Escape from the evil Chapter 71 - 21. The commotion at the family dinner

Chapter 71: Chapter 21. The commotion at the family dinner

It seed that troubles continued to rain down on the imperial family one after another. The coronation ceremony, which turned into a bloody nightmare, the death of many officials, and the emperor’s illness, which undermined his condition and forced him to temporarily withdraw from public affairs. All this fell on the Imperial Palace in one mont.

And, just as importantly, only one person was to bla for all these misfortunes. All this chaos is solely her doing.

The ss caused by the Crown Princess has undoubtedly left a huge imprint on the previous way of life of this place. For a long ti, chaos and confusion reigned in the palace. Finally, after so many days of turmoil, it was the day that could be described as the most peaceful in the imperial palace.

After a long and difficult period, the royal family was able to co together again. The reason was the emperor’s recovery.

After being injured during the massacre, the emperor was bedridden for a month. And recently, there have finally been significant improvents in his condition. The man recovered enough to return to governnt affairs.

And since it was a joyful event, it was decided to arrange a long-awaited family dinner in honor of this. In the imperial dining room, where for the first ti in a long ti the noise of cutlery was heard, the emperor, the Empress and their youngest daughter gathered.

— Father, how are you feeling today? — Jerica de Ronan addressed the emperor with all concern.

"Oh, I’m much better now," he replied with a faint smile, "The Imperial physician said that I’m on the nd and will be fully healthy very soon. I appreciate your concern, my dear.

— Father, even if you’re feeling better, you still shouldn’t return to governnt affairs so soon! — The princess objected, — My mother and I will take care of everything. In the anti, you’d better focus on your recovery.

— No, how can I? This empire needs an emperor. I can’t sit idly by while you two are working so hard...

Listening to the conversation between father and daughter, the Empress did not say anything for a long ti. Until finally her patience, along with the glass of red wine in her hand, gave way.

— I see you’re both in more than good spirits, aren’t you? Darling, since you’ve decided to get back to business, why don’t you start by punishing the criminal who disturbed the peace of our empire?

The Empress was annoyed that the emperor stubbornly ignored the topic of the Crown Princess whenever she tried to bring it up. Instead of summoning his wayward daughter to the tribunal and stripping her of all the regalia due to her position, he did nothing. In the eyes of Valencia de Ronan, this was nothing more than cowardice.

After all, where has a lion ever been seen to be afraid of its cub? When in fact everything should be quite the opposite!

Even now, after her words, the emperor just looked away, as if he didn’t want to talk about it.

— Empress, today is such a good day. Why don’t we discuss this another ti...

— What’s that? — The woman smiled icily, — I don’t understand why you’re taking so long. After all, you’re the ruler of this empire! Every piece of land in this state belongs to you. So can’t you even deal with your own family problems?!

While the atmosphere in the dining room was heating up, Jerica remained on the sidelines and could not interfere in any way. Quarrels between parents have beco commonplace lately. The Empress was angry and wanted to avenge her humiliation, but the emperor could not continue to smooth things over.

Everyone understood that sothing had to be done in the current situation, but no one knew what exactly...

However, before the embers of the conflict between the imperial couple could flare up, an incident that occurred in the next instant extinguished them overnight. As expected, this man, as in any other case, appeared at the family eting completely uninvited.

— I’m sorry I’m late. Your Majesty, you don’t mind if I join you, do you?

Kaena Gessen de Ronan stord into the dining room without giving the guards even a chance to stop her.

— What are you...!

The Empress exhaled in indignation when her stepdaughter sat down at the table as if nothing had happened and looked more than at ease. It was the first ti she had appeared in the palace since that incident, and she acted as if nothing special had happened.

"That vile brat!"— the hatred that the Empress exuded with her whole appearance was hard to miss, but only a condescending smile remained on the princess’ face.

Her daughter’s coronation ceremony was supposed to be perfect. But this girl ca and committed an act of cruelty, forcing people’s attention to switch and forcing everyone to talk about it. Just thinking about it made the Empress’ blood boil.

But even if she wanted to vent her anger and resentnt, sothing inside her seed to be holding her back from this step and forcing her to stay in place. The woman clenched her fists tighter.

??...??

— What’s the matter? Why isn’t anyone eating?

Kaena, who was acting completely nonchalant, looked surprised.

Even though it was lunchti, since the arrival of the Crown Princess, no one had touched the food placed on the long table in the imperial dining room. The audience froze with a nervous expression on their faces and only exchanged glances.

— Mother, you seem so exhausted. Aren’t you hungry? — the crown Princess turned to her stepmother.

Valencia could barely contain the indignation bubbling in her chest.

"That’s because I’ve been doing nothing but cleaning up the ss you made lately!" but even though it was entirely her fault, Kaena herself didn’t bring up the subject, as if she had nothing to do with it.

"Mother, I’m really worried about you," Kaena continued, "When dealing with governnt affairs, you should not neglect als on ti.

??.....??

The tense silence in the dining room was interrupted only by the Crown Princess.

Although she was filled with indignation, in the end, the Empress had to give in.

— good. If that’s what you want, — the Empress replied in an unctuous voice.

Kaena de Ronan smiled back at her.

The woman motioned for the servants to start distributing the food on the plates. A nearby servant quickly walked over and lifted the lid from the dish that was right in front of the Empress. However, instead of the exquisite dish prepared by the royal chef, there was a..

A human head.

— Aaaaaaa!

The Empress scread, and the cutlery she was holding flew to the floor. At the sa ti, horror was reflected on the faces of everyone present.

Despite the fact that all mbers of the imperial family were well aware of the bloodthirsty nature of the Crown Princess... but to do sothing like that... Isn’t that too much?!

— What... What is it...

The Empress’s throat went dry when she saw a human head lying on a plate right in front of her. And to make matters worse, she was even able to recognize her.

This was the rcenary who, on the Empress’ orders, was sent to kill the duke’s daughter in the North. However, even if this attempt failed, the Empress was sure that she had turned to a professional and he had successfully covered his tracks...

So what the hell?! Now, this man was here in front of her in a similar state...

— Mother, is sothing wrong? — The Empress shuddered when the Crown Princess’ voice reached her again, — Do you want

to cut you a piece?

??...??