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Chapter 115: Royal Assembly
Chapter 115: Royal Assembly
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LOCATION: STELLARUS EMPIRE ROYAL PALACE
****STAR OF THRONE HALL****
*BAM!
"Entering the hall is His Majesty, Emperor Leirano, together with Her Majesty, Empress Raziah and Her Highness, Queen Eula!"
After the Royal Knight declared the entrance of the Stellarus Royal family members, the three patriarchs who were inside the Star of Throne Hall immediately stood up from their seat and half-kneeled as the Royal family makes their way towards their designated throne seat at the center of the hall.
When the three royal family members had settled, Emperor Leirano noticed that there is someone missing within the throne hall and that person is none other than…. Marquis Altron from the Chevalier household.
"May I know where Marquis Chevalier is? I bet that most of you have been here earlier then."
Emperor Leirano asked the other patriarchs who were present within the Star of Throne Hall while looking at them one by one.
'Just where is that brat anyway? I hope nothing happens to him.'
Emperor Leirano thought and almost clicked his tongue in annoyance but restrained himself not to show his disappointment in front of his two wives and his other subjects.
He felt anxious and distress for what reported back to him about the Crown Prince, and he didn't know who had the audacity to commit such crime inside the Crown Prince's Palace.
A few days ago, a sudden report came back to him later at night and Emperor Leirano almost scolded the person whoever disturbed his office since he had tons of documents that he needs to settle with, but the news brought by that person to him almost got him paled and ordered the Royal Knights in secrecy to take a look of what happened.
For almost three years, the Crown Prince was sentenced for solitary confinement because of the evidence that showed up during the trial back then and most of the evidence that presented within the trial could warrant that person with a heavy punishment because of the severity of the crime that stated within those evidence.
However, Emperor Leirano felt that something wasn't right about the evidence that suddenly showed up during the trial three years ago and he could tell that someone was trying to frame the Crown Prince for another crime that he didn't commit but there are times that even the Emperor would have doubt about those evidence were true or not.
About the Crown Prince's crime for executing an order to assassinate the Third Young Master of the Chevalier household, although the Emperor knows that the Crown Prince isn't a stupid fool to make an enemy of one of the pioneer households, there were some instances that he would be proven guilty in this situation.
The perfect example for that is when the Crown Prince suddenly summoned the Third Young Master into the Royal Palace three years ago with the golden envelope of all things.
Of course, that would draw some unnecessary rumors because most of the people have known that the Third Young Master and the Crown Prince haven't met that much or more precisely, the Third Young Master never shows up within the Royal banquet that was hosted by the Royal family.
Actually, this could be seen as an act of disobedience towards the crown and could be seen as a treason for not answering the royal summons, but the Emperor made an exception for the Third Young Master for his own safety.
'That was the only way that I could do in order to protect Aryna's beloved son.'
Also, even the Empress and the Queen approved this matter, and the Emperor knew his two wives well enough.
'Well, after all, both of them adored Aryna so much that it hurts them when they learned about their beloved's death.'
And now, Aryna's beloved child suddenly met his demise three years ago and his wives couldn't contain the shock they had learned and the two of them mourned for that child.
Even the Emperor mourned as well in secret, and he blamed himself as he failed to protect Aryna's beloved child.
Emperor Leirano didn't know how to face Aryna in the afterlife when she learned that his beloved child suddenly died without even knowing the true culprit.
That's why the Emperor gave the final verdict for the Crown Prince and is proven guilty because of his sudden interaction with the Third Young Master that it solidifies the testament given by Marquis Altron Chevalier since he was also a witness when his little brother got a summoned from the Royal Palace.
Also, not only that but there were also those statements that Marquis Chevalier presented within the trial about the Crown Prince sending some spies within the Chevalier household that it become one of the reasons for the Crown Prince's verdict and he is proven guilty for that as well.
'I don't know what's going on with that child's mind when he tried to send some spies within the Chevalier household and because of that, it only intensifies the claims about him for order an assassination for the Third Young Master.'
When both of his wives learned about this, Emperor Leirano noticed how his first wife, Raziah had a darkened expression on her face upon learning what the eldest prince had done.
When the verdict had been passed down and the Crown Prince entered for his solitary confinement, the Empress and the Queen was there within the entrance of the Crown Prince Palace and the Emperor couldn't forgot the scene from that time.
A hard slapped that the Crown Prince had received from his Empress Mother and Raziah's expression couldn't have been read at that time.
'If Alois wasn't the eldest prince and her biological son, I wouldn't have doubt that Raziah would be the one who would take away his life.'
His first wife Raziah is known for her gentleness, but she is still the eldest young lady from the Duke Marfa household and the little sister of Duke Ronald Marfa.
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