Roses blooming in the heart

"Did you give him the cookies you made for me?"

Abelide suspected that she had heard wrongly, so she grabbed Elena who turned around and wanted to leave directly, and repeated what she had just heard.

"Yes."

Elena, who originally thought it was nothing, looked up and saw that Abelide looked not so good, and her voice was much softer.

Then after seeing Abelide's face darken suddenly, Elena quickly said as if to make amends: "Well, this is not very well made, I'm afraid you won't like it... Besides, he looks a bit pitiful, so I……"

Elena's voice became smaller and smaller, and finally disappeared.

Abelide looks so scary.

Elena wanted to find a place to shrink down so as not to meet Abelide's eyes now, but the reality was always cruel.

"Where are the cookies you made for me?"

Abelide asked Elena in a low voice.

"this."

Elena carefully handed the other paper bag to Abelide.

Abelide took the bag and opened it and looked at it. It should be cookies, or chocolate flavor, but the shape is not very good-looking, not many round ones, more rectangular or other shapes.

He picked up a piece and put it in his mouth to taste it.

"No, don't eat a whole piece at once!"

Elena quickly stopped her when she saw it, but it was already too late. The biscuits were originally made to be eaten in one bite, and no one would intentionally split them into two bites.

Then, Elena saw Abelide's expression becoming somewhat solemn.

Elena didn't dare to look, so she stretched out her hand to cover her eyes.

She likes chocolate, so when she makes it, the more chocolate she puts in, the better, and she puts her favorite kind of bitter chocolate with almost no sweetness. She puts too much chocolate in it, fearing that it will affect the original taste of the chocolate later. The taste is even better as not much sugar is added.

Now that I'm out of it, I realize that it doesn't taste good and is both bitter and greasy.

"I didn't give that kid much."

Elena collapsed a little, the first time the cookies were made like this.

"It's okay, at least it's not burnt."

Abelide touched the top of Elena's hair and said comfortingly: "It's already pretty good."

Later, when she returned to the palace, Elena wanted to get the bag of biscuits back from Abelide, but Abelide shied away with various reasons and finally refused to take it back.

Elena didn't understand this very much.

Why don't you give those disgusting biscuits back to me?

Does she really want to eat it?

Elena didn't understand, but she didn't have much time to think about it, because since she came back that day, she had another class, and the content of this class was quite troublesome.

Abelide put the bag of biscuits in a special biscuit box and placed it on the table in the study. When she was tired from dealing with affairs, she would eat one or two pieces to refresh herself.

There have been some troubles recently that have caused Abelide a headache.

"Your Majesty, do you want to identify an heir?" Hathaway stood opposite Abelide and reported on the situation in recent months. The country's economy and politics are still stable and improving. There is nothing to worry about, but those old nobles They have a new way to fight against Abelide, and this reason is legitimate enough that Abelide cannot refute it.

Since the queen took the throne, the country has been prosperous and firmly positioned as the most powerful country in the interstellar world. But until now, there is no queen and no heirs.

Although there is a Princess Elena, Princess Elena is only under the connivance of Abelide and has not systematically learned how to handle government affairs. She will only replace Abelide at some events that require royal members to attend in person. An important occasion to show up.

What's more, Elena's bloodline is unknown, and the old nobles do not recognize her as the heir to the throne.

Abelide has been bothered by these things recently and doesn't have much time to spend with Elena, so the little guy has lost a lot of smiles on his face.

"Who is confirmed as the heir? Elena?"

He tapped his fingers on the table, his impatience clearly showing.

Hathaway had seen Abelide's current appearance, and was not as scared as she was at first. She continued to lower her head and said respectfully: "Princess Elena is the most suitable candidate. The other candidates recommended by the nobles are all under age." He said that his blood relationship with you is also very far away, almost non-existent."

Abelide didn't say anything, but remained silent for a long time before saying:

"Do you think Elena can do it?"

Elena doesn't like to deal with political affairs. She prefers to study music, dance, painting...

"But we have no other choice, Your Majesty."

Hathaway also watched Elena grow up to this point. Of course, she knew that Elena didn't like political affairs, but they had no way to find a qualified heir now.

"Her Royal Highness Elena has a high support rate among the people. Her Royal Highness needs to shoulder the responsibilities of a member of the royal family."

Abelide finally avoided the question and asked about something else.

"Let's not talk about this matter for now. Let's talk about the results of the latest new laws on children's protection and related welfare."

After hearing this, Hathaway did not continue to ask any more questions and answered Abelide's questions respectfully.

"The situation is currently improving, and the census of children across the country has been stepped up..."

Although Abelide did not immediately agree to let Elena receive the education that an heir to the throne should have, it also left traces in her heart.

So during dinner, Abelide told Elena that she wanted to learn how to deal with government affairs, but the course was relatively easy overall, and Elena did not refuse and studied obediently.

Occasionally, he could answer Abelide's questions fluently.

This also made Abelide very satisfied, but she was not determined to let Elena really study all political affairs and attend some important occasions alone.

This situation lasted until Elena's fourteenth birthday.

Like every year in the past, Abelide held a grand banquet for Elena, but at this banquet, the candidates for the throne proposed by the nobles also came. They were some people who had been with the royal family several generations ago. The married nobles are carefully cultivated by this generation.

Naturally, they would not take the initiative to challenge Elena, but that would not be the case for the younger siblings who were also brought here.

She is the youngest person in the family, she is loved by all, and she has heard many times that her brother and sister may inherit the throne and become the empress or emperor in the future, so they do not have that much respect for Elena.

For example, the youngest son of the Marquis of Stosey, a well-known little devil among the nobility, was spoiled rotten by his family members, and he acted like he was the best to everyone.

Not many children of the nobles wanted to play with him.