Chapter 18The queen had her own apartment in the palace, although she had in practice lived in the king's. Now, with Dilrong taking over those apartments, she had moved into her own.
The two young people knocked at the door, which was opened by the queen's butler. He bowed when he saw who was standing there.
`Your Highnesses and My Lord,' he said. `Come inside and I'll go and tell Her Majesty you're here. Come through to the audience chamber.'
They followed him into a large room with chairs scattered around and a throne at one end. It was not as large nor as grand as the one in the king's apartments, but it gave the queen an air of authority.
The butler disappeared through an inner door, leaving the three in the audience chamber.
`Let's sit while we wait for Mother,' Lucenra said, lea
