Chapter 719 – #96. Jinhaesol (23)
The king has fallen
Finally, the aged giant’s body collapsed.
When the king fell, the palace stopped working as if a mechanical part had fallen off.
Despite finding out who was trying to frame the prince, he was not arrested, and rather, some nobles secretly laid their hands on him.
‘The trend has turned!!!’
Kite off the string.
All the nobles thought that the only thing left was for the prince to collapse.
The prince who lost his support was considered useless.
Surprisingly, the change of attitude of the nobles also had an effect at night.
“Prince…”
“Huh?”
“I’m sorry. The lady who said she would visit today got a call that she couldn’t come due to unavoidable circumstances.”
“All other promises will be broken anyway, so you don’t have to tell me one by one. It’s okay, go.”
There was concern and sympathy in the courtier’s eyes.
It was embarrassing for her family, though they had received their concerns, but had never been in a position of sympathy.
Fortunately, none of the courtiers betrayed him.
The people of this world particularly valued ‘loyalty’, and the courtiers felt loyal to me and seemed to be protecting him.
‘It’s a loyalty that doesn’t betray even when it’s difficult…’
It would have been easier if I had betrayed him.
I wouldn’t have to take responsibility for them.
However, when I was in trouble, the courtiers who did not leave my side and showed their loyalty were now completely under my control.
‘It means that if I die, they will die as well.’
So I had to take responsibility for them.
I tried not to give him affection in this world, but without my knowledge, affection was gradually building up like this.
‘I realized too late that there would be no answer if the other person gave affection even if I didn’t give it.’
Even though the courtiers knew that their lives were in danger, they didn’t urge me or get frustrated when I didn’t show any movement.
It just seemed ready to follow whatever action I took.
‘It’s scary, scary.’
What they gave me was burdensome.
More than when nobles came to my palace and gave me presents, the trust and loyalty of the courtiers made my shoulders heavier.
‘There must be traitors among them.’
Of course, not everyone is loyal to me.
Among them, there were those who were holding out to look into my movements and act as spies.
The reason I’m holding my breath is to pick out those people.
‘I think I picked them all out to some extent.’
As soon as the king fell, the incident he was friendly with came to an end.
The alchemist was decapitated without knowing when he did it, and Baron Wenon, who spoke about the beast, was put to death, claiming that he had given the name of an innocent member of the royal family falsely.
It must have been true that he said that he had a lot of money, and his family and parental families were torn apart and thrown into the jaws of nobles.
Duke Oddman, who was pointed out as a brute force, was treated as being framed by Baron Wenon, and he rather said that he should relieve his injustice, and stormed into the palace, settled down and did not think of leaving.
It meant that he would take a seat in the palace and hold on until he reached the throne.
While this was happening, I held my breath and watched the situation.
“Because identifying friends and family is important in the original battlefield.”
It can be frustrating to just be patient, but it was well worth it.
Nobles approaching to take the place where the king disappeared.
I’ve been asking for a meeting all of a sudden! Nobles who cut ties.
The nobles sincerely worried about my safety, saying, “I’d rather run away.”
After the king fell, it was time to distinguish the nobles who had been doing various things with their own circumstances.
‘Throw away the chaff, throw away the opportunistic bugs that skip only sweets.’
At least, I will embrace nobles who sincerely give me advice.
It didn’t matter if they later seized power and changed.
It would be better than distributing power to chaff and opportunists.
“Prince, you have to get up.. Huh?”
The morning was bright.
The palace attendant seemed to be worried that I would be stuck in the room today.
“Uh, when did you cough?”
Before the court lady came in, she had finished preparing to go out neatly.
“I woke up early, so I was diligent.”
“I didn’t hear anything…”
“I did move a little quietly.”
No matter how much I wash and prepare, I can’t believe that I didn’t hear anything, but the expression of the palace is still full of wonder.
This court lady was truly loyal to me, so she smiled happily, put her hand on her shoulder, and patted Yeo Jun.
“I’ll give you an hour from now. Call all the courtiers working in my palace.”
“All?”
“Even those who are resting must collect all of them.”
“…Yes, yes! Prince.”
He was curious about why he was giving such an order, but he was not a courtier who would question his master’s order.
Their job is to do as they are told, to do what they are ordered to do.
He obediently listened to my orders and completed the job with great diligence.
Boom boom-
After the king fell, the prince, who had been confined to his own palace or only spending time in the king’s palace, broke his confinement and finally moved, causing the palace officials to move wildly.
