When I got closer, I saw the guards gathering many people in the village together, and I didn’t know what I was doing.

"This village has been blocked, please do not approach the idle people!"

Because Catherine was wearing an ordinary skirt, the guards did not recognize her at the first time and drove her away at a distance.

"Block down? What are you doing here?!" Catherine walked over directly. Now she didn't care about the issue of revealing her identity. Something was obviously not right.

"So it's His Highness the Princess!" When she approached, the guards recognized her and saluted in a hurry.

"Answer my question." Katherine frowned and stared at them.

"Because His Highness heard that many villages have recently experienced plagues, we have blocked all nearby villages to ensure the health and safety of the people in the palace." The guard replied.

"Nonsense! There is no plague at all!" Catherine was furious, but her heart became even colder.

Could it be...is it because of what I said to my father yesterday?

The guards stopped her and advised: "Your Highness the Princess is a daughter-in-law. Don't get close to such unclean places. Please come back soon."

"Get out of here!" Catherine said sternly: "Let me in, I will bear the consequences myself!"

Perhaps because her eyes were too sharp, the guards finally made way.

Catherine walked towards the villagers, and the guards on both sides saluted one after another. They had already heard the conversation here.

Lina was right in front of the villagers, staring at her former friend in a daze. Catherine would never forget her eyes at that time.

"Are you... a princess?" Lina said in disbelief.

Katherine looked at her with some guilt and nodded slightly.

"You've been lying to me?"

Catherine hurriedly explained: "No, I didn't mean to conceal my identity. I, I'm afraid you will..."

"Which princess are you?" Lina kept looking at her with complicated eyes, interrupting her and asking again.

"I'm...Catherine Howard."

After Katherine answered, the villagers behind Lina all showed shock and anger. If they said who they hated the most, it must be Prince Howard. Unexpectedly, this person turned out to be his daughter.

"Howard..." Lina smiled desolately, "It turns out that you were the ones who captured my father! You are the ones who said there is a plague here, right?"

"No...I never wanted to harm you..." Catherine shook her head repeatedly, but she explained so pale and powerlessly.

Because she really feels guilty, she is doing bad things by her own family no matter what, and the current situation is probably because of her own reasons.

Seeing Lina looking at herself with a strange and alienated look, Catherine went up anxiously to pull her: "Lina, come with me quickly! I will take you out of here, I will definitely find a way to protect you!"

Lina avoided her hand: "No need, there is also mother, relatives, and everyone in the village. How could I leave by myself? And His Royal Highness must not lack insignificant playmates like me."

"You are not insignificant! You are my best friend!" Catherine's heart hurt even more, and she could only argue powerlessly.

"You go, don't come again." Lina lowered her head, "We are not people from the same world, Your Highness should be your own noble."

Catherine staggered back two steps and suddenly said firmly: "No, I must find a way to save you! Please wait for me, I will ask others for help now, I will save you, I promise!"

Then she ran away without looking back. No matter what Lina and the villagers thought of me, I would find a way to save them.

After all, if it is confirmed that it is a plague, everyone in the village will be dealt with. As for how to determine it, it is not just a matter of the father's words?!

So Catherine didn't dare to delay and rushed back to the palace. She wanted to find her mother, so she should have a solution!

Or go and ask your father again?

Catherine was in a state of confusion and she had to do something, but she didn't know what to do.

But when she came to the depths of the palace, she unexpectedly found that her father was gathering with several powerful nobles for a meeting.

At that time, she had not yet run to the main entrance of the conference room, so the guards at the door did not notice her, and she happened to hear the words of her father from the hidden vent.

"The harvest has been really good during this period. It is indeed the most efficient to make the coolies in the mine work endlessly."

Hearing that they seemed to be talking about the coolies, Catherine stopped and listened carefully.

"Yes, it's already reached the last moment, and it's finally over." Another person laughed and said, "Have those people finished dealing with it?"

"Of course, no one is left, but he's almost dead anyway."

Catherine widened her eyes, and those coolies... were all dead?

Wouldn't that mean... Lina's father is...?

She held the wall with a pale face, but she connected it to the conference room without listening to the words.

If Lina knew about this, she would not forgive me even more...

No! Now is not the time to be sad, so I have to find a way to save her!

Catherine, who suddenly regained her consciousness, was about to leave quietly, but suddenly stopped.

Because she heard her father talking again: "Those villages? They happened to be dealt with in the name of plague, so that His Majesty would not say anything."

"Do these things before tonight, and then prepare to welcome the great moment! They don't know that the world is about to turn upside down! It will be our world in the future!"

After that, he was already crazy. What was even more terrifying was that none of the nobles raised doubts and began to cheer enthusiastically.

These people are crazy!

Catherine's face turned paler and she turned around and was about to run away, but she found that the other end of the corridor had been blocked by the guards.

"Your Highness, what are you doing here?" The fat man opposite him looked proud. He was the son of Grand Duke James.

Catherine realized that something was wrong, but she still pretended to be calm and said, "Why are you blocking the way for this princess? This is my Howard's palace!"

"I'm just ordered to patrol around to prevent anyone from getting close to here." The fat man said with a pleasure that he could finally take revenge: "So since His Royal Highness is here, we can only do our business and go with us!"

Seeing the guards surrounding him, Catherine said furiously: "What right do you have to do this?"

"The rights I give them." A voice came from the side, and Catherine's heart immediately became cold.

The people in the conference room obviously heard the movement outside and paused the meeting. Prince Howard walked out in person.
Chapter completed!