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The next day was Lord’s Day.
At dawn, Silas stood outside the throne room, his face filled with fury and resolve–ready to die if it came to that.
“Your Majesty, I have an urgent matter to report. It concerns the Frost family’s firstborn daughter, Isabeau. Even if I must forfeit my life today, I must speak the truth!”
“Isabeau bullied and framed Elvira for plenty of times. I’ve gathered sufficient evidence! On the night of the Thanksgiving Banquet, it was Isabeau and her maid who pushed Elvira into the water. Elvira never struck her–it was Isabeau who slapped herself and deceived you.”
“After Elvira miscarried, Isabeau led several maids in beating her–she said she’d make sure Elvira could never have children again. The poisoned pendant, the toxins–they were all Isabeau’s doing. She is malicious to the core, unfit to be a duchess. Your Majesty! I am begging you to strip her of her title and sentence her to death for her crimes!”
As he spoke, Silas presented all the testimonies before Alistair.
He had been working tirelessly for days, all for this moment.
Elvira had died without clearing her name–someone had to speak for her.
Alistair flipped through the pile of servant testimonies, and Silas quietly wiped the cold sweat from his palms.
Truth be told, he wasn’t entirely confident.
He wasn’t a fool–he hadn’t known all the details at the time. And after wrongly punishing Elvira in a fit of rage, he had realized the truth only afterward.
But back then, he had weighed his options and chosen not to pursue it.
Because at the time, the king still harbored feelings for Isabeau.
Even Silas could see this clearly–how could the king not have?
If Elvira hadn’t set herself on fire, perhaps the king would never have realized how much she meant to him.
Silas lowered his head even further, heart pounding.
If he had to die today, so be it. He simply couldn’t bear how unfairly Elvira had been treated.
Alistair reread the testimonies in countless times. Fury built in his heart until he could no longer contain it.
“Isabeau! Who gave you the right to treat Elvira like this?”
He gripped the statements tightly, then coughed up a mouthful of blood, clenching his jaw in rage.
He sensed the hidden truth behind Isabeau being slapped, the mystery of the pendant… yet it never dawned on him how deeply Elvira had bled in the shadows.
“Silas, hear my decree! Strip Isabeau of her nobility. Throw her into prison, subject her to every torment, parade her through the streets in shame… then send her to the guillotine!”
“Her crimes were conspiracy to murder the queen, insubordination, and treason!”
Alistair’s voice boomed through the hall, harsh and commanding. The servants were stunned.
Even Silas was dumbfounded.
He could hardly believe what he had just heard.
The queen?
The king… had just referred to Elvira as the queen?
Shaking, Silas looked up and asked in disbelief, “Your Majesty… are you sure? Weren’t you once deeply loved Isabeau? Can you really bear to send her to the gallows?”
Alistair’s eyes turned sharp and cold, devoid of warmth.
“She’s wicked beyond redemption, unfit to be a duchess, and unworthy of my affection. She deserves to die!”
“If not for her and her father, Elvira would still be alive!”
The moment the words left the King’s lips, Silas couldn’t help but retort in the silence of his mind.
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Had it not been for the King, perhaps Elvira could’ve slipped into an ordinary life once she came of age.
Had it not been for the King, she might’ve married for love or at least for a match befitting her station.
Anything would’ve been kinder than the torment of the palace
Still, Silas kept his thoughts to himself and rushed to deliver the decree.
The once–envied Duchess Isabeau became a criminal overnight, making the entire city of Asteria whispered in shock.
Everyone knew how deeply Alistair and Isabeau had once loved each other and how they had been torn apart by the Prime Minister.
Back then, Lucian had been favored by the late king, celebrated for both talent and lineage.
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