Chapter 1132 Dark Cinderella
The king and his wife and children waited for a while, and Lorraine finally arrived.
"How do you feel today? Are you feeling unwell?"
The king looked at his still pale face, frowned and asked with concern.
Lorraine sat down below him and coughed softly. "It's okay. I'm not feeling too uncomfortable."
"That's good. You'll be fine."
The king breathed a sigh of relief and looked at the queen sitting opposite him, "How are the preparations for the ball going?"
The queen was a blond beauty with blue eyes. She had been smiling demurely since the beginning. When she heard the king talking to her, she immediately replied respectfully, "Everything is ready. I will definitely choose the best girls for the two children."
In order to conceal his true intentions, the king had been urging the ball under the pretext of selecting wives for his two sons. The queen knew this very well and had been cooperating silently.
"That's good. They are not young anymore. This ball is very important and nothing can go wrong." The king gave another instruction and then told the servants to serve the food.
As expected, all the dishes on the table today were Lorraine's favorite flavors.
The queen was already used to it, and her expression was exceptionally calm. But the little prince Arthur, who was sitting next to her, was still a little immature, and his expression became a little grim as the dishes were served.
"Arthur, if you really feel uncomfortable, go back and rest." The queen gently reminded the king after he noticed it.
After all, he was his son. The king immediately looked at Arthur and found that he looked unwell. "Why are you feeling unwell?"
"Maybe I have a cold, I'm fine." Arthur reacted and forced a smile.
The king then stopped asking questions and turned back to talk to Lorraine.
Every time he saw his son, looking at his black hair and black eyes that were exactly the same as his ex-wife's, he couldn't help but miss the old man and couldn't pay attention to anyone else.
The queen had long been accustomed to it and ate her dinner calmly. Only Arthur still childishly longed for his father's attention and occasionally showed resentment.
But it's useless, the king won't care and the queen will handle it just right for him.
After dinner, the king asked Lorraine to talk to him in his study as usual.
This is a regular activity every time Lorraine is well enough to leave the palace.
No one was surprised, except Arthur, who couldn't help but secretly glance at their backs as they walked towards the study before leaving, with a hint of depression in his eyes.
The queen walked by, gently took his hand, and said with a smile: "Arthur, you will have everything in the future."
A portrait of the previous queen was hung in the most conspicuous place in the study. Every time the king would sigh at the painting in front of Lorraine, and then become more gentle to him.
"The dance will be here soon. You don't have to do anything. I will arrange everything for you. As long as you get married, your health will be completely healed."
The king told Lorraine about the so-called "daughter of destiny" as early as when he was sixteen years old, and helped him build up confidence that he could regain his health.
However, he didn't know that his son was not sick at all, and even the prophecy fairy that he had worked so hard to find was actually Lorraine in disguise.
"Yes, I feel like I've gotten much better recently." Lorraine answered, but he was becoming more and more impatient.
He was too lazy to face these black and gray souls and didn't want to stay for even a second.
But the king refused to let him go, and then, as before, he began to talk about the past events between him and the previous queen.
"When I met your mother, she was only sixteen years old, catching butterflies in the garden. She was so cute."
That was when she was going to experiment with new magic using butterflies.
"Then she agreed to marry me, and I was so happy."
Because you are the most stupid and gullible person, you will never find out that she knows magic.
"She was so happy when you were born."
Of course I was happy, because she could absorb my magic power, but unfortunately it backfired.
The king's face was full of nostalgia, but he didn't know that every word he said would be retorted by Lorraine in his heart. He was immersed in the memories of the good old days and couldn't extricate himself.
But if he truly loved the previous queen, there would be no Arthur.
This in itself is a very ironic thing.
"Huh? You're so unsuspecting of me?"
When Shi Li returned to the bedroom after dinner, she found the little sparrow sleeping in the towel nest.
She didn't wake it up when she came in, and even when she sat down beside the bed, it was still sleeping.
This was a bit unreasonable, Shi Li was scared and reached out to touch it.
Afraid of touching a cold, still bird corpse.