The Place Where I Was Sold as a Slave Was the Imperial Palace

082

If the coronation ceremony is to be held in 10 days, there are more than one or two decisions to be made.

The emperor and the chamberlain were already discussing the matter.

For a large ceremony like an enthronement ceremony, it is a big deal just to set the order of the ceremony according to custom and prepare the appropriate items. There are many people in charge of such ceremonies, but very few can do it within ten days.

“The right person for the job is…”

“Yes, that person would be suitable. Proceed like that.”

“Yes, the coronation costume is also a problem. If you are an adult, you can reuse the previous emperor’s clothes, but there is nothing suitable for Highness Rudy. You can’t make new clothes in ten days.”

Rudy watched the two of them and waited for a while.

The most important thing has not been mentioned yet. I thought that if I waited a little bit, the story would surely come out, but it seems that they completely forgot about it. These people were forgetting the most important thing.

“Your Majesty, Chamberlain!”

When Rudy opens his mouth, the two turn their heads to look at each other.

“There are more important things than such a ceremony.”

The emperor looked at Rudy with a strange face.

“What bothers you?”

“I’m not the only one participating in the ceremony that day. It wouldn’t mean anything if I was the only one. Isn’t Princess Lilitha the most important person?”

In an instant, the faces of the two people froze.

Rudy’s expression also became awkward.

Although Lilitha is not given any real power, Rudy ascends to the throne as the princess’s husband.

That’s why, just because Lilitha wasn’t ready, the ceremony couldn’t be held without her.

But she is still a child.

It was different with Rudy.

Even though Rudy looks young, he is actually an adult inside. In addition, for several years, he had been receiving training as a successor separately. It doesn’t matter if he ascends the throne now.

But Lilitha is a 9-year-old child who is close to 8 years old. In addition, she was less educated than the princesses of her age.

Even he had little experience in contact with others, so he had no social skills and his mental age was a little on the young side.

I don’t even know if I’ll be able to stay still on the spot, let alone hold the coronation ceremony well.

“That’s really embarrassing.”

The chamberlain muttered with a drawn face.

The face of the emperor standing next to him was also similar to that of the chamberlain.

A 9-year-old young empress.

Politically, Lilitha is just a baby who can’t even clean up her own poop, let alone take care of herself.

The head chamberlain’s face frowned even more.

“Furthermore, this will become a problem before the coronation ceremony. The value of Her Highness Rudy, who creates demonic creatures, has risen too high. At this rate, Princess Lilitha is too short as a mate. The balance is too out of balance.”

Reynolds sighed.

“If it’s not right, there may be talk of hiring a high-ranking concubine to act on behalf of an empress who is too young. In any case, there are many cases where an emperor can’t go out alone at public events.”

Not all of the emperor’s blood relatives were given the title of princess. Among the princesses born by concubines, there were more women who did not receive the title of princess.

Lilitha was not originally in a position to receive the title of princess. The reason she has the title of princess is simply because there was talk of marriage with another country when she was just born.

Nadiagra’s beauty was a well-known story in her home country.

When the news that Nadiagra gave birth to a daughter reached her home country, a nearby country sent a request for marriage. It was not an official queen, but a request for Ririsha as a concubine.

It was a good story for the empire, so the emperor raised the value of the newly born Lilitha as a princess.

I heard that the marriage partner at the time was a young king in his thirties.

However, the story was abandoned because the king died suddenly. On the surface, it was said to be an infectious disease, but the truth seemed to be a little different.

In the end, Rilisha, who had become useless, was left alone and lived in such a state until she was noticed by Rudi in the old mansion of the concubine.

From the emperor’s point of view, it would have been perfect for Rudy to have affection for Princess Lilitha, who had no sponsor.

If she became a scarecrow empress by only studying etiquette properly, there would be no outside interference and no obstacles.

Even if Rudy purges and condemns someone, it is easy to seize power in the beginning because there are no relatives to be caught.

There was nothing wrong with the powerless empress considering her imperial lineage.

Usually, when bringing a son-in-law into the family, a contract is drawn up so that children born to other women are not given the right to succeed or that there are various disadvantages.

However, the emperor did not place any restrictions on marriage except for one.

Because of that, even if Rudi brought in a concubine later, the empress without real power would not be able to say anything.

There was no institutional protection for Lilitha. She is just a step for Rudy to ascend to the throne.

