Chapter 1411: 1410 a foreigner
Chapter 1411: 1410 a foreigner
The queen consort said angrily, “You’re talking nonsense, that’s not what I meant at all!”
Tan Rou laughed, “Then why are you stopping me? You even said you’d throw me in jail. Could it be that Prince Busodi has given you the confidence to imprison the King’s and Princess’s guest?”
The guard next to them, seeing that Tan Rou and Princess Monica had started arguing, quickly said, “Miss Rou, you should apologize to Princess Monica. If Prince Busodi finds out about what happened today, you’ll definitely be punished.”
Tan Rou scoffed, “I am a guest invited by the King. You show disrespect to the King’s guest; could it be that you have a problem with His Majesty the King? Moreover, what wrong have I done? Did I insult this princess, or did I hit her?”
The princess’s maidservant said, “Didn’t you see that Princess Monica arrived? Everyone was paying their respects to her, why didn’t you, and why were you walking ahead of her?”
Tan Rou really wanted to laugh; she had just been thinking about why the princess was troubling her. Could it really be that the princess’s husband wanted to be King?
But now that she knew the real reason, Tan Rou could hardly hold back her smile. “Just because of that reason? Princess, I think your idea is wrong. Just look around, this is the only road here, and lots of people pass through here every day, making it dirty. How can you walk on such a dirty road?”
The princess actually took Tan Rou’s words seriously; she looked at the surrounding walls and road, then suddenly said, “She’s right, how could I possibly walk on such a road?”
Tan Rou continued, “Moreover, there is only one door here, through which all the guards and maidservants, gardeners, and drivers must pass. And now, honorable Princess, do you really want to use the same door as these people?”
The princess, looking disgusted, said, “No, I cannot use this door; I am the noble Princess Monica, how can I use the same door as others? No, you must build a new door for me now, and a new road; I want to walk through there.”
The guards looked at each other, unsure how to solve the problem raised by the princess.
Just then, a familiar voice rose behind Tan Rou, and she heard him say, “If Princess Monica doesn’t want to use this door, then she should go back. After all, today’s poetry gathering won’t miss one princess.”
The princess asked, “Laka, is that how you speak to your elders?”
Laka said sarcastically, “Princess, you’re even younger than I am. How can you presume to be my elder?”
At first, Tan Rou thought that the princess seemed young because she kept herself well, only to realize that she was indeed young. Laka was around twenty-two or twenty-three, and if the princess was younger than Laka, she would be around twenty. Hearing that Prince Busodi was nearly fifty, he could almost be the princess’s father.
The princess seemed very annoyed when others talked about the age difference between her and Prince Busodi. Upon hearing Laka’s mockery, she immediately retorted, “No matter what, I am your elder, and you should call me ‘aunt’.”
“Dream on; in my heart, you will always be an outsider, and I will never acknowledge your status!” Laka was very straightforward; he disliked the princess, so he always opposed her whenever they met.
“I am the prince’s wife, your ‘aunt,’ and disrespecting me is disrespecting Prince Busodi!” The princess said angrily.
“I… I haven’t disrespected Uncle…” Just as Laka was struggling, Lin Yu suddenly appeared.
He had just arrived from outside and had seen a crowd gathering, then heard the conversation between Laka and the princess.
“Noble Princess Monica, before you stands the most distinguished son of the King of Kingdom of Amorlande, the second most distinguished person in this country,” Lin Yu said with a laugh. “Even though Prince Busodi is Prince Laka’s uncle, his status hardly seems more distinguished than that of the prince, does it?”
“It’s you again!” Princess Monica said through clenched teeth. “No foreigners are allowed to speak here; shut your mouth!”
Lin Yu said, “I am Prince Laka’s exclusive translator, and I only take orders from him. If the prince tells me to shut up, then I’ll shut up.”