Madam and the Stable Keeper (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 128

Therefore, we officially demand that Empress Patricia acknowledge that House Gerturk acted solely for its own benefit and make amends for the harm caused to the Imperial Household and the people of the Empire.

“What convoluted wording.”

Patricia’s voice, laced with scorn, was low and simmering with anger.

The reason the lawyers supporting Lexion had even filed a lawsuit was ultimately just one thing.

“In the end, they’re demanding I prove yet again that I’m a member of the Imperial Family, isn’t that right, Count?”

To claim that concealing the existence of the magic stone had not been for House Gerturk’s benefit alone, but merely an honest mistake, she would need to prove she herself was a royal acting on behalf of the Imperial Household.

For someone like Patricia, who had entered the Imperial Family solely by bearing the Emperor’s child, there was only one viable course of action.

“They’ll probably drag Claude into court again, clamoring for a blood test to prove I’m of royal blood. What on earth has that child done wrong…?”

Count Gerturk chimed in sympathetically, as though deeply wronged.

“If only our house had been slightly more powerful, we wouldn’t be suffering this humiliation again. It seems the Lexions have latched onto some petty issue and are making a fuss without understanding their place.”

Filing a lawsuit against a royal was, from the outset, a meaningless endeavor—royals never received actual criminal sentences.

Patricia, fuming, suddenly paused. Though the Lexions frequently provoked her for trivial reasons, the timing this time felt suspiciously calculated.

‘Are they aiming for something else?’

Though slightly unsettled, Patricia forcibly suppressed her anger. She needed to remain calm precisely in situations like this.

“Blood-based paternity tests have already been done two or three times, haven’t they? Find out if those results can suffice instead.”

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