Chapter 28 Politics or marriage (1/2)
Chapter 28: Politics or marriage
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For some time, since the human trafficking scandal, the empire has been very noisy.
In no time, the exposé was known all around. The people couldn’t help but talk about it! It was something the salon lady would chat about, scholars seated at a cafe would discuss, and even commoners made visits to each other’s homes with cookie jars in tow just to talk about the news.
Each time the whole story of the incident was revealed, the people were immensely excited.
When it was revealed that most of the trafficking in the casino house was children, parents who had lost their children clamored and flocked to the security office.
There were also parents who sold their children themselves, but after hearing the news, they stopped working from far away and came to look for their missing child.
When it was revealed that a considerable number of them were sold as sex slaves, fires of anger swept across the capital.
A rally was held calling for the public execution of those involved. Some people hopped up the podium in the park and made a resentful speech.
Newspapers poured out criticism about the lives of the fallen nobles.
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The citizens were outraged and were on the verge of starting a riot when it was uncovered that Count Eisen had continuously supplied children under the age of 10 and then later killed and buried.
Dry firewood was piled up around the security office building and oil was poured out. The magistrate responded by calling a gun squadron there and aiming guns.
Eventually, the popular Chancellor Lin, came out to apologize, and promised to direct the investigation himself and make the criminals pay.
Even so, the anger of the citizens did not subside. The assembly was disbanded until Cedric stepped forward and made earnest promises.
The news reached the annex where Emperor Gregor was in less than a day.
The emperor responded to the first human trafficking case with appropriately disguised anger.
But when he learned that Lawrence was involved in Count Eisen’s case, he turned his desk upside down in anger.
The information revealed to the public was that Count Eisen was a pedophile who regularly had dealings with Baron Yetz.
However, the report received by the emperor contained much more detailed news.
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According to what was written there, Count Eison not only personally killed the children, but also bought 30 children at once at half-year intervals and used them for hunting.
The hunting game was renowned for being stimulating and exciting among the young and prodigal nobles.
And the biggest problem was that Lawrence got involved in the game several times.
“Are you crazy!”
The emperor shouted and threw the inkwell at Lawrence. The attendants fell on the floor and shivered.
As he dared not avoid it, Lawrence was completely struck.
The glass did not break. However, the lid was open, so the coveted hair and white face were stained black with the dripping ink.
“Father.”
“I knew you were going wild. I thought that a young man might do that. It’s a once-in-a-lifetime thing. So no matter how you play around, I understand you. But you hunt people and bury them in the dark? Are you playing with the guy who stripped them and released them in the forest?”
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“Father, I-.”
“I don’t want to hear it!”
Not listening to Lawrence’s excuse, the emperor threw the report to his head this time.
Lawrence closed his eyes tightly, enduring the humiliation.
“Who doesn’t know Count Eisen is a friend of yours?”
“It’s not a personal relationship. Didn’t Father have a relationship with Count Eisen’s predecessor?”
“You mean you don’t have the ability to judge what kind of guy he is? You’re that far off? Oh, you’re so incompetent that you don’t even have a head around you to even think that you’d be in big trouble if you got caught?”
“….”
“It’s not anything else, it’s human trafficking! It’s killing a child! Do you not even know what the foundation of the empire is? Do you know that the people of the Empire are under the protection of the emperor and can only be disposed of by the Imperial Law?”
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The emperor pulled out a letter from the report and shouted while shaking it.
“Ced said that it would be okay to handle the bribery case at my disposal, so that only the trafficking side would be dealt with. Do you know what this means? The case is serious enough that a stubborn guy like that says that it is okay to cover this whole-scale bribery case. It means that even if I tried to stop him, he won’t stay still. But, because you’re involved, I can’t raise my face to Ced!”
Lawrence wanted to ask. No matter what he says, the emperor will not listen. However, his lips trembled with anger.
It was then. The door opened wide and Miraila came in. Lawrence glanced at her.
Miraila stared at him once with anxious eyes, and approached the emperor with a gentle walk.
The emperor did not scold her for coming in. Then Miraila approached the emperor’s side, sweeping the nape of his neck with her hands.
“Don’t be so angry,” she said, tenderly.
“Are you here because you were worried about your son again? What the hell is he? I clearly said not to let people in.”
“I’m worried about you too. Don’t be angry, huh? It’s been a while since the doctor said that getting too excited is bad for the heart.”
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Miraila whispered in a sweet voice.
“Well, it’s because you’re this way that he can’t get himself together at his age. When I was that age, I grabbed the crown prince’s seat with my hand.”
“Isn’t it because your Majesty is too excellent?”
Miraila rubbed the Emperor’s neck, then loosened his tie.
Then, she folded his collar and carefully massaged the place with both hands. The perfume that had been applied to the hand in advance made the scent of flowers waft around the emperor.
It was an obvious move, but it worked. The emperor sighed once and then relaxed his body.