The Male Lead Is Trying To Tame Me With Money - Chapter 90

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90.

Fortunately, thanks to Casian moving me to the office, the bedroom intrusion incident became a secret between just the two of us.

And we organized today’s events well and decided how to proceed going forward.

That night, after Casian sent me home, he easily retrieved the evidence documents that Second Empress Trisha had hidden.

For him who could easily shake off dozens of knights, deceiving the eyes of a few servants and guards late at night was nothing.

And that wasn’t the only positive news.

The next morning, a young Imperial Physician with sunken eyes rushed to the Winter Palace and said.

“I, I found it! I can make an antidote too! If the Winter Palace helps me!”

Among the herbs needed for the antidote mixture, there was a rare one that had to be found.

We immediately described the appearance of the herb to Samuel Moti in as much detail as possible and ordered him to find it.

Additionally, Emperor’s condition was neither completely hopeless nor very hopeful.

Because they had immediately given him emergency antidote without panicking at the time, and the Emperor himself was strong-willed and enduring well.

However, the time limit was the problem.

That’s why the Imperial Physicians stayed up all night analyzing the poison’s components, referring to the hints Casian had provided.

Fortunately, that evening, Samuel Moti reported that he had found the herb.

The problem was…

“Ordinary knights going here won’t be able to make it in time.”

The hopeful time remaining for Emperor was only about a week at most.

However, the Imperial Physicians said that if it took that long, even if consciousness was recovered, permanent aftereffects would accompany it.

Whether it would be eyesight, hearing, or some other part of the body, they couldn’t guarantee that either.

If it went beyond a week, his life would be preserved but whether he could open his eyes or not would have to be left to heaven.

“-We shouldn’t create room for the shrine to intervene.”

“Yes.”

Therefore, the time limit for the Emperor to wake up without major aftereffects was only five days.

The only people who could make the round trip within that time were currently just two: Casian and the Captain of the Royal Guard who was directing the investigation.

After confirming the location of the nearest herb, he clenched and unclenched his fists several times, conflicted.

Because he knew all too well how many things could happen if he left his post for five days in this situation.

So I decided to give him a push.

Of course, I had always complained that Emperor was a very bad father.

That’s exactly why I thought he needed to survive so that Casian could resent him, curse him, or hurt him.

So that Casian wouldn’t suffer from the guilt of not being able to save him for the rest of his life.

“Please go.”

“But Rose, right now Second Empress is also in custody and…”

“Don’t you trust me?”

“You know that’s not what I mean, it’s not just you but…”

I lifted Casian’s hand and kissed the back of his hand encouragingly.

“Do you think I’ll just sit still and wait until Ian returns?”

“…No.”

After long hesitation, Casian answered as if sighing.

“Four days, no, I’ll return within three days.”

He grasped the hand I had been holding and pulled me close.

“I’ll trust you and leave it to you, so show the First Empress clearly how amazing my advisor is.”

“Of course.”

After seeing him off and being left alone in the office, I took a deep breath.

If you asked whether I was afraid, I was.

Because if the First Empress really didn’t calculate the consequences and brought in the Zamoti Duchy, the noble families who were their associates, and even the shrine, she could easily seize control of the Imperial Palace.

But that’s exactly why I had to send Casian away.

‘If we sent knights, they might be disposed of quietly along the way.’

Then Emperor’s condition would obviously worsen, which would only make it better for First Empress Scaletti to use extreme methods.

So I just chose the best method.

High risk, but one that could gain certainty in return.

Just the fact that Casian went to get the herb himself would force the Empress to calculate the consequences.

No matter how much she tried to push it out of her mind, all the times we had obstructed her would act as a brake in her thoughts.

Then she would have no choice but to prepare for failure.

The more I created situations where she had to reserve her strength, the more flaws would appear in First Empress Scaletti Zamotti.

I tightened my stomach and exhaled deeply.

Now that my thoughts were organized, I had to tie up Empress Scaletti until Casian returned and protect the people I needed to protect.

I opened the office door and called together the Winter Palace people I could trust most after Casian.

It was going to be quite a long three days.

*

That afternoon after Casian left, there was immediate movement.

“Salice Advisor, please follow me. The Empress is looking for you.”

Empress Scaletti’s maid had come looking for me.

“I’m sorry, but for what reason?”

“The Empress wants to hear more details. Of course, we know that the Royal Guard Captain is doing his best to investigate.”

This maid used to look down on me whenever she saw me, but her attitude was quite polite now.

Making it obvious that it was a trap.

