King Hans of Rubicund was entering the royal parlour to meet another foreign envoy from the Kingdom of Smaragd, forgetting that the envoy had asked to meet the king the next day. He then remembered it was scheduled tomorrow and turned to leave that's when he noticed his wife quietly drinking tea and reading a book. He had not realised she was there and she had not heard him step into the parlour. He must have been so deep in his thoughts and she was so immersed in her book, that they did not realise they were in the same parlour.
"My darling what brings you here, this evening?"
Queen Elesha looked up from her book and smiled when she saw her husband.
"I've deployed a maidservant to help me search out who orchestrated my supposed poisoning and why."
"A spy? That's rather dangerous one false move and we could have war on our hands again."
"I suppose so but I believe in her that she will find something if not at least a clue."
