Silence enveloped the room, so much so that you could hear a tiny pin drop on the floor. Not a single fork or spoon was moving, every eye was looking at either the grand duke, Sigrid, the king or the crown prince.
The grand duke's face paled in fright, he seemed to realize what he had just said, and how his words belittled the king and the crown prince. While he could look down on Sigrid's family because they were less powerful than he was, the king was different.
Everybody knew, there was nothing king Raff hated more than being looked down on. They held their breath, waiting for him to explode as he usually did in such situations. To their surprise, the king wiped his hands with a towel and then cleaned his mouth and stood up.
"Dinner is over, you can all leave." he declared in a grave voice.