At this moment, the petite and beautiful queen said gently, "Your Majesty doesn't mean anything else. He just thinks that we are family after all, and it would be nice for us to meet and have a chat."
Lady Pesna remained silent and looked at her son. Lord Aaron smiled slightly, with an extremely polite attitude, and replied respectfully, "In that case, I'll follow Her Majesty's arrangements."
The queen and the king exchanged a glance and smiled with satisfaction. The old king with a bushy beard clapped his hands, and the door on the right side of the hall opened, and two figures appeared at the entrance.
At that instant, I noticed that Lady Pesna's face suddenly changed color. There was a flash of coldness and mockery in her eyes, but in the next second, she immediately regained her composure.
They walked over. It was a man and a woman. The man was quite tall, wearing a loose green robe. His skin was fair, his face was small, and his ears were pointed, showing typical elven features, yet with a bit more unrestrained royal temperament. There was blue stubble on his chin, which had been carefully groomed and had a somewhat sexy look to it. The woman was very charming. She had honey-colored skin, and a pair of slender phoenix eyes revealed a shrewd light. Her hair was coiled up at the back of her head into a fashionable bun, with thin transparent veils hanging down straight to her neck. Her makeup was thick, with purple and green eye shadows alternating, and gold powder on her face, making her look extremely alluring.
The two of them held hands and walked forward intimately. First, they paid their respects to the king and the queen, and then they stood aside. When the charming female elf looked up, she curved the corners of her mouth and smiled at Lady Pesna. Immediately, Lady Pesna's face sank.
Lord Aaron pushed back his chair, stood up, and walked straight towards the man with the sexy stubble. When he reached him, he bowed very respectfully and said, "Father."
I was startled. This man with the stubble was actually Lord Aaron's father, the real master of the Earl's Mansion. I had never seen him in the Earl's Mansion before. I saw him smiling and pressing Lord Aaron's broad shoulders, saying heartily, "Good. You are indeed my good son. You are so magnanimous and don't hold grudges. You will have a bright future."
The king also said at the table at this time, "It's worth it that Her Majesty and I arranged this meeting carefully when I see that you father and son can have a conversation."
The queen walked over to them with a smile and said gently, "You'd better sit at the table and talk."
The atmosphere in the Golden Hall was harmonious and pleasant, and from time to time, gentle words and laughter could be heard. Lord Aaron sat with his father. Lord Aaron poured tea for his father and also served him a couple of exquisite cakes. Lady Annabelle also walked over and stood meekly beside Lord Aaron. The king and the queen looked at them and showed satisfied smiles on their faces.
Only Lady Pesna's face remained gloomy and tense all the time. Occasionally, the charming female elf would glance over with her phoenix eyes with thick eye shadow, and then she would lower her head and say something to Lord Aaron's father.
Lord Aaron's father looked over, and his eyes just met Lady Pesna's. Suddenly, a trace of guilt appeared in his eyes. So he got up and walked to Lady Pesna. He personally poured a cup of black tea for her and carefully handed the cup to her.
He stood in front of her armchair, silent, but with a cup of black tea in his hand and his eyes full of guilt, as if he was asking for forgiveness.
The king and the queen saw this and couldn't help but raise the corners of their mouths slightly, seeming to smile faintly. After that, the king's face became solemn, and the queen remained calm.
Facing Lord Aaron's father's repentance and attentiveness, Lady Pesna was unmoved at first, and her tense face didn't relax at all. At this time, Lord Aaron's face turned slightly towards this side, as if he had glanced at Lady Pesna. It was just for an instant. I didn't even see Lord Aaron's expression clearly when suddenly I heard the sound of Lady Pesna getting up from her chair. She stood in front of Lord Aaron's slightly overweight father, took the cup of black tea, and said in a voice tinged with resentment and sobs, "My lord..."
Before she finished speaking, two lines of clear tears slowly slid down her cheeks.
I was a bit puzzled. What on earth had happened to this family? Was it that a third party had intervened in the family, causing Lord Aaron's father and mother to have conflicts and triggering a family feud? Then the father brought the third party to the castle to avoid the trouble. Later, the king and the queen came to be the mediators to make the family reconcile?
"My lady..." Lord Aaron's father held the hand that she was holding the cup of black tea with and said guiltily in a low voice, "You've been wronged."
Lady Pesna stared at him, with tears in her eyes. Lord Aaron's father quickly helped her sit down and sat beside her affectionately. The charming female elf saw this and just took a casual sip of the black tea in her hand, with a calm expression and a faint smile on her face.
She reminded me of a certain kind of people, those who were "professional home-wreckers". They all had the same trait, that is, they had super confidence in their own charm.
The hall regained the liveliness and harmony of before. The sweet fragrance of the pastries wafted in the air, mixed with the aroma of fragrant wine, rich black tea, and cocoa.
An hour later, Lady Pesna got up from her seat with a smile, gracefully and politely, and took her leave from the king and the queen.