Madame Cuisine was speechless.
Of course, she had to answer the King. But she couldn't.
Because she was a person of the Prince Regent, not the King.
Duke Claudio's ear was also found here.
'If I say here that my Master is the King, the Duke will start to doubt me.'
Regent Claudio was very suspicious and strict.
He still didn't trust her at all, so he always checked her report against the people he had put in the palace.
If that paranoid person heard about what happened today, it could arouse unnecessary suspicion.
"Of course, isn't it His Majesty?"
"Madam, why are you so hesitant about such an obvious question?"
Those who were watching also had doubts about the lengthening gap.
At that time, Medea hit the table next to her.
Bang-!
The head maid, who was startled by the sudden loud noise, quickly pretended nothing had happened.
However, this was after everyone could see her worried face.
"Was it a difficult question?"
Medea grinned.
"Your Highness."
"I guess you're not used to your new position. I see that the answer doesn't come right away."
Madame Cuisine chewed her lips.
"I'm just embarrassed because you're asking such an obvious question! My Master is His Majesty King Peleus."
"Yes? Is that really true?"
"Of course. How can Your Highness, the Princess, embarrass me by making such a simple point?"
"Neril is a maid that His Majesty the King left to me personally before he left. Before that, she was part of my brother's personal guard. Are you trying to break the Master's hand?"
Oops. Madame Cuisine swallowed her embarrassed breath.
That little girl was driving her to a dead end.
'Shit! Why on earth is she doing this today?'
First, she had to get out of this situation. Madame Cuisine responded as if nothing had happened.
"No matter how much it was His Majesty's personal guard, Neril's current affiliation is as a royal maid. So, as the head maid, it is quite possible to summarily dispose of a child belonging to me."
"Is the retired guard captain still in the capital? I don't know if he would agree that the knight he worked so hard to raise could be summarily disposed of by a chief maid."
"Your Highness!"
The head maid gritted her teeth.
The former captain of the royal guard, who was active with the late King, was a big man who was still respected by the people on the land and was a burden for the maid to touch.
The more she talked, the more enemies she had. She felt like she was constantly being dragged around by the little girl's tongue.
'I don't know what the sudden wind is causing it to do, but I need to press her down so she can't climb any further.'
She took a breath and calmly reflected.
The order received from the Prince Regent was to make sure to get rid of that leech maid attached to the Princess.
"I'm embarrassed to say this, but I don't even know if this conversation is necessary."
The head maid responded coldly.
"The Princess is only a blood relative of His Majesty the King. In fact, you are not my Master, and you are not the Master of all the servants in this palace. Furthermore...."
Malice flashed in Madame Cuisine's eyes as she continued.
"If it weren't for His Highness the Princess, I would still be serving His Majesty the late King as my Master. He was a saint who looked after the inside and outside of the country, so there would be no need for me to give the same teachings today."
"..."
"But the late King died a cruel death. As you know. It is because of Your Highness."
The surroundings were cold and frozen.
But despite the obvious rudeness, Medea just listened quietly to her words.
"..."
"If it weren't for the generous forgiveness of His Majesty the King and other members of the royal family, the Princess would not have even been able to remain in this palace."
Madame Cuisine was so triumphant that she did not hold back.
'The Queen Mother hates that girl. The King is no different. Why did she take the throne and never come back?'
There was no Princess in this palace.
And everyone knew it.
"The person who is here thanks to Your Majesty's favor is now trying to pretend to be the owner."
There was silence.
The head maid felt pleasure when she saw Medea's pale face. She shouted at Jenna.
"What are you doing? We must continue the corporal punishment!"
Jenna's pupils flinched and went back and forth between the head maid and Medea.
"Act like the owner."
At that time, a low voice came from Medea. The calm voice was somehow meaningful.
The head maid hesitated, but she wondered what else Medea could do.
"Don't hesitate and get moving!"
"Okay, then."
Medea also turned around. People thought that the Princess was trying to block the whip with her body. Just like Neril did.
