The Romantic Trials Of A Transmigrated Empress

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

Lord Dresden took some water 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, I 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 I 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 time and 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. I 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."

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

shook his head. "What an offer!!

love with his wife that he offered such a vast fortune. He

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,

he was not ready to settle down. At the time, the marriage age restriction on women was still applicable and my granddaughter was about

separating two people that liked each other. He decided that they should wed whether

this rejection taken?" Lord

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. I believe that Lord Oliver Ye wanted to ruin her innocence and

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

his sword and it was his advisor and Elarin that stopped him from beheading Oliver

thought something that happened many months ago would

about that event had not been expecting it to come up.They wondered if Sigrid had long predicted it and maybe

down. "I would like to call the next witness to prove

Lord Dresden did not waste time in questioning her as he could tell that