Win the people's favour

"Your majesty, I was thinking we should arrange for Ema's marriage so that what happened with Ellan will not repeat itself," Queen Regina told the king in her usual meek voice.

"What are you talking about? The kingdom just ended a war that lasted for three years. How could you be talking about marriage?" The King replied with annoyance in his voice

"Forgive me your Majesty, but I was thinking it was the best thing to do." Queen Regina bowed her head.

"Are you saying I don't know what I am doing?" King George decided to twist her words.

"I dare not, your Majesty," Queen Regina said. She could feel her throat going dry because of how cold the king's voice sounded. Sure the king did not treat her with so much love like he did with Agatha but he was always warm to her.

"This is not the time to discuss marriage. We need to make sure the kingdom is stable first before anything else," If Ellen did not Marry that man, you would have been killed. The king replied.

King George has been very busy lately, after all a lot of women lost their fathers and husband. The commoners must be taking care of to ensure the stability of the kingdom. He has also been thinking of the best punishment to give to the Queen.

He decides to act like he knew nothing while investigating more. Since all the Queen did was show favoritism he decided to pay her in her own coin.

"You should leave I have things to attend to," king George ordered her.

Queen Regina wanted to say more. She wanted to find a way to convince the king, but in the end, she could only bite her tongue. What could she say? King George just told her that the only reason Bozoa was still standing was because of Ellen's marriage.

"Your Majesty," she said, bowing her head before leaving the king's presence. She silently gritted her teeth as she stepped out of the room.

She needed to do something real quick, she thought with Ellen gone she could finally have all the attention. Yes to her Ella was a real threat to her son's throne. This is why she felt relief when she left the kingdom but she only just realize that there will be more enemies to face.

Her fear has always been that the people will rise to support Ellen to take over the throne especially if she married an outstanding man from Bozoa.

Her son is not favored by many, the only reason why she could still sit was because the king did not have other sons.

But more than this she realized that the people may revolt against her son after he takes over his father's throne. She needed to solidify his backing. Her family is not among the most influential families in the kingdom, even if they are considered noble, This is the reason why she wanted her daughter to marry the young master of the Yancey family.

Now that the king did not listen to her, she knew she needed to find another way to make the marriage happen.

Lady Yancey did not like her and she did nothing to hide it. Although the woman never disrespected her again after she got married, to the king but Queen Regina knew that she could not use her to convince Lord Yancey.

She could also not meet Lord Yancey herself. That man will reject it without blinking an eye.

When they were young she remembered meeting him to ally with her to separate the Crown prince and Agatha but he refused.

He even threatened to inform the prince if she tried anything. What kind of a man will not fight for his love. A Coward. This was the only answer that made sense to her back then.

She still saw him as one, certainly, that man will never allow his son to marry her daughter, she was hoping on the fact that he would not be able to refuse the king. But the king has refused to listen to her.

Queen Regina bites her lips in despair. She kept walking toward her chambers thinking of a solution. Her visit to the king played in her mind and she felt angry. Slowly an idea creeps into her mind.

If she could not arrange Ema's marriage, she could at least arrange one for her son. After all, he was the one in need of more support.

The King treated lord Zorander as family. She remembered he had a granddaughter. Yes, that is it,' Regina smiled.

She was certain that the king would welcome the idea of been family with the old man again. She immediately changed her destination and decided to visit her son where he was practicing his fencing.

After what happened during the war, Queen Regina has been pushing her son to learn more and become stronger. After all, people will always follow strength.

Her son was weak and she knew it, many of the noble sons were already good with the act of sword. Regina blamed herself for this outcome.

Usually, princes of his age were already going to the battlefield. This was because the race for the throne was not as easy as being called the crown prince.

Yes, the first prince is the crown prince but any of his brothers could challenge him to a fight. Just like Avalo, Bozoa also practices this.

It was believed that the first son, was not always the strongest. Every kingdom needed a strong king, so if the last son was to prove that he was the strongest he would have to fight in combat with all his elder brothers and defeat them.

Of course, this fight could only happen when the king was still alive. Once the king is dead the crown prince as of the time of his death becomes the new king. Some princes were too scared to fight to the death so they scheme behind the crown prince.

No one cares what means a prince used. If the crown prince was stupid enough to fall into a trap he will lose his position, even if he is proven innocent.

As the future king, he was expected to be wise and smart enough not to fall into any form of schemes.

Queen Regina never really saw the need to pressure her son too much until during the war. Now that her son has been shamed, he needed to win back the people's favor by proving his strength.

Queen Regina watched quietly as her son fence with his peer.