Chapter: 16
As long as the emperor’s child was raised in secret, she just had to avoid encountering this man and any other people within the capital as much as possible.
Of course, the empress dowager was completely unaware that Astelle hid a child, thus, she wrote such a will for Astelle.
“Is that why you were looking for me? Why didn’t you just forcibly get rid of that clause?”
The will was also forcibly opened without Astelle’s permission, because of this he was accused of trying to keep the inheritance for himself.
Kaizen responded with ridicule after hearing Astelle’s thorny words.
“There’s nothing I can’t do. Some aristocrats and judges may oppose it because it’s against the inheritance law, but I can get rid of it. However, when I think about it, it would be simpler to bring you in and get your consent publicly.”
He wasn’t wrong.
He said it like that, but the empress dowager’s estate was a huge territory covering the entire South.
He might have wanted to clear up the inheritance issue so that it would not be a problem for the future emperors.
“That’s why I was looking for you, and you ran away as soon as I sent someone, so I searched the North and the East for two months.”
It was for that purpose.
It wasn’t a particularly big deal.
It was a simple task to go to the capital and sign a consent form in front of judges and priests.
That’s okay.
Theor will meet Astelle’s maternal grandfather in the middle and returns home first, Astelle only needs to go there alone.
Astelle quickly cleared up her thoughts, pretending to be sorry, and bowed her head.
“I’m sorry, I was scared because I thought it was my father’s order.”
“Are you afraid of your father? Your father, now the only Duke of the Empire, said he didn’t even know if his daughter was alive or dead,” Kaizen shed cold ridicule.
Over the past six years, the great nobles lost their titles.
Now the only duke left in the empire was her father, Duke Reston.
Astelle thought her father must have worked hard to survive without losing his title to the end.
Duke Reston was originally a smart man. He was trusted by the previous emperor and enjoyed the greatest power among the great nobles.
“I haven’t met my father in 6 years. I thought something happened to my family and I will be punished too.”
Kaizen was not a compassionate emperor. Families stigmatized for treason were locked up in convents or made slaves.
Whenever she thought of some of the families that had been so ruined, Astelle got goosebumps.