Elena; Queen of Ardorarias
Part 24; Disputes From Various Parties
Early in the morning, several Ministers in Ardorarias were gathered in a meeting room. The meeting was a closed meeting and not many people knew it, even the King did not know if there was a meeting that morning. The meeting was held at the urging of some Ministers who felt they disagreed with the King's decision.
“Actually what happened, Prince? Why did the King so quickly want to order Princess Elena to ascend the throne immediately? Princess Elena was very young, and the most important thing was that Princess Elena was not raised by the royal family. How could a young girl who was not familiar with the situation in the kingdom be forced to immediately ascend the throne?” said one of the ministers there.
“Yes, that's true. What really happened to the king? I heard that the King is suffering from a serious illness. That is why the King often fell unconscious when attending several meetings. Is it because of that the King proposed Princess Elena take the throne next?”
“Isn't the King very selfish? He knew he was very ill, and he suddenly brought back his daughter who he had been hiding well. Princess Elena is very young and knows nothing about the kingdom, the King will definitely interfere with all of Princess Elena's work later if she ascends the throne in place of the King.”
“Princess Elena must not take the throne of the King. It would be the same if Princess Elena took the throne. What the Minister of Trade said was true. If Princess Elena succeeds in taking the royal throne, the King can still interfere with his duties and reign later,” the Minister paused for a moment and looked towards someone who was in front of the room—sang meeting leader, “In my opinion, you should immediately intervene, Prince.”
A person called the Prince smiled hearing all the input from the Ministers there. He calmly watched all the faces of the Ministers one by one. His eyes stopped on one of the ministers. The Minister of Agriculture and Plantation managed to make him a little interested because of the face of the Minister who could not be guessed.
“What do you think of the King's decision, Viktor Recago? I heard that Princess Elena will be placed under your guidance, in the Ministry of Agriculture and State Plantation.”
“My respect to you Prince, but I cannot give my opinion because Princess Elena has not fully worked under my guidance.” Viktor replied calmly and looked very uninterested in the meeting that morning.
“Didn't you want to express your opinion on the King's decision? Do you think the King's decision is good or not?”
As if forced to give his opinion, Viktor nodded slowly, “In my opinion the King was too soon to submit a decision to make Princess Elena as the future successor to the King. But it seems that the King is also considering it, because Princess Elena was asked to study and work under the rule of Ardorarias. There is still plenty of time to see Princess Elena's performance later.”
“Although Princess Elena's performance will be good, but still I think Princess Elena is not suitable to be the successor to the Kingdom of Ardorarias. One or two years of studying life in the kingdom will not be enough, let alone having to learn the whole government of the State of Ardorarias. For sure I reject and oppose Princess Elena as the King's successor.”
“We will never know how to go ahead later. It's possible that Princess Elena could learn about government quickly. We can only see and help him.” Viktor answered a remark from the Minister of Trade.
“Help? What do you mean Viktor Recago? Helping a little girl in studying the government of this pretty complicated country? Rather than teaching young girls about government, I would rather teach Prince James. At least Prince James has understood the basis of the government of Ardorarias, and was born and raised in the royal family.” replied Sean Nicklas, as Minister of Commerce in Ardorarias.
“Sorry Prince, it looks like I should immediately withdraw from the meeting this morning. If there is something important that I missed, you can send the info through my personal assistant.” The Minister of Agriculture and Plantation also noticed a circular clock in his left hand, “It has been almost half eight, I must immediately meet with Princess Elena.”
The disappointed look was very clear on the Prince's face. He could not hold the Minister of Agriculture and Plantation to attend the meeting any longer. He saw that some other Ministers also proposed the meeting be postponed and continued later, making the Prince really have to stop the meeting as soon as possible.
The morning meeting was closed and soon the Ministers in the room slowly left the meeting room. The Prince quickly held back Viktor Recago. It appears Viktor sighed because his work would come to a standstill, and it made the Prince look upset again.
“Can take the time to have dinner together, if I invite you personally?” the question of the Prince who went straight to the main point of the alasana why he detained the Minister.
“Sure. I will endeavor to fulfill your request, Prince.”
“Thank you. And I hope you can help Princess Elena in her work under your guidance, Viktor.”
“Ya, because it is my current task.”
The Minister of Agriculture and Plantation Ardorarias is famous for being very strict and appreciative of the time. He is not afraid of who he is talking to, even if the one who asks him to talk is King though, he will make sure his time is not wasted in vain. Without permission from the Prince before him, he immediately left the Prince with his assistant. He felt the Prince had told him his wish and he had also earned his point. He immediately went and met Princess Elena who of course he hoped had not come to see him.
Viktor's personal assistant immediately whispered something to him after they exited the meeting room. The information he got from his personal assistant also made him speed up his steps. As soon as possible he should get to his current private workspace.
“I heard the news that you really appreciate the time. So I tried to come to see you before the time we promised. But I instead had to wait quite a long time,” a young girl came to greet him when Viktor entered into his own study, “Sorry because I came too soon and made you rush. I don't want my first day of work to be messed up because of my delay.”
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