I’ve been spoiled by the prince? How I have no idea?

It was the night and I was helping the empress with her food.

"Your majesty, This is a special dish from where I was born they call it rice balls," I explained.

"Rice balls? Such a weird sounding name, but many of the dishes I have tried from you Ku always please me, so I will try them." She replied.

I handed the plate with the three rice balls on them.

The prince had come and had tried one himself.

"Ku makes the yummiest food, I wish he could be my chef in my palace." He muttered.

"This servant wouldn't dare do that," I replied.

"Ku? I always noticed your dialect? Could you teach me some words please I would love that." He said.

"As you wish," I replied.

[Ohayōgozaimasu]

"It means good morning your highness," I explained.

[Denka]

"Means Your highness."

"I see, So smart indeed." He replied "Ku how do you say cute in your place of speech from your home place?"

[Kawaii]

"K-Kawaii." He spoke.

"Ah Denka, This servant wouldn't dare think that this servant is above anyone else," I said quickly.

"My dear son, You called Ku cute while trying to say the word, causing him to blush. Haha, Ku your speech is so odd, It seems I'll have his majesty know that the prince will be learning this speech from you." She spoke.

[Ma-ka Watashi wa aete shinai]

"I mean, Your majesty I wouldn't dare!" I shouted.

"None sense, This is final." She spoke.

[Gomen'nasai!]

"I mean, Sorry Your majesty. This servant apologizes for being stubborn against you." I said.

"Ku you haven't stood against anyone in this palace since the day A former general tried to kill my late father in law and take the throne." She spoke.

"I just don't like being mean to people, Your majesty. Like how they treated me and the people who lived with me, rather even the lord didn't even stop them from killing them one by one." I muttered under my breath.

It was the next morning and his highness came and I taught him many more words, but he always followed me around every day, seeing what I do and how I talk to people.

"Ku, Todays an important day right?" He asked.

"Oh, your highness didn't know? It's my birthday. I'm the oldest servant in this palace, or anywhere in the imperial city. So as a tradition the Empress dowager throws me a birthday party and tries to guess my age if they win, they get 100,000 gold." I explained.

"Has anyone won yet?" He asked.

"Nope, only the late emperor knows, when I was that age, but Empress has gotten close yet." I replied "This way to the party."

I walked to the garden as the empress dowager sees me and his highness with me.

"Greetings to the empress dowager, May you live for many long years," I spoke.

"Ku, you've served in this palace even when I was A young girl, you don't over 16." She spoke "It's a happy day, my first grandson is celebrating here with you."

"Grandmother, I don't believe he's really old." A small voice speaks.

"Greetings to your highness." I speak "I am a lot older then you think dear highness, I know why your named Shi, only your mother told me why."

"My mother, been she's been dead for over ten years." Shi spoke "Wow you are old."

"I thank you for thinking I'm young." I replied "I thank you for throwing a birthday party for me, even though I'm far too old for birthday party's."

"Too old? Hardly Ku." His majesty spoke.

"Greetings to your majesty, May you have—"

"You're always too polite, I heard from my Queen your teaching, My dear son of your speech quiet." He spoke.

"Well Yes your majesty, I am, as per requested and I can't turn down requests for the most part," I spoke.

His majesty walks away as Yuki came up to me and asks "Ku, were your siblings? Do they serve in the palace as well?"

"Well, my sister is...Your highness's eldest brother's main wife consort, while my brother serves as his majesty great general, I was supposed to be named "Imperial physician" but I'm too old for that now." I explained "I also heard that my youngest brother is in..Qi married to my sister in law who happens to be a princess, my parents live in the imperial city, I believe."

"Wow Ku your family is amazing, so how come you still work in the palace?" He asked.

"Oh..Cause I don't know how to work any job so I stay as a servant, You know your grandfather would say "For such a good servant, you suck at everything else." It was true you know." I replied.

He grabbed and gave me a hug, "Your so Kawaii!"

[Ā, Anata wa Watashi o hazukashiku omoimasu, Anata no denka o tomete kudasai! Onegaishimasu!]

"Your highness I think you've embarrassed Ku gong gong." A servant spoke.

"I might have, I don't speak fluently in his speech yet but I'll try." He said.

"Dear child let Ku go, well never know what he's saying if you keep making him nervous like this." She spoke.

"Ahem, this servant is sorry for causing great trouble for your majesty," I spoke.

It was later that day when I was cleaning up after the party and the other servants were refusing to help clean.

"Um...Why are you not helping clean up?" I asked.

"Why should we help an old spoiled looking servant? We have better things to do than help you clean up for your own "birthday party" that the royals threw for you." One explained "Better yet we should leave you here to..die."

They pushed me to the ground as I dropped a plate to the ground as it shattered, it was a gift from the empress.

As his highness ran over here, to see me have little cuts and the plate broken on the ground.

"Forgive me, your highness, this servant was not paying attention and her majesty's gift was broken this servant well have to be punished in order to compensate for such a clumsy mistake," I said.

He looked at me and saw the looks of the other servants, "Why are you not helping him up, he's your senior servant? You dare disrespect my royal mother's personal servant in front of this prince? Mere servants dare disrespect this prince?"

"Ku gong gong, we'll help you up." They spoke rather quickly.

"This servant doesn't need your help, you servants should clean while this servant gets scolded," I spoke.

"Why would Ku get scolded? Clearly, they pushed him." Her Majesty spoke.

"Royal mother?" He asked.

"Greetings to her majesty," I spoke.

"Ku, I know you feel bad for your gift being destroyed. It's alright I won't punish you as you haven't done anything wrong, it's these nasty servants, having Ku be so carefree and not scolding you on your mistakes and taking punishments for you young servants knowing he could die any day and you wouldn't care at all." Her majesty explained, "So you should all get heavily punished but since Ku pleaded for you, cause he's a very respected person in my eyes, you shall get punished by my dear son instead."

"You servants for making a servant higher ranked then you and casing royal mother's birthday gift for Ku shattered, you will face the same fate but worse have them work in hard labor, The meanest one there is!" He shouted.

The guards took them away.

"This servant will take his leave now, Your majesty, Your highness." I spoke.

I left for the new courtyard that I was forced to move into as I heard murmurs from the servants among the crowds.

"How dare a mere servant gets favored by his highness!" A young lady shouted at me.

"Lady Ai, please calm your anger. He's her majesty's personal servant, he was moved here in order to teach his highness, his highness just took a liking to him." Her maidservant explained.

"That doesn't matter, you'll kneel there till his highness returns!" She shouted.

"As you wish my lady," I replied.

I walked over there to the pathway and kneeled before her, waiting indeed I was.