Chapter 270 (2/2)

Was it because they expected the answer? The noble faction remained silent, with little agitation, even though some members of their faction had been identified. I even saw some feeling relaxed on their faces.

“As for Earl Lanier, is there anything else he instructed you to do for this crime?”

“He instructed me to bribe a couple of servants just in case. That’s all.”

“Servants? Name the servants and which palace they belong to.”

“They were all killed after Lady Monique collapsed. There are none left in the palace.”

“You killed them all? Is that true? ”

“Yes, yes.”

“Hmm, good. However, when it’s revealed later that you hid something or lied, I won’t take into account your voluntary confession when I punish you. Do you understand? ”

“Yes.”

Smiling in satisfaction at the baron who replied without any objection, Duke Verita said, “If so, I don’t have any reason to take your confession into account at all because you just lied.”

“Oh my… what are you talking about? I just told you the truth…”

“Well, it is clear that the servant you bought off is still alive. That’s why the servant dared to poison the cup for the emperor, right?”

“Poisoning the emperor? No way! I really don’t know! I confirmed with my own eyes that the servants I bought off had been killed.”

Shouting, with his face turned white, he was very desperate because his attempt to kill me was totally different from poisoning the emperor.

Watching him with cold eyes, who was looking around for help, the emperor said, “Are you sure you told the truth a moment ago, Baron Viya?”

“Baron, is what you just said true?”

“Yes, Your Majesty! It is true that I didn’t lie at all. Please trust me!”

“Good. Let me trust you.”

“Thank you, Your Majesty! I’m so grateful…”

“But you have to be responsible for what you just said. If it was found you lied, I would punish you and all your families by beheading for treason. Answer me. Is what you just said true? ”

The man who swallowed at his relentless questioning finally nodded. When the emperor who looked at him coldly gestured, Duke Verita stepped forward, clearing his throat, and said, “Hmmmm, then I will call in the next criminal. Protocol officer, bring Baron Enen here. ”

Although the duke tried to act casually, his attempt to change the cold atmosphere was in vain because many of the nobles who vividly remembered the late emperor’s bloody crackdown on those who committed treason were terrified by the emperor’s stern warning that he would exterminate Baron Viya’s family. Eventually, the cold atmosphere eased a bit when Baron Enen came in.

Clearing his throat once again, Duke Verita said, pulling his glasses, “Ferma lo Enen. Born in 918 by the imperial calendar. He is the lord of the Enen estate and has the baron title. Currently a Foreign Ministry official with grade of 6. Is that right? ”

“Yes.”

“You used the merchant groups under your family to smuggle poison from the kingdom of Lisa and handed it over to Baron Viya. Do you admit to this? ”

“No. I can’t admit it. ”

Baron Enen was staring at the duke with an arrogant attitude. How could he be so confident as the criminal, with his rank only a baron?

“You can’t admit it. Then, are you claiming you are innocent? ”

“That’s right. I never did any of that. “