They Hated Me in My First Life, But Now I Have the Love System

Chapter 590

Chapter 590: Do Go On

The old man seated in Carl’s chair straightened, his eyes narrowing as she approached. When she reached the dais, she stopped, lifted her chin, and stared directly at him.

"If you’ll excuse me," she said evenly, voice carrying across the room, "this is my seat."

The hall went utterly silent.

The old man’s face darkened, insult dripping from every syllable as he snapped back, "How impudent. Do you even know who I am, little girl?"

He turned toward Daniel, fury flashing in his eyes. "Daniel, explain this farce. Who is she?"

Daniel bowed slightly, voice oiled with false calm. "Prime Minister, forgive the interruption. She is... merely a girl His Highness took in. She doesn’t know her place. Please, ignore her."

The housekeeper, silent until now, suddenly spoke from the stand. His voice was rough, but it carried.

"That’s not true."

All eyes shifted to him.

"She is the First Princess of Riverum, legally recognized, officially adopted. By law, by right, that seat is hers in His Highness’s absence."

The Prime Minister’s brows furrowed deeply. He turned his head, eyes sweeping across the higher ranked officials seated around the hall.

this true?" he

one, they looked away, lips pressed tight. Silence stretched like a

"Daniel," he asked again, his tone clipped with suspicion, "is

his face. What ability could she possibly have shown? Everyone in the castle knew how difficult it was to

of winning his recognition were less than five percent, if that. And

impossible," the Prime Minister muttered under his breath. But even as he said it, he knew he couldn’t be sure. He hadn’t been in Riverum for almost two years, sent away on

Daniel again, voice sharper. "Daniel. What is

quickly, his mind racing. If this girl is truly acknowledged, then with His Highness in a

far better than letting some teenager hold power over a prosperous kingdom as vast as

Prime Minister and said firmly, "Lord Prime Minister, it is

hall erupted into

gaze snapped toward the housekeeper, voice sharp like a blade. "And you, how dare you spread such lies when you yourself are the one responsible for His Highness’s condition? His Highness would never be absent

darting between the housekeeper, the Prime

smooth authority of a man too sure of himself, "if you truly wish to hear this trial. Otherwise, I’ll have you

eyes waited

in the center of the hall, her

right again, she turned gracefully, walking past the crowded

Their client’s life was hanging by a thread,

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