episode_0166

“Finally, the improvement ceremony is next week.”

As Imperial faction member Hans spoke, the others nodded.

“Okay, so how is the plan going?”

Enrique responds to Hans’ words with a smile.

“Currently, I have created a status that has worked in the house of a nobleman in Bairen City for 5 years. And we also prepared an excellent assassin.”

Hans speaks as if he likes those words.

“Haha! So now all I have to do is get the poison? Even if it is a banquet hall, it would be difficult for a maid to carry poison.”

Lewis responds to that.

“Don’t worry about that.”

Lewis says as he takes out a small blue gem.

“This is a gem made by processing poison.”

It refers to a gem the size of millet.

“Put this little jewel into the bitch’s drinking glass.”

The nobles who saw it spoke in amazement.

“Oh… As expected, alchemy is amazing. Will I die if I eat this?”

Lewis nods at those words.

“Yes. When this gem is dissolved in water, it has a fatal effect on humans. Although it does not cause sudden death, it is said that no one has survived after drinking it.”

Everyone nods their heads at those words.

“We must prepare a way to deal with the assassin if he comes out of the palace, and we must never let it be known that we poisoned the bitch.”

Enrique answers those words.

“How can I not know your concerns? Of course, I also prepared a way to deal with her.”

Hans bursts out laughing at those words.

“Great! It’s great. I can finally kill the bitch and finish off the archduke. Now, let’s reach an agreement in advance on who will be the next bitch.”

At those words, the hall becomes quiet.

Joey, who will become the next emperor.

Epirus and Ejib alone are powerful, but it is obvious that the political situation will be shaken up depending on who becomes her husband when she also gains Nicaea.

“First of all, how about getting a husband from a suitable Korean-American family rather than a great nobleman?”

Luis nods at Enrique’s words.

“Representative Enrique, I think it is premature to discuss that. I don’t think the Archduke will easily step down.”

“Ha! What do you think this guy is going to do? Would you really want to marry your older sister and then her younger brother?”

As this is a common occurrence in the world of nobles, the room becomes quiet at Hans’ words.

“That might be it.”

Because he married Theodora, who almost became his stepmother.

To them, he just seems like the embodiment of power.

“Then what should I do?”

“Probably when the Archduke is next to me. Looks like we need to kill the bitch and make him suspicious.”

Hans speaks with a puzzled look on his face.

“Is there really a need for that? If you see a corner, add poison…”

Enrique answers those words.

“That’s why they make the Archduke the main culprit and never receive support from the National Assembly. At this point, there is no right to veto. Let’s make a law that prohibits marriage with a relative of a deceased spouse.”

“No! That’s not enough. Let’s declare them enemies of the state. Ioanes gets along well and sends them to hell.”

The moment when the Archduke, who does not receive support from the National Assembly, cannot exercise his veto.

So they begin a heated debate about how to rule this empire after Theodora dies.

I didn’t even know that all this news was flowing to the Ministry of Information…

***

After the war, the lords of Nicaea decided to remain loyal to the emperor.

Perhaps, at this triumphal ceremony, they decided to come to Roman in person and perform a ceremony of loyalty to Theodora.

Things are going well.

In addition, the National Assembly is also said to be considering a bill specifying that Nicaea, Epirus, and Egypt are owned by the emperor, on the pretext that I arbitrarily gave Epirus and Egypt to Ioannes.

Of course, I can’t miss this great opportunity.

In politics, if something comes, something goes.

“What do I get this time?”

I intend to pass the bill I want to Congress on the condition that it is not vetoed.

Well, anyway, I’ll think about this later…

“Is it an improvement?”

Perhaps next month, Agrippa and Mary will return to Rome with the imperial army.

According to a long-standing tradition in the empire, when a victor arrives, the military parades with the tallest person at the front.

And the person who is the protagonist of the triumphal ceremony is the greatest… Agrippa or William.

They haven’t announced exactly who it is yet, but if you choose William, William and the Golden Knights will return to Rome, so I would like to award the triumph to Agrippa.

-smart.

“Who is it?”

[That’s me.]

Answer Lucius’ voice.

“Come in.”

-Squeak.

“An urgent report has been uploaded from the Ministry of Information.”

“Yes. Will you give it to me?”

