The Terminally-Ill Princess Holds the Leash of the Mad Dog (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 022
The day of Jeremy’s birthday celebration.
By this time, the accusation against Celia Brillion for the Emperor’s assassination had been completely cleared. Although those seeking the truth were powerful, the main reason was that the late Emperor had extremely little popularity.
Normally, the mourning period for a deceased Emperor lasted over a month, during which members of the royal family traditionally wore black mourning clothes.
However, Ileon Gredrick, one of the Three Dukes, suggested skipping the mourning period—since the throne could not remain vacant for long—and instead proposed holding a grand celebration for the Crown Prince’s birthday.
Jeremy, eager to ascend the throne, had no reason to reject this proposal.
The fact that Celia, accused of killing the Emperor, faced no punishment despite being discovered at the scene was due largely to Dietrich Calypso’s testimony.
—An intruder took advantage of the lax security, assassinated the Emperor, and fled, framing Celia Brillion, who was present at the scene. All evidence was deliberately made to point toward her.
This was not just anyone’s claim, but the word of Dietrich, the Emperor’s closest confidant and commander of the Imperial Knights. His statement carried immense weight.
Though criticized for failing to protect the Emperor, the nobles could not bring Dietrich down over this alone.
After all, the Emperor always dismissed his guards whenever he allowed a woman into his private chambers.
With everyone who had confessed to the Emperor’s assassination already executed, no one chose to pursue the matter further.
Thus, Celia faced no punishment for the Emperor’s murder.
Moreover…
‘What is that?’
Celia leaned halfway against the window, gazing outside. Since early morning, a single knight had been placing a ribbon-wrapped gift box in front of the mansion.
My Step-brother Is Obsessed With Me (Female-dominant)
A gentle female protagonist vs pitiful in the early stage, and a sick male protagonist in the later stage
Cheng Songer transmigrated into the body of a vicious cannon fodder female supporting character with the same name as her in a female-dominant novel.
In the original story, the cannon fodder female supporting character was inhumane, committing domestic violence, gambling excessively, being lustful, and even wanting to sell her stepbrother to a brothel for money.
As luck would have it, she just happened to transmigrate at this time.
Seeing Cheng Qingzhi biting his lip, enduring the tears in his eyes, looking pitiful, her heart softened.
She stuffed the money back into the Madam’s hand and reached out to him.
“Brother, come home with me.”
I hate that we missed chapters 21 and 23
I find Ileon very interesting so far. More so than Dietrich.
Yay! The ML has a personality that is coming out. Good timing
I’m glad this novel has so many interesting characters. It makes reading it so worthwhile.