The insurmountable class conflict soon became evident.
Especially since the newly appointed Princess, aside from her beauty, seemed to be good for nothing.
Her mother had passed away early, and she hadn't learned from her stepmother how to be a good wife, how to manage the household relationship, and what was more important, she didn't understand at all how to deal with worldly affairs.
Social and financial interactions, she... understood none of it.
She was like a fairy untouched by the mortal world, completely ignorant.
It was then that Cinderella finally understood her father's painstaking efforts.
Why he had swiftly remarried after the death of her biological mother, bringing home a new mother for her.
There were many things that a girl could not learn from her father alone.
Many things had to be taught gradually by the mother, to pass on to her children.
That is why the choice of housekeeper was so important to many upper-class families.