Being Cruel Empress
9. Ellena and the Grand Duke

Jenette and Carlos are gone, and don't know when they'll be back. For a while Ellena will be served by Mieta. Ellena continues to struggle with her thoughts, she hopes Janette is unharmed while searching for information, as well as Carlos.

"Mieta .. "call Ella, look in the mirror.

"Yes, Your Majesty. Any orders?" answer Ask at once asking what Ellena needs after calling her.

"Tomorrow to go for a walk with me? come on, let's go to the market and the central store. When else can I have fun if not now" Ellena said.

"All right, Your Majesty. I'll prepare your needs for tomorrow. Is there anything I need to prepare specifically?" ask Mieta.

Ellena nodded her head and smiled. He asks Mieta to prepare a simple dress, as she will disguise herself as a commoner. He did not want to make a fuss by showing his identity as an Empress. Ellena explained briefly what Mieta needed to explain and Mieta understood.

The point Ellena came out this time was, she wanted to go see someone acquaintance. In her first life, that person was the first friend Ellena got after serving as Empress, but that person soon died poisoned, and that was Catharina's doing.

"Although it's not time for us to meet, but I'll see him first this time. Like my wish that Janette didn't want to die, I don't want Countess Izrel to die either. I'm not going to make a reproach for that snake woman bothering me." - Ellena.

Ellena got word from the Palace, that Catharina was having another tea party and this time she invited the noble ladies. Ellena knew what purpose Catharina was doing that for. So that she could dominate the upper classes even if it was just a Baron's daughter. Want to explain that he was the person who was brought directly by the Emperor as if he would be made a concubine.

"Haha ... " Ellena laughed loudly.

Mieta surprised. Mieta looked at Ellena at a glance and felt strange. He was also trembling in fear. Ellena looked away at Mieta and apologized. Ellena did not mean to laugh at Mieta, saying that she was thinking about something and laughing at someone else.

"Sorry to surprise you, Mieta. Go, and tell Dad I'll be out for dinner" Ellena said.

"Well, Your Majesty. Excuse me," said Mieta who immediately left.

Ellena could not understand, what Catharina thought to act like a mistress in her first life. Is it possible because Winter fulfills all her wishes? or was Winter threatened? Suddenly Ellena's eyes widened, she seemed to think of something.

"Don't Winter was coerced and threatened by Baron Rosaro, so he inevitably ignored me. What's like that? because I misunderstood her, I thought she was ignoring me, when she wasn't. Why would I suspect Erwan was involved in Baron Rosaro's plan, huh? I have to find Baron Rosaro's weakness. After I hold the lecture I will crush the family to the ground. How dare they .. "murm Ellena growled while looking in the mirror before her.

Ellena realized that she had to go out of the room to have dinner with her father. Ellena stood up from her seat and went out of the room. He walked to the dining room. On the way Ellena thought of approaching the people who were on good terms with Baron Rosaro and persuading them all on his side, of course with a huge reward compared to the rewards Baron Rosaro offered.

"Dad .." said Ellena, seeing her father from afar.

The Grand Duke lowered his head in greeting. Ellena approached her father and said that at the Duke's Geand Castle, she was not the Imperial Empress, but the Son of a Grand Duke. Ellena admitted that she was uncomfortable when her father had to speak formally. And asked for his father to talk casually because he wanted to be more familiar with his father. Despite slight objections and after many times being persuaded, the Grand Duke was finally willing to accept Ellena's request.

"So, let me call my name" Ellena said.

Ellena was shocked, she felt as if she was back in her childhood. Where her mother is still with her. Ellena wiped the falling matany water, saying she was glad her father called her by her little name.

"Oh, yes ... Dad, tomorrow Mieta and I are going out. We're going to take a regular horse-drawn carriage, not a horse-drawn carriage with a family crest" Ellena said.

The Grand Duke looked at his daughter, "Mieta already said so. Where are you going?" tanyakanya.

"Just look around. After getting married where I can go as I please, all the palace residents can ridicule me The queen is unethical and irresponsible because it often comes out unclear." replied Ellena.

"Yes, okay. Do as you please. Dad won't ban you. Your words are indeed true, after living in the Palace, surely you will only be a bird in a golden cage. Though you really like to travel even if you just go around the market with Janette. Speaking of Janette, Butler said Janette and a knight left on your orders. Is there something?" ask the Grand Duke.

"Daddy don't know the news?" ask Ellena.

"About Baron Rosaro handing over his daughter?" answer the Grand Duke.

"What do you mean, Dad? surrender what?" asked Ellena not understand.

The Grand Duke told Ellena what he knew. Hearing her father's story, Ellena frowned curtailing in annoyance.

"Will the Emperor have the intention of appointing a concubine?" ask the Grand Duke.

"The emperor said nothing. Even if she becomes a concubine, I don't care either. As long as he doesn't bother me." replied Ellena.

"So that's the reason. Because of the war apparently. Could the Baron have no shame in giving his daughter to Winter? One by one I began to know, starting from the truth about Winter and Catharina's relationship, also the reason Catharina entered the palace." Ellena's inner self.

"What do you think, my daughter? tell Dad that you feel something uncomfortable" said the Grand Duke.

"Dad, may I ask you a question? is Baron Rosaro's family very influential? and how much influence?" ask Ellena. He wanted to know his father's view.

"You could say pretty strong. Baron Rosaro used to be just a commoner. Only a mercenary would win the war. Because meritorious, the late Emperor gave the title of Baron, a wife and a small territory for his territory. The hallmark of Baron Rosaro's family is that they have a strong, well-trained army. Even his army was stronger than the Empire's army because the Baron recruited people from mercenary members to join him. In other words, he was in control for power. Therefore the Emperor always called him in the face of a great war. It's just .. "all of a sudden the Grand Duke's story comes to a halt.

"Just what?" ask Ellena impatiently.

"No, no. It'sit's nothing. Dad might be wrong. Anyway you can't say anything bad to a war hero. So, forget it." replied the Grand Duke.

Ellena looked at her father with sharp eyes. He did not understand why his father wanted to keep something from him.