klisemfg Chapter 564 Treason
Chapter 564 Treason
Catherine was taken away from the Monteverde family's wedding reception.
Brooks, the second son of the Monteverde family, was recently promoted to deputy commander of the Tenth Regiment of the Knights of Light. He would soon be going to war with the army, so his family hurriedly held a wedding for him and his fiancée in advance.
The Monteverde family was already a renowned and prestigious family within the empire. Now that their second son had been promoted, and was about to achieve further military success, how could they be so elated? The wedding was held with extraordinary grandeur and extravagance, with even Her Highness the Princess attending in person to congratulate them.
Brooks had a great harvest in both officialdom and love life. After a few drinks, he felt like he was walking on clouds. He and his new wife enthusiastically went forward to chat with Her Royal Highness the Princess. He felt that the future was bright.
then……
Then, the Knights of Light and the God-favored Ones, dressed in full armor, came uninvited and, in full view of everyone, requested the princess to go and see the king.
——Right away, right now!
Such strong words coupled with the serious expressions of those gods' favored ones frightened Brooks sober. He pulled his wife back a few steps and quickly distanced himself from Her Royal Highness the Princess.
"What's wrong with His Majesty?" Catherine frowned slightly and asked the leading knight, "Is it his body...?"
"That's not the case, Your Highness." The leading knight denied it bluntly, and thundered in the middle of the banquet:
"—You have been accused of treason, and His Majesty has fallen ill with worry, and wishes to see you immediately."
There was an uproar at the scene.
"This is ridiculous! How dare you blatantly slander the royal family like this!?" Countess Melissa Taylor, who was also attending the wedding banquet, pushed through the crowd and stepped forward to speak up for the young crown prince.
"It's alright, ma'am."
Catherine, however, seemed to be feigning strength, maintaining a stern face and a calm tone, preserving the pride of being the crown princess. She glanced at the nobles present, who had clearly accompanied this vast empire for nearly a thousand years—
"The Temple has the duty to supervise the Crown Prince. I will cooperate with all investigations to prove my innocence."
Her Highness actually bowed to the temple?!
Her words stirred ripples in many people's hearts. The wedding banquet of the Monteverde family was attended by many nobles, and this was not a place where ignorant commoners who blindly followed others could come.
In recent years, due to the poor health of His Majesty the King, who has been unable to rule the country personally, the Temple of Light has been increasingly involved in political affairs. The two parties should have been working together to govern the empire, but now the power of the Temple continues to rise, even slightly suppressing the Bishop royal family.
A delicate balance had been disrupted—if these nobles had eyes, they would have understood that this was not a good thing.
Her Royal Highness the Princess left calmly, but the people who stayed behind had their own thoughts. The grand wedding banquet carefully prepared by the Monteverde family ended quietly.
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"Clang!"
As soon as Catherine entered His Majesty the King's bedroom, something was thrown at her!
But the thrower was too weak, and the delicate bone china cup fell to the ground and shattered into countless pieces before it even touched Catherine. Some of the broken porcelain pieces flew to Catherine's feet, but she stepped on them without even blinking, then lifted her skirt, lowered her head, and bent her knees -
"Good day, uncle." His courtesy was impeccable.
"You still remember that I am your uncle!" An angry roar came from behind the curtain, hoarse and rough like the monsters wandering in the dark swamp.
"Do you still remember that you have the blood of the Bishop family flowing in your body?!" King George's anger this time was not acted. When the battle report came, he was really angry and fainted.
If he just held on a little longer, he could have an endless supply of elf flesh and blood! Damn it! Those with impure bloodlines are truly unreliable!
This made King George completely lose his composure. The advance of the Mulete Empire's troops made him angry and afraid, and he was eager to find an outlet to vent his anger.
"Back then, everyone opposed your father marrying Cynthia, but I firmly supported your parents in pursuing true love!" King George growled at the figure outside through the gauze curtains on the bed, his eyes full of resentment.
"I never minded your witch blood. No matter what, you are a child of the Bishop family. But what have you done, Katherine? You disappoint me so much!"
"How can you be the crown prince of an empire in your current state—"
"Then depose me." The girl's voice sounded indifferently from outside the bed curtain.
King George choked, and his face, which was covered with pus and hidden behind the bed curtains, showed an expression of astonishment. All the temple people in the king's bedroom could not help but glance sideways at the girl in the center of the room.
"Please depose me." As if worried that he didn't hear her, the princess, who respected the elderly and loved the young, repeated it again.
"You, do you know what you are talking about!" King George was furious.
"Of course I know what I'm talking about." But he didn't expect that Catherine seemed to be even angrier than him at this moment, and rudely interrupted the king's questioning.
"On my way to your chamber, I heard that the Mulet Kingdom had suddenly launched a surprise attack on the border. When the battle report arrived, they had already occupied several small border towns, and you—"
Catherine's tone was no longer as calm as before. She asked in return:
"When you learned about this, your first reaction wasn't to capture the traitor in the temple, but to come and hold me accountable?"
"Your Highness, what do you mean by this?!" Someone in a white robe immediately jumped out to express his dissatisfaction. This was slander!
"That's what you think." Catherine dared to challenge the king, so how could she take the people in the temple seriously?
"In recent years, the High Court has been plagued by repeated unrest. I've long said that the Knights of Light have lived in peace for too long and have become too lax! But I've only been rectifying them for a few days, and you're already rushing to call a halt! And what's the result? Bishop Harris died tragically in the deepest part of the temple, the place you thought was the safest!"
The man in the white robe was speechless now, his face flushed red. Catherine eliminated the troublemaker and turned her firepower to King George:
"Also, I have repeatedly advised Your Majesty that the southern border is complex, the garrison is too small, and the military's movements are always unknown. You should have strengthened the border security long ago instead of stationing troops in Highgarden. I have said so long ago—"
"Okay!" A look of embarrassment flashed across King George's face, and he stopped Catherine's questioning in a deep voice.
"I have done everything I could, Your Majesty." Catherine seemed to be exhausted. Her voice lowered and her expression became extremely ugly.
Only the hazy figure of King George could be seen through the bed curtains, but Catherine had no interest in prying into his current condition.
——It was so smelly. Catherine lowered her eyelids. She had to use all her strength to ensure that she would not vomit here, so she lost control of her expression.
King George's thoughts were interrupted by her resignation, and he was also upset by her repeated questions. However, he would never let it go so easily. He said more bluntly:
"The matter with the two twins back then was clearly——"
"The matter of those two people was indeed handled in secrecy, but that doesn't mean no one knew about it. Your close associates knew about it, as did Bishop Quincy and many priests of the Temple of Light."
Catherine raised her head and gave a mocking smile. "But you never doubted them. Clearly, there have been suspicious assassins appearing in Highgarden in recent years, clearly trying to uncover something, yet you still suspect me."
She added another strong suggestion: "Oh, you don't even doubt Canion. He was there when it happened. That's right, he is more liked by you and your aunt than my guy. He also loves you more than I do. After all, you are the child who grew up under your care."
There was a sudden silence behind the gauze curtain.