The Prince Wants To Retire

7. Is things getting bigger?

On the day that Kariel visited Miriel’s palace, all the servants and maids who were there were kicked out of the palace.

The reason is that he dared to steal the budget of the Imperial Palace.

Ordinary maids and servants ended up being kicked out of the palace, but the maids and servants, as well as the maids and nanny who were in charge of the palace were different.

Especially in the case of the nanny, the crime was serious.

This is because he was involved in most of the amount of clothes worn by the Imperial Palace.

For reference, the amount allocated to the princess’s palace was so large that the jaws of most lowly nobles would tear.

Expensive clothes filled the closet, but all were out of fashion or bought from non-majors.

Items also filled the room with antique-looking items, but upon closer inspection, they were only defective.

The palace also looked clean on the outside, but it was full of dust as if it hadn’t been cleaned to the depths.

All of these things happened because they embezzled the budget of the princess’s palace in collusion with a shop with connections to the imperial faction.

After receiving the report, Kariel looked at Tarion with a cold expression.

“Bring the nanny.”

Tarion bowed his head and left immediately at Kariel’s command.

After a while, the nanny, who was almost dragged along by the attendants, knelt in front of Kariel.

“I heard that after the Empress passed away, a nanny sent by her mother took care of the palace. However, the appearance of the Imperial Palace that I saw yesterday was disgustingly trash.”

“My Majesty, save me! Because of my negligence… … !”

“Is your sin only negligence?”

The nanny, who had been tortured out of prison and covered in blood, looked at Cariel with trembling eyes.

As Kariel was still young, he expected warmth, but the moment he saw his eyes, he realized that such expectations were meaningless.

It was because the coldest eyes were staring straight at her.

“I found a circumstance that the money allocated to the Imperial Palace went to the nobles of the imperial family.”

At Kariel’s words, the nanny’s body hardened.

“You worked with the imperial nobles and tried to raise the princess to your liking, didn’t you?”

Kariel said with a smile, but it looked like a devilish smile to the nanny.

“I purposely made him feel lonely and encouraged him to lean on the imperial supremacists who sometimes visit him. The budget of the Imperial Palace was used for the slush fund of the imperial family, and they did not even take care of the princess properly.”

The maids threw the statements to the nanny.

A few conscientious maids sometimes played with Miriael, but there was even a statement that the nanny scolded them each time.

“Well, Your Highness, that’s not true!”

The nanny hurriedly tried to get up, but the attendants made her kneel again.

Kariel looked at the nanny and said in a cold voice.

“I probably won’t die gracefully.”

The nanny was startled by Kariel’s words and began to tremble.

“If someone from a lowly lower nobility rose to the ranks of a count just because he became His Majesty’s mother! It’s something to be grateful for, do you dare to touch the royal family?”

Kariel roared and cheered the nanny.

Even the attendants holding on to the nanny hurriedly lowered their heads with a surprised look at the red spirit that bloomed implicitly.

Kariel looked at the nanny and said with a cold smile.

“Tell me, how far have you been involved? Then I’ll make death easier for you.”

When Kariel spoke with a face full of mercy, the nanny trembled and shook her head.

“Your Highness, really, I’m not with anyone… … .”

When the nanny tried to deny her guilt, she kindly threw the evidence of her corruption in front of her.

“Are you trying to deny that this store is related to the imperial faction?”

“Your Highness, I really liked this store and recommended it to the princess!”

She denies sin to the end.

He probably thought that if he kept his mouth shut, the imperial faction would at least spare him death.

Then, I could see her thoughts that she would go downhill like this and live as if she were dead.

Kariel opened her mouth to remind her of the reality.

“I will tell you one good news for you, who will live a hellish life from now on.”

As Kariel said that, she put her lips to the nanny’s ear.

“I will unconditionally hold the imperial faction responsible for this incident regardless of their position. This has been discussed with the dukes, and it has also been discussed with the neutrals.”

“ah… … ah… … !”

“The road to hell will not be lonely, it will kill all those involved and even your family.”

Having said that, Kariel motioned for the nanny to go away.

Then the nanny hurriedly begged Kariel by the ankle.

“majesty! majesty! I will tell you everything I know. So please! Have mercy on my family… … .”

“go away.”

“majesty! Talk to me!”

Cariel, who had removed the nanny, as if not going to give him another chance, said while looking at Tharion.

“Even if it bothers you, I have to go back.”

“I will tell the Inspector General.”

Kariel’s determination not to give the nanny another chance after kicking the last chance.

Feeling this, Tarion bowed his head without saying a word and retreated.

