"Your Majesty, there is no reason to delay any longer. You must confirm the disposition of the deposed princess at once."
The remark that broke the silence and burst out was utterly bureaucratic.
"Even if the traitor Gyllen took his own life, is it not obvious that the deposed princess, who was his disciple, was also a ringleader of the coup?"
"That is correct. Both the House of Nobles and the Ministry of Justice are demanding the deposed princess's disposition. And what of the public opinion in the capital? The plaza is packed with demands to execute the woman who, not content with massacring her own family, tried to bring another bloodbath upon Rastain."
"To set right the law of Rastain and the authority of the imperial house, Your Majesty must behead the deposed princess!"
The voices of the ministers filling the council chamber pressed upon the emperor from all…
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