Cloud Thinking

Helia simply packed herself up and was about to go to Hagrid to discuss the preparations for her birthday party when she saw Corinna walking towards her room in a hurry with a serious expression.

She had just turned the corner of the corridor and looked up to see Helia looking at her. She was startled for a moment, then quickened her pace and walked towards her.

"Greetings, Her Highness Helia." Corina simply bowed, then stood up and looked straight into Helia's eyes, as if she had something to say.

"You go find Hegem first. I want to talk to Corinna." Helia raised her hand to dismiss the maids who were following her, and took Corinna to the fountain not far away from the corridor.

"What's wrong, Corinna? Why are you in such a hurry? What big thing happened in the palace?" Helia asked.

Corina knelt down on her knees and said in a low voice, "I'm sorry, Your Highness, for not completing the task Your Highness ordered. Please punish me!"

Helia frowned, bent down and helped Corina up, "Talk properly, what happened that made you so flustered?"

Could it be that it was Stari's fault? But it wasn't Corina's fault. Claude had given the nod to keep them. What could she do?

Corina looked solemn, glanced toward the southeast, and whispered, "Your Highness Helia, last January, Princess Selassie gave birth to a little prince."

When Helia heard the news, she was stunned for a moment, then she took a deep breath and exhaled heavily, suddenly feeling a little confused.

It's fine that Starley entered the palace early, but how come a brother who was not in the original plot suddenly appeared? ? ? Claude, you are still strong and vigorous at your age!

[Oh my god, what kind of new character is this! Huh? Ah!]

【What the hell is going on here! 】

The system couldn't hold it anymore. In the original plot, there was only one prince, Eric, and two princesses, Helia and Starley. These concubines were just decorations in the early stage of the plot, but later they were all influenced by Starley and became her biggest supporters.

But how to have a child now???

Helia couldn't blame Corinna when she saw that she was blaming herself so much that she wanted to turn around and jump into the fountain and drown herself.

Helia knew very well that this matter was not her fault. She was just a head maid in charge of internal affairs. Even though she held the power of life and death over the descendants of the imperial concubines, it was only done at the suggestion of Helia and Claude. At most, she was just a knife, and Claude was the one holding the knife.

Helia calmed down, and after a little thought, she almost understood: "What does father mean?"

Corina nodded. "I didn't notice it at first. She hid it so well. It wasn't until something happened and she almost lost the pregnancy that I found out about it."

"I didn't dare to make the decision on my own on such an important matter, so I went to ask His Majesty for his opinion. At that time, the North was in the midst of a war, and His Majesty had been busy dealing with military affairs. He also received news that Prince Eric had gone deep into the front line..."

"His Majesty ordered me to take good care of Princess Selassie and protect the baby in her belly, but in fact, until the child was born, His Majesty Claude did not visit the princess once."

Helia understood that Claude was planning to start a new account. She had been missing for a long time, and it was estimated that she was in danger, and Eric was desperate to find her, even risking his life on the front line. If something happened to her, the position of heir would be vacant.

As the king of the empire, he had to put the interests of the empire first in everything. In order to avoid a situation where all the eggs in one basket were broken, he chose to keep this unexpected child. If Eric unfortunately died, he would at least have a new child to raise.

Due to the agreement with Madeleine, Claude did not allow other concubines to have offspring, but the situation is special now. Although he does not know how Princess Serasi avoided the contraceptive pills, the matter is now done. Even though he later learned that Eric and Helia were safe, he still chose to keep the child for the best interests of the empire.

Helia could understand the choice Claude made. After all, she had also made a choice between herself and Eric at that time. The empire could not be without an heir.

"Where's the child? Where's the princess?" Helia asked.

"Princess Selassie died during childbirth. As for the little prince, he is now being raised in Topa Palace and being taken care of by the maids in the palace." Corina replied, "This was arranged by His Majesty."

It is normal to kill the mother and keep the son, in case Princess Selassie's maternal family wants to use the little prince to do something.

Helia thought about it and made a decision: "Well, let's do this. Bring the little prince to my palace and I will take care of the child."

"Ah?" Corina was a little surprised. She thought Helia would hate this child very much. She came here this time hoping to inform her of the news in advance to avoid any misunderstandings if they suddenly met in the future. At the same time, it was also to remind Her Royal Highness the Princess that His Majesty intended to keep the child and not to do anything to him.

What does it mean to keep people under your nose now?

"Such a small child, if someone wants to do something to him, wouldn't it be a matter of minutes? I'm worried, so it's better to keep him under my watch."

"Go and bring the person over. Ask Xia Sha to help take care of him first. I will go to the Executive Hall to tell my father later. Just do it." Helia ordered.

Corina came back to her senses and met Helia's indifferent but intimidating gaze. She then realized that she had lost her composure.

"I will inform the people in Topa Palace to send the little prince here in a moment, Your Highness, don't worry."

"Well, is there anything else?" Seeing that Corinna was hesitant to speak, Helia asked again.

"Your Highness, there is indeed another important matter."

Corina sighed, not knowing how to start the conversation for a moment. If Her Royal Highness could tolerate the little prince, it might be because he was still young and posed no threat. However, if she knew that she had a sister...

Seeing Corina's tangled look, Helia vaguely guessed something and took the initiative to ask, "Are you going to talk about Stella?"

Corina's eyes widened instantly. She didn't expect that Helia not only knew her sister's existence, but also knew her name. Did they know each other before? But didn't His Highness just come back yesterday? How could they have the chance to meet?

"Yes, Your Highness Helia. Miss Starley was secretly sent to the palace a month and a half ago. After His Majesty met her, he asked me to arrange for her to live in the Quartz Palace in the farthest corner of the palace and asked me to keep the news secret."

Helia raised her eyebrows, "Then you dare to tell me, aren't you afraid that your father will blame you?"

"Your Highness Helia, you are now the most important mistress in this palace. I think you have the right to know about your family's affairs." Corina said seriously.

Helia then smiled with satisfaction, "I understand. I will discuss this with my father. You can go back and do your work with peace of mind."

"As ordered."

Ronnie has not come back yet, presumably he is still gathering information. Helia plans to confront Claude after she has a grasp of the situation, otherwise it would seem like she is making a fuss.

She went to find Hegham as planned. She was discussing the design of the dress with the tailors. After not seeing her for a long time, Helia felt that she looked much more haggard.

"Haigum." Helia called out, and when she saw the other person looking at her, she happily walked up to her and gave her a big hug.

"Hey, Princess Helia, why are you here?" Hegem's body was a little stiff, but he soon relaxed. He raised his hand and gently patted Helia's back.

She just thought that Helia had been apart from her for too long and she missed her too much, so she did this somewhat inappropriate behavior. Although her words were a bit reproachful, they were mostly scolding, just like a mother facing her little daughter's coquettish behavior, and she was full of joy.

"My father asked me to help you prepare for your birthday party at the end of the month, so I came here. Is everything going well?" Helia released her arms from the embrace and looked down at Hegemon. Seeing that there were more wrinkles on her face, she felt a little reluctant and gently smoothed her frowning brows.

"Your Highness has grown up and become sensible." Hegem smiled with relief, and then looked at the group of tailors behind him who were restrained by Helia's arrival, and couldn't help frowning, "I'm busy designing a dress for you now. I've found so many tailors, but none of them satisfy me."

"Your eighteenth birthday party is naturally going to be done to the best of our ability, but time is running out and I'm a little worried whether we can make it in time."

"How about letting me take a look? Anyway, the clothes are worn by me." Helia said, "The remaining ones can be made. Most of my clothes now don't fit me anymore. They all need to be redone."

Heigem hesitated for a moment, then nodded in agreement and called to the tailor behind him, "Go, bring the design sketch to His Highness."

Helia sat on a soft chair nearby, lazily crossing her legs and leaning her body, holding the design sketches handed over by the tailors in her hands and looking at them carefully.

"This looks good, stay."

"Wow, this bag is beautiful, keep it too."

"Hiss! What a bold and advanced design. I like it. I'll keep it."

"Wow, the waistline design is amazing, and the slits are so amazing!"

……

In the end, Helia didn't eliminate many designs, and almost all of them were kept. And every tailor was ecstatic because of Helia's affirmation, thinking that finally someone understood my design!

Hegham on the side: Forget it, as long as the child likes it, it turns out that she still has to watch it in person.

Of course, Helia knew that her decision-making difficulties made it difficult for her to pick the best one from so many beautiful designs, so she gave the task of choosing the dress to Hegham and planned to do something else.

"By the way, Heigem, my father said that you have the guest list for the birthday party, and asked me to come and see if we need to add any more people."

"I'll ask someone to send it to Your Highness' room. It's almost time for lunch, Your Highness should go back and rest first." said Hegem.

On the way back, Helia saw many servants busy moving things back and forth. She stopped one of them and asked, "Where did you move all the things?"

"Your Highness, Head Maid Xiasha said that the little prince should move to a secluded room in the east," the man replied.

Helia frowned, thought for a moment and said, "Go and tell Xia Sha to clean up the room next to mine and let the little prince move in there."

"It's close to me, so it's easier for me to look after it. I don't have to go far to find someone."

The man should be a servant of Topa Palace. Facing Helia's request, he seemed a little embarrassed and advised: "Your Highness Helia, the little prince is very noisy now. If he moves next to your house, I'm afraid it will affect you."

She also couldn't figure out what Helia's attitude was towards the little prince. She was newly recruited to take care of the little prince. She didn't know Helia very well, but she had heard of her reputation for being arrogant and domineering, and thought Helia was going to deal with the little prince.

The little prince lost his mother when he was born, and she had taken care of the child little by little, so she had some feelings for him. Naturally, she didn't want the little prince to fall into Helia's hands.

But she was insignificant and just a little maid, so how could she have any say in Helia's arrangements?

"I've always felt that my Amber Palace is too quiet. It's good for the little prince to make some noise. It's better to live a lively life than a lonely one, right?" Helia didn't mind. After all, there were servants watching over her, so the noise wouldn't come to her.