The Teacher, The queen. #fiction prompt 326

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Priscilla was a daughter of a farmer in one of the small provinces in East. Her father died years back leaving her at the mercy of her elder brother Christopher. Christopher made a good brother to Priscilla.

Despite the fact that a lot of girls were raised simply to be a good home maker and bear children, Christopher saw to it that his younger sister had a western education. Priscilla will school from Monday till Friday while her governess will teach her morals, history, and herbs and medicinal home remedies over the weekend.

Before long, a king in a kingdom not too far away(South) needed a queen from another province. He wanted someone well knowledgeable in western education, history and herbal remedies. Priscilla ticked all the boxes so before long she was on a ship bound for South.

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Priscilla and the king had a beautiful wedding upon her arrival but she had her fear. She fears that the king might be someone unstable or trying to keep a secret for not choosing a wife amongst his own people. Her fear was confirmed when the king bestowed a big mansion upon her on their wedding night and told her that "my queen this shall be your house.

You mean to say our house? My king said Priscilla but she was met with a cold response when the king said no, Priscilla , this shall be your house and not mine , don't be surprised or angry I will not be staying with you in this place but I have my own place. I will only come here to stay for a while when there is a need for me to.

Queen Priscilla accepted her fate and was staying alone attending to the king's need when she needed to. She would invite the children of the tilted and gentle men around and teach them according to their age. Soon she got people around to help and she was able to grade the children into classes according to their age.

Her days were usually occupied from attending to the needs of the palace, the need of the king, teaching the children who had grown proud of her or watching other people whom she had employed to help teach, attending to her biological children's needs and she does it with a joyful heart.

Soon, Christopher, her brother, came to visit. He saw what his little sister had done for herself and he was impressed. He was forced to ask Your Majesty, how are you able to pull all this together and do it so well? Queen Priscilla's response was I have no idea what you are talking about brother.

How are you able to attend to all the duties you have without breaking down? You charter for the palace needs, you pay attention to all your maids and ladies, you receive your own visitors, attend to the king, not leaving your children unattended, you have a school to run yet you appear strong, bold and beautiful everyday.

Queen Priscilla gave a sign to all her aids to excuse her then she took a sip from the orange juice which was served to her before and placed the cup back to the table where it belonged then cleared her throat and said brother, when I came here newly, i was left all by myself the moment I got into this house and the king made the announcement that we would not be living together.

**I was devastated because that was not the kind of marriage I wanted. I wanted a marriage like the one our parents had but it drawed on me that it was never going to happen because my father was not a king nor my mother a queen. I nearly died of boredom, brother. I had nothing to do, all I did everyday was to get dressed like a doll and eat at a table with a variety of foods all by myself.
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**Immediately after our honeymoon was over, I visited some of our subjects and realised that they have younger children then ,so I started inviting them over. Any time they come to visit I always want to make sure they learn something new and before I knew what I was doing, other titled men started sending their children off to the palace every day.
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Before long, I knew I needed to formalize it and told the king about my intention and he approved of it on the conditions that it will not affect my primary duty as a queen to the nation, mother to our children and wife to him. Christopher clapped his hands and said I am proud of you sister while queen priscilla beam with happiness as she takes yet another sip from her orange juice.

Thank you for taking your time to read through, Yours truly @elizy, a teacher, mother and passionate writer

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