"But my lady.."
"Go and call your physician now. There must be some medicine that could help her." Renata walked towards the table and picked up a pitcher full of water, "how dare she sleep when I have personally come to meet her."
She added with a red look on her face when finally he felt relieved. So, it was like that!
His hard work and act paid off. The princess was angry and feeling betrayed. That was why she wanted the woman to wake up. So that she could lash out her anger.
Who would care about her excuses now and if the princess punished her personally then it would not matter how much they torment her later.
She would have nowhere to go!
A sly smile formed on his lips as the thought crossed his mind but he adjusted his facial expressions quickly and nodded his head.
He signaled the knights that had followed him and one of them left from there.
Renata picked up the pitcher and without any hesitation, she splashed all the contents on the sleeping woman.
Penny's clothes and blanket she was wearing was soaked completely instantly. She flinched and then shivered a bit with her eyes closed before she fluttered them.
It took her a lot of strength to open her yet her vision was blurry and she blinked a few times to see clearly.
"My head!" a strange yet severe pain made Penny wince and she covered her head with her both hands.
"This must be due to the consumption of a lot of alcohol. You should see your limits mother, you are being too careless." Liden could not let go of this chance to humiliate her and remind the princess that she was a bitch who only knew her own leisure.
"Alcohol?" Penny frowned. She was sure she had never drunk one but then she remembered the bitter drink they were giving her since the time she had come back instead of water in the name that it had medicine to keep her well.
She knew that they would never be concerned about her to give her meds and it tasted different and bitter.
"I.. you.." she closed her mouth when she noticed there were so many nobles in her room but her eyes stilled on Renata who was standing closest.
"Oh my Lord! Princess! What are you doing here? I.. I mean, it is my honor to meet you again." she stumbled upon her feet as she tried to stand up and bow her head but winced again as her feet gave up.
Her hands rubbed her thighs with a painful expression on her face that made Renata's eyes narrowed.
She had splashed water on the lady so that her whiter dress clung to her body and Renata could see if she had wounds on her body.
Though it was very fine, she could notice bandages on her thighs and fresh marks on her back.
'Fools! They should have waited for a few days to beat her if they wanted to prove that she had come back on her own accord and was a spoiled woman who did not listen to them.'
"What happened to your legs?" asked Renata patiently as she saw Penny trying to stand properly and greet her again when Penny froze.
Liden's eyes narrowed on the woman. He could not let her speak nonsense again.
"That must be due to sleeping for a long time and her disoriented actions. She would be fine in a while.`` He came forward and held Penny's hands in the name of helping her but in reality he was putting force on her fingers to remind her where she was standing.
"I apologize to the lady for not being presentable!" Penny took a deep breath and blinked her eyes again to stop the tears forming in her eyes due to pain.
"But you should not be here. As a princess, you should be wary of traveling. You are still young, what if an enemy is keeping an eye on the royal palace.
And right now, the palace of the marquis is filled with so many strangers, what if something happened to you?" her painful expressions soon filled with worry as she sat on her knees since she was not able to stand properly and looked at the little girl with wonder.
When Liden had told her to lie that she had come with her own will, she wanted to tell him that it would not be needed.
No one would come looking for her. After all, she had only spent a few hours there. Why would a princess worry about her? Even if she did, his majesty would never let her come.
And soon she would forget about her as she is too young. But here she was!
Penny could not believe that Renata was standing in front of her with so many knights like a knight in shining armor who came to save the damsel in distress.
"You do not need to worry about me, monique but yourself." Though in a cold voice Renata told her truthfully, what a strange woman! She was covered with new injuries and fed alcohol forcefully, yet instead of crying for help she was showing concern towards her.
"Lord Liden is very concerned about your behavior. He said that you only throw tantrums and enjoy yourself in your room while they are mourning the death of your husband.
They have tried to talk to you about your rude behavior but you never listened. I must say that I am very disappointed with your behavior as I have taken you as a kind woman." Renata shook her head with an exaggerated sigh.
"You said you are not able to teach her, right?" she asked Liden who was gleeful but hiding his smile with some difficulty.
He immediately coughed and cleared his throat as he nodded his head, "what can i say, she is an ambitious woman who enjoys parties."
"Hmm, if that is the case then I would take the task in my hands as the future ruler of the empire."