Sister, I'm the Queen This Life (330 Chapters Left to Complete) - Chapter 354

“Unnie… You’re the only one I have, truly!”

Clemente flinched away from her younger brother, who was trying to embrace her with his massive frame, overwhelmed with emotion.

“…Don’t cause trouble… Be good… Okay?”

“Of course! We’re staying under my brother-in-law’s roof, after all!”

Outwardly, it seemed like a simple sibling exchange, but as she said “don’t cause trouble and be good,” Clemente glanced pointedly at her ambitious sister-in-law.

Isabella, wearing an expression full of discontent, deliberately avoided meeting Clemente’s eyes, feigning indifference.

Clemente sighed inwardly, her mouth twisting with mixed feelings. Was this really the right thing to do?

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Cardinal de Mare couldn’t complain to Pope Ludovico about the actions of the Inquisitor dispatched from Trevero.

Although cardinals did carry some responsibilities as regional representatives, their fundamental role remained that of servants of the Imperial Painting Bureau.

In contrast, Leo III, as a secular monarch, had every right to voice his grievances.

Though church and state were meant to remain separate and non-interfering, in this particular incident, it could be argued that the Church had stepped beyond its own boundaries and encroached upon state authority.

Following the shocking bankruptcy of the House Contarini, the high nobility banded together and demanded that the king present a solution—and the king gladly accepted their request.

Leo III himself was equally displeased with merchants climbing the social ladder. He didn’t particularly despise merchants, but it troubled him that commoners—who once held no voice at all—were now uniting and gaining influence.

He had no desire to see the number of people he needed to appease grow any further. Leo III already felt burdened by far too many constraints on his rule.

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