It was an act unbecoming of courtiers who regard silence as gold.
“Please return the prince!!”
The buzzing sound died down in an instant.
Tension lingers on the faces of the courtiers, who keep their mouths shut.
How the prince would behave was not predicted at all.
On the other hand, the courtiers with calm expressions were those who had the idea of following the prince no matter what he did.
The prince finally stood in front of the courtiers gathered in line.
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The number of courtiers gathered together was higher than expected.
Still, there was no one who didn’t know the face at all, whether it was worthwhile to look closely at the courtiers to catch the spy.
The tension on the faces of the courtiers showed that they had no idea what I was about to do.
“Your Highness fell, and you haven’t been in a hurry for a while. Everyone is having a lot of trouble holding on in the noisy palace.”
In a situation where you don’t know when a bleak bloody wind will come, the courtiers would have had no choice but to hold their breath and hold their heads down and tremble.
“It’s impossible to wait until Her Highness wakes up. The vacancy left by Her Highness is lacking, but I will try to fill it.”
“!!!!!”
“It must be dangerous…”
Among the courtiers, there was an inner feeling mixed with worries.
“I know that there are many people who care about me. I might go out without your protection and get hurt. But I think I have to prove that the things you taught me were not in vain.”
The king will not look good on the act of waiting endlessly until the king wakes up.
The courtiers were worried, but they knew that my choice was the right one.
And among them, there were those who positively viewed my declaration that I would move in earnest.
“But.”
And, what I was going to say from now on was the reason for gathering all the courtiers.
“Before starting the outside work, I thought I had to clean it up from the inside.”
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I smiled at the courtiers who innocently questioned my words.
“At first, it would have started lightly. It’s like earning pocket money.”
Didn’t the courtiers know that a needle thief could become a cow thief?
“Then, their demands became more and more persistent, and they must have hoped for a lot. However, since I already knew the sweet taste of the side profits I gained from doing business with them, I couldn’t have quit. I must have heard.”
!!!!!!!!!!
“This much should be fine. This much shouldn’t be a big deal. This much! Nothing has happened so far.”
He reacted excessively to my words and met the gaze of the courtiers who became contemplative.
Yes, I know your infidelity.
“That’s how metallurgy metallurgy, little by little, I must have dug in.”
Fluff-!
“Sah, save me. Prince!!! I was wrong!”
One of the quick-witted courtiers was the first to kneel down and plead for mercy.
Certainly, the author is a man of extraordinary skill.
It is clear that he wanted to be the first to confess his sins and get his sins reduced.
When one of them voluntarily confessed the sin first, the other courtiers who were stabbed seemed to be conflicted.
“The things I took while selling my every move to the nobles must have been pretty good. Were you happy buying delicious and precious things with it?”
“I have committed a mortal sin!!! Hehe!!!!”
“I heard that courtiers are taught that greed is a sin, but since they committed such a thing even after receiving that teaching, who are they to blame for their mistakes?”
Are you going to say it’s the fault of the nobles who seduced you?
Is it clear that you are guilty of falling into temptation?
“From now on, take all the criminals called out and send them to prison. Their crimes will be decided later.”
“Yes!!!”
Hearing my orders, the knights move.
The courtiers, who thought that their crimes might not have been revealed, shed tears when they heard their names being called soon after.
The end of a court lady who betrayed her master was quite horrifying.
Of course, he was kicked out of the palace, and his fingers and tongue were cut off to prevent him from moving his words carelessly.
You cannot create a ‘family’ by marrying someone for the rest of your life, and even if you are in an unfair situation, you cannot legally hold the other person guilty.
You will live a life like a slave.
No, maybe slaves are better.
Because no one hires a court lady who has been kicked out of the palace, it is difficult to even make a living.
Even knowing such a terrible punishment, the courtiers couldn’t let go of their greed for immediate profit.
‘Most of them will commit suicide in prison.’
The courtiers who do not know their future will probably commit suicide by themselves even if they are put in prison.
Even if he survives in prison, he has no hope that the future will be any better than that.
There was no one who did not know that it was better to commit suicide now that the suffering was a little less.
“Sah, save me!!! I was wrong!! Prince!!! I’m a prince!!!!!!”
The courtiers desperately beg my forgiveness even as they are being dragged away by the knights.
I ignored their cries.
The courtiers, who had already committed forgivable sins, had not been called by name.
They are the ones who have committed many serious crimes in collusion with the nobles.
