บท 24: The frame-up fails
"Who on earth is so audacious as to have a secret tryst in the west chamber of the South Hall?"
"The South Hall was once the residence of the former empress. His Majesty has long forbidden anyone to set foot in the South Hall. Unexpectedly, someone dares to commit such a heinous crime and come here for a private meeting!"
"Your Majesty the Queen Mother, if there are such immoral people having an affair, they must not be let off lightly!"
"Right. Such adulterers and adulteresses must not be tolerated!"
"..."
The noble ladies were indignantly discussing. Suddenly, someone exclaimed, "Eh? Why is there a person lying here?"
"Maya, go and see who that person is."
"Yes, Your Majesty the Queen Mother."
The court maid named Maya quickly stepped forward and neatly examined the person who was already lying unconscious on the ground. On closer inspection, it turned out to be Rose, the maid who often accompanied Alice.
"Reporting to Your Majesty the Queen Mother, this person is Rose, the maid of Miss Alice of the Alva Family!" Maya stood up and replied.
Upon hearing this, Lady Lilia blurted out without thinking, "Could it be that the person having an affair is Alice?"
As soon as these words were spoken, the whole place instantly fell into a dead silence. The Queen Mother's face had already become extremely gloomy.
Irina, who was in the middle of the crowd, had a glimmer of maliciousness in her eyes. Alice, you should stay in the mire and don't try to struggle out!
The Queen Mother said coldly, "Go and open that door. I want to see who is so bold as to have a secret meeting in the South Hall!"
The guards on both sides of the Queen Mother immediately responded in unison. Then they stepped forward to prepare to open the door. However -
"Ah...ah..."
There were bursts of shrill screams coming from the west chamber of the South Hall. Moreover, flashes of fire could also be faintly seen.
The Queen Mother felt a tightening in her heart and immediately ordered to quickly open the door of the west chamber.
The door was pushed open, and a fat man covered in flames came into view. The facial features of the fat man were recognized by all the noble ladies.
It was the fifth prince, Alexander.Green!
"Put out the fire quickly!" Someone shouted. The guards immediately gathered the magic power in their hands and waved it towards the fifth prince Green, trying to extinguish the flames on his body.
But this flame was very strange and showed no sign of weakening at all!
Instead, it made the fifth prince Green's injury even more serious!
Suddenly, the fire in the west chamber of the South Hall raged, and the flames soared into the sky.
"Come here! There is a fire in the west chamber of the South Hall!"
"Go and put out the fire quickly!"
In an instant, everyone was in a panic and chaos.
And the person lying on the ground had somehow changed quietly.
The Queen Mother witnessed this chaotic scene and was so angry that her chest felt stuffy and she almost couldn't breathe.
Alexander.Green was suffering from the burning of the flames while being deeply charmed by the aphrodisiac incense. Sometimes he was sober and sometimes he was confused.
It seemed that in his dream, he was constantly kissing affectionately and doing some intimate things with a familiar and beautiful face.
Alexander.Green made groans of both pain and pleasure, and even shockingly shouted out a name: "...Sister Irina, so comfortable..."
"Sister Irina, you are too enthusiastic. Don't be like this..."
Immediately afterwards, his arm was burned by the flame. The intense pain made him instantly sober up. He rolled and struggled on the ground, longing to put out the flames on his body.
Because Alexander.Green's voice was not small, and all the people present had more or less magic power cultivation, so they could hear it very clearly!
It turned out that the person having an affair with the fifth prince Alexander.Green in the west chamber of the South Hall of the South Hall was Irina, the eldest daughter of the Sullivan Family!
But wasn't she having an ambiguous relationship with the third prince?
Could it be that Irina was two-timing?
Almost everyone's eyes immediately turned to Irina. The looks in their eyes were full of disgust and contempt, and there was also a sense of schadenfreude.
Irina was also stunned.
She opened her mouth to explain, "It's not me. I came with all of you. How could I be fooling around with the fifth prince here?"
Most people showed a look of disbelief.
Irina panicked and continued to defend herself, "It's really not me! Alice's maid is here. The person fooling around with the fifth prince must be Alice!"
Suddenly, a clear and pleasant voice came from behind the crowd, "Who is calling me?"
Everyone looked in the direction of the sound and saw a woman in a red dress like a raging fire appearing at the gate of the South Hall in the night, followed by her maid Rose.
The woman's fair and delicate fingertips were gently playing with a slender magic wand, giving a sense of laziness, leisure and carelessness.
"Who is calling me?" Alice put the magic wand behind her back and repeated.
Irina's face immediately froze. Why did this bitch Alice come in from the outside...
A woman who usually couldn't stand Irina sneered, "Sullivan.Irina, you had a secret tryst with the fifth prince in the west chamber."
Irina's face became even uglier. What was going on? How could her plan go wrong?
Irina's thoughts were racing in her mind. Suddenly, her eyes fixed on Rose, who seemed invisible. She said loudly, "Your maid was lying there just now!"
Rose retorted angrily, "Nonsense. I have always been with my lady and have never been anywhere else."
Irina had a confident look on her face and pointed to the place where the person was lying just now, "Look if you don't believe me..."
Irina saw the maid lying motionless on the ground. The words she wanted to say were suddenly stuck in her throat.
The people were also very surprised. After all, the court maid Maya of the Queen Mother clearly said that the person was Alice's maid. Why did it seem that there was one more person now...
The Queen Mother saw this situation and glanced sideways at Maya with cold and sharp eyes and asked, "What's going on?"
'Plop ——'
Maya knelt down in a panic. Just as she was about to speak, an invisible magic thread instantly pierced into the nerves of her head. Maya lowered her head, and the light in her eyes instantly dimmed. No one noticed that she was in a dull state at this moment.
"I'm sorry, Your Majesty the Queen Mother. I was bewitched and accepted Irina's bribe. Then, according to her instructions, I disguised the unconscious person on the ground as Alice's maid. Actually, I don't even know what Alice's maid looks like. I don't know anything else..."
The Queen Mother heard this and swept her eyes towards Irina with a sharp look accumulated over the years.
Irina was greatly shocked.
"Come here. Execute this Maya immediately. Also, detain Irina and throw her into the dungeon!" The Queen Mother said every word firmly and powerfully.
The Queen Mother hated it most when someone acted recklessly in her territory.
Even if that person was a junior she favored!
In this world, the strong are respected. However, in a country like the Augustan Empire, power still occupies a very important position!
The three major cultivation families of the Augustan Empire are still lower in status than the royal family!
However, in medium-sized countries, upper-class countries and super countries, the cultivation families have a large number of talents, so they form a situation of contending with the royal family or even surpassing it.
The Queen Mother personally ordered, "All of you, step back!"
The noble ladies also didn't stay any longer and left to go home one after another.
Alice glanced at Green, who was being rescued by many guards, and slightly curled her lips. The magic wand between her fingers gently turned.
The flames on Green's body instantly dimmed.
Alice thought that the fifth prince Green had no interaction with her before and had never bullied her. So she would forgive him this time.
After Alice walked out of the South Hall with Rose, Lynn, the butler of the emperor who had been waiting for a long time, came up with a big smile and said, "Alice, His Majesty the Emperor invites you."
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