the only part I didn't get was the topic of finding the FML at the worn down palace....and the part where the butler/knight told the king it was a maid named Bella that told the crown prince about the FML was in danger (I think it may have belonged to her mom who died and the maids may have had a hand in that). It seems that abandoned palace is taboo for anyone to enter.
now that I think about it, its strange. if they were informed she was in danger, why would he choke her?
anyway. it was clearly a set up to have the princess away from her own palace in the hopes that she would be caught and punished by the king so that the maids would have enough time to steal jewelry and then frame Bella for it by hiding some of it under her pillow since they were planning to kill her in the beginning since she was close to the princess. stealing property is punishable by death
their plans were foiled bc the FML came back, they were discovered by the head maid, and she informed the king about everything that's been going on. (them being caught seemed to have been something the princess was planning along with Sandra...the maid with the black braided hair whose plans to also sabotage the princess but failed so she jumped ship and decided to help the princess instead on order to be protected from being executed.)
so now they're trying to do an investigation and so far Winnie is going to be executed for sure...sandra might be since she was impersonating Bella and the butler suspects her to be the other mastermind.
This is getting more more more confusing that I don’t even know what’s happening at this point