Five things were important right now.
The first was that Nathan's debut as the Crown Prince, was merely five days away.
The people of the Empire didn't know the face of their future Emperor because he had gone missing and rumoured to be dead, back when he was younger.
So this debut was highly anticipated.
Done reading the invite, I dropped it back down and mother picked it up, reading it for all to hear. I tuned out her words, and that of father's subsequent instructions which he passed out with a too big smile on his face.
The second important thing was proceeding with my plan to become Empress.
Father had revealed to me that the Emperor planned to hold a Crown Princess Selection, which I wasn't chosen as a candidate. I'd learnt Paisley and Megan were in the competition. Nathan couldn't just handpick a wife, without earning the ire of high ranking nobles, who their daughters were probably in the running.
