her Powe for petty things among the women.


    If this becomes the case the household will definitely be disorganized and laughed at by outsiders. Some of the madams were lucky to have husbands who have little affection for them. Others were not lucky as their husband treated them indifferently but allow them to be madam because of their background.


    Lady Carrero could be considered one of the luckiest ones, her husband still had a little affection for her and her family background was good. So even when her schemes were discovered, she will babble nonsense and get away with it.


    The other women in the household were already aware of this, so they schemed against each other and avoided her. After all, non of them were as skillful as she is in changing the narrative.


    Lady Carrero had been so carried away with her achievements in the house that she thought that the princess and the prince will also bow to her.


    Many people self destroy themselves due to overconfidence in their ability. Besides she was also confident that her extremely smart husband will always be there to protect her.


    Lord Carrero took another deep breath before saying. "since things have gotten to this point we have to remove ourselves from the situation and not get on the bad side of the crown prince,"


    When Lady Carrero heard her husband''s words she felt confused. "remove ourselves from the situation? What do you mean by this?" she asked. It was not that she did not understand what her husband said.


    It was just that she chose to believe that she was misunderstanding him. How could she give up her perfect plans after putting in so much effort?


    " It means that we would look for another suitable husband to marry Vera and not bother the prince," lord Carrero said. This was the only solution he could come up with. As long as his family did not show interest in marrying the prince to their daughter the prince will be convinced that the rumor indeed has nothing to do with their family.


    But how could lady Carrero agree to something like this? She was already raising her shoulder like a proud peacock some few days back when her daughter was going to marry a king and become a Queen but everything had turned upside down in just a single day.


    Then her friend mocked her behind her back even if they seems to sympathize with her. So she carefully came up with this plan to slap them on the face. Yet her husband wanted to kill it off without putting in any effort. "Never," Lady Carrero''s voice rang through the hall.


    Lord Carrero raised his brows, he seemed to have expected this reaction from her. "so what do you think we should do?" he set a trap for her.


    Lady Carrero took a deep breath to compose herself when she realized her husband was still open to her opinion. If he had really insisted, then she would be left with no choice but to carry out her plan behind his back.


    Although the chances of her success will become smaller without his support, she was still confident about her plans.


    "What else! We take advantage of the situation and have the prince marry our daughter.," Lady Carrero replied. Lord Carrero raised his brows when he heard her statement. ''if the prince was so easy to manipulate and take advantage of, would be a person feared by all. Even the late king, his father had to speak to him with patience.


    " And how do you intend to ensure that the prince does not misunderstand us? After all, our family will be suspected of deliberately spreading the rumor in other to marry the crown prince," He decides to remind her of the problem in her plans.


    "What about it? Even if the prince suspects our involvement in the gossip he will not go overboard without evidence. Moreover, the kingdom is experiencing a lot of tension around it. The crown prince will not want to also cause an internal conflict," Lady Carrero said. It sounded as though she had the prince in her palm and figured out.


    Lord Carrero took a deep breath to resist the urge of applauding his wife''s ignorance. Since when has the crown prince played by the rules. If he did then king Roderick would have not always gotten angry all the time.


    Moreover what internal conflicts? Which family in Avalo will dare to stand up against the prince because he wants to make the princess from Bozoa his queen. This is not against the custom of the people of Avalo, so no one will be foolish enough to dig their own grave.


    "Do you think anyone in Avalo will dare challenge the prince''s decision if he refused?" He asked his wife. Lady Carrero was angry when she saw that her husband''s gaze was mocking her. Indeed she has forgotten that the prince did not rely on the support of any of the big houses in Avalo to seat on the throne. He did it with his own strength, so non of the lords or generals will dare.


    She finally realized what has Bern wrong with her plan all along and why her husband was so against it. But...


    Even if lady Carrero came to this realization, she remained unwilling to let go of her fantasy of becoming the mother to the Queen of Avalo.