Chapter 206 (1/2)

Chapter 206: Chapter 206

“My lady, here are the documents from the government.”

“Oh, Thank you, butler.”

“And some letters to you.”

“Really? Give them to me.”

When I was having breakfast with my father, the butler brought a handful of documents and letters and put them down on the table.

I put down the fork and looked through the piles of letters.

Entea’s letter, banquet invitations from small and large noble families, and a light purple envelope.

‘What is this one?’

While grabbing it, I frowned my eyebrows.

A black rose coiling an amethyst tiara. It was the crest of the Duke Jena family.

“Who sent it? Why do you look bad?” asked my father.

“It’s from the Duke Jena family.”

“Hmm, it seemed like they were very busy these days. So, what is it about?”

Actually, I was going to throw it away without reading when he asked.

I opened the finely folded letter, and noticed someone’s handwriting in purple ink on light purple paper.

…What the heck is this?

I drew my brows. Gathering young nobles? Are you going to actively move to become the next empress?

I heard about the rumors that she was very active these days, but it was the first time I confirmed her activities like this.

After staring at the purple stationery for a moment, I tore it in half. Then I stood up, holding Entea’s letter and the documents from the government.

“Then, I’ll go upstairs first, Daddy. Butler, throw away all the other letters.”

“All of them?”

“Yes. And please don’t bring me those invitations from the nobles unless I really need to take a look.”

“Sure, my lady.”

I went up to my room after smiling at the butler who politely bowed to me.

And I read Entea’s letter first

My hands trembled.

Is this really true? If so, I might already have a winning card in my hand.

Looking back, I gave Entea some instructions to dig into some things about Countess Dias.

If it is black and a rose bud, obviously it refers to the successor of Duke Jenna.

‘I have to watch this a little bit more.’

It would certainly be an unprecedented scandal if I broke it, but I wanted to deal with it with prudence. The chances that Entea’s tip was correct was more than half, but that was not enough. If something went wrong, they would seize the chance to ruin me.

I got up and lit the candle. I put the letter on its flickering flame to burn it to ashes completely, then I opened the documents sent by the government.

While reviewing them for a while, I noticed something strange in one of the documents. It recorded how they obtained the poison that sickened me in a foreign country, but they abnormally imported it. Even so, they didn’t smuggle it. Moreover, they didn’t even get rid of their conspirators.

What happened? Is there another way to import goods from another country into the empire, rather than the usual import or smuggling?

I drew my brows together.

How is it possible? It is absolutely impossible without going through the temple … Ugh? Temple?

Suddenly, I recalled something that I heard recently. Come to think of it, the high priest told me that the tea he gave me was also a duty-free product.

According to the imperial law, as for the goods for the temple, import duties were not imposed in principle as long as the accompanying priest proved that they were for the temple. In other words, priests were free to cross the border.

‘What if the person who brought the poison to the empire is a priest?’

I felt goosebumps. Even if there were border patrols, they could not search the priests recklessly. So, it was not difficult at all for a priest to hide a couple of poison bottles in his inner pocket when he crossed the border.