Chapter 50: Decisions of the new king
Music Recommendation: Mothers Voice- Johannes Lehniger
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When the day of the coronation arrived, most of the important people gathered in the royal courtroom. The palace was decorated to welcome and celebrate the arrival of the new king. Every pillar in the room was adorned with red and golden curtains.
Anastasia stood behind Princess Emily on the balcony of the floor above, waiting with the other women, except for the Mother Queen, who stood below them next to the throne with Prince Dante and Prince Aiden.
"Everyone rise!" The Vizier announced.
The people in attendance stopped murmuring, and the room became quiet as everyone turned to face the door. Soon Prince Maxwell stepped through the open doors of the courtroom. He was now dressed in a velvet attire resembling what King William had worn, along with a white cape attached at his shoulders that swept the ground he walked on.
Prince Maxwell bowed at the Mother Queen and the eight Elder ministers.
"Now that Prince Maxwell is here, we shall begin his coronation," the most senior of the eight Elder ministers spoke, who had a beard and narrowed eyes. "Bring me the sword," he ordered, and a servant came forward, handing the sword to him.
As the coronation began, Lady Evin, Prince Maxwell’s soulmate, asked, "Lady Maya, will you be the new queen once Maxwell is crowned king?"
Lady Maya smiled as she watched the floor below and said, "Now that Maxwell will be the King of Versailles, it automatically changes my position and status. Isn’t that right, Queen Sophia?" She asked, as if to confirm.
Queen Sophia offered her a tight smile, "Yes, that’s how it is. After all, it would be odd to have a concubine as the king’s mother."