Defend the princess

Lord Yancey resident.

"My lord," Brad the Yanceys resident butler welcomed lord Yancey who has just returned home from the royal council meeting and one look at him the butler could tell his master was in a bad mood.

Lord Yancey nodded his head slightly to acknowledge his butler without saying anything he walked into his study and poured himself some wine.

He was at lost again. Twenty five years ago he had met a beautiful lady and fell in love with her. But unfortunately the lady had eyes for prince George, the crown prince.

Sure he did everything to get her attention but the young lady was too attached to her prince. She will always say to him 'I only have eyes for prince George. It is him or no one else." This was a lost course for lord Yancey. He later had to settled for an arrange marriage.

He share the kings joy and sadness when Queen Agatha gave birth to a baby girl and died. He was particularly happy at that time because he believed that he would be able to get his son married to Agatha's daughter. For him this would his consoliation. If he could not become family with her by taking her as his wife, then they could at least be in-laws with the coming together of their children.

This is why he has pushed his first son Joe. He wanted him to be a capable man, so he would be worthy of the princess. Things were going as planned as his son Joe was recognized as a genius in painting. He was also a man of war and has defended their kingdom in various battles and brought victory back.

He was also fair to look upon and a lot of families where already trying to ask for marriage alliance with him. He had plan to wait for princess Ellen sixteenth birthday to ask for a chance for his son to court her. But unfortunately war had broken out when she was fifteen and now there was already a marriage alliance from Avalo.

He had his eyes and ears in the Palace and he was sure that king George will choose her for the cursed prince. This hurt him so much, thinking about how he has failed again, it seemed to him as though fate was against him.

He was angry at himself. If he had made a move earlier the princess would already belong to his son and he will not be in the current situation. The king wouldn't have considered giving out a betrothed.

He was still consumed in his thoughts when he heard the voice of his wife .

"My husband, you look stressed" lady Yancey said as she walked over to where  he was seated

"we have lost the chance to get our perfect daughter in law" lord Yancey told his wife without looking at her.

"what! Who dares to snatch the future daughter in law of the Yancey family" lady Yancey snapped, immediately annoyed by the information. Ever since her husband told her about his plans to marry princess Ellen for their son she has been in full support.

After all it will be a blessing to the family. They will become related to the royals. She has asked her husband to make his intentions known to the king since Ellen turned fourteen but her stubborn husband refused. she was sure that the competition for Ellen's hand in marriage will be fierce. But she felt their son was indeed the best candidate for the princess and it they approached first, then they would be given priority. 

She knew why her husband wanted princess Ellen. She was no fool, she knew how much her husband loved the late queen but she acted ignorant. Her husband really treated her well. He did not take in any comcubin like other lords and noble. He remained faithful to her. she also knew that her husband only acted that way to prove to the late queen that he could be with one woman just like the king. But she did not mind. As long as she reaped the benifit of her husband's feelings for the queen, she stayed dedicated and supportive in his decision.

"The cursed prince of Avalo" He answered his wife while drowning himself with wine.

"wait! What? How is that possible?" Lady Yancey asked, with dsbelief written all over her face. She looked like someone who has been pour cold water. How could the Yancey fight against the cursed prince.

Lord Yancey nodded his head and explained the things that happened in the royal council meeting to his wife. He also explained why he was sure that the king will sacrifice Ellen.

After listening to her husband Lady Yancey took a few minutes to think.

"My husband" she called raising her head up as she got a wonderful idea. Lord Yancey finally turned his head to look at his wife when he noticed the little excitement in her voice.

"There is still a way to get princess Ellen" she declared in a confident manner . Her husband looked at her waiting for her to give details.

"The cursed prince did not ask for princess Ellen's hand in marriage. So we can put pressure on the royal family to send princess Ema instead."

Lord Yancey nodded his head, he thought of that but how could he put pressure on the royal family, this was the problem. He looked at his wife questioningly and she got the hint.

"The commoners have been singing praises of the Princess, All they need is a little trigger. Once the common stand against the kings choice, he would be forced to listen." Lady Yancey explain.

Hmm lord Yancey nodded his head. And just like that words started to go round the city about the sacrifice of princess Ellen.

While the Palace slept, the people came  together ready to defend the princess. There were whispers every where.

Rumors begin to spread about Queen Regina's unfair treatment to princess Ellen. Of course no body cared if the rumors were true or not. They just believed since it was deficult to find good step mothers

This lead to the criticism of the crown prince and his sister. The two were tag as inresponsible and unfit to be the future leaders of Bozao kingdom.

And just like that everyone in the kingdom believes that Ellen has helped the injured during the war. It was time for princess Ema to fulfill her role and save the kingdom like her sister did during the war.

Like ants the commoner had one voice which was to save princess Ellen.