I take the envelope of documents handed out by Lucius.

I carefully put the mana into the envelope and open it.

-Squeak!

For security purposes, materials classified as top secret are enchanted to burn if opened by anyone other than those authorized to view them.

It’s a little annoying, but it’s unavoidable for security reasons.

How many people come and go in my room?

With that in mind, let’s open the report.

“Hmm… Bairen City maid.”

Was it poisoning this time?

And even details of the plan to turn the tables on me and remove me from office and how they will oust me after that.

The ridiculous thing is that these people are also planning to contact the protesters.

Ah… the empire is truly rotten.

I can’t believe the protestors I created for risk management are so popular.

I didn’t expect that a trap for demon worshipers would also lead to traitors.

“Well, let’s say so…”

The order gives an order to secretly search for the identity of the Emperor’s assassins and to collect data or evidence of their contact with the home country.

-Sruk… Srurk!

It is an essential part to prevent them from cutting off their tails.

After writing the order, I put it in a document envelope and handed it to Lucius.

“Please pass this on to the Ministry of Information.”

After giving me a brief nod, he looks at Lucius and gets lost in thought.

After this triumphal ceremony, I will have to teach Theodora a little about her attitude as the leader of the faction.

If he found out that his trusted subjects called him a bitch and tried to poison him, he might go on a rampage.

Because he is secretly hot-tempered.

Well, we’ll talk about it later when we gather evidence.

“The war is over, so why doesn’t work decrease? Haha…”

It is said that Savinelli has been captured and is coming to Roman.

“Keu… It must be difficult to get hired, right?”

Sabinelli remained loyal to Ioannes even after his death.

When I saw how he tried to rebuild Nicaea, for the first time I envied the dead Ioannes.

That’s why I want to hire him by my side, but I don’t think it will be that easy.

“First, let’s stop the triumphal conspiracy and solve each one one by one… Is there anything we can do?”

Thinking about that, I sigh deeply again.

***

The moment that Debian is lamenting.

In the Empress Dowager’s room, the head maid and Eurydice are chatting.

“Yes. I will put an aphrodisiac in the cup that His Majesty the Archduke will use during the banquet.”

Eurydice says those words with a worried expression.

“If the son-in-law tries to grab another glass…”

He says that as if telling me not to worry.

“On the day of the banquet, the dishes of His Majesty the Emperor and the Grand Duke will be managed separately for safety reasons.”

Eurydice is in charge of all major and minor affairs of the imperial palace, so if she decides to do so that day, not even the emperor will be able to stop her.

Since ancient times, the emperor monitors state affairs and the empress monitors the imperial palace.

Since the current emperor is a woman, Eurydice is in charge of looking after the imperial palace.

If she so commands on that day, it will be so.

In the first place, Devian, the real power of the empire, has no involvement in the imperial palace other than security and security.

“Kuhm… You know that no one but us should know about this, right?”

‘Live, live… I never thought I would end up doing something like this.’

A mother-in-law who puts an aphrodisiac in her son-in-law’s drinking glass.

How crazy is this?

Even in vulgar pornographic novels, it is not common for a mother-in-law to give her son-in-law an aphrodisiac.

Of course… Aren’t mothers-in-law usually older and sons-in-law younger?

Even in pornographic novels here, it is not common to do something like that with an older mother-in-law.

Of course, I don’t know if my mother-in-law is as beautiful as Eurydice.

Anyway, Eurydice is not trying to do something like that with Debian… but she desperately wants to do something like that with her daughter.

That’s why Eurydice herself didn’t want to do something like this, but Devian and Theodora’s behavior was so frustrating that she ended up plotting something like this.

Of course, rather than thinking that ‘if I make a mistake, the royal family will be cut off’, I am doing this because I just want to see my grandchildren.

“Don’t worry. Empress Dowager Mama.”

Eurydice nods at the head maid’s words.

“Thank you. It’s like you brought the empire back to life.”

I don’t know how putting an aphrodisiac in her son-in-law’s cup saved the empire, but at least Eurydice herself truly believes that it did.

“This is too much praise. Mama.”

The head maid continued speaking with a humble expression on her face.

“All of this is the blessing of the imperial family.”

In this way, a large conspiracy was growing in one corner of the imperial palace, unknown to even Devian.