Cariel was thinking of using a nanny to cut through the imperial wave because it was bothersome, but he changed his mind after seeing the brazen appearance to the end.

‘You don’t have to coax the trash.’

With that in mind, Kariel activated Plan B.

Everything that happened to Miriael, the official princess of the Empire, was announced to the outside world.

At the same time, it was even known that the Earl of Auchonville, who handed over military secrets, was in fact only a liaison between the imperial faction and other countries.

「The two dukes of the empire have moved. I will directly put this case on the agenda of the Daejeon Conference!”

“The neutral wave is moving. Is the Inspector General at the center?”

When the news that the duchy and the neutral faction were moving hit the capital, it was the imperial faction that became urgent.

“Of course… … Why the princess, whom I had no interest in until now!”

“I’m crazy. I have to find a way to live!”

The imperial family’s eunuchs were busy moving around the palace.

He moved to meet nobles from the aristocrats and neutrals with whom he was usually close, but no one met them.

As soon as he moved with the momentum to wipe out the imperial faction, the chancellor moved to meet the emperor himself.

“Your Majesty, the Marquis Mussolini would like to see you.”

At the call of the chamberlain, the emperor told him to come in, and Mussolini cautiously entered the open door.

The scene he saw was his children gathered in front of the emperor.

“Welcome.”

“… … I see you, Your Majesty.”

When the emperor welcomed Mussolini, he hurriedly hid his expression and greeted Mussolini.

“Meet His Highness the Crown Prince, the lowly prince, and the lowly princess.”

When Mussolini greeted everyone, everyone smiled and accepted his greeting.

The emperor smiled and asked Mussolini, who was sitting in a chair amid everyone’s hospitality.

“But what is it?”

At the emperor’s question, Mussolini cautiously opened his mouth.

“I came to see you for the sake of the princess.”

“I was just talking about that, but it went well.”

At the Emperor’s words, Mussolini looked at the Crown Prince with a squint.

Cariel opened his mouth towards Mussolini, who was making a face that he was one step behind.

“I dare to touch the royal family. It must be governed by a hundred worker bees.”

“Um, that’s right. But if you work too hard, the balance of the empire could be disrupted.”

Seeing the emperor speaking as if admonishing, Mussolini hurriedly opened his mouth as if he had hope.

“But shouldn’t we still have to establish the authority of the imperial family?”

“therefore?”

At the emperor’s question, Mussolini lowered his head further and said.

“I am calling for punishment to all the Ministry of Home Affairs who did not dare manage the palace properly, the servants and maids who insulted the princess, and all those who dared to deliver cheap goods to her.”

At Mussolini’s words, the emperor glanced at Cariel with a satisfied expression on his face.

Hearing the Prime Minister’s words, it was as if he was saying that everyone involved should be punished.

However, if you look closely, it was no different from saying that only the chaff would be wiped out.

‘You’ll end up with the Ministry of Home Affairs.’

The Prime Minister’s expression as if he were saying this to Kariel.

Looking straight into his face, Kariel said with a smile.

“Your Majesty, the one-hundred-dollar system is a matter of course. However, if it ends with only them, this kind of incident can happen again. I think we should find the root and burn it.”

“Soja thinks so too.”

“Soja is of the same opinion as your older brother.”

When the prince said that the second and third princes had the same idea, the emperor put on a puzzled expression.

If they had just come, the emperor would have burst into anger and told them to take care of themselves.

But that wasn’t it.

The crown prince expressed their opinions on behalf of the neutral faction, and the second and third princes represented the duchy.

Therefore, the emperor swallowed his silence and remained silent.

“Your Highness, things are getting bigger and you are in confusion. If things get bigger here… … .”

As the chancellor looked at Kariel while breaking out in a cold sweat, Kariel spoke to him with a cold look.

“That’s why we must definitely see the end this time. Isn’t the Prime Minister well aware that burning all the trash that dares to eat away at the empire is the way for the empire?”

“However, the balance established by His Majesty may be disrupted.”

“Eradication of all corruption will be the achievement of His Majesty, who will remain as a great saint. Are you going to interfere with this, Prime Minister?”

The chancellor gritted his teeth at Kariel’s words.

Since the justification was held by the other side, he had no choice but to be at a disadvantage.

‘We have to stick to the theory of balance.’

Thinking of this, the chancellor hurriedly opened his mouth.

“Your Majesty, the balance will collapse at this rate. It can also lead to uncomfortable relations with other countries. We need to bring envoys from other countries and discuss it slowly.”

The chancellor said to buy time somehow.

If the emperor accepts this, the imperial faction will somehow