“He was what?” Lawrence prompted.

The queen mother shut her eyes tightly before opening them once again.

“He was poisoned!” she announced, looking extremely desolate.

There were tear stains on her cheeks as she uttered those three words.

“What? He was poisoned?” the General of the Right asked skeptically. “Who’s the culprit? Has he been caught?”

The queen mother appeared visibly troubled. “The culprit is… Forget it. Let‘s not pursue this matter any further,” she concluded after a long pause.

Lawrence was displeased to hear that.

Our king was murdered, for goodness ‘ sake! How are we supposed to just let this go?

A doubtful expression formed on his face as he cast a sharp gaze at Nancy.

Are

refuted, raising her voice. “That’s

Lawrence noticed a

of who the culprit is. Please tell us who it is,” said the earl with knitted brows. “His Majesty was your only son. He won’t be able to rest in peace if

right, Your Majesty. You shouldn‘t protect the

Nancy

than his own son, Aaron,” she declared before closing her

“He didn‘t mean it…”

certainly hadn’t expected the perpetrator to be

What if it were

her, that would just be pure vicious. To think she’d poison

saying it was Prince Aaron who killed His Majesty?” The earl shook his head in disbelief.

Aaron to murder the king. He’d be next in line to the

sank as everyone vouched for Aaron while

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