Published at 18th of October 2020 05:50:48 PM
Chapter 171: Chapter 171 - Sovieshu’s Shock (2)
Chapter 171 – Sovieshu’s Shock (2)
I wondered what to pack, but I excluded anything that could be bought in the Western Kingdom . Instead, I chose items that were hard to buy and had sentimental value . There were ways to have my other belongings moved later, so I packed only a minimum number of things .
When I finished, I stopped by my parents to inform them about Duke Elgy, then went to the back entrance . I looked through the window pane on the door .
‘Did Duke Elgy come out yet?’
He was not visible, but his black carriage was there . There was already a driver sitting in the front seat as if he were ready to leave . Was the Duke going to smuggle me out in that carriage?
A short moment later, Duke Elgy and Heinley appeared . Heinley didn’t carry much in his hands .
“Queen!”
He had seen me only a couple of hours ago, but he smiled and raced towards me as if we had been parted for years . Duke Elgy grinned knowingly, but Heinley didn’t seem to care . As I smiled and looked at him, Heinley looked around and raised his eyebrows .
“What about Father-in-Law and Mother-in-Law?”
As we were about to leave, he seemed to wonder why my parents weren’t here .
“Perhaps…”
“I spoke to them already . ”
“Ah . ”
“The necessary people are here . I told my parents to go out for a walk and behave as usual, just in case . ”
“I see…”
Heinley nodded in admiration, but Duke Elgy’s expression was strange .
“I wondered who you resembled, and you look like your parents . ”
“Isn’t it natural for people to take after their parents?”
“I don’t know . I don’t look like my parents at all . ”
He shrugged his shoulders and then opened the door . The guards did not look inwards at the mansion, perhaps as a last courtesy for the former empress . Because of that, the carriage was able to park by the back entrance without drawing suspicion .
I boarded the carriage swiftly just in case . Duke Elgy came in next, but he shut the door before Heinley got on . I wondered why, and Duke Elgy said “Excuse me”, before reaching diagonally upwards at the carriage roof .
“The Emperor only commanded that Heinley be released . ”
His fingers pressed down on something, and there was a click from the carriage bench I was sitting on . Surprised, I moved myself to the other side, and Duke Elgy smiled and removed the cushion . He grabbed the edge of the bench and lifted it up, revealing a large empty space inside . The bench was lined in thick leather, so it was difficult to know there was an empty space even if one tapped on it .
“This is…”
I looked down in amazement, and Duke Elgy pointed at the secret box with his hand .
“Sorry, but you have to go in there . ”
The knights inspected the inside of Duke Elgy’s carriage before it left . It was wide and there was not much luggage, so there was little to check . Duke Elgy had his cane and King Heinley had a brown leather bag, but it was not large enough to hide a person . The only other person was the carriage driver .
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When the Emperor’s knights stepped back and signaled that they could pass, Duke Elgy smiled and nodded at them . Once the door closed, his expression turned into a frown .
The knights did not notice that the former empress had escaped until a full two days later .
Sovieshu didn’t realize either, and during that time he only kept pushing his secretaries to find a way to cancel her remarriage . They scrutinized through all existing records from available emperors, reviewed cases from other countries, and scoured law books from the first page . However, only the High Priest had authority over royal marriages, and no matter how much material was searched, no other alternatives manifested .
“There has to be a case like this . Among the many empresses of history, there had to be one that remarried!”
He needed just one . Sovieshu kept pressuring his men for answers, but no matter how competent they were, they couldn’t make up the past . Even if they tried to manipulate history, there were a hundred more historians to correct them . In the end, Sovieshu’s secretaries had to rely on more liberal interpretations .
“There is no way to undo it, Your Majesty . ”
“Even if the High Priest comes in person, the remarriage cannot be canceled unilaterally . ”
“There was an incident twenty years ago . It wasn’t a remarriage, but the king of the Southern Kingdom called the High Priest to cancel his marriage within three days . ”
“What happened?”
“The High Priest refused to cancel the marriage . ”
Sovieshu’s expression only darkened, and the secretaries hurriedly put their heads together to find another solution .
“But there is precedent of canceling a divorce, Your Majesty . ”
“Canceling a divorce?”
Sovieshu had seen several nobles request a cancellation of their divorce . Oftentimes nobles fought and split over concubines or family politics, but when they reconciled again, they would ask their divorce to be canceled .
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Sovieshu’s secretaries continued to explain .
“Yes, it’s not widely used, but surely there must be precedent of an emperor canceling divorce . ”
“Canceling a divorce would lead to a double marriage, and the second marriage would naturally be annulled, Your Majesty . ”
Sovieshu’s eyes widened at this unexpected boon .
“Divorce…is canceled?”
He tapped a finger nervously on the throne, and the men nodded .
“Yes, Your Majesty . Thus, the remarriage will be canceled . ”
Sovieshu let out a laugh . Him, canceling a divorce now .
“Is there any other way?”
“No, Your Majesty . ”
Sovieshu closed his heavy eyelids .
Cancel the divorce…cancel the divorce…
But why did he get divorced in the first place? It was because the Empress was infertile and he needed a successor . If the divorce was canceled and he had no successor, the plan was useless .
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He thought on it for some time, then decided to go to the Troby mansion . He wanted to see Navier . Seeing her would help make up his mind .
To Sovieshu’s shock, however, she was not there .
“Where’s Navier?”
He turned on Duchess Troby angrily, but she claimed she did not know . He clenched his fist and gritted his teeth .
Duke Elgy had stolen the Empress! It must have been when he sent him to take King Heinley . Sovieshu stormed furiously out of the mansion and roared his orders .
“The Empress has escaped! Find her! Send men to every gateway and seize every woman who looks like the Empress!”
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