CHAPTER 85

Someone had taken over his mind twice already and the Emperor was having troubles trying to act as an Emperor should, even when he was surrounded by Ministers! He already had lost his sanity for much of the time that he was alone!

There was most definitely someone else behind the Crowned Prince! And this person was not weak, on the contrary, the person behind the Crowned Prince must be at least as strong as the Second Prince!

Even though it had hurt him, to find out that he was not strong enough to handle these things on his own, he had been impatiently waiting for Matthew to return!

Unable to eat normally, or even sleep properly, the Emperor had taken trips away, to try to calm himself down. His guards had tripled, but that had not made him feel any better!

He had waited all this time, for shelter!

Wanting to do things earlier, back when Matthew had left, it had taken at least a week, to find that the Crowned Prince was behind the people in the prison. After that week, the Emperor was already keeping the Minister’s at bay and had been wondering how he could make this work into his advantage.

He wasn’t stupid, as he could also see that all of this could be reversed. As long as Matthew wasn’t captured, he was willing to wait and put all his faith in him.

Even knowing that the consequences of the Crowned Prince will be quite astronomical, the Emperor had spent some time to adjust, to think that his eldest son had lost the right to be the Crowned Prince!

Already accepting that his eldest son could even be beheaded, once he has been trailed for his crimes, the Emperor no longer treated him as his son. He no longer called for him, and if the Crowned Prince forgets to attend some sort of meeting or gathering, the Emperor does not care. Knowing to not show such disinterest in public, the Emperor let’s all the flaws of the Crowned Prince become known to the Ministers, in which he would normally stop the eunuchs calls or prevents matters to be released beforehand. Through doing all of this the Emperor faked his anger, but he was really filled with disgust instead.

But…When he had found out that the new consort, that was coming from the Rolland Estate, was going to kill him…

Things changed for desperate measures!

For quite some time now, he had not been able to trust anybody, or anything!

It has been very hard to not show how much of his stability had crumbled in the last couple of weeks!

One of the biggest things, he was taught, for being an Emperor…Was patience. Of course, there were other major factors, but if one could be patient, then one will have most of the facts. Commoners weren’t always in the wrong, yet they were normally the last that could have their say. Matthew, his great son, was in the wrong, yet he had not had a say as of yet. It was the same, and it was a simple strategy of making the best of every problem.

And what else was he to do, besides having patience and wait for his only strong ally to return to him to save him!

Of all the times that he had to be patient, this was most definitely, the worst experience he had to endure!

The Emperor was sure that his son will make everything clear, even without his help. Yet, he knew that his son had asked for his help personally, for watching that letter. So now, he had to make certain that his son knew that he will do as what must be done!

Giving the Emperor’s power to Matthew, was not only of the Emperor’s plans, but it was Matthew’s as well…

“Your Majesty, I have many issues with the Crowned Prince, does this mean you are willing to see them all?” Matthew didn’t completely trust the Emperor. But he also knew of his main agenda. That was the law!

Knowing this, Matthew went straight to the point and asked the Emperor bluntly, wanting to find where his limits may lie!

The Emperor did look away, but nodded soon after, “I know of many faults already, my son. If one is to be monarch of this country, they must know that the laws are there for a reason!”

Matthew smiled. His gamble had indeed payed off!