The Villainess Is Tired

(A while ago: The Empress and Royal Siblings Talk)

Chapter 16

"Brother, do you think that it was lady Ashlyn's plan?" Alejandro questions his brother whose eyes were closed. He slowly opens his eyes and said 'No'. "I think she is protecting the suspect. Not only that while noticing she isn't afraid of anything that will happen. No panicking. She was really calm. But still, she protected the real mastermind." He seriously said. "Hmm, if that's the case I think she was bribed. Or threaten that's why she didn't spill the beans of who was the culprit." He shakes his head, "No, she was not bribed or threaten. I think she intended to protect him/her. Because if she was threatened, she must have trembled and scared of the mastermind. She must have cried a while ago. And If you think it was just an act *Alejandro was thinking of it just now* I also think it was not. Her calm and expressionless face was real. It was all real. The way she apologized and the way she acted was all real there was no trace of faking it. It was like she already expected it to happen" Alejandro ruined his hair he keeps thinking and thinking.

They arrived at the palace they saw their mother waiting for them while drinking her tea. Their mother Anya Rose La Rosenches Lune is really sweet and polite to other people but she's like a furious warrior when she heard something bad or wrong happened to her family or some situation. Or if something valuable has gone missing. Alejandro felt chills while Claude felt her mother's furious aura. Her mother then released her wooden stick "Alejandro Felix La Rosenches Lune. I heard you lost your brooch at the party in the De Alegro residence? Claude, dear, what happened at the party? Can you explain while I'm hitting your brother?" Claude obediently nodded. Alejandro on the other hand was now running. This happened if something bad happened. Their mother releases her beast side. Alejandro already knew it will happen because her mother always scolds or hit him but not really hard. His brother Claude also was hit by their mother once or twice but it's like once in a blue moon that will be happening.

Alejandro was running away from her mother who was chasing him and hitting him with her wooden stick. Anya their mother was hitting and scolding Alejandro. The empress said to Alejandro that the brooch is important jewelry of the royal family their royal family and all. Things like this don't often happen but it will just happen if the empress heard of what his crazy sons did or his husband the emperor did. That's why all of them don't want the empress to lose her temper because they know she has a long temper but if her temper goes short. There will be a big commotion going on. They were running around the whole room. On the other hand, Claude told her mother what happened at the party. How they met lady Ashlyn. How the commotion started. How the brooch was stolen. And how Ashlyn protected the mastermind.

The empress stopped hitting Alejandro when she heard his older son said. Then Alejandro ran towards the back of his older brother like a scared cub hiding from its mother lion "Lady Ashlyn is protecting the real mastermind. But the culprit is still unknown. I don't why she is protecting him/her. And looking at her she was not threatened nor bribe. The way she acted a while ago was really real like she knew all of this was going to happen. Mother, what do you think? Why did lady Ashlyn protect the culprit?"

Empress Anya was confused and curious why do his sons want to be hook by the adopted daughter of the De Alegro family? Did they have a liking for the lady? She sat again in her chair and let his two sons sat opposite to her. "If you think that she was not bribed or threaten nor she acted all of that. And you also said that she was protecting the real culprit. Then maybe you were right Claude maybe she knew all of this would happen. And I think she knew the culprit before the stealing happen. She was insulted and framed but she didn't fight back. I think she is not weak but she didn't want to fight back," their mother didn't finish what she said "So, tell me what's the lady's attitude and characteristics are. And also, what she looked like. Because I think you two took a liking at her." She smirked while Alejandro and Claude slightly blush.

They didn't hesitate to talk and praise Ashlyn while talking to their mother. Alejandro talked that she is really lovely and brave happily. And Claude shyly told her that she's cute and intelligent and he notices that Ashlyn likes reading. Their mother was smirking and laughing endlessly.

She knew that her sons like her "Then if there is a chance, I will invite her here to have a cup of tea with me." She saw her two sons that were nodding happily and their eyes were sparkling.