The Romantic Trials Of A Transmigrated Empress

Chapter 178: Breaking down a conspiracy...[1]

Lord Dresden took swater and called upon his first witness, Duke Thorin himself.

To the crowd he said, "I call the duke because this conspiracy was brewed long before the crown princess

married the crown prince." He looked at the somber faced duke and asked, "Your grace, are you familiar with

Lord Oliver Ye?"

"Yes, | am." The duke confirmed.

"Please elaborate for us how familiar you are with him and any other member of the Ye house."

Duke Thorin shot Oliver a sharp glare as he replied, "After | returned to the capital permanently, my wife the

duchess was approached by her grace Lady Gretchen Ye and she proposed a union of our grandchildren in

marriage. To be precise it was, Lady Sigrid, who was not the crown princess at the tand Lord Oliver Ye."

He confirmed a rumor that had never been substantiated before.

"Did you agree to the union?" Lord Dresden asked.

The duke nodded. "I rejected it twice initially but they were persistent. | was informed that Lord Oliver held

affectionate feelings for the crown princess and he was desperate to marry her. The Ye family offered us two

magic stone mines, two estates and one million in gold if we agreed to the marriage."

The crowd was set ablaze once again, both in the courtroom and outside they roared with surprise. It was quite

the price to pay for a bride.

Lord Dresden put his hands behind his back and shook his head. "What an offer!! My, my, Lord Oliver was truly in

love."

Roland was not very pleased to hear about another man being so much in love with his wife that he offered such

a vast fortune. He wondered if maybe that was the reason behind the murder of his child. Oliver Ye was jealous.

Lord Dresden touched the table and raised a piece of paper. "Ladies and gentlemen, this is my first evidence, a

letter of agreement between the Thorin’s and the Ye's to a betrothal." He put it down and continued. "The

marriage did not hold however, can you share the reason why with the rest of us?"

Duke Thorin raised his head and replied, "My granddaughter and the crown prince had met before at the Eastern

boarder and she held saffection for him. Similarly, the crown prince had an interest in her but he was not

ready to settle down. At the time, the marriage age restriction on women was still applicable and my

granddaughter was about to reach the age limit. We could no longer wait for the crown prince to make up his

mind about marriage.

When the king heard that Sigrid’s marriage was about to be decided however, he intervened and stopped us

from separating two people that liked each other. He decided that they should wed whether the crown prince

was ready or not. It was his belief that they would be happy together. | ended the betrothal and compensated

the Ye family with thirty thousand silver."

"And how was this rejection taken?" Lord Dresden asked.

"Not well." The duke confirmed. Looking at Oliver he added, "After the king’s marriage decree was made public,

Lord Oliver Ye showed up at our estate in the company of one of Sigrid’s friends at the time. They attempted to

poison her with a aphrodisiac. | believe that Lord Oliver Ye wanted to ruin her innocence and put a stop to the

royal wedding."

Lord Dresden nearly shot off like an excited firework and all over Eldoria, the reaction in the courtroom was no

different. This trial had it all, love, betrayal, murder, attempted sexual assault!! The reporter for the daily paper

could hardly hold his quill steadily.

The king unleashed his sword and it was his advisor and Elarin that stopped him from beheading Oliver Ye right

where he stood.

As for Oliver, he was in shock because he never thought something that happened many months ago would

cback to haunt him. like this.

In reality, even the Thorin’s who knew about that event had not been expecting it to cup.They wondered if

Sigrid had long predicted it and maybe that was why she kept Rosalind alive back then.

"Thank your grace." Lord Dresden sent the duke down. "I would like to call the next witness to prove the

conspiracy, miss Rosalind."

Rosalind was brought into the courtroom by a red knight and put in the seat where the duke had been. Lord

Dresden did not waste tin questioning her as he could tell that everyone was eager to know more about the

aphrodisiac and what followed.

"Miss Rosalind, you have been identified as the culprit that assisted Mr. Oliver Ye in the attempted drugging of

the crown princess. Do you admit to this?"

Rosalind briefly glanced at Sigrid and

lowered her head, when she raised it

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Thorin estate in the plantation, her

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Her husband worked for the Thorin’s, and he did not maltreat her. The life she was living now was not the one

she imagined before but it was better than the one she lived with her family. Her good days would only last if she

picked the right side.

She decided to tell the truth. "It was not me, it was Lord Oliver. In the past, the crown princess used to treat me

as her friend, she used to share the good things she had with me. Over time, | lost my mind in the desire to be

like her.

| grew jealous of her fortune and life.

When her marriage to the crown

prince was announced, | was filled

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then he poisoned my mind with lies

about the crown princess. He said

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promised to makehis secondary

wife if | helped him and the crown,

princess be together @a Bool,

eoifed BY the thought of marrying a

noble man so | agreed to his plan. Mr.

Oliver handedthe aphrodisiac, he

said that as long as the crown

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That as long as the two of them were caught dallying in bed, the Thorin’s would have no choice but to marry the

crown princess to him."