Sister, I'm the Queen This Life (330 Chapters Left to Complete) - Chapter 154

Count Cesare interrogated a royal palace servant.

“What on earth could possibly warrant my mother being thrown into the dungeon!”

For nearly thirty years, Countess Rubina had been undeniably King Leo III’s most favored woman. Such prolonged dominance by a single consort was historically rare, implying their relationship was exceptionally stable and close—surely not the kind to land Countess Rubina in prison over some trivial matter.

“It’s just that…”

Rubina’s servant stammered, barely managing to deliver the news.

“She was taken to the dungeon to be investigated on suspicion of attempting to poison Her Majesty Queen Marguerite….”

“Poison the queen?!”

Though Cesare found it utterly absurd, he secretly acknowledged it wasn’t entirely implausible. Poisoning the queen was unimaginable—but it certainly sounded like something his mother was capable of and then some.

—“You must become king!”

If Countess Rubina’s outrageous obsession were put into action, such an outcome seemed entirely possible.

‘Honestly! Couldn’t she have at least asked me before doing something like that!’

Had she consulted him, Cesare would have clung to her skirts and begged her not to go through with it.

‘We’re already well-fed and warm—why risk everything for something so reckless!’

If the throne were offered, he wouldn’t refuse—but this kind of desperate gamble was completely unnecessary. The timing was wrong, and so was the method. If she truly wanted Cesare to be king, she should have poisoned Alfonso—not Queen Marguerite!

His suspicions, however, lay elsewhere.

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