Chapter 599
Before she could finish, Lizzie swallowed the rest of her words.
Lizzie stared at fenis, her eyes wide with shock. “So, you’ve been working for my brother for a long time?”
“Yes” Ferris bit out the word, his expression deceptively calm,
His sharp eyes were now utterly lifeless.
He said, “Once I took the Ashen Feather, my life belonged to His Majesty. Without the antidote from him, I’m doomed to be a lone woll”
Arthur had turned him into a lone woll, all for the sake of control,
It was a ruthlesschente
Lizzie’s eyes first widened in disbelief, then she burst into hysterical Laughter. “My brother knew you were poisoned, yet he still forced me to marry you. All he wants is to make me obedient, tool”
Lizzie shrieked while sweeping everything off the table in one funous motion, “But why? How dare he?”
She went on a rampage, smashing every breakable thing in the room to smithereens
After what felt like ages, Lizzie collapsed to the floor, weeping and laughing hysterically. “If Arthur hadn’t resorted to scheming, would that throne ever have gone to him?”
“Princess!” Ferris cut her off sharply. “Mind your tongue. Do you want both our heads to roll?”
Lizzie let out a mocking laugh. “You’re afraid of him, but im not.”
As if triggered by a wave of painful memories, Lizzie snatched the wine flask from the table and chugged it down.
Ferris glanced outside. Thankfully, everyone had been damissed.
Otherwise, just these words today would have been enough to get both him and Lize executed for high treason
Ferris took small sips of his wine while Lizzie was already vably drunk.
Her eyes glazed over as the reached for his arm, only for him to push her hand away in clear disgust
She asked, “Ferris, do you know why I ended up like this?”
Lizzie was thoroughly drunk, her face flushed crimson, her words slurring beyond comprehension.
Ferris had planned to ignore her, but her words made him stop. “Why?” he asked.
Lizzie pointed at her chest and giggled drunkenly. “When Father was alive, he always said I was sweet and innocent. He promised to grant me a piece of land when I grew up with the right to mint coins, solid enjoy wealth and glory forever…”
He thought, ‘How would I know anything about the late Emperor’s affairs? She must be drunk. Even the most favored princess would never be granted a piece of land, let alone coinage rights
‘That would make her as powerful as a king in a way it her influence ever great’d become a serious threat. Should she harbor ambition, the might even raise a rebellion and declare herself queen,
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