“But you know well how devoted the Empress has always been to Emperor, don’t you, Advisor? So she just wants to hear the story from someone who was closest to the situation.”

That day, thanks to the Second Empress’s deduction and voluntary body search, my suspicions had been almost completely cleared.

Even in the straightforward Captain of the Royal Guard’s investigation results, it was determined that I had almost no opportunity to interfere.

‘Because I was the last one to enter that tea party.’

When I took my seat, the Emperor and Second Empress were already having a conversation, and the tea set and desserts were already arranged.

Even the Chamberlain who had gone to get toys for Coco had already returned by then.

Therefore, the First Empress couldn’t now unreasonably order my detention.

She didn’t have the authority anyway since she wasn’t the chief investigator of the poisoning case.

At the maid’s words, I rummaged through the pile of documents filling the office and pulled out a file folder.

“Since she’s so concerned, how could I not understand the Empress’s heart?”

“As expected, I knew thoughtful Salice Advisor would say that!”

In the past, she had definitely made me repeatedly do lunges, no, knee bends, countless times under the excuse of teaching me etiquette on the palace grounds, saying I was unsophisticated and didn’t know the basics.

Of course, she was a Countess and I was just a Baron’s daughter, so I quietly gave in and let it pass.

‘Though it seems like Casian subtly interfered with the Countess’s merchant operations afterward.’

And Casian got scolded by me.

Because petty retaliation came from the First Empress afterward.

Anyway, I was so entangled with the Rose Palace that there were far too many things to pay back.

“So I’ll give you this document.”

“…What?”

“It’s an incident statement I wrote in great detail about that day’s events. Since it’s not a concluded case yet and you can’t access it, I understand your frustration.”

“That, no, Salice Advisor! The Empress doesn’t just want an explanation of the incident but also wants to receive comfort…”

“Comfort?”

“That’s right! Currently, you’re the only one who will become the Crown Princess, aren’t you? She’s like another mother to you, so please go.”

In other words, if I didn’t want trouble after marriage in the future, I should quietly follow along.

Really outrageous. Not even a birth mother, and not even a good adoptive mother who took charge of raising him.

What son treatment.

When she usually gritted her teeth wanting to kill Casian whenever she saw him, yet her shamelessness.

“Countess, is the First Empress really feeling sorry about this situation?”

The moment I said that and gestured with my eyes, a nearby knight deliberately opened the door.

After being treated like that, did she really think I sent Casian outside the Imperial Palace without any countermeasures?

Currently, many people from other palaces were coming and going to the Winter Palace.

With regular duties plus the investigation of Emperor’s poisoning case, there was bound to be a crowd from advisors to servants running errands.

Of course, she was acting like that because she didn’t know, but then she deserved what was coming.

“Of course, are you trying to disparage the First Empress’s sincere intentions right now, Salice Advisor?”

“If it’s sincere intentions, I thought you should let me continue working, so that’s why I’m saying this.”

You’re not thinking of dragging me away and confining me until Casian arrives, then disposing of me quietly, are you?

“What do you mean, it’s just to have a brief conversation with the Empress…! The investigation of the poisoning incident is the Imperial Guard’s job anyway.”

However, perhaps my answer was very displeasing to her, as the Countess raised her voice even more aggressively.

“No matter how busy the Winter Palace’s usual duties are, can’t you even comfort the Empress who is grieving over her husband’s critical condition!”

Really, thank you so much for falling right into the provocation?

In contrast to her, I opened my mouth dryly, draining all emotion from my voice.

“Since you seem unaware due to late news, let me inform you, Countess. I don’t simply have only the duties of the Winter Palace’s First Advisor.”

Surely the First Empress must have heard it too, during the recent Clupea Margrave investiture ceremony.

“As of this morning, with the request of the Royal Guard Captain and Prince Casian’s approval, I have officially taken on the concurrent position of Chief of Staff for the Imperial Guard’s First Training Officer.”

Of course, since it was temporary then, it would be easy to think it’s not the case now, wouldn’t it?

In an instant, the gazes of many people coming and going through the Winter Palace focused sharply on the office.

“However, Countess. If you still say that comforting the Empress is more important than me investigating His Majesty the Emperor’s poisoning case, I’ll gladly do so.”

*

At my proposal, the Countess hurriedly retreated from the Winter Palace, taking only the copy of the incident statement I had given her.

Of course, I didn’t think the First Empress’s schemes would end here.

So I…

‘The harsh lessons the Empress gave me when I came to the Imperial Palace, I’ll return them well.’

That proxy war you’re so good at.

I’ve prepared it for you.

A very welcome guest was scheduled to visit the First Empress.

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