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 to pay for a

Dresden put his hands behind his back and shook his head.

he offered such a vast fortune. He wondered if maybe that was the reason behind

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

in her but he was not ready to settle down. At the time, the marriage age restriction on women was

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. I ended the betrothal and compensated the Ye

was this rejection taken?"

in the company of one of Sigrid’s friends

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

was his advisor and Elarin that stopped him from beheading Oliver Ye right where he

something that happened many months

up.They

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

into the courtroom by a red knight and put in the seat where the duke had been. Lord Dresden did not waste time in questioning her as he could tell that everyone was eager to know more about the