Lined with rose bushes that look as if they have been watered by the God's, the Royal Gardens is a beauty to behold. An intricate labyrinth made of shrubs is at the center ending with a fountain. There are various benches on the sides of the rose bushes and a small lake in the back drop.
Royal Gardens, Outside Palace
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I hope my father doesn't pick that old, crusty Viscount as a husband for me.  I don't understand why I can't just stay here and run my father's keep.  I love the flute.  Dawn is my favorite time of day to walk the turrets
Ugh, I would be better if that horrible Viscount wasn't coming to visit today.  I don't know why father thinks I need to marry a crusty old man.  He just wants you to have a successful man for a husband, my dear.  But why do I even *need* one?  I am perfectly capable of ruling on my own! Unfortunately, the law of the kingdom states that no unwed person may be monarch. Well, can't daddy just *change* the law?  What's the use of being King if you can't even *do* anything useful... This is a longstanding tradition, child. The King will not change it so to amuse your whims.  But how do we even know this Viscount is suitable?  He hasn't grown up being tutored in statecraft and the ways of a monarch.  *I* have.  He's just grasping at power - I bet he'd empty the treasury in the first year. Do not worry, my dear. The King will thoroughly vet the viscount and ensure he is absolutely qualified to be your husband. Do not forget you would still be Queen by royal bloodline and would thus outrank him. Well.  That's something I suppose.  I won't let him get his grubby hands on me. You should be thankful for this law, daughter. Without it, I would never have been wed to your father and given birth to you! Well *you* at least, mother, were a princess in your own right.  And the trade agreements, as my tutors have constantly told me, were too lucrative to miss.   Besides, I did not say I was against marriage as a whole.  Just, someone more suitable would be better, not just for me, but for the Kingdom.  If my husband drives me mad, it does not bode well for the Kingdom either, no? You worry too much, my dear. Do not forget you are only 3rd in line for the throne of the kingdom. It will be many decades before such a hypothetical situation even comes to pass. For the meantime, just try and tolerate your father's wishes. 