The Grand palace

In the year 1833, the crown prince of England paid a visit to Norway, and fell in love with their only princess. It is love at first sight for both of them, and after several visits, the princess conceives a child without a betrothment even. What else is shame? "BASTARD and ILLEGITIMATE" Those were the first words Reginald heard coming into the world. It was since then he understood he was his mother's plague. After suffering for a long time and denied his human right, Reginald finally becomes the crown prince. But that didn't stop the criticism he gets for being an illegitimate child, his self esteem is lost everyday. Not just criticized, but rejected by his both his paternal and maternal extended family. No one wants a child born out of wedlock, as Reginald was conceived in his mother's womb before she became married to king Jonathan Hanover. The royal court would not accept an illegitimate king as well, especially not one thought to be a bastard. Their lot connive with the Grand duke who wants the throne for his nephew; prince Arthur and Reginald's life becomes threatened by petty looking threats. It turns out the threats on his life were built to look loose and weak, enough to make him put his guard down. He is assassinated a second time. In the bustle, he meets Charlotte Brumble. The ever curious and intriguing apothecary. Charlotte Brumble is a young and aspiring orphan apothecary living with her grandmother in the quiet and poor Ramsbottom. Acquiring her knowledge from her late grandfather who once served in the castle as a professional medical officer, she makes earnings from selling medicine and medical services to the folks of Ramsbottom. Having had a rather unfriendly experience from a young age, Charlotte has been molded into an unfeeling person, and has no time for vain worries except for money of course. She bears the plague of being unfortunate, possessed and crazed as a result of too much knowledge for a girl her calibre. Charlotte meets Reginald unaware of his status, and they bond as friends. Reginald knowing who is responsible for his assassination sets to find evidence and on doing that he returns to the castle and the culprits face justice. Charlotte first welcomed Reginald to her world, then he welcomed her to his. Life in the castle was living on a pedestal, there were a lot of people who needed to be satisfied and they didn't mind eating human flesh and blood to gain that satisfaction. From Reginald's love problem to the reason why her father was framed and kicked out of the castle Charlotte solves as many mysteries as she can. To the admiration of the Grand prince, Reginald's zealot of a brother who just didn't know when to stop. Grand Prince Mason learned something he was not willing to pass by; Charlotte is the only person alive who can carry out the rigid test and prove to everyone that Reginald is his biological brother and the only one fit for the throne. Charlotte would not carry out a test that could cost the extinction of many lives including her's. What if Reginald really is not the king's son? What would befall her and her grandmother who was all she had, or Reginald, his own family, his mother, his sisters...or the Mason whom she was already losing herself to In a world where saving the crown prince could also mean ending him, Charlotte is faced with two options; take the risk or ignore the problems at hand. It would have been an easy one for the old Charlotte; cold, hard hearted and selfish, but surrounded by people she wanted to stay forever after experiencing new loss, Charlotte is at the deep end.