CHAPTER 35
What the Second Prince refused to believe, was that the lass was dead. Even though they had told the capital that she had died, he had been ordered to do that by the Emperor himself. With the royal physician telling him three different times and the Emperor once, that the lass could not survive such a poison, and that was enough for the Emperor to decree her death.
The royal physician was indeed very intrigued on how the young miss had lasted for so long, and that even before she had ‘gone’, she was still able to smile and talk.
As much as he saw it so miraculous, he could not see any other way but death, to those who taken this poison. That was why it was deemed a death penalty, for the ‘Two Faced Poison’ was found to have no cure, among the fact that it was also very sneaky. It was told that it could have been also a death sentence because the Golden Haven Emperor, who had deemed it forbidden, had someone close to him that had to go through it…This was just a rumour though.
Yet, Matthew could feel something…Whatever it was, he felt it.
Since meeting her, he felt…Somewhat connected. When she was laying there, so helplessly on the bed, he watched her and felt her. And when she had disappeared, he had not had his spiritual essence returned to him…
She was alive! There was no way he would think otherwise…
He knew, that over time, his spiritual essence inside of her would diminish into nothing, but it hadn’t gone yet. He could…Feel her out there…Somewhere…
It was a strange feeling, he didn’t tell anyone about it, and he hardly knew what to make of it himself, as he had never had it happen before. He just felt like all he had to do was find her. In fact, he felt very fortunate that she had ‘stolen’ his spiritual essence. He was only a bit upset that he couldn’t find where she was by locating her through his spiritual essence, he could just faintly feel that it still lingered.
With such a big event happening, suddenly, the reputation of the Rolland Estate plummeted, and the Emperor had no choice but to punish the Right Minister, to stay at his Estate until further notice. Having the Right Minister related to the person who had used a forbidden poison, was something that couldn’t be overlooked!
It did sadden the Emperor, as he knew the Right Minister didn’t have a black heart, but he could not dismiss this issue.
As time went passed and regrets stayed, the Right Minister and Talon were not expecting even more drastic measures would be taken at all. With no opportunity to counteract or to take a breath to think about what was happening, they fell into a trap and another power began to rise!
A new master had taken the Rolland Estate!
Months went by, yet the Second Prince’s people couldn’t find the lass, even outside of the capital. In worry, he commanded to widen his search and to use more people at his disposable. But having them gone from his side, and at this precise moment, he too fell into peril…Not only was he being falsely accused of murder, but what he was getting accused for, was ludicrous!
His own mother and sister were involved in a tragic fire and both of them were deemed as fatalities, as they weren’t found anywhere else and were last seen within the place that had burnt down!
It was a stupid ploy to do to him, when many people knew that his mother and sister were very important to him…
Despite the people of Green Haven not believing in these affairs, the Second Prince was still put into prison. The false evidence was unable to be disputed because it was a letter that his ‘mother’ had apparently written to him, but the writings that he could find to state that it was false, had conveniently ‘disappeared’ from his own estate.
So, with the response from this false letter from his mother, he was apparently unhappy because his mother didn’t do what he had ‘asked’ her to do, and then there was this ‘fire’ and their vanished bodies.
He was already sure who was behind it, taking advantage of this incident…Even though the consort had gone into the cold palace, her family was still here, most likely they themselves, were the ones behind the fire. But, he felt it was strange that they wanted to use this to get rid of him, when he had given up his right to the throne.
There must be something else to it…
What worried him though, was that he had no news himself over his mother and sister. Even his own people couldn’t find them…They looked in the family estate of the consort in the cold palace, and the palace, there was no trace of them to be found anywhere…