Chapter 547: Private Chat (1/2)

The details of the trial were soon announced through the whole city.

Everyone was dumbfounded when they learned that a minister not only lost his title, he was even thrown into a dungeon to endure the torture.

This is a first.

They didn't expect a single soldier could bring the minister to his knees just because he suffered humiliation.

The torture went on and on in the imperial dungeons for the father and son.

The father didn't open his mouth and the son doesn't know enough details. But soon, the situation changed, the torturer just brought the son to the father's cell and tortured him right there.

The screams of his pitiful son made it hard for him to look. Finally, a pair of pliers were held around the penis of his son, before he broke. He gave out a name, but this made the torturers to shiver, he doesn't know if he should report it back or he should just say that there is no one else.

But he still hardened his heart and reported it back to the emperor personally.

When the emperor heard the name, his face became cold and stoic, he went to a pavilion within the palace grounds where the concubines and the princesses live.

He went to one of the concubine's rooms and asked.

”Did Luna say anything to you?”

”What do you mean? I don't understand your grace.”

”I don't know if you are acting or you didn't know, but I will find out soon, I don't care if you gave her this idea, I will be staying in the imperial study, I already gave warnings to you to not lead her astray, but since childhood, all you taught her is plotting and scheming. No matter how hard tried you have that knack her manipulating her back into that track.

Even though, I married you a promise to your father and there is no love, I always gave you my respect as a wife. I did every duty a husband should do. But that doesn't mean I will tolerate everything you do.

I don't care what you have in your heart, I don't care if you resent me, if you can plot against me, do so directly, but don't you dare use the name of the imperial palace in your plots, this is my last warning and the next time, I will let the executioner drag you by your hair and cut your head on the executioner's block.

I want Luna to come to the study along with you and I am only giving you an hour.”

With those words he left the place and went to his study there he sat with this chief steward and the imperial advisor to think of a solution to the situation.

After some time, two women came to the study. One of them is a young Naga lady while the other one looked a bit older.

The Emperor looked at them coldly without saying anything. But there is complete silence. He became impatient and said.

”You better speak now and speak the truth, if you dare to lie or hide the truth, I will deal with this matter officially and professionally and if I find out how you are involved, there will be no leniency towards you. I will punish you just like I do to anyone.”

Both of them started tearing up and the mother said.

”How can you be so cruel to your own daughter?”

”You seem to have been forgotten, I am an emperor before I was a father.”

”Is the throne more important than your daughter?”

”No, if that is true then I wouldn't have given her a chance. Let her speak now or I would wash my hands off of this issue.”

”Imperial father, I am the one in wrong, please forgive me.”

”Why did you do this?”

”I.. I don't like him.”

”Is that a reason enough to rob a soldier of his deserved honor?”