Rudi, who had studied while staying with the emperor for several years, seemed able to grasp all of his thoughts.

However, that was all after Lilitha gave birth to the crown prince.

The only restriction the emperor placed on this marriage was that it should not take a concubine until it produced a deficit.

If there is no deficit and a male child is born through a concubine, it becomes a seed of conflict. That was the only thing the emperor cared about. There was no consideration for Lilitha in the emperor’s heart.

She is not loved by her father or mother as a daughter. My heart ached when I saw the image of Lilitha immediately following Rudi.

‘That’s why I should treat them with more respect.’

There is only one person, Rudy, in this wide world who can protect Lilitha. A corner of his heart tingled slightly.

Chamberlain Reynolds thought hard before opening his mouth.

“If the current empress asked to have her daughter as her concubine, it would be a real mess. The next empress might change from Princess Lilitha to another princess.”

Reynolds’ expression became serious.

“It would be nice if Mama Nadiagra took over the official duties, but that’s impossible, and the next best thing is for the current empress to stand next to Her Highness Rudy after becoming Empress Dowager Empress. “

As Reynolds slurred, the emperor pressed his hand to his temple and said,

“Let’s do something about it.”

“your majesty.”

“It’s okay. Give it a few days and you’ll be able to solve it.”

“Is it possible? If it was before, the current empress would not agree.”

“Between a man and a woman, even at a dead end, there’s a way to talk. Believe me, I’ve lived with her for a long time.”

At that time, an attendant came closer and whispered something in the chief chamberlain’s ear.

The chamberlain nodded and bowed respectfully toward the emperor.

“They say the empress sent her letters to her motherland in the middle. There were five of them, but four seem to be fake.”

The emperor asked at Reynold’s words.

“Did you check?”

“No. We did not touch the correspondence that was considered fake. Without needing to check, they said that the person who had the letter was not appropriate. One was a woman of the lowest status, two were maids from the Empire, and one was our ties. was.”

The emperor nodded and said.

“Ray, please explain so that Rudy can understand.”

At the Emperor’s words, Reynolds turned to look at Rudy.

“His Highness Rudy, the reason I said that the person with the letter was not appropriate is because the other four were significantly less trusted by the empress than the one.”

The emperor silently nodded and urged his words.

“Four of them left at once, then only one left separately. Among Mama’s ladies-in-waiting, there was a duke’s daughter from her motherland, and she left the palace this evening under the pretext of returning home for the wedding.”

Reynolds smiled lightly.

“The empress seems to have thought of her own way, but sending out several people at once is the same as saying that the operation will start from now on. Besides, ordinary people will definitely stand out when they are entrusted with an important task. Even moving with him raised suspicion. Even if it was to act covertly, not even having a proper escort would inevitably look suspicious.”

It seemed that the empress had no spies. Huggin, to raise a spy requires money and organization. No matter how empress she was, she would not have been able to have such an organization as a married woman.

“People usually entrust their most precious things to those they trust the most. The same goes for Your Majesty. I rarely entrust valuable papers to others when I am present.”

Reynolds bowed his head politely.

“So you can tell that the duke’s daughter among the five has the real letter. It’s impossible for all five of them to have the real letter. I followed everyone just in case, but they all went to different destinations. Only the duke’s daughter We headed towards the empress’ motherland.”

When the chief chamberlain winked at him, the chamberlain took out a wax-encrusted letter from inside his bosom.

“This is the letter. The lady of the duke probably doesn’t even know that this letter is gone yet. It was in the pocket between her skirts, but the woman’s skirt is so intricately inflated that you wouldn’t even know if someone pickpocketed it.”

The emperor gestured to the attendant.

“Rudy, you read it first.”

The servant politely handed out a letter to Rudy.

As Rudy took it and took out the contents, a faint scent wafted through the air. It seems to be the perfume used by the empress.

The contents of the letter were word for word.

[Rebecca still remembers the image of her older brother who called me a flower and petted me as a child.

From nob le mt l dot com

Do you know that Rebecca kept the words that she would return here whenever she was lonely and sad, like a treasure in her heart…]

It seems that the empress and the emperor of the motherland are brothers with the same mother. The letter that started with a longing phrase soon led to lamentation over the situation.

A sigh leaked from Rudy’s mouth as he read it.

