Chapter five

To save the maiden king, Ricardo had different thoughts and hard decisions to make in reward to jenipher for saving his life and for the love she had for her kingdom.

he thought of giving her a present and the question of which present would suit such a tender heart, again the idea of making her the head maid came as if that was not enough he thought of adopting her as his daughter and crowns her the new Princess of boltar kingdom.

this new idea made him so happy and jovial, it could be seen on his face all over, his people kept on wondering why he could be that happy yet he had just lost her beloved Princess to the evil forest due to her greed and stupidity.

the King called his kingsmen to share with them the new idea he had in his mind for the reward to jenipher the savior and the betterment of their kingdom.

he thought it wise to share the issue with his beautiful wife, the Queen of boltar, despite being offended by his actions she was still the mother to his Princess. he could not miss sharing with her such a serious issue.

he called his beauty to his room and shared with her the meeting he was planning to have with the kingsmen and also informed her that he wanted her too to attend.

the Queen asked, what's the agenda? the King answered back...the maidens issue. she went ahead and inquired...what about her? the King hesitated to answer... and she insisted on her question this time in a loud voice, what about her? King did not have any option other than to explain.

he said to her... you know jenipher saved our kingdom and my life too, I was thinking of a better way of rewarding her. the Queen looked at the king with unhappy eyes. He then went ahead to explain further his idea on how to do it.

Isabella asked..what's the idea in place? Ricardo responded. I want to adopt jenipher as my daughter and to crown her be the new Princess of boltar kingdom, he added his reasons for having such thought....that she's kind, loving, respectful and honest too.

the room went silent for so many minutes but when the queen opened her mouth the only word that came out was noooo. And before I do this I have to share with our kingsmen.

she made a very loud noise that forced the guards and the maids to run into the room to come find out what was going on, the king would not spill the bean before it's chewed so he decided to calm down and tell the guards there is nothing wrong, they had to go back to their work through with all kinds of thoughts.

in all their working lives in that palace, they had always known peace peace peace.

Queen Isabella was invited to the meeting. though she was not for the idea she had to attend to oppose the king. she could sit back and see the maid who betrayed her daughter take the Princess position and enjoy the pledges yet her girl is in the evil forest.

King Ricardo sent a message to the kingsmen that they were all needed at the palace for a special meeting. all of them accepted the invitation and noted their purpose to attend.

when all were seated for the meeting, the king ordered one man to lead them in opening prayers. they all arose up for the devotion. after the prayers all, we're seated down in readiness to listen to the word from the king.

The King started by thanking all members for accepting to honoring the call, he appreciated their efforts for the benefit of the kingdom. he also welcomed them to the palace for the discussion.

the members were so happy except the Queen who had a very long face all along, the king's men were impressed by the facial expression from the king, it showed that things were well. this left them with a lot of expectations

he reminded them of the past happenings in their kingdom, the assassination attempt, the savior, the banishment of the victims...all of them listened so keenly.

after a long narration, the king opened up and disclosed to them why he had called them to the palace. he said...following all that jenipher had done to their kingdom he had decided to adopt her as her daughter and crown her as the new Princess of boltar kingdom...now I called you here to share with you and also get your support.

before he could finish his speech, the king's men shouted in happiness and clapped so hard for the king. on the other hand, Queen Isabella did not agree with them and swore over her dead body that such a thing will never happen.

her threats did not the meeting from proceeding. they discussed at length the benefits that could be obtained from the adoption notion. they all agreed to embrace jenipher as their new Princess and urged the king to work his ways fast and announce the news to the whole kingdom.

the King then mandated the messengers to go round the kingdom and call everyone to report to the palace. within no moment the announcement went around and every member was excited to come to listen to the good news.

when they came to the palace the king could not wait to break the good news to his people. he welcomed them then told them that the kingdom has a new Princess is that they all knew his daughter had been thrown into the evil forest.

each one of them was eager to know the new Princess, even jenipher did not have a hint that it was her to announced.

he stood up and greeted the crowd, and said to them we are happy as a kingdom that the good Lord has blessed us with a new Princess and this none other than jenipher Dominic.

people were so happy and celebrated jenipher with joy, jenipher herself was shocked at the news and collapsed. they carried her under a tree and did her some first aid.

King Ricardo did all these because he saw Jennifer's worthiness.