
Aelia wears an all-white dress along with Selena. Although all are white and simple, they still look luxurious and elegant.
Aelia stared in amazement at herself who still looked beautiful in front of the one-body mirror.
This dress was the one Selena had prepared at her mother's request. Since the eastern palace was empty, automatically the princess palace helped the eastern palace secretly, of course all the princess palace servants were very loyal to Birendra's descendants.
Selena looked at her mother. "Sister did not want to throw a birthday party because the mother was sick, the queen forced the emperor to keep it. I'm afraid, if it's in the party, people will judge you badly."
Yes, a child who holds a lavish birthday party regardless of whether he is a crown prince or princess, their morale is questioned in public. It seems like the queen and the supporters took advantage of the moment of her illness to take down the crown prince.
If she was in her second life, she would be angry and come in a red dress and expensive jewelry to challenge them.
Then if she was in her first life, she would definitely cry and come in a black dress without any jewelry to show how persecuted she was.
And now Aelia was unwilling to do both of those things, despite once living haughty lives in her second life and suffering in her first life. In the present life he must have fun, continue to live happily and then take care of his two children successfully.
"Selena."
"Yes, mom?"
"If you don't want Aether to be the crown prince, will you be angry?"
Selena's stunned. Her mother always wanted her brother to be a replacement for her father. "That-"
"Forget it, I just asked," Aelia said.
Selena starts to forget her mother's prank questions. "Mom, I've prepared gifts for my sister and mother's share to hand over to my sister. So-so"
"No need."
"What?"
"Mom doesn't have to bother doing that. Come on."
"But-"
"Later there will definitely be chaotic with the arrival of the mother," said Aelia.
Selena justifies that in the heart. The nobility present also had supporters of the queen.
Upon arriving at the ballroom, the doorman is shocked by the arrival of empress Aelia and princess Selena who see the queen's affection dancing with the emperor.
Aelia could hear the sentence praising the queen and the emperor as a mismatched pair of nobles present.
The doorman immediately announced the presence of the empress and princess loudly as if warning of the coming of the enemy.
Aelia raised her chin and looked at the invitations in the ballroom haughtily at the end of the high stairs, as if staring at them contemptuously.
The invited guests inevitably bowed respectfully to Aelia, except for the emperor and the queen.
When the emperor glanced sharply at the queen and clucked, the queen hurriedly bowed respectfully.
Aelia and Selena went down the stairs. They came without fancy jewelry or colored dresses, wearing only white dresses, diamond crowns of the Birendra family crest and also hereditary jewelry of private property. There was no emperor emblem in their attributes that they wore.
Aelia and Selena bowed respectfully as they arrived before the emperor.
"Wake up," Aelia said coldly.
Everybodyup.
The queen was surprised to see the appearance of the empress and princess. "Consort, isn't your appearance too simple to perform at the crown prince's party?"
Aether, who had been with nobles her age, ran to her mother. "Mother."
Aelia just stared straight at the emperor. "During no meeting, emperor."
Concubine Ira was shocked and shouted out loud. "God, empress. Aren't you still sick and should be in the eastern palace?"
The nobles became noisier. The matter of the empress entering the eastern palace was only a secret among the palaces, now scattered thanks to the mouth of a beloved concubine.
The emperor glanced at the appearance of Aether wearing a white rose in her breast pocket. "Is this why you're wearing that white rose?"
Aether closed the rose and looked suspiciously at the emperor, she had indeed already discussed it with Selena. But as the main character, it is very inappropriate to wear all-white clothes so at least she wears white roses symbolizing a sense of sacred love for the mother.
One of the vassal nobles became worried and let out his grievance. "Your Majesty, you are in a plague so please return to the eastern palace. The plague still has no cure."
"Then, I must also make a complaint. Having a lavish party on the pretext of the crown prince's birthday when his mother is sick, is that moral?"
"WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? THE QUEEN IS ALREADY KINDLY TAKING CARE OF THE CROWN PRINCE AND PRINCESS! BUT YOU INSULT HIM? YOU HAVE NOT CHANGED DESPITE BEING THROWN INTO THE COLD PALACE!" shouted one of the queen's supporters.
The Empress laughed wickedly. "Look, I was sent to the eastern palace because of the plague. I was thrown into the eastern palace? News from where is it? Was that really your goal from the beginning, Emperor?"
The nobleman was silent and misbehaved, his other friends staring in annoyance at him including the queen who hid the face behind the fan.
The empress looked at the emperor."The emperor? Do you want to live happily ever after with the queen?"
Selena hugged the empress' hand in fear, this was not the mother she knew. "Mother."
The emperor stared at the puzzled empress. "Today's the crown prince's birthday party, don't make a fuss. Empress, if you want to take a break back to the eastern palace, I'll make a schedule for you."
The Empress turned her gaze to Aether. "Crown prince, is celebrating a lavish birthday when the woman who gave birth to you is ill worth it? Then, if the emperor is sick, why don't we celebrate the feast as well?"
The emperor looked at his wife. "OFFICER!"
The queen blocked the empress' view of the crown prince. "The crown prince is the future heir to the empire and will succeed the future emperor, celebrating birthdays equals blessings and endowments for the empire. You certainly understand this empress."
"And whose idea is this?" ask Aelia to the crown prince.
The queen became confused by Aelia's question. "Yes?"
'Prince, did mother educate you like this? Who brought up the idea to celebrate the birthday? If this is the prince's idea, this woman will punish you."
"Your Majesty, no matter whose idea. You must not destroy the feast that the queen had planned for much of the day" said the concubine.
"Queen? Is this your idea?" press empress.
Selena and Aether finally understand what their mother is doing now. Right now the nobles are most likely gossiping how lowly the crown prince is, celebrating a lavish birthday party at a time when his mother is sick.
In the past Aether forced to celebrate birthdays with the consort because it wanted the nobility and the people to change their views and show the love of the mother to the child.
It turned out that the empress fell ill in the middle of the preparations for the event so that the queen took over and talked to the emperor to continue the event even though the empress was ill.
"It's for the common good. The empress is the wife of the emperor and the mother of your children, so it is impossible to stop the feast. If we stop this show, maybe the empress will get angry."
Such was the advice that the queen made to the emperor.
The Emperor would not continue the event.
The Emperor, Aether and Selena began to ponder.
"We're just getting divorced."
The Emperor stared at the bewildered Aelia, waking up from the daydream. Looks like he heard something.
Aelia looked straight at the emperor firmly. "We'd better get divorced and I'm out of the palace, Your Majesty."
Everyone in the ballroom was shocked.
The Emperor and Aether shouted furiously together. "CAN'T!"