The Dragon King's Substitute Bride

Chapter 103

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Tsunea

He flinched, clearly surprised that I knew his name

Eventually, he shuffled forward, nodding and bowing his head. "Yes, Your Highness."

"Do you know why her lunch is late? He hesitated, glancing between me and the woman. 'Do not fear telling the truth."

"Lady Maro has requested that she have lunch alone, earlier than the others, on the opposite side of the palace in a private parlor and has required a special menu. I cocked an eyebrow. "We have had problems procuring the ingredients for it. I scoffed. "And the rest of you?"

"Our meals are late as well!" They said.

1 scoffed. Let me guess. They have much of the same requests?"

Gen ducked his head. "Yes, Your Highness."

"And what is this request?"

"Star Fruit Pastries."

I shook my head. Star Fruit has been out of season for months.

Tarofu laughed from the back of their minds. It seems they are trying to gain your father's favor.

What does that mean?

to make a woman more desirable, more lovely, and more alluring as it gives them

my head. He showed me an image of

and my father had always looked at her with a knowing smile. I suppose I am grateful that I didn't know exactly what they were doing when I was younger. How often did my mother flirt with my father in plain sight aside

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need to make her smell any more lovely than the already dd Restraint was

garden around the Pools. No worries. He chuckled. I have a feeling

I could only hope

like each other. I don't care if you don't want to share a meal together. I don't care if one

am the first

staff with her whims is the queen, and you are

flushed. I turned to Gen. "You can have them all served in the common

of the harem if they will not take meals in the dining hall.

my father, their children, or each other, but none of these separate parlors or randomly across the palace arrangements any longer. Whatever modifications you have done to the parlors they have been using as their own personal dining rooms, I need a tally of them and to get them to me as quickly as

a relationship with staff member who can and is willing to make you whatever specialty thing from your home region, that is something different, but you will not make yourselves, your whims, nuisances. And it will

Their jaws dropped.

said. "I imagine you're

"Wait until His

doubt you will

servants, who were watching me with at

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as well. Bring your concerns and outrageous requests to my attention and do not fear retaliation, I said, my voice filled with a sense of reassurance. They will suffer much more for the attempt than you ever will at their hands. The servants

get to the

decree with the entire staff. They looked like I had taken all of their burdens away with such a simple decree. I could

them to finish making lunch and headed to the main dining hall. I entered with steady, deliberate steps, my eyes scanning the long table where members of the royal family were seated. The air was thick with tension. Most of my siblings, who generally avoided me, looked stiff in their seats as if they were afraid of offending me and ending up like Keiji and his sister. It

me.

part of me