In the letter, it was written that the crown prince had been kicked out of his position and that the throne was passing to the wrong person.

The empress complained of how painful she was and how resentful she was, and repeatedly demanded that an army be raised for her sake.

When Rudi handed out the letter, the Emperor read it and smiled.

“What did you think when you read this letter?”

To the emperor’s question, Rudy was speechless for a moment. Obviously, this is treason. It was proof that the empress had completely turned her back on the emperor.

That thought seemed to have come to my face. The emperor smiled and passed the letter to the chamberlain.

“Let’s hear what the chamberlain thinks.”

After reading the letter to the end, the chamberlain sighed.

“Women are such pitiful beings. Seeing how they can’t remain calm until the very end even after being betrayed and taken away like that.”

“…”

I’m not sure what you mean.

When Rudy quietly looked at the two faces, the emperor grinned.

“It may not have reached you yet. But being a woman is different from a man. If you think you’re going to rebel, what do you think you should dig into first?”

“The opponent’s weakness…”

Rudy, who had been saying that, said ah, and fell silent.

The emperor chuckled.

“Yes, that’s exactly where Reynolds says he feels sorry for the empress. The empress knows that I’m sick. She knows that the empire has so little magical power that even the magic stones to give to the sorcerer are not enough. But this letter There is not a single word written on it.”

The emperor sighed.

“I command everyone in here to keep today’s matter a secret until death. You must never reveal it.”

“All right.”

Reynolds bowed his head and replied.

But Rudy hesitated a little.

One day, the empress might try to harm Lilitha and Nadiagra. But should I let her go? Did the emperor feel sorry for his wife and want to let go?

The Emperor raised his hand and held it out to Rudi. Let’s hold the bony hand, and give strength to the hand and say.

“It’s not like that, Rudi. I’m planning to use this as an excuse to make the empress your partner until Lilitha grows up.”

“But the empress will not tolerate Princess Lilitha.”

The Emperor smirks.

“It would be if this letter had written about my illness and magic stone. But she knows what will happen if treason is discovered. She even knows that if an invasion comes from her country, she will be the first to die. Do you know what it means to send

The emperor lowered his voice.

“It means she loves me enough to not care if she breaks everything.”

The emperor shrank as if tired.

One of the attendants quickly brought a chair, and the emperor sat there and looked at Rudi’s face.

“It is said that Boris taught you how to handle women, but there are many things you can’t learn from theory alone. When you grow up a little, Reynolds will prepare a few women for you. The more you know, the safer you are. Anything is experience.”

The emperor, who had been lively until a moment ago, was rapidly becoming tired.

“Chief Chamberlain, prepare Maink. I’ll be able to make it a little less painful.”

As soon as Rudy spoke, an attendant came with an inkwell, quill pen, and paper.

Rudi knelt in front of the emperor and smeared ink on his pen.

“Your Majesty, you may feel a little sick.”

Saying that, he raised his arm and wrote a text. As he wrote down words about detoxification and pain relief and channeled his magical energy, soft light flowed from the letters.

Surprisingly, the chief chamberlain’s eyes widened.

“I’m sorry for pretending not to know until now.”

At Rudy’s words, the emperor slightly messed up his hair.

“If you had told me too soon, you would have been rather angry. You must not take out your hand until you have fully judged your opponent.”

After a while, the emperor’s breathing eased slightly.

“It’s amazing. Even when I took the medicine, the pain didn’t completely go away, but now it doesn’t hurt.”

The emperor took several deep breaths to check the condition, then smiled.

“Thank you. It’s become more comfortable. Leave the empress’s work to me and go away and take a rest. As for the coronation ceremony, there will be a lot of work to do from tomorrow. Rilisha, well, it can’t be helped. She can’t hide the fact that she’s a 9-year-old child. It’s okay, so let’s go.”

“There are always demon creatures by Princess Ririsha’s side. If they show up, no one will do anything wrong.”

“hahahaha. She will become the strongest empress.”

The emperor laughed helplessly, and threw a horse at Rudy, who was about to bow and leave.

“Rudy, don’t fall for a woman. It impairs judgment. Make a woman fall in love with you, whether it be your wife or lover.”

A faint smile appeared on Rudy’s face.

Although the kind of love is different, there is already one such girl. I’m still a nine-year-old little girl.

＜ 9-Year-Old Empress ＞

(82)

＜Even if love deceives you＞