All Chapters of The Queen's Doll: Chapter 11 - Chapter 20

Yuelan’s words sends chills down the minister’s spine, his brown eyes widens with terror as he realizes he has overstepped his boundaries. “No your highness,” he wails loudly, falling to his knees beside Master Chang. The King still wearing an amused expression turns to his Queen. “What is your judgement?” The throne grows quiet and chilled as they all wait for Yuelan’s pronouncement. The brunette stares at Master Chang with a cold expression, while she contemplates how best to set an example with him. The Palace needs to know that she is not someone to trifle, and what better way than to use a man who contrived to disgrace a maiden servant in her employ. “Death by execution,” she makes the same pronucement as the King, the look in her eyes giving the ministers a cause for concern. Even her father looked worried. The King grins slyly, proud of his Queen. He had seen something in the young woman’s eyes the first day he saw her, and watching her now proved his suspicion right. Yu

A-yan and Linhua have arranged the Queen’s dinner. A-yan sits calmly by the set table, and watches with an amused expression as Linhua paces from one corner of the room to the next, her eyes flickering to the inner chamber every five seconds. Puzzled by what the hell has the other servant restless, and eating a whole into her fingers, A-yan calls out to the brunette. “Are you alright, Linhua?” Linhua pasues at A-yan’s question and glances at her with a puzzled expression. “What do you think is keeping them inside?” She questions, coming to sit by the other servant. Without thinking she reaches out and pours a drink for herself. A-yan watches Linhua’s agitated action with a smile. “What are you doing? And no, I do not know what is keeping them inside.” “Huh!” Linhua looks at A-yan like she is crazy, not understanding a word she just said. A-yan laughs at the look of confusion on Linhua’s face. “I answered your question,” she says through her chuckle. Linhua thinks back to A-yan’s

At the Queen’s question, Linhua, who was about to take a bite of her food, paused, her eyes snapping to the blonde across from her. The chocolate brown depth was full of irritation. The blonde is once again the focus of attention. The brunette wondered if this was deliberate on the blonde’s part. Does she curry the Queen’s favour? Meilin, on her part, debates whether to tell the Queen her thoughts. Would she care? Would she listen? Again, the Queen’s words ring in her mind, harshly reminding her where she stands with the Queen. She is nothing to the Queen, and surely, the Queen wouldn’t bother about her feelings. While the greater percentage of her head speaks loudly of her nothingness to the Queen, a small part of her speaks softly, reminding her of the Queen’s action early this morning. She might have fallen out of favour with her fellow servants, but the Queen did defend her. So, which is the real Queen? The one who came to her defence or the one who dismissed her easily when c

Staring down at her mother coldly, Yuelan says. “Mother, what have I told you about hitting my servant?” Meilin never expected the Queen to come to her defence. She looked like a dark knight coming to save her. She stares up at her, her pupils dilated in awe, but her soul gets crushed at the next words that leave the Queen’s mouth. Furious at her daughter always acting irrationally and not taking her future or reputation seriously, the Queen’s mother lashes out at her, her expression raving mad. She snatches her hand from the Queen’s firm grip, while leveling her with a killing look. “Servant, you say? Are you sure she is just a servant?” She sneers at the young Queen, her expression full of disdain. The Queen’s father, sipping his tea quietly, looks up sharply at his wife’s words. He doesn’t understand what his wife is hinting at, and is confused by her words. Sharing the same boat with him is Meilin. A-yan looks on with interest, while Linhua wears a heavy scowl on her face. Yu

“Huh!” Meilin looks at the Queen, confused. What is she talking about? Which guard? She tried to think of any guard she could have been close to that angered the Queen, but came up with nothing. At the blonde’s confusion, Yuelan feels ridiculous for her question and the reason behind it. She can’t believe she felt jealous toward the blonde. What a ridiculous thing to feel for a plaything. “Never mind,” she waves away her question and turns away from the blonde. Meilin leans her head back against the carriage and closes her eyes. Her mind flows to her family back home, riddling her inside with homesickness. She wonders what her brothers are up to.Lost in thought, she fails to feel the Queen’s observing eyes on her. The young Queen watches the blonde’s face, captivated by her unique features, and held bound by her confusion as to why she feels so drawn to her. “Where are we going, your Highness?” Linhua questions with excitement. This is the first time they are leaving the palace,