Inside the Zorander resident.

The family of Zorander welcomes the royal family. They were all very happy to see them.

Lord Zorander was also present in the receiving hall. He came out because he heard that the king has sent a representative. It will be disrespectful to the king if he did not come out to personally welcome him.

His eyes swell with pride when he saw his grandson. But since Richard and William were seat on the same side, everyone expects Lawrence who now knows the truth knew that he was looking at Richard.

Princess William got up and handed over the message his father has sent to lord Zorander. While Richard got up to inform their host of the reason the king has sent him there.

Lord Zorander simply nodded his head as he broke the seal and opened the paper that was sent. But the paper was blank. Lord Zorander nodded his head.

Lord Zorander looked at the people before him, although he understood what the king meant with the blank paper he still chose to allow his son to make the decision. The king was a

"Robert, this matter is related to your daughter, call her and find out if we should accept these gifts," lord Zorander instructed.

It was at this point that lady Bridget and her daughter came over to the receiving hall and welcomed the guests.

When Prince William saw Rose, his heart was quicked because he was smitten by her beauty. Lord Zorander noticed this but he pretended to see nothing.

Even Rose noticed the prince's gaze on her but she pretended not to notice. She did not like the prince anyway. Besides, who knows if the unreasonable lady Sam will try to make things difficult for her, now that she is the new madam of the family.

Jane arrived with a sweet smile on her lips. Although the prince and his mother had promised to visit her soon and make things official, she never expected them to arrive this soon.

"your highness," Jane bowed to the Queen and prince totally ignoring the young man that sat next to the prince. This was a direct disrespect since she should welcome all the guests. Richard did not find her behavior rude, after all the lady was his cousin.

" Jane you should welcome the king's representative," Robert scolded his daughter as he gave Richard an apology look. He did not really blame his daughter for her behavior, because to the best of his knowledge if Richard did not represent the king then his daughter did not have to acknowledge him.

In fact, Robert saw it as an insult for the king to send a nobody like Richard to him. He totally forgot that the king would not use just anyone to represent him. Robert could not tell what it was but Richard looked familiar to him even if he was certain that he was seeing him for the first time.

Jane smiled and bend her knee slightly to Richard before taking her seat next to her mother. Lord Zorander seeing the granddaughter and son attitude shook his head.

At first, when he saw Richard, he was scared that his son will notice he resembles Agatha, it turns out that Robert's ego has blind his sight. This made lord Zorander assured.

"The royal family are here bearing gifts, to ask your hand in marriage. Tell me, daughter, should our family accept this,?" Robert asked. He felt really satisfied seeing the royal family today. Now that his father has handed over the family power to him, he believed he can protect and stand behind his daughter.

It did not matter if the king has some son anywhere, non of those noble families will dare stand against the Zorander and Yancey.

In his mind, since he was now the family head, it made Lawrence under him, and so he would have to obey all his commands. So he is bold enough to think that the Yancey will stand by his side when the time comes.

"yes father," Lady Jane blushed as she answered her father's question. This settled the engagement between Prince William and Lady Jane of house Zorander.

Lord Zorander seeing this got up to his feet and invited Richard with him, this was expected, since the king had sent a message to lord Zorander.

Although it was the prince that brought the message, there was nothing wrong with him giving his reply to Richard.

Queen Regina was happy about this since she was curious about the king's message.

"Are you joining the competition tomorrow?" lord Zorander whispered as soon as they were in the study alone.

"yes, the king made me join, he even have me practice three times harder," Richard replied. Lord Zorander nodded his head as he took a paper from his table and wrote his short reply. He then folds the paper and places his seal on it.

"Do not let anyone pressure you into breaking that seal," he warned as he handed over the paper to Richard. Richard nodded his head and walked out of the study to join the Queen.

"Let me have the message from lord Zorander," Queen Regina order as soon as they were outside the Zorander house.

"your highness, the message is to be given to his majesty. As the king's representative you can not command me on what to do," Richard answered and join his carriage.

"What are you doing mother, if the seal gets broken father would find out what happened and you may be in trouble," Prince William was surprised by his mother's behavior.

"Do not talk stupid, only that servant boy will pay for it, after all, he was the one tasked with the message," Queen Regina replied.

"And you think father will be stupid to send a person he does not trust, besides we are still in front of the Zorander household. If you did not notice I did. That old man does not like me for his granddaughter. Given the message to Richard might be a trap. Besides we can always find out what the message says after the king reads it, " Prince William said as he walked into their carriage before his mother. Queen Regina thought about her actions earlier and realized that her son was right.

No matter what she might not go free as she thought. The old man must have indeed set a trap for them. She felt proud that her son was beginning to use his head.

Yancey resident.

" I heard Lord Zorander named Robert as his heir, don't you find his decision strange?" Lady Yancey asked her husband. They had just finished eating their dinner.

"It is indeed strange. That old man is planning something. I will not be surprised if he plans to destroy the Zorander household," lord Yancey replied. He could still remember his father warning him that lord Zorander can be a cold-hearted demon when he wanted to be.

" Why would you say that? " Lady Yancey could not accept her husband's words. After all lord Zorander had used his sweat and blood to make sure that the Zorander family remains standing.

Lord Yancey shook his head, it was obvious that lord Zorander wanted the Zorander household destroyed, why else will he let Robert take over, except he has plans to make Lawrence build a stronger house from the aches of the Zorander family. Besides he also heard that Jane was now officially engaged to the prince. This made lord Yancey more certain that the old man was up to something.

"When do you plan to tell Danny about lord Zorander's proposal to engage her to his grandson," lord Yancey changed the topic.

"Tonight," his wife replied.