Chapter 92: a business venture

"Your highness" just when I was about to walk out, I heard someone calling me, and I turned back.

"Monique Elena '' here goes my good mood out of the window, this lady would not let me go without gossiping or taunting me about my marriage.

"Oh, what a great surprise to see you here." she faked happiness coming towards me and I smiled too.

"Indeed it was a big surprise to see you here, Monique Elena," in fact, shock it is.' 

"Oh, is that so. I wonder why! Because I often go shopping, you know my husband loves to spend money on me. So you can see me here most of the times." she replied laughing, 

'See I had said so, she already started the taunting.'

"Oh, I can understand that Monique Elena, since your title is only for names. All the responsibilities are done by Isabella's mother Monique Adelia. You must be free to roam around.

I wish I could do so too, but as you know her majesty had personally requested me to invite her to my palace, so I stay a little busy these days" I replied making an apologetic face but her face contorted.

"I can understand, we need to fill our time with other things too when we don't have a husband and children with us.'' Wow, her courage has increased since last time.

"Oh, is that the reason your husband always asks you to go and shop around. Oh, my, that's very bad of marquees. He should spend at least some time with you." I replied, shaking my head in an apologetic manner.

"You" she must be thinking of subtle words to continue but I had more work to do.

"Monique, Elena, it was nice talking to you, but I am getting late. You know my son is waiting for me at home. See you on the weekend then." with that I walked away, but I knew she was still stomping her feet there.

"Lina, put all the bags in your carriage, I am going to buy the last gift for her majesty." me and Roselia walked towards the most expensive jewellery shop, and I am proud to say, it belongs to my father, it was the only store he was left with now because it was in the name of my brother.

"Welcome, your highness"

They all bowed and I nodded, walking in.

"It has been a long time to see you, your highness. Is there any special occasion for which you want to buy jewels," he asked and I nodded.

"I am here to buy the recent tiara I had heard about some new gemstones in the market, small rose quartz and hematite crystal," I replied and he was stunned.

"My lady, we don't keep a good stock of rose quartz and hematite, nobles mostly don't buy them" he replied apologetically and I nodded, of course, one was black and one was a dull pink, it didn't have value, lustre or anything attractive worth buying for, that's why they were mostly called waste.

"I know, Rubin, I want raw pieces not made up of jewellery. So getting it, won't be that difficult. Would it?" I asked and he contemplated, but then shook his head.

"No, we found them a lot in the mountain area and mining areas, so it would not be that difficult, your highness"

"Good then I want to buy lots of it, more and more you can have and other stone too, take this, I want this tree is to be made of rose quartz and this is for hematite, I want you to form pearls from it, then it should have these type of pearl sets and this for men too.'' I showed him a few designs.

He was happy and amazed to see the rose quartz but his brows furrowed when he saw the hematite gemstone jewellery.

"My lady are you sure? Who would like to wear, black pears it would look inauspicious.'' He replied and I chuckled. Black was always hated, he was not wrong to think like that, but I would start a new trend.

"Don't worry about it Rubin, do my work well and you will be rewarded handsomely," I added and he could only nod.

"Your highness, the tiaras are here" announced the sales girl and we concentrated on that.

"I would buy that emerald one."

"Your highness, if you are buying for her majesty, buy the ruby one or the sapphire one, they are heavier and more royale," he suggested and I shook my head.

"They are heavy and burdened ones, you would not understand because you are not the one who wears them all day, I did not understand in the past too." I shook my head, heavy jewellery did not make you look royale, your aura did.

Though I was still in love with my beautiful dresses, I did not look for a heavy jewelled one now. I looked for something different and matching my style of something bold and strong.

"Pack it, and fix the approx bill of the jewellery I had asked you to make" I ordered and once again he was looking shocked.

I thought the days of looking people shocked ended when the palace staff started behaving normally again.

"You heard it right, Rubin, give me the bill, I would be one to pay when I am buying it, shouldn't it be like that?" he shook his head and then nodded and then shook his head.

I sighed,

"Your highness, it's your father's store," he said and I nodded, of course, I knew that.

"But I am married now" I stated the obvious and he nodded.

"Then, let your husband, I mean, his highness pay for it" and with that, we came back to the point from where the discussion was started.

"But I am the one buying that, not him" I reasoned but he shook his head.

"Your highness, after marriage, the man pays for his wife, that's what his highness should do," he stated affirmed and I rubbed my head, a headache was about to form.