Chapter: 577
Vellian opened his mouth slightly as if in a panic.
He himself must have been surprised to realize he had suddenly returned to speaking rudely with her after being so respectful until now.
Astelle rebuked him in a calm but clear tone, “How can you be so disrespectful in front of me, the empress of the empire, and defend a sinner without a foundation? Did the person serving the emperor not learn imperial etiquette properly?”
“Oh, it’s not……”
Bewildered, Vellian looked at her with a slightly betrayed look in his eyes.
He continued, “You speak without any hesitation. Why are you doing this all of a sudden?”
Are you asking because you really don’t know?
That’s because I wasn’t an empress back then.
At that time, Astelle was a powerless duke’s daughter who was even abandoned by her own family.
“If I, the empress, tolerate the emperor aide’s groundless nitpicking, won’t that damage His Majesty’s honor?”
“That, that……”
While Vellian could not find a word to answer back, the door to the drawing-room opened with a knock.
“Your Majesty.”
The nobles who had participated in the political meeting came inside.
Everyone bowed their heads deeply.
“Is the meeting over?”
“Yes, Your Majesty. We apologize for keeping you waiting.”
Unlike Vellian, who interrogated Astelle in a rude manner, the ministers were extremely polite.
“I apologize I haven’t been able to formally greet you. If you allow it, I will go to the empress’ palace soon……”
As if they had planned it, they apologized for not meeting her and asked for permission to greet her.
They had no choice but to do so.
The Croychen family collapsed, and Florin, who was the most powerful candidate for the empress, could not be spared from this incident.
The young emperor fell in love with the empress and lived almost every day in the empress’ palace. Even the empress has a prince who will become the crown prince.
From the point of view of the officials, they had to try their best to somehow look good to the empress.
But before Astelle could say anything, Kaizen entered.