Bab 70. Escape

"What's with your face and neck? why are you bandaged? are you hurt again?" asked Queen Alexandra when she saw the state of her daughter who was often injured lately.

"Just a small wound, it's nothing to worry about!"

"You fell off the horse again? how come you fell so many times? aren't you able to ride a horse well?" question after question angled the empress again, remembering how stubborn her daughter was.

"I'm just a little clumsy, can we change the subject? I know you don't really worry about me, mom!"

"What are you saying?"

"You're only worried if the king asks, why I got hurt when I didn't do anything?"

"Why are you being so rebellious? what are you really doing? you're hiding something from me that's why you're trying to find an excuse so I don't find out, is that right? do you want to be a cunning girl?"

"Aren't you the one who taught me to be a cunning woman, Mother? have you forgotten, how I could be like this and deceive everyon