Everyone paid attention to their young king. Nobody spoke nor ate and drank. All eyes were on him. Mars gave Harlow to Gewen and the former womanizer's eyes immediately lit up. He accepted the beautiful chubby baby and happily put her on his lap.
"Good evening, everyone. Thank you for coming to my birthday celebration. I know we haven't got any reason to celebrate in the past half a year. Too many horrible things happened and my family was busy mourning for my beloved mother."
Everyone in the ballroom held their breaths. This was the first time they witnessed the king spoke openly about the queen's death.
The old king, Jared Strongmoor, refused to acknowledge his wife's death and there were many concerns among the public over it.
Everyone knew Queen Elara was dead, but her husband still refused to hold the funeral. The case of her murder became the source of so much gossips and speculation.
