Th/.e Gold-Dig(^@ging Q+ueen’s Gu il`%lotine

Princess Is\ abella o]=\f Va^,len $ has]
# `$%spe nt years studying medic.^ ine and developing a+^ remed((y for the  plague. She= returns) ([to the capital quietly -, hop$(ing) to +?off*er it as a^  birt$.hd
ay g ^ift to her father,  King [Arthur, -:who is about to remar #( r#[y.@  Art:;/h@^ur'*^s  fiancée, .\M%argar*`: et /, resents t_+he princess for stay]?ing away and delaying: the wed =(d.-]ing. -$:W@# _hile riding t)(hr$o+-;ugh the ca=pital, Ma%$rgaret lets,-? her ca r *riag!;e tear%+) throug=h th_
e st:,,reets an d.?
nearl )y runs dow:n: common#ers.`_ Isabella sto
ps her, on
_[ly to be publ__ icly humilia]+:te\]d;( and beaten ]
by M._; argaret(!!% and/
, her daughter, wh
??o ac\)#!c #use h*$er;]@- of being a @
.(wit(ch. The co$?@rrupt, fawning capta@in of th`^)e :);city gu-(ard he@lps th[em. )M; argaret bu +rns the portr:%ait of;- Is`?a_ @bella's mothe^?r and the precious herbs Isa`=bella ne e-ds f\or her
\ medicine^, ]then o= rd(er!s^* ` her tied t=o a stake and burne %d al# =/iv_+e. Just?%\% in time, King Arth,$+!ur lea*!)rns:? the truth and arrives with his gua,:rds in a fury.