@sylvacoer Actually his retainer, lane, did. He noticed that Aria was the smart one so he told the crown prince. BUT, the dumb Asher played it off saying that Aria was a prostitute’s daughter so she wouldn’t be versed in aristocratic affairs. In addition, he bet with Lane that if he (crown prince) was right (about it being meille) than Lane had to do these hard chores/punishment.
You know something dramatic happened when the number of comments increases dramatically from its average amount. I think this is the most comments I have seen for a chapter.