Chapter 202: start of the battle

Katherine pov

"What do you mean by I can not enter the office? Do you even know who i am! I can throw you in prison in an instant for your insolence."

"I apologise, but we are following her majesty's order, your highness"

"What do you mean? I work here. This is my office too" i heard Rosemund shouting and it really made me furious.

"Let her come in" I said in a low voice yet the guard heard it well and let her enter.

See there was no need to shout like a banshee all the time!

"What does it mean, your majesty?"

I raised a brow as she stood haughtily in front of me, and asked me questions as if I owed her something.

"Have you forgotten your etiquettes, Rosemund, where are your greetings?"

I asked, looking straight at her raising an eyebrow.

"Oh my goodness, how arrogant you are! I can see his majesty is supporting you more than needed. It looks like you are holding your head high because of him. But don't forget this is my chamber and my office not his, if you want to create a scene, you are free to go there." i said in the same calm and low voice.

"I belong to an educated and noble family, I have some standards. I can not waste all my time listening to your shouting. My head spins with all the loud noises. So Rosemund i ask you last time why are you shouting this time?" i spoke again but she stood there stunned like a rock and i should care less.

I started working, even forgetting her existence since I had nothing to do with her.

It took her an eternity to come back to her senses, but the moment it happened she started shouting again.

"What did you mean by all this her majesty, we both share this office, I work here as your assistant. I have my say in the expenditure of the royal palace too." she demanded like a crude businessman, her voice was sharper than before and i wonder except her seductive face what else did she have to make Charles so crazy for her.

Did man only see face and figure, well if that was the truth I could not blame Charles!

"You were! Not any more."

"Pardon"

"Can not be given this easily."

"I did not get your words, your majesty. What are you trying to say." she asked again with furrowed brows

"If only you had been this intelligent in work too Rosemund, things would have been less complex. Anyways let me clear a few things for you, i was checking the accounts and i found that you have splurged a big part of the monthly expenditure of royal palace on your personal expenditure apart from your monthly allowance.

So, as a breach of duty, stealing, and fraud in paperwork I dismiss you from the work and even penalise you. Your two months allowance has also been cut." i explained and her face turned red from anger or embarrassment that only she knew!

"You are lying. Fabricating all these things to malign my image" she spoke in between her sobs.

She must join the theatres, she could be the best actress, she had that innate talent.

"Beth"

"Yes, your majesty."

"Give her the papers"

"Yes, your majesty"

Beth, my new assistant, gave her a stack of parchments which contained all her mistakes of the three months. She looked at parchments and turned them again and again. I could not blame her, I was shocked too.

She had told me everything wrong, i would never have found fault in the paper with the method she had taught me. But thank goodness, I followed Marianne's advice and went to that lawyer and asked for assistance.

Now I had the resources and staff I could trust on, and this time I would set everything in perfect order.

"But all things, how could this be!"

"If you have any doubt, you can ask the lawyer or royal treasurer or you can personally ask his majesty to check every paper for you.

If you are still not satisfied that the last file had the method of going through legal proceedings of the royal court, we can run a trial about it, I do not care. But I am working here and I do not like loud voices while I work, and you have the loudest voice i have ever heard. So, you better leave." 

Just when I finished my sentence two guards stood behind her, ready to drag her out if she still did not move.

She looked at them and then at me with fire in her eyes. I could see her fists clenched the way parchments were getting torn in her hands and the way she stomped her feet in annoyance but I don't care anymore. 

Finally when she knew she could not do anything further she left. I was sure she would go to Charles and he would be here any minute. What a pathetic man!

But let him come, I was prepared for him too. This was just the start, the battle had begun and this time I won't be the one at the losing end.

"Beth"

"Yes, your majesty"

"Are all the other papers ready?"

"Yes, your majesty"

"Good, then I want you to take the help of other staff and circulate all the papers today, check the list again. If needed, dismiss more staff and hire the one you find appropriate. I want all the changes as soon as possible." 

"Yes, your majesty"

I took a deep sigh as I looked at the papers in my hand. There were more than 30 dismiss letter of all the closed one of Rosemund or the one who had not treated my designation with the due respect, and in their places there was a list of new employees whom i will handpick with the help of few allies that i had made, though difficult the work was necessary in the current situation.

"Your majesty, his majesty is here asking for an audience"

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