Forgotten Wife: Let the Traitors Kneel Down

6 A punishment that is a blessing When the doctor arrived he removed the remaining thorns, cleaned them and told him.

_I tried not to get the wounds wet, his feet are in worse condition, I tried not to get out of bed until they are better.

_Thank you doctor, I will keep that in mind.

I'll tell the maids to change the bandage and check the wounds regularly to prevent infection.

April knew that even if she told the maids to change her bandage and check her wounds, they wouldn't do it.

_Doctor, could you leave me the bandages, I'll change them myself, I don't like other people touching me.

_Still, I think it would be better if one of the maids did it.

_Please.

The doctor, seeing the princess's pleading eyes, agreed to her wishes and gave her several bandages and some ointments for her wounds.

Please try to check any wounds that you can see.

If it's okay with you, I'll come back in a few days to see how you are and make sure the wounds haven't gotten infected.

_Thank you very much, I will be eternally grateful if you do that.

That doctor was old and kind, he knew that there was something hidden in all that, it was impossible, that the princess would be bothered by others touching her body since she had not flinched when he had touched her, there was a hidden story behind all that, but he did not want to insist that she tell him.

After the doctor left, the king sent for him, he did not ask how the princess was, he just had her stand for a long time, the doctor began to talk without being asked.

_Luckily the princess's wounds are not so serious as to leave scars, however, she must be especially careful with the wounds on her feet, the thorns dug deeper as she walked while she had the thorns in her feet.

Alessandro listened to everything without asking questions, then the doctor left.

A few days later the doctor returned to visit April, her wounds were almost healed, only the deeper ones were still not completely healed.

During a meeting, Victoria's father, Duke Alfonso Vampel, was furious about the alleged attack his daughter had suffered at the hands of the princess, and demanded that the princess be punished.

After much insistence, Alessandro decided to punish Abril, and the meeting ended shortly after.

Alessandro was tired, he didn't feel like continuing to argue with the nobles, almost the entire kingdom hated the Venobich, he knew that this incident was just an excuse to give the princess a bad time, Alessandro had thought that the fact that she was hurt for her misdeeds was more than enough punishment, however the nobles didn't think so.

Alessandro leaned back in his chair, sighed heavily, and thought about giving the princess a punishment that was neither too harsh nor too mild so that the nobles would not continue to bother him.

After a few days when the doctor said that the princess was completely recovered he went to visit her in her room, she was standing by the window looking at the garden with her bare feet, Alessandro considered her an extravagant princess who liked to go without shoes and with light clothes since her dress was short and showed more than necessary, he cleared his throat and said to her.

_Princess.

April turned around when she heard a male voice behind her, seeing the king she wondered what he was doing there since he always showed his hatred when he saw her.

With an annoyed face the king continued saying.

_I see that you are feeling better now, due to your bad behavior you will receive a punishment as it is due, you will move to a remote part of the castle for a few days, you will not have maids at your service and you will have to manage as best you can, perhaps this way you will value the work of the servants and meditate on your behavior.

April sighed, the king was doing the same thing as her father, leaving her forgotten in a corner of the palace, she just hoped that place wasn't in ruins.

_I will be entitled to at least two meals.

That question made Alessandro upset, he was punishing her, not starving her.

_Of course.

If she was going to have her three meals, April didn't care about anything else and obediently accepted a punishment she didn't deserve.

That same afternoon she was taken to the farthest part of the castle, they left her in a small house that must have been used by the gardener at some point, it was small, nice and cozy, although it was supposed to be a punishment April felt that it was a reward for her, she would no longer have to live locked in a room, she would have a small house with a patio.

April tried to put on a sad expression because if the maids saw her happy they would want to bother her again.

The maids handed her a basket of fruits and vegetables and said.

_This place is too remote, the princess will have to prepare her own meals since we will not be able to come here to deliver her, we are too busy for that, besides her majesty said that this was her punishment.

April knew that the maids were lying, they simply did not want to continue taking care of them, they simply did not want to continue taking care of her and they thought that this was a good opportunity to do so.

Although at least they had given her the ingredients to make her meal, that was a relief for April, she took the basket with the vegetables and entered the house, the maids left immediately.

That house was small but it was very well kept, there was also a fireplace so when winter came she wouldn't freeze to death if she collected firewood before winter came, April smiled broadly, what was supposed to be a punishment she saw as a blessing, there was no one to watch her, or to prevent her from leaving her room, although she had to try not to get close to the palace because if the servants saw her they might want to get her into trouble.

April breathed a sigh of relief, for the first time in a long time, it seemed like luck was finally smiling on her.

_ In the end I won with all this, that woman wanted to see me suffer, however, she doesn't know that she ended up doing me a favor, I hope she stays healthy and has a good life.