However, contrary to expectations, the Princess picked up a long whip lying next to the whip with her small, white hand.
"Headmaid."
"Yes."
"Come here and lift your skirt."
Everyone could not believe their ears.
"What did you just say?"
"You're not deaf, right?"
The most absurd thing was the head maid who was involved.
'No matter how crazy you are, do you really want to stick with me right now?'
"No way. Now, use that cane to kill me-"
"I will respect your words. For me to say more about Neril's punishment would be, as you said, a clear violation of authority."
White fingers slowly traced the shiny surface of the whip. The hand gestures seemed very elegant and familiar.
For a moment, in people's eyes, what was in Medea's hand looked like a long sword, not a whip. The princess confronting the head maid had a sharp and solemn aura, like a knight slaying an evil beast.
To a Princess who had never left the palace and had never once held a small dagger.
"But in our Valdina royal family, there is a law like this. If a person performing palace duties is negligent in his or her responsibilities, the King may punish him or her."
"Yes. In that case, I will ask for punishment when Your Majesty returns"
The head maid snorted and answered. Will the Princess remain here until the King returns?
"And in the absence of the King, that right shall vest in a representative appointed by the King."
Medea took out a seal from her bosom and waved it.
"It's a seal my brother left me. I stamped the appointment letter with this, so take a look."
Before leaving for the battlefield, Peleus left his sister a seal that would allow her to handle affairs within the palace.
As long as she holds the seal as the King's representative, no one can erase Medea's existence, even if they ignore her.
This was proof that the King still certified Medea as a Princess and had a weapon to protect her.
Medea was foolish at the time and didn't know what it meant.
"So that means I can punish you myself."
The head maid's face turned bright red.
"I've never heard of a case like that before.."
"Are you going to say no? Even though the Prince Regent severely punished the royal family under this clause while the King was on the battlefield?"
People remembered.
"That's right. Most of the palace staff, including Sir Sachin, who was the minister at the time, were divided."
The maids' whispers flowed into the chief maid's ears.
It was a major incident in which several families in the capital were exterminated and dozens of people were executed. A person as high as a royal maid doesn't know about this?
However, they soon remembered that the head maid had laundered her identity by remarrying.
Since she must have been busy buying a title with her body and mind, she may not have been aware of the bloodshed that was blowing through the noble family at the time.
"Oh my God, Head Maid. There's really a lot you don't know."
Medea tilted her head as if she had no idea how she got to that position.
She said one more thing.
"You said you couldn't serve my father as your Master because of me. If you're so resentful and nostalgic, why don't you study more about His Majesty's reign? It will also help you deal with your regrets."
What would her uncle think that the maid so desperately missed his dead brother, whom she so desperately wanted to bring down?
'That girl is putting me in a corner to no end!'
The head maid bit her lip.
"Your Highness the Princess is right. So, I will also do my job. That would be meaningless, wouldn't It?"
At this point, it was a matter of pride.
In her old age, she couldn't kneel down because she was being pushed around by a pale, young girl.
"As you wish."
The Princess nodded without expression.
"Did you hear? Jenna, go ahead."
"Oh my, Chief Maid..."
"Hurry!"
"Yes!"
At the voice of the head maid, Jenna's hesitant hand finally moved first.
Whick-!
It was a good save and a provocation by the head maid.
'Look carefully at the consequences your hasty decision had on that child.'
The head maid watched the Princess's reaction from the corner of her eye. But she couldn't read Medea's expression.
"Headmaid, raise your skirt properly."
Whick!
Even the moment the ash wood stick in the Princess's hand began to bend elastically, the head maid had no doubts about it.
That timid half-brother would never be able to wield this thing.
'The Princess wouldn't be that foolish. There is no way she could have predicted how she would be treated at the palace if she were to feud with me-'
Whick-!
Her thoughts were interrupted. Her mind went blank.
No, did the burning pain come first?
OMG. At that moment, even the maids next to her took a breath.
Hmm
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