148 Palace Matters pt. 1

"Queen Regina was supposed to be the Empress," Erin went straight to the point.

My eyes blinked at her and I got a little confused for a moment. I heard something about Queen Regina being the empress but did I really hear it right?

"What? Really?" I wanted to confirm because that's a piece of juicy news.

We all know who the current reigning Empress is and that is my aunt who I've been meeting for a casual afternoon tea in the garden from time to time. So hearing that she wasn't the first choice was eye-opening? I don't know, really...

"It was the talk of the town for so long that it lasted for over a year. It was still even talked about discreetly within the social circle," Erin added, fully donning her gossiping mood.

The others also stopped mulling within themselves and their attention went to us. The two girls especially seemed very curious as they listened.