before he was crowned king

"How could Grand Duke Henry say these words?" The old nobles were shocked, and their fragile hearts couldn't bear it.

Viscount Carle was also in shock. He had clearly met Baron Sist a few days ago, and both parties had communicated with each other about all the details. No matter how you say it, it was impossible for such an unbelievable situation to occur.

"Fern Salfield, do you have anything to say?" Queen Karina's voice could not detect emotion.

Fern's mind went blank. He looked at the fat figure kneeling on the ground. If the queen and dignitaries were not there, he would have rushed to pry open the opponent's head to see if it was filled with straw.Without any evidence or anyone's identification, he couldn't think of a reason why Grand Duke Henry confessed to the crime and dragged him into the water.He even suspected that Grand Duke Henry was an undercover agent sent by Mars!

"Mother, I don't know the Grand Duke... what is he talking about?" Fern said dryly, and he still suspected that he was dreaming. "He may have lost his mind!"

"His Royal Highness Fern, don't hide it anymore, some things cannot be hidden!" Grand Duke Henry said in a deep tone, "My house has a handwritten letter from you and records of gold coin transactions, and I am not crazy about gains and losses, I just don't want to do wrong things anymore, I am loyal to His Majesty! Although I am doing things for you, going against His Majesty's wishes makes me restless day and night."

"It's nonsense! The minting of gold coins is clearly because you colluded with the Cabed family's dirty deal in order to accumulate wealth. What does it have to do with me!" Fern pointed to Grand Duke Henry.

"Your Highness, how can you say that! All my wealth is yours!" Grand Duke Henry expressed bitterness, "The diamond horoscope slab that cost tens of thousands of gold coins for your birth ceremony this year was also paid out of my treasury! He turned to Queen Karina, "Your Majesty, if it wasn't for His Majesty's order, why would I do the stupid thing of forging gold coins? The daily income of the factory casino under my name is enough for me to squander my whole life, why should I take such a risk?" risk?"

"You are framing—!" Seeing that Grand Duke Henry poured dirty water on him, Fern's eye sockets were about to burst.

"Enough!" said Queen Karina.

The audience was silent, and Fern gritted his teeth tightly.

"Grand Duke, are you saying that Prince Fern forced you to privately mint gold coins?" Queen Karina raised her head slightly.

"Yes, I'm sorry, Your Majesty, for doing such a thing..." Grand Duke Henry's shoulders trembled slightly, and he didn't dare to look directly at his own sister.

"Then today, why do you suddenly want to confess all this?" Karina looked at the figure prostrating on the ground, as if she wanted to see something hidden behind her.

"Because I don't want my conscience to suffer...and..." Grand Duke Henry swallowed with fear, "Because of Mrs. Mary, she was driven crazy by His Royal Highness Fern, and I'm afraid that I will also ..."

"It's getting more and more ridiculous. Mary Victoria is not a weak woman, she is a magister! How could I drive her crazy?" Fern really laughed out of anger. He really didn't expect that Grand Duke Henry would dare to say anything. Said, "Okay, you said that I persecuted Mrs. Mary, can you provide any evidence?"

Seeing that Grand Duke Henry was silent, Fern felt confident. He stood up, looked at Queen Karina and said loudly, "Your Majesty, I swear by the name of Salfield, I I have never threatened Mrs. Mary, and what Grand Duke Henry said are all lies! Please believe my innocence! I am willing to confront Mary Victoria on the spot—”

"Madam Mary may not be able to confront you." Someone's voice was higher than Fern's, "It's a pity Your Highness Fern."

All eyes turned to the outside of the hall, and Duke Oscar walked in wearing a military uniform, saluting slightly.

He said a fact in a flat voice that stunned everyone, "Your Majesty, Lady Mary is dead."

"This is absolutely impossible! She just came out of the dungeon a few days ago!"

Duke Oscar ignored Fern's yelling and continued his report: "Last night, Mrs. Mary forcibly took off the magic monitor, and the Rose Manor was surrounded by flame magic and it was difficult to approach. The fire continued until the early morning. When I brought people When sneaking into the manor, Madam Mary was already lying in a pool of blood and died in her bedroom."

"It's ridiculous. Now that Madam Mary has recovered her magic, who else in the empire can rival her?! Could it be the great magister who has been imprisoned all this time?!"

"Shut up, Fern." Queen Carina scolded, Fern's face turned pale, and only then did he realize that he accidentally mentioned the taboo of the empire.

"In fact, Lady Mary committed suicide." Duke Oscar took out a sealed bag from his military uniform and handed it to Knight Wood. "The tool of suicide was a female gun. She shot through her head with this gun. Ministry, and left a handwritten suicide note.”

"I really committed suicide..." No one heard Grand Duke Henry muttering to himself.

Queen Karina opened the parchment scroll with bloody handprints on it, her voice was like a frozen lake: "Fern Salfield, how dare you say such ignorant and arrogant words?"

Fern was stunned, and quickly knelt on the ground: "Your Majesty, I don't understand."

"This suicide note says that you threatened Lady Mary with the future of Viscount Norman's son, saying that you are destined to be the future Emperor Fern of Saint Via?" Queen Carina's voice trembled slightly, "How much more stupid have you done? The matter? Emperor Fern? Are you looking forward to my death?"

"Mother, mother... I never said such a thing!" Fern said hurriedly. He looked at Duke Oscar, his eyes were red, "Duke Oscar wanted to frame me! This suicide note must be fake!"

Duke Oscar said lightly: "Your Majesty, there should be Lady Mary's handwriting in the palace. If you don't believe the authenticity of the suicide note, you can compare it."

"There is no need for this." Queen Carina held the golden scepter and tapped the ground, "Put Fern Salfield in the dungeon. As for Grand Duke Henry, first imprison the palace in the military headquarters and wait for interrogation."

"Your Majesty, please wait." Viscount Carle said, "There must be something wrong with this."

Soldiers with long|guns outside rushed in and controlled Fern.

"Mother! Mother! This is not true... I was wronged!" His Highness Fern shouted unwillingly, until he was dragged out of the Imperial Palace by the soldiers in embarrassment.

"Your Majesty." Someone wanted to stand up and say something, but was interrupted directly by Queen Karina.

"A lot of precious time has been wasted." Karina closed her eyes and said blankly, "Mars, now continue with the agenda of the meeting."

Mars stood up, and the rotting bodies across the round table were trembling. He had a premonition that the next deliberation would go well, because those people had already felt the queen's determination to the empire's "moth problem".

At the same time, at the Rose Manor, which was on the cusp of the crisis, the old housekeeper held the freshly brewed scented tea and placed it in front of the blond young man.

"How is he?" Sean sat on the sofa in the basement room, flipping through various records about the family mine.

"Master Alex just took an anesthetic, and his body is in good condition, but it may not be until tomorrow morning before he wakes up," said the old housekeeper.

Sean closed the ledger: "Burn them all."

"Yes." The old butler tore off sheets of paper full of records and threw them into the burning fire.

"Toms, don't you know magic?" Sean asked very casually.

"Master, Toyo does not have the concept of magic." The old butler said, "We are used to fighting with knives."

"Are you good at close combat? Then my mother can't do magic, can she?" Sean asked.

"Yes, master." The old butler said, "but Miss Dinia is a goddess, she can listen to the instructions of the sky, and sometimes she can predict what will happen in the future."

"Prediction?" Sean frowned.

"This is not a very stable ability. Most of the time, Miss Dinia is the same as ordinary people."

"So that's how it is." Sean took a symbolic sip of the scented tea in the porcelain cup, "Thomas, you probably haven't mentioned my life experience to anyone."

"There is one person." The old butler stood up straight and stopped what he was doing.

"Who is it?" Shane's voice dropped.

"It's... your wife, Mrs. Lilian." The old housekeeper blamed himself very much, "Mrs. Mary once fabricated this story to trick Mrs. Lilian into harming you, and Mrs. Lilian even peeked at the whole picture of the oil painting... I am very sorry, young master, because Mrs. Lilian was your nominal wife at that time, I did not kill her. If you need, I can get rid of her for you now."

"Forget it, I'll take care of this matter." Sean sighed inaudibly and crossed his fingers, "Do you know the relationship between Duke Oscar and my father?"

"Viscount Norman and Duke Oscar should be regarded as friends with the same interests. There was a time when Duke Oscar often brought his attendants to visit the manor." The old butler thought for a while and said, "After Miss Dinia passed away, there was no I've been here."

"What else do you know about this duke?"

"The duke and his attendants Lin are very powerful characters. Their magic is very weird. I am not sure to kill them. Besides, their appearance has hardly changed over the years." The old housekeeper said truthfully, "This Kind of weird."

Sean nodded, and after getting the information he wanted to know from the old housekeeper, he looked at the time on his pocket watch and stood up.

"Are you leaving?" The old butler was a little surprised

"Yeah, it's time for me to go," Sean said.

"Aren't you going to stay?"

"Thomas, I no longer have the status to stay here." Sean said lightly.

"How come? You are the eldest son of Viscount Norman, why don't you have a legitimate identity..." The old butler's expression froze, as if he was trying to understand something, "Are you going to tell Master Alex the truth? Is it? Aren't you going to meet his brother?"

"Everything is over." Sean looked at the oil painting of the mother and child, something surged in the dark of his eyes, "Let's get rid of everything that used to be."

He responded to Thomas' question with more direct action.

"I think you should tell Master Alex, he will understand your difficulties—" the old butler wanted to persuade.

"I know Erics." Sean's eyes drooped slightly. "I killed Mrs. Mary. After all, that is the person who raised him. This is an irreparable rift between me and him that will never be healed."

"You shouldn't bear everything alone." The old housekeeper's face was dark, "It's too heavy."

"Before I started, I had already made up my mind to face everything." Sean's voice was as decisive as iron.

"Then let me follow you—"

"No," Sean turned and left, "You stay here and follow Alex. When he wakes up, there will be a lot of trouble waiting for him."