Chapter:-15

The wedding day arrived. It was such a rush inside the castle, with people going in and out. A wedding ceremony was planned to be held that night. Queen Maryes dragged Ashly to the bathing house for the traditional bathing ritual. Ashly never knew that such weird things existed. But her mother told her that it was a cleansing of the virgin bride in order to be presented to her future husband.

She had also brought a few maids from Chandland. Altogether, they helped Ashly into the pool of warm water filled with lotus petals. Then they applied a mixture of pearl powder and goat milk to Ashly's skin. Then they applied olive oil to her hair and combed it.

Now Ashly was sitting on a stool in her room and pouting.

Her mother and maids had so much fun dressing her up. They put a cloth on the mirror in front of him. She was glaring at all of them.

Ashly was now wearing a white cotton shirt and white pants that hugged her body. Her mother wore golden earrings and a gold necklace. Her mother