Chapter 1150 Dark Cinderella
The king had no servants around him. A man holding a candlestick walked slowly towards him.
The candlelight shone on his face, and the light and shadow were dim and unclear.
Lady Anna dared not move, and stood there helplessly and hopelessly. She did not know that the king knew everything she did in the palace.
Without the king's tacit approval, she would never have been able to carry out that flawed plan.
Seeing the king approaching her, Lady Anna trembled and wanted to beg for mercy, "Your Majesty..."
As soon as she said this, the king reached out a hand and gently placed it on her cheek, moving slowly from the end of her eyebrow to the bead of her lip.
The king was no longer young. His rough fingers coldly stroked Lady Anna's trembling face, then he approached her, picked her up, and walked towards another bedroom.
"Anna, you did a great job, I want to reward you."
The heavy reddish-brown wooden door opened and closed, blocking out the infinite ambiguous light.
When Arthur woke up in the morning, he was completely dazed.
Lying next to him was the naked Anne, wrapped in a quilt, looking at him with a sad face.
At the door, Mrs. Anna, who looked haggard, covered her mouth and shed tears in disbelief.
"Anne, Your Highness Arthur, how could you ..."
Arthur opened his mouth, but before he could utter a complete sentence, the king came out from behind Lady Anna, saw the scene, and immediately frowned.
"Arthur, what have you done?"
There was only one sentence left in his mind -
It's over, it's over.
Unlike the clear skies of the past few days, the sky today is covered with dark clouds, and it seems that a heavy rain is coming.
Today is the last day of the ball. Even though they know their hope is slim, noble ladies from all over the country cannot help but rush to the palace in their carriages to make a final effort for their future.
In their hearts, marrying a prince is the happiest thing in the world.
Shi Li had also put on her dress and was ready to go out following her mother and Serin.
When they were almost at the door, the mother seemed to suddenly remember something and looked at Cindy who was seeing them off.
"It's a bad day today, you'd better not go anywhere, I'll take the key away."
Cindy stood there, as if struck by lightning.
Her stepmother left, took away the only key to the house, and locked her in the room. What should she do?
What would she do if Prince Arthur didn't see her today and chose someone else?
Shi Li didn't expect her mother to do this suddenly. She was so surprised that she almost stepped on her skirt. She wondered if her mother had discovered Cindy's secret.
She secretly peeked at her several times in the carriage, but her mother just closed her eyes and rested, as if she just wanted to bully her stepdaughter.
Just forget it if you can’t figure it out. Shi Li never argues with herself.
Anyway, after getting through tonight, she will escape early tomorrow morning and everything here will have nothing to do with her.
As soon as their carriage arrived at the palace, it started to rain heavily outside. The big raindrops hit the ground with a crackling sound, making the people who came later look somewhat embarrassed.
Shi Li expected that the last day of the dance would not be peaceful, but she did not expect it to be so turbulent.
At the beginning, several important figures did not show up, even Anna and Anne, the mother and daughter who had always been the focus of the ball, did not show up, which made people very confused.
Then, the king appeared alone, raised his glass to the guests with a smile on his face, and enthusiastically introduced his eldest son, Prince of Lorraine, to everyone.
When Shi Li saw the familiar man walking up to the king, her lips twitched slightly, and she felt mixed emotions.
A hundred complaints played in my mind on loop.
Why is Lorraine a prince?
A prince actually used magic to disguise himself as a sparrow. Is this a loss of morality or a distortion of human nature?
So which prince will Cinderella marry?
Shi Li stood in the corner, looking at the man who was shining brightly in the center of the crowd, feeling a little sour in her heart.
If I had known this earlier, I would have just watched those naughty kids continue to smash sparrows!
"Tonight, Lorraine will choose a beautiful girl, and the palace will hold a grand wedding for them."
The king looked at Lorraine with a loving face.
He had arranged everything and was just waiting for the girl who had stunned everyone two days ago to appear again, and then immediately announce their marriage to lift the curse on Lorraine.
To this end, he has cleared all obstacles in advance.
But things don't go as smoothly as he expected.
First, Cindy never showed up, even when the party started.
Then the queen rushed in again, looking crazy, pointing at the king and laughing.
"Don't even think about passing the throne to a sickly person!"
"I'm telling you! The future king can only be my son! It can only be Arthur!"