Maier led Werther to a bath in the royal palace. There were several baths in the palace, with different sizes and properties, but all were very large. The bath looked quite luxurious, with a faint steam rising from the water. There were some Werther's baths beside it.
Get to know the spices.
"Oh my god, do you need such preferential treatment?" Werther said to himself in surprise.
After taking a bath and returning to the room, Werther quickly fell asleep.
Werther woke up in the palace, lying sleepily on his side on the soft big bed. He couldn't help but sigh, fortunately, the bedroom has always been the standard for princes. The environment here is more advanced than the castle in Daybreak Town, and he can have a good rest.
I didn't even want to get up after lying in bed.
He stretched and looked at the clock on the wall. The hands pointed to seven o'clock. A few rays of light came through the gaps in the curtains.
"Well, it's already morning. I fell asleep unknowingly when I lay on the bed last night." He scratched his hair and felt hungry in his stomach. He was ready to go out to find some food after cleaning up.
At this time, there was a knock on the bedroom door.
"come in."
The door was gently opened, revealing Maier's smiling face and a golden crown inlaid with rubies. There were three servants behind him. The first servant was carrying washing utensils, the second servant was carrying breakfast, and the third servant was carrying breakfast.
The servant held up a brand new dress.
"His Royal Highness, we are here to serve you." Maier placed the box containing the crown on Werther's bedside table.
"Well……"
Before Werther could react, Maier began to bring two servants to help him tidy up and even combed his hair.
"Your Highness, next, we will feed you breakfast."
"Well, okay..."
Werther glanced at it and saw that the breakfast consisted of nut bread, fried eggs and milk. Under the service of the servants, he finished his breakfast in bed.
"Your Highness, you have to put on this dress next. This dress was specially prepared for you by the king. He said that since it is a banquet prepared for you, it must make you look dazzling." Maier smiled,
Holding up the gorgeous suit in his hand.
Werther opened his eyes hard and looked carefully at this dress, which was even more luxurious than the dress Len wore yesterday.
It is made of light blue satin woven with fine silk thread, the belt is dark blue, inlaid with golden crystals in the middle, and the collar and cuffs are woven with gold thread. No matter how many times I see this dress, I am fascinated by it.
I can't take my eyes away. It's so gorgeous. I'm afraid the best clothes of the Notland royal family are better than this.
However, it’s a little too good that my father has prepared such a noble dress for me! Werther thought about his father’s other actions yesterday. Although his attitude towards himself was better, there was still a big difference.
estrangement. So, why did he prepare such a dress for himself?
Werther sat on the bed, frowning deeply, wondering about this question. At this time, Maier seemed to see his thoughts again.
"Your Highness, actually...this dress was made for you in advance by the best tailor in France when your grandfather and the late Queen were still alive when you were four years old."
"It turns out they had prepared it a long time ago!" Werther said in surprise, "But why did they have to prepare it when I was four years old?"
"That's because when you were four years old, it was when the tailor was about to retire and return to his hometown. He was favored by your grandfather, so he made this adult dress for you before he officially retired to his hometown."
"I see, that's why. Let me just say, my father took some money from my hand yesterday. He specially prepared such expensive clothes for me that don't fit well."
It makes sense." Vittor nodded, gently stroking this luxurious and soft dress with his hand, feeling a little excited inside.
"Your Highness, the king also said that since this dress belongs to you, I will give it to you."
"That's good. It really should be returned to its original owner."
Maier's face suddenly became a little embarrassed. He scratched his cheek with his fingers and said with an embarrassed smile: "But, the king also said that you need to spend money to buy it."
"What?" Werther opened his mouth in surprise, "Shouldn't this dress be given to me in the first place? Why should I spend money to buy it?"
"Because..." Maier poked his two index fingers at each other, looked sideways at the ground, and his voice became even lower, "Recently, the king has taken a fancy to a new crystal sword from the weapon shop in Willy City, and needs some gold coins.
The king didn’t want to use the money saved in the palace or his own pocket money to buy it, so..."
"So you just find all kinds of excuses to get money from me?" Witte narrowed his eyes helplessly, "There is also the matter of asking me to pay taxes to Dawn Town for twelve years."
"The king had expected that you would say this about him, so he asked me to tell you that I hope you don't think so. After all, he gave you life."
"I'm curious, how many gold coins does my father have now, and how much pocket money has he set for himself?"
"The king now owns thousands of gold coins and some jewelry. The pocket money he gives himself is ten gold coins per month."
"Huh? That's so much money. Even if he doesn't use the gold coins and jewelry he saved, he can almost buy a crystal sword with some gold coins from his pocket money!"
"The king is reluctant to spend his own money."
"How much pocket money do your stepmother and younger siblings have?" Werther asked curiously.
"The queen's monthly pocket money is also ten gold coins, and the second prince and third princess' monthly pocket money is five gold coins."
"Then why not use their pocket money and take the money I would have used to run Daybreak Town?"
"Because you are already a lord, your money is not the money in the palace, so the king can rest assured."
"What kind of psychology is this!" Werther was so surprised that his upper body fell directly onto the bed.
He thought to himself, the father is simply cheating his son! The father is so rich, why don’t he use his own money? He has rarely given preferential treatment to Werther. Now I am frugally running Dawn Town and he suddenly needs money.
He tried his best to defraud me of gold coins, how could he act like a king!
"..." Werther felt quite helpless at this time. He didn't want to pay the money, and he felt there was no need to spend money on this dress, so he sat upright on the bed, folded his hands on his chest, closed his eyes and said, "
The money I brought was handed over to my father yesterday, and now I have no extra money to give to my father. I still want to keep some gold coins for running Dawn Town."
"Your Highness is right. It is unreasonable for the king to embarrass you like this. I didn't agree with it at first." Maier sighed helplessly, "I will help you persuade the king."
Werther held his head up proudly, desperately needing to maintain his previous posture and nodded: "Thank you, Mr. Meyer."
At this time, the voice of the parchment came to my ears again: "Now the king's idea is a bit strange. He will not think you have backbone just because you didn't spend money to buy this dress when he had many gold coins, and he will not think that you have any backbone."
He will love you even more because of this, and he will only feel that you are against him, so he will become more suspicious of you for rebelling."
No, this makes you suspect that I will rebel! My father must have gone crazy! For a moment, Werther even suspected that the parchment was standing next to his father.
side.
"Alas." Werther lowered his head, sighed softly, and said to Maier, "I'd better give my father the gold coins."
A trace of joy and a bit of heartache flashed across Maier's face: "Your Highness, you already gave the king two gold coins yesterday. The crystal sword costs twenty gold coins. If you give the king another eighteen gold coins, the king can buy it.
Get that crystal sword."
"What?" The upper body of Werther, who was sitting on the bed, fell directly onto the bed from the side. He was surprised and helpless and put his arms straight on his sides, twitching.
"Your Highness, are you okay?"
"I'm fine." Werther quickly sat up again and asked pretending to be calm, "I'm curious, how many gold coins does it cost to make this dress?"
"Well, the silk clothing material, golden crystals and tailor's fee are estimated to cost two to three gold coins."
"Then father sold me eighteen gold coins!" Werther pointed at himself and said, "At least give me a few more things!"
"Yes, the king did say that he would give you something, which is this crown. You can take the dress and the crown with you when you return to Daybreak Town. He also specifically emphasized that the ruby on it costs ten gold coins." Mai
You turned your palm up and pointed your fingers at the crown on the table.
Werther faced the direction of the bedside table, slightly bent down and looked at the small hollow pure gold crown and the tiny ruby in the middle. He narrowed his eyes to a slit, pointed at the crown and asked, "You can't even look at this carefully."
Is the invisible ruby really worth ten gold coins?"
Maier nodded quickly: "This is indeed true, I can assure you. If you look carefully at this gem, it is a pure, rare and high-quality variety."
Werther nodded and looked at the crown again. The edges of the crown were thinner and more hollowed out. It was worth about five to six gold coins. Wait, that's not right. This crown should have belonged to Werther.
It was just confiscated by the king! I almost got caught.
Werther was about to cry at this moment, but he still followed the parchment's advice.
"I will give you the gold coins, but I have no money in my hand now. I will take out the gold coins after the carriage from the palace takes me back to Daybreak Town."
"Yes, Your Highness." Maier breathed a sigh of relief, "Now Your Highness, hurry up and change your clothes."
Werther nodded, stretched out his arms, and two male servants began to put on his clothes. After a while, he stood on the ground, and the male servants helped him put on all his clothes. Meyer put on the crown for him.
Then Maier led him to the mirror. He looked at himself and was so surprised that he was speechless. Now he was simply a shining prince!
"Your Highness, when you are ready, you can go out and take a look." Maier said with a smile.
"Um, what do I need to do now?"
"You don't need to do anything, you just need to go out and meet the guests."
"When does the party start?"
"It's about ten o'clock in the morning."
It was already half past eight. Werther walked to the door nervously, took a deep breath, and opened the bedroom door. There were no guests in the corridor outside the door, only servants coming and going in preparation for the banquet.
Meyer and several other male servants followed him. After they went out, the last male servant closed the door.
"Your Highness, you can go meet the guests by yourself. You should be able to see many guests after passing this corridor. We will go and get busy first," Maier said.
Vittor nodded: "You go and do your work, I'm going to meet the guests now."