Chapter: 589
She didn’t expect Florin to use her young sister as a shield.
Naen was a quiet young noble lady who didn’t even appear in social circles and lived only in the mansion.
‘Who would believe that this young girl forged the secret letter?’
It’s not a big sin if you get a suspicious secret letter and secretly send it to the imperial palace.
And if a young noble lady who had not yet reached adulthood was punished for that reason, it would not be good for Astelle and the Duke’s reputation.
Astelle pondered for a moment, but Kaizen responded as if he had nothing to hear anymore.
“Take her out.”
The guard knights came closer to drag Naen away.
Astelle made a quick decision after a brief deliberation.
“Your Majesty, the young lady here seems to have misunderstood the situation.”
She bowed her head to Kaizen and spoke politely.
She said, “The young lady must have been shocked when she suddenly got the secret letter. It is understandable that she sent it to the imperial palace secretly without seeing its contents properly.”
“I think so.”
Kaizen also seemed to have noticed Astelle’s thoughts.
“I think it’s someone else who forged the secret letter.”
Astelle continued, “Perhaps it was a cunning person who tried to frame my family by deliberately forging a secret letter to take advantage of an innocent young lady of a marquis family by leaking it to her.”
It was his father, the Duke of Reston, who made a fake secret letter and leaked it to the marquis.
For a moment, a smirk appeared on Kaizen’s face.
Astelle looked a little embarrassed and looked away from him.
“But my family and I almost got into trouble because of Miss Naen’s rash actions, so I can’t forgive her.”
As Naen listened to their conversation, she was trembling with fear.
Astelle turned to Naen and looked back at Kaizen.
“So, until the culprit is found, please leave Miss Naen’s punishment to me, Your Majesty.”
At Astelle’s request, there was an icy silence in the room.
Even the ministers who were watching the situation silently looked at Astelle with puzzled looks, as if predicting what atrocities the empress would commit.