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

Chapter 594: Talk About Intent

The housekeeper swallowed hard, his shoulders trembling. "But you don’t understand. It was staged. All of it. I never intended to let Carl drink that soup. I knew... I knew I would be arrested before it ever reached him."

A stunned quiet fell over the crowd. The weight of his words seemed heavier than the confession itself.

He raised his eyes for the first time, voice breaking. "I did it to protect someone."

Daniel’s jaw tightened, his confusion flickering into anger. The Prime Minister leaned back in his chair, hiding whatever storm of thoughts crossed his mind. Around them, murmurs began to ripple, disbelief mixing with suspicion.

But it was the housekeeper’s family who felt it the deepest.

Lora sat up. Her previous given up posture gone.

Nanny’s hands trembled where they clutched her dress, her eyes wide with confusion. Cynthia pressed her palms together, her lips quivering as though praying it wasn’t what she thought.

Both women looked at him not with relief at his words, but with a sinking dread, because who was he protecting? And why did the truth suddenly feel more dangerous than the crime itself?

The bad feeling settled in their hearts like ice.

"Protecting someone? But we have not reached the main truth yet, have we?" Nnenna’s voice cut sharply through the silence. Her eyes locked on the housekeeper. "Who were you protecting?"

question that burned in everyone’s mind.

no answer. The housekeeper turned his face

slightly. Even stronger than before, she thought. The man’s mental strength to shield this person outmatched her system’s pull. Even the

steady, clear. "Distinguished members of this court... I believe I know

the hall. Murmurs rose,

he was protecting someone, the pieces fell together too neatly. Who else would a man shield with such iron will, if not his own family? The

to speak, but no

in the stands, frowned deeply, her thoughts racing. Fear

housekeeper lurched forward, shouting hoarsely, "That’s not true! It was all me!

words cracked against the silence, but the damage was done. The doubt

and his desperate attempt to take it all back only deepened suspicion. If it wasn’t his wife, then who? The

as though the strength had been drained out

of fact, I do. A search of Nanny’s room will settle this. Start behind the wardrobe, there is a secret compartment there. That

her voice trembling with fury and fear. "I would never

Highness to you," Nnenna replied coldly, her words like

from the very first day. Always scheming,

and whispers rippled through the