''Did I hear wrong?'' The question was on their lips. Seeing that they both had the same reaction they knew that they have indeed heard the right thing. They had boldly insulted the future Queen to her face.


    If they could lie to the prince that they did not see the princess, they could not say that lie to her face, since they walked past her moments ago.


    "Your highness, please forgive us. We are just lowly maids who listen to the baseless room," the first maid said with tears in her eyes. She looked very pitiful.


    When the second maid heard her, she decided to play along. The prince was cold-hearted, they knew that their pitiful face will not move him but the princess is a woman. She will be kind and merciful.


    "Yes your highness, we have been brainwashed by the rumor and started to gossip because of our poor minds. Please forgive us." The second maid said.


    "Please your highness will repeat our mistake today," the two maids said crying and bowing their heads to the floor. They did not raise it, so they could not see the smile on the princess''s face.


    They thought they were acting pitiful and she will be moved. Usually, a princess-like Ellen will want to act kindhearted to win the people''s love. It was unfortunate for these two maids that they would be disappointed.


    She could overlook maids that gossip her behind her back even if she caught them gossiping. At least they gave her respect by not daring to say it to her face.


    Her kindness will never apply to a person that provokes her so openly. These maids were not nice people. From their attitude towards her, it was obvious that the two of them will be good at scheming against each other. If this type of people always bully the weak and fear the strong.


    When they are weaker they ask for mercy but when the situation is otherwise they will not show any mercy. So why should she show them mercy?


    "I have no problem with you listening to gossip. It is also up to you to believe what you want, or gossip as much as you please but seen you do not even know your place at such age, will it be wrong for me to remind you?" Princess Ellen asked.


    When the two maids heard this they did not know how to defend themselves. It was not that they did not know their place, it was that they have been Jealous of people like princesses who have everything at birth. So when they saw an opportunity to get back at such a person, they took it with both hands. Who would have thought that their hands will get burned?


    "Your highness is right, it is our fault to have forgotten our place. If her highness teaches us a lesson now she will be right," one of the maids said and started crying in a loud voice.


    I have failed my poor mother," *sob... Sob.... *" I thought that since...  *hmmm* since... I got to work here at the Palace I will be able to take care of her," her body shook violently as she spoke. It seems that her knee got weak and could no longer carry her body so she ended up lying on the fall.


    "Forgive me, mother, you are sick and I have failed," the maid kept crying. If one were to look at the maid, they will be moved to pity her. She looked like she was begging the princess to spare her life.


    If princess Ellen had not seen lady Regina acting pitifully before she might have been moved. She had only said that she will remind her of her place and the maid was already crying as though the princess wants to murder her entire family.


    Even the second maid was surprised by her behavior. The princess had not even given them any punishment, but the maid''s words will make anyone misunderstand the situation.


    "Did you lose your mother?" princess Ellen asked. When the maid heard her question she did not expect it, so she unconsciously stopped crying. She did not understand the meaning of princess Ellen''s Question. She planned to use her mother to put the princess in a difficult position.


    Besides she caught sight of Queen Magret walking over. Who did not know that Queen magret was very nice?


    So to this maid, Queen magret will be disappointed in this daughter-in-law. No matter what the princess will listen to Queen.


    This was why she had been crying as if the princess had given a verdict to kill her entire family. If anything, she was hoping that the Queen will have this misunderstanding. She had concluded that the princess will also be moved and be at loss. So when the Queen came and asks what happened, even if the princess or Grater tells the Queen the truth, the Queen will conclude that she is understating what happens but then the princess had suddenly asks her if she lost her mother.


    Although the maid had her head on the floor from the walk the princess asked the question, one could tell that she was curious about why the maid was crying. So the maid did not know how to react to her question.


    "I... I... My... Mother is sick, I have been working hard to take care of her... The herbs needed for her medication are not very common. If anything were to happen to me... I...." the maid stopped talking when she realized that her plans had failed.


    The princess only said that to show her, her place but when she suddenly started saying those words it will make it seem like the princess was asking for her life or that of her mother.


    Of course, since the princess was standing her here with her maid and a guard, she could not lie.


    "your highness," princess Ellen bowed her head since the Queen was only standing a few steps away from her. Queen Magret nodded her head.


    The Queen would be attending the meeting, so she was also on her way to the main palace. Although she had become the Queen for years, she never moved out of her quarter to live in the Palace.


    Some people thought that it was because the king did not permit her. She was an example of a wife, who was neglected by her husband. King Roderick just named her the Queen but he never paid attention to her.


    But of course, no one dared to disrespect the Queen, these two young maids thoughts it was because she was nice and understanding but the other maid knew that the Queen was not to be trivia with.


    All the other wives did not dare face her head-on, because they knew she was scheming. Yet she manages to keep the image of a kind and soft-hearted Queen. Anyone who was smart will know that there was more to it but this maid was already stupid enough to insult a princess to her face when she thought she would not be the Queen, so it was understandable for her to also be ignorant about Queen magret.


    Queen Magret on the other hand felt dissatisfied. The princess had not listened to her and kept calling her ''your highness'' this annoyed the Queen, so much that after nodding her head she walked past with her maid and guards completely ignoring the maid who has continued to cry as she has deeply hurt.


    When the maid saw the person she thought will be her savior walking past like she had not seen her she felt cold sweat and started sobbing more.


    When the princess saw this, she finally understood the maid''s intention. Princess Ellen had seen the Queen walking over but she did not know that the maid had also seen the Queen.


    So she had wondered why she suddenly started saying do words. It turns out that she was trying to get the Queen''s intervention. Unfortunately, the Queen did not even spare her a glance. Princess Ellen was very smart, and she knew the queen was not just as simple as the rumors said. ''How could someone who has been queen for so many years be used by a maid?''  The maid was indeed stupid.


    "since you have eyes but do not know how to use it and your tongue is out of control, what do you think if we help you remove them so they do not cause you more problems in the future?" princess Ellen did not bother to be nice to this two anymore.


    Especially the maid that has been sobbing, trying to use the prince''s mother to deal with her.


    " Your highness, you are so wise. You even help those who cause you trouble solve their problems, " Grater praised her. If one did not hear that the princess wanted to cut some''s tongue and Puck out their eyes, one would have been convinced that the princess has a big heart.


    " No, your highness please forgive us, " the second maid begged. She could not imagine herself being unable to speak in the future. The other maid who has been sobbing lost her voice, she did not know what to say.


    "One, this maid," she pointed her finger at the maid who has been quiet and did not join her second. "She seems to regret her actions. So just get her to be whipped according to her offense. As for the other, she is very scheme. Make her lose her tongue, her sobbing has hurt my ears. She is unrepentant," princess Ellen said.


    After seeing her mother in law she lost interest in toying with the two maids.


    The maid who has been crying was shocked. She had not expected her plan to backfire on her. Unfortunately, it was already too late to regret her actions.


    She wanted to beg the princess but the princess was already walking away.