Slowly, the scene in front of Lily started to get chaotic. Leandro and his wife had been shouting and crying with one another, while Pierre was trying to escape the hands of two guards that had pinned him to the floor. Eliza and Levi had also joined in on the chaos as they asked questions upon questions to the Grand Duke. The guards on the other hand, stood on every exit, trying to stop anyone from leaving the hall.
Lily on the other hand just took a seat with a serene expression. She eyed the Duke who was trying to explain some details to the twins. Then her eyes darted towards Mr. Neeson and Harringfort who were the most carefree people inside the hall. The two were standing in a relaxed manner with a tinge of amusement apparent in their eyes as they watched the chaos unfold in front of them.
“You— This is your fault!” Unable to step an inch towards Lily, the Knight commander that was still under the mercy of Secretary Go stared daggers at Lily. Since this woman had arrived in this country, their whole palace had been flipped upside down. “Are you doing this so the Duke Phil will name your brother the next Grand Duke?” Seeing Lily only smirk at him, the knight commander gritted his teeth in anger. Lily’s provoking gaze was enough to make him fume with pure rage.
“Arrest the knight commander, the Duchess’ servant, the Earl and The Crown Prince’ wife.” Duke Phil’s words echoed inside the hall.
“Father— you can’t do this without solid proof!”
The Duke turned towards the stupid Leandro. He clicked his tongue. “You disappoint me. I never thought that you were like this.”
“Father…”
“I have been investigating this matter for days now. I have all the proof that I need. Put them in the prison with the highest security. I have all the evidence. It will be presented to the court court soon.”
“Your highness…. How could you say that we are involved in this matter?” Pierre forced the words out of his mouth. “I don’t remember being tested for Lead! I demand… No it is my right to be tested for Lead! How could you be so sure that we indeed poisoned you? What if the culprit also poisoned us?” Pierre said. He ignored the Grand Duke’s words earlier as he tried to reason his way out of this situation. First, he also had Lead on his body! If they would think using proper logic, there was no way that he was the culprit. After all, he was a victim of lead poisoning as well.
He deliberately consumed small amounts of Lead to make sure that these people would not accuse him! Pierre’s gaze turned towards Lily. “This accusation only started when Lily arrived! Why is that?” He started mumbling and soon enough, started accusing Lily of playing everyone and letting them believe that they were poisoned.
Slowly, Pierre’s words become unrecognizable.
When the Grand Duke heard this, he only shook his head. “I have secretly investigated everyone in the Royal Family. It is futile to struggle now Pierre. I have records of your men, buying Lead in the black market. You must have thought there was no way to trace you once you use one of your servants and kill them directly after they give you the lead. You have underestimated the technology of this world.” A sighed escaped his lips. “The only people that did not consume lead were Levi and Eliza. Only because they were frequent travellers and Mr. Weber here was not able to plant spies near them. Of course… that might also be because someone was planning to frame them for poisoning everyone for the seat of Grand Duke.
The Duke’s gaze turned serious. “Which is very reasonable. Lead would compromise fertility. If the next one in the seat has Lead in their system, it would be possible that they won’t have children. If that happens, who will inherit the throne?”
“But… but your highness!” The knight commander called out. “What does this have to do with me? If this is all Pierre Weber’s plan, then…. Why does it include me? You know how I hated the bastard! Moreover… we grew up together! You know how much we have gone through together! I would never dare to betray you!”
“You didn’t betray me.” The king met his eyes. “You betrayed your country. Our friendship ended the moment you decided to put the first dose of poison in my drink.”
“You highness! I would never do that to you! Please …. You know that I have served you since we were kids. I—”
“Stop it.” The king said. “I found traces of lead on your clothes. And if I asked someone to examine your clothes now… I am sure that they can find some Lead in the sleeves of your suit. After all… we had our final drink just before the party started.” He sighed. “Arrest them now.”
The Guards immediately arrested the people that the Duke mentioned including the Pierre Weber who was now screaming words that no one could understand. Seeing this, Lily also stood from her seat. She looked at the Duke. “I will go to my room. Please take your time and explain everything to Mikaela, Eliza and Levi.” Lily eyed the Duchess who was still in daze. “I hope she will be fine soon.” Lily uttered.
She did not wait for the Duke to say something as she walked out of the hall. Meanwhile, the Duke could only stare at the four people’s backs as they walked away from him. Zhou Jingren, Qin Yuanfeng and Secretary Go were still in the same formation while Lily walked in the middle of them. He shook his head silently.
Lily coming in here was akin to a hurricane. Her presence was too strong, it immediately destroyed the already crumbling royalty in one go. However, to the Duke this was not a bad thing. This only means that now, they had a chance to rebuild everything from scratch.
He eyed Levi as he sighed. He had no time to lament about these things as he needed to plan to train Levi as soon as possible. After all… he would be the next Grand Duke— the Future of Luxembourg.
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I am aiming for another mass release today! I hope I would be able to write more!
