Female Novel
Chapter 540 Catherine is not behind the scenes
The maid hesitated before nodding slightly and recalling the process of Catherine Queen Dowager'sillness. Martha turned around slowly, and said in a deep voice, "Please describe to me what you saw." "Yes," the servant replied respectfully before beginning to recount it. "The time of Catherine's onset has always been uncertain, sometimes during the day andsometimes in the middle of the night." "When Catherine was sick, she would smash things at first, and then slowly lose her mind and startyelling. At this point, her personal attendant who was by her side would go find Catherine QueenDowager's medicine and give it to her." "These medicines were very effective for Catherine Queen Dowager. After taking them for a shortwhile, she would return to normal except that she usually rested in bed for a while." After pondering for a while, Martha suddenly asked, "Is there anything else?" "What would Lady Martha want to know?" The maid looked at Martha eagerly, as if she knew everything. Although Martha hadn't agreed to marry the king and become a new queen yet, she could tell thatLady Martha held a special place in the king's heart. If a noble woman like Martha could speak well of her, her life would be better. After thinking for a moment, Martha said what she wanted to know. "You mentioned earlier that sometimes Catherine Queen Dowager suffered from headaches. If thishappens, does she still take these medicines?" "Yes," replied the maid respectfully as she continued explaining further. "Catherine Queen Dowager sometimes suffers from severe headaches which are excruciatinglypainful. These same medicines are used then too; only by taking them can she fall asleep." As soon as her words trailed off into silence, Martha asked one more question. "Were these medications prescribed by doctors within royalty?" The maid shook her head and denied it, "Nope! These medications were prescribed by an expertnovelbin
physician whom Catherine herself found." Martha furrowed her brows even more tightly upon hearing this. She didn't understand why Catherine Queen Dowager had to find a doctor outside of the royalfamily. Shouldn't the doctors here be the best in the country? With confusion on her face, sheasked, "Hasn't Catherine Queen Dowager let any of the doctors within the royal family see her?" The maid sighed helplessly and replied, "She has seen them, but their prescriptions were useless.Catherine Queen Dowager no longer trusts them." "Then do you know where that expert physician is?" Martha had a hunch that there might be something wrong with this so-called expert physician andeven these medicines. But the maid didn't know where the expert physician lived, and she didn't know anything else exceptCatherine's illness. She took the medicines that Catherine took and asked the doctors in the royal family one by one,but none of them claimed to have prescribed them. In fact, many doctors didn't even know that Catherine Queen Dowager suffered from headaches. After asking around among all of those physicians again and returning to Catherine's chamber oncemore, Martha found herself standing before that same maid who spoke about these things earlier. "You have served Catherine, you should know who brought these medicines for Catherine?" Since she didn't know where that expert physician was, she decided to find clues to it. She felt that there was an even bigger conspiracy behind all of this. After hearing this, the maid looked at Martha in confusion. "I don't know where these medicines come from, but every time Catherine runs out of medicines,Horadus sends them to Catherine." Horadus? Hearing this familiar name, Martha felt even more sure that someone behind-the-scenes must havebeen pulling strings.It seemed like maybe Catherine wasn't actually a mastermind but pawn. After thinking through everything, she turned and walked towards the Side Palace.
Since Stefan got injured in the hall, he was arranged by King Ducasse to live in the Side Palace torecuperate. When Martha walked to the Side Palace, she saw King Ducasse.