บท 32: A LITTLE BIT OF THAT

[MUSIC RECOMMENDATION: RECOVERY ~ JAMES ARTHUR]

The next morning inside the palace was as silent as a graveyard. The servants tried not to make any annoying noise while carrying out their duties because the queen dowager was in her worst mood.

The servants who went to attend to her that morning came back with bruises and cuts, as she was annoyed with everything everyone did. While a few persons knew why she was angry, others did not understand why she was acting out, perhaps due to her menopause, they whispered amongst each other.

Axilla carried a basket of fresh flowers as she walked directly to the princess's quarters to draw a bath for her. When she entered the room, Clephas was putting on a new bed cover.

He looked up the moment Axilla walked in.

"Axilla, it is such a fine morning today, isn't it?" Clephas smiled, removing a fold that was on the bed cover.