Chapter 250 (1/2)

Chapter 250: Chapter 250

There was another envelope inside it. There was also another envelope in the second one.

When I opened it with a quick sigh, I finally saw something other than an envelope.

A sheet of paper folded in half.

‘ Why did he seal it like this?’

I opened it with a puzzled expression and read the first line.

What the heck? Marquis Mirwa?

When I recalled the man with honey-colored hair, who used to speak to me with a smile on his face, I tightened my hand holding the envelope.

I let out a sigh, flattening the edge of the crumpled paper.

Who else is Duke Jena going to shift his responsibility on this time? Last time his victim was Earl Lanier. This time is Earl Mirwa?

But I could not understand why Duke Jena was trying to cut off Marquis Mirwa, ranked No. 2 in the noble faction.

It is said that the marquis’s power has grown recently. Does Duke Jena want to keep him at bay? Or is the marquis really involved in this incident?

I felt I knew why the emperor handed this document to me one year after the incident.

‘He must have been confused, too.’

He must have been very embarrassed when an unexpected man was involved while focusing the investigation on Duke Jena, and he must have been confused when there was no direct evidence about Marquis Miwa’s involvement. He would have felt uncomfortable about punishing the marquis, but at the same time he must have found it difficult to attack Duke Jena as there was no clear evidence.

But now the situation has changed. I wasn’t the only one who had been poisoned.

I discovered some very plausible evidence about Ian Belot, who had an affair with the maid, but whose connection with the noble faction or the poison in question I didn’t yet find out properly.

I could have a clearer picture of the true culprit if I obtained the test results of the poison sooner or later…

Wait a minute.

Then, why did the emperor give it to me? It could be very useful in the past. Now it was not, and he must have also noticed it. Did he give it to me, so I could use it to find the true culprit? Or did he want to show me that he didn’t forget my case?

When I looked at him with a doubtful expression, he turned his navy blue eyes toward me.

The moment I was avoiding his intense and tenacious gaze, which I felt uncomfortable, I heard a knock on the door. A servant came in and said, “Your Majesty, former princess of the Lua kingdom, Frincia de Lars, wants to see you. What shall I do? ”

“Madam Lars? …Please let her in.”

‘Why has she come here?’

When I was tilting my head, he turned around and said, “Can you excuse us for a minute?”

“Yes, Your Majesty.”

I was a little puzzled, but I stood up silently, with my head down.

But when I stepped into the small room in his office, I suddenly thought of the document he handed me a moment ago.

‘Oh my God. How can I leave that confidential document behind?’

When I turned around, clicking my tongue, I saw the blonde woman coming into the office, holding her baby in her arms.

I stopped unconsciously. I turned my eyes at the baby wiggling her lips with her eyes closed, Frincia greeting him politely and the emperor asking her to have a seat with a smile.

“… ”

Putting my hand on my chest lonely, I looked at the two chatting.