Imperial Year 725, Hispell 33rd day.
Or around that time.
The square used for the public trial in the original work was filled with more crowds than ever before.
All of them held a stone in their hands.
It was to stone the arsonist of Codel 12th Avenue, who committed terrible murders.
Some of them witnessed the tragic scene of the fire, and the rest heard vivid accounts from those who did.
They spoke of seeing flesh cleanly burned in the ashes, leaving only unburned bones.
Everyone felt heartbroken and angry. The guilt intensified their anger.
Codel 12th Avenue, a filthy place infested with rats and cockroaches. Everyone gathered in the square despised that place.
There were times when they thought about burning it down.
When passing through, they expressed their disgust by wrinkling their noses and covering their noses, and if the people from there came out to beg, they sprinkled salt to drive them away.
Such actions done thoughtlessly weighed heavily on their hearts after the fire.
To shake off their guilt, they had to vent more anger. They needed to show that they never actually wished for such an incident to happen because of their desires.
The guards pushed people aside, creating a path in the middle. Adrian Esmond, the arsonist, walked into that path.
But no one threw a stone.
“You… committing such a terrible act with such an innocent face.”
Something seemed amiss; it felt like an unfair accusation.
His dignified and upright figure added strength to his innocence.
Finally, Adrian ascended the platform, rising high enough to be visible even in the farthest corner of the square. He stood in front of the trial ground.
The crowd swallowed their saliva, concentrating, and the executioner held the rope, waiting for the command. In this solemn atmosphere, the judge asked in a grave tone.
“Does the sinner Adrian Esmond confess to his wrongdoing?”
“……. ”
As the sinner remained silent, the square roared once.
But the judge, accustomed to such events, did not waver and continued calmly.
“I tell you, if you sincerely repent of your sins even now, though you may not be forgiven on earth, the path of redemption will be open in heaven. So please…”
“I haven’t done anything wrong, so there’s nothing to repent.”
Adrian said.
As the square became so silent that even the sound of his clothes fluttering in the wind could be heard.
“Murderer!”
Starting with the sudden outburst from the crowd, insults and rocks began to fly from everywhere.
“He’s too arrogant! Crush him with a rock!”
Even though the guards threatened with their blunt spearheads, the crowd was unyielding. People threw all the stones they had, and even then, unable to quench their anger, they looked down, seeking more to throw.
In the midst of chaos, the judge spoke again.
“I will ask once again. Do you truly have no intention of confessing your wrongdoing?”
“No, I don’t.”
Adrian replied without hesitation, then turned abruptly towards the crowd. Each of them, holding something in their hands, flinched as they prepared to throw.
“I have only served the Emperor of Rozensia and worked for him. I have no wrongdoing other than that.”
Even as blood trickled down from his forehead into his eyes, Adrian spoke without blinking.
“Your Majesty, now that I have cleaned the dirty streets as you wished, please rest your mind and devote yourself to the imperial affairs.”
The bewildered judge hurriedly gestured to the guard.
Adrian, as if saying he had said all he needed to, calmly surrendered himself to the hands of the guard leading him. As instructed, he placed his neck in the wooden frame and bowed down.
After a while, a wooden block descended perfectly onto his neck. The guard stepped back. He signaled to the executioner…
With a sharp scream, the crowd could hear the sound of the blade piercing between the wooden slots.
They still held something in their hands, and now they had to throw it to someone else.
Right to the Emperor.
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Liz finished speaking.
At the same time, she could feel the sharp touch of the medal’s tip against her neck.
“I… I clearly said. If you deceive me, I will do as I please.”
Around Rene’s eye, crimson veins spread as she looked at Liz up close. The trembling fingertips revealed how much she was suppressing her anger.
With a calm gaze, Liz said, “Will you tell if it were you?”
Seeing a hint of hesitation in the opponent’s eyes, Liz changed the question.
“If I spoke the truth, would you have started?”
“No.”
Rene said, narrowing her eyes.
“I would have cut your throat first. First yours, then the Duke of Montaner or whoever’s.”
“Then I understand. I didn’t tell you my feelings because I thought you might do that.”
Whispered Liz. The spearhead that had been pointing at her throat felt a bit further away than before.
“If it were you, would you have said it?”
The expression of the opponent seemed to show confusion, so Liz changed the question.
“I had to stop my brother.”
“Why?”
When scheming men desperately battle for her favor in the male harem
This one’s also on my reread list! The rivalry, scheming between the men in the imperial harem are just as intense and thrilling as in classic palace drama novels, where concubines fight to the death. Give it a read, girls! I promise you won’t be disappointed.
Synopsis:
“I am not worthy of her… but I still want to be by her side, even if only as a loyal dog…”
Those were the painful whispers of Yue Guanyi – the proud Crown Prince of the Great Qi, who was torn between deep love and a guilty conscience. Despite holding the supreme power of the Imperial Guard, he still could not forget the dark past when he was sold into a brothel.
Fate played a cruel twist when Qiu Shuzhi – a young female official who had just passed the imperial examinations with top honors – stepped into his life. She did not know that she was the one who had saved him from a tragic fate many years ago. And now, her heart was the target of pursuit for both Yue Guanyi and the powerful Empress Dowager Qin Qing.
While Yue Guanyi only dared to silently care for and protect the one he loved from afar, the Empress Dowager Qin Qing openly expressed his feelings and did not hesitate to take advantage of his power to approach Qiu Shuzhi. The covert struggle between the two most powerful forces in the imperial court began…
Trigger warning: All men in this novel are yandere style.
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