The carriage arrived at the Royal Palace, and Luke led his family off the carriage and inside the Royal Palace. Ella (Rosabella) stood next to her father, and the head of the household walked over to them with five servants, as he said.
"I have been told to welcome you here and ensure you stay comfortably. These servants have been assigned to all five of you, and they will take you to the bedchambers. They will also take you to every room apart from the master of the Palace and the last bedchamber. I will say your names in order, from the parents to the last person allowed to come here, and the servant will take you to the bedchambers. Luke and Paige."
Two servants (a male and a female) came forward, and they took Luke and Paige away. Sarah, Anne, and Ella (Rosabella) were allowed to watch as their parents were taken up to their bedchambers on the right staircase, as the head of the household said. "Sarah."
A female servant came forward and took her to her bedchamber on the right staircase. Anne and Ella (Rosabella) watched as their sister was taken away. Anne looked at Ella (Rosabella), and she sneered at her. "I hope you sleep in the kitchen instead of being in a fancy bedchamber because you don't deserve it."
However, Anne did not know that the head of the Palace had overheard her, and he knew that Ella (Rosabella) would be sleeping in a fancy bedchamber, as the head of the household said. "Anne."
A female servant came forward, and she took her (Anne had her fingers crossed as she was hoping that she would go up the left staircase instead of the right staircase, and how wrong was she) off to a bedchamber, which is also on the right staircase as there are two staircases.
Ella (Rosabella) watched as her stepsister was being led away, and she looked towards the left staircase as she slowly asked. "Sorry to interrupt, but who is going up the left staircase? My family has gone up the right staircase and not the left."
The head of the household knew that Ella (Rosabella) had a value point, and she was speaking the truth as he said. "I understand where you are coming from and can see that you are telling the truth." He checked if her family were inside their bedchambers or not. But they have, and he looked at Ella (Rosabella) as he said.
"Rosabella and you are going up the left staircase." A female servant came forward and took Ella (Rosabella) to her bedchamber as they went up the left staircase. Ella (Rosabella) was stunned that she was going up the left staircase and had no idea how to tell her father, stepmother, and stepsisters.
But she knew her stepsisters would complain that they went up the right staircase when she went up the left, and Ella (Rosabella) decided to keep it to herself. Ella (Rosabella) walked up to the staircase and turned right as she reached the top of the stairs.
She did not know that the head of the Palace was watching her, and he knew she would be shell-shocked when she strode into her new bedchamber. The female servant stopped outside the bedchamber as Ella (Rosabella) walked around her, and she stood in front of the double doors.
Ella (Rosabella) slowly took a deep breath as she placed her hands on the door and swung the double doors open. Ella (Rosabella) gasped in amazement as she walked into the bedchamber and put her hands over her mouth.
She was stomped as the bedchamber she stepped into was fit for a princess or queen or empress, and Ella (Rosabella) placed her hands over her mouth as she was spellbound. Ella (Rosabella) felt tears in her eyes and could not believe what she saw. Ella (Rosabella) saw a gold/red/silver four-post bed, and the headboard had her initials.
She knew she had never slept in a four-post bed before and saw a sofa, two armchairs, and a table. Ella (Rosabella) slowly walked around the room as she scanned the whole room, and she slowly touched the furniture, walls, and paintings. Ella (Rosabella) felt tears rolling down her face and sat on the bed.
The female servant walked in behind her as she closed the door and got some dresses out as Ella (Rosabella) cross-questioned her three questions. "Is this bedchamber for me, and why me? Thank you for leading me here because I would get lost as this Royal Palace is hugemungous, and were you told to bring me to this bedchamber?"
The female servant looked at Ella (Rosabella) and nodded as she replied. "Yes, this bedchamber is for you, and the master of the Palace told me to bring you here. I was allowed to interrogate the master of the Palace on why you should have a bedchamber that is fit for a princess or, queen, or empress."
"He replied that you deserve this bedchamber way more than your stepsisters, as he had seen with his own eyes that you had been kind, caring, thoughtful, respected, and helpful. While your stepsisters have been doing nothing and are rude, unkind, selfish, ill-mannered, unchivalrous, downright horrible to everyone who meets them."
Ella (Rosabella) knows that the female servant is telling the truth, and she realizes that the master of the Palace is Emperor Carl. The female servant stared at Ella (Rosabella), and she asked. "Sorry to ask, Rosabella, but is everything okay, and what is wrong?"
Ella (Rosabella) knew tears were still rolling down her face and replied. "My stepmother and stepsisters. They continuously said I would not have a bedchamber like this and would sleep in the kitchen. Not to mention, they would rather have me being at home than here and working to the bone. But that is not all; my stepmother and stepsisters would beat me up because to them. I do not exist when I do exist, and they will do anything to get what they want or get who they want to be with."