<h4>Chapter 95: Forcing a horse offtrack.</h4>


    Mauve bent over the railing, observing the interaction through Sigrid’s binocrs.


    "If I were a betting woman, my money would be on that Mrs. Bumblebert, she is not easy to deal with. Her tongue cuts sharper than ss, just look at her. She is running circles around everyone by taking advantage of her age. You are right, she is shameless."


    Mauve chuckled deliciously, she was enjoying what she considered to be Emmah’s take down immensely.


    With a scoff, she added, "She ns to serve the king who does she think she is? Did the king offer her a position in his court? She did not even bat her eyes or im her innocence when she was used of climbing into your husband’s bed."


    Sigrid sneered, "Why would she? The rumor is good for her and a p in my face."


    "That is why I call her second Rina." Mauve said and sheughed gleefully along with Sigrid.


    They continued to watch the mess outside which Rnd was now fed up with and he was ready to head inside to avoid further interaction with Mrs. Bumblebert.


    When he turned to leave, Emmahtched onto his hand out of the blue.


    "Your highness, let’s go in, this woman is crazy."


    The crowd was not sure how to react, Emmah’s hand on Rnd’s arm was a big deal. Unless it was his wife or a rtive, it was a big deal if the crown prince held another woman in public.


    "Ooh, I am going to dismantle her right now." Mauve groaned.


    Sigrid shook her head and stopped her friend. "Don’t bother, Emmah doesn’t even see what she is doing. Right now, she has to decided between public opinion and exining the issue to Rnd, guess which she is most desperate to do?"


    "Exin to the prince I guess." Mauve answered uncertainly.


    Sigrid nodded, "If you want a horse to go offtrack, you must put out so many obstacles and distractions that it takes the wrong path without realizing."


    Emmah was the horse, while she was busy running after Rnd, she would not aplish much. By this time in the original book, she had opened a restaurant, sent for her mother, owned a house in the capital and she had met with the king who she pleased immensely that he made her the assistant of the Lord mage.


    Her reputation as the divine messenger was spotless, a dozen suitors were running after her and she was nting fruits on Stormwind castle farms.


    Also, she would also be working with Lord Bailey to change thews on marriage. But now she was far offtrack, Sigrid was slowly reducing her into one of those book characters that only run after men.


    Emmah’s actions were frowned upon, especially in the light of those circumstances.


    "You dirty slut, how dare you do this in public!" An enraged Mrs. Bumblebert stood up and run towards Emmah and Rnd.


    Before the knights could intervene, she pulled Emmah away from Rnd and pped her. "How dare you do this to my son? I can see that what people are saying is true."


    She put a hand in Emmah’s hair and pulled on it roughly, Emmah screamed and shoved Mrs. Bumblebert away with strength but the older woman attacked again with vigor. Suddenly, a scuffle ensued, which took everyone by surprise.


    The knights intervened, pulling the two women apart, Mrs. Bumblebert was shrieking and Emmah was pale. Rnd did not know how to handle the issue so he just started walking into the castle gates, quickening his steps.


    To wrap up the moment, Emmah put a hand on her mouth, coughed up some blood, disyed her palm out for everyone to see the blood and then she fainted.


    "There we go." Sigrid chuckled.


    For a moment, there was stunned silence and then two knights rushed out from a royal carriage that was just arriving, it belonged to the princess Thssa. One of the knights carried Emmah and started running into the Vale but before he could enter, a line of servantsmanded by one stern faced woman blocked him.


    "I demand passage, miss Emmah is sick, she needs to see a doctor immediately." The knight said.


    The stern faced woman maintained her stoic face. "This is the residence of the crown prince and princess, not a public hospital. As you can see, miss Emmah’s presence has stirred up a lot of inappropriate trouble, it will be best if her medical care is sought from somewhere else from now on. The crown prince will cover all expenses of course." She looked back and waved her hand.


    Out from the Vale, a carriage was driven out, the stern faced woman looked at the driver and instructed, "See to it that she is situated appropriately, after which, rent a house for her on Waterbeer row.


    Make sure that it is fully furnished and pay one year worth of rent and groceries to be delivered weekly. Hire two servants for her, they will be paid by this estate for a year after which, if miss Emmah wishes to retain the, she must undertake their payments personally.


    Also, visit a dressmaker and retain a year’s worth of services for miss Emmah, when she has settled, her gifts for saving the life of the crown prince will be paid."


    Her words were loud, she was being deliberate, ensuring that everyone would know and word would spread.


    "Everyone else,e in and close the gates." shemanded.


    The knights did not know who the woman was, her face was new but they had seen her arriving withdy Mauve whose arrival they had been expecting. They also noticed that Sigrid’s maids and Brolin were willing to listen to the woman so they did as she said.


    The gates were closed firmly and the knights who stood guard outside even revealed their swords and bore their teeth and passers by. If anybody approached, the consequences would be serious.


    In the castle, Sigrid and Mauve were making their way downstairs, talking about what had just transpired. Sigrid was particrly impressed by the older woman that had taken charge swiftly and decided to kick Emmah out in full view of the public while making it known that she was still being taken care of by the prince’s estate.


    "Let me guess, that is Mrs. Elsworth."


    In an apologetic voice, Mauve replied, "Now you know what I was talking about, we have been here for less than an hour and she has already whipped your servants into shape." She sighed.


    "How did she do it?" Sigrid asked out of genuine curiosity.


    Mauve shrugged, "I think she is a witch, nobody can say no to her, ever."


    "I must admit that I like the way she handled things so efficiently, I can see why your mother rmended her. With her at the helm, I will not have to worry about my maids learning royal etiquette."


    Mauve sighed again, she wondered how Sigrid would react when Mrs. Elsworth’s disapproving eye was turned on her. It had the amazing power to make one squirm like a worm under intense heat.


    "What do you think miss Emmah will do when she opens her eyes and realizes that she has lost her residency here?"


    Sigrid’s lips moved upwards in a very happy smile, she could not wait to peek into Emmah’s mindter and see how she nned to handle this situation. It would be best if Mrs. Bumblebert was moved into that house to take care of her daughter-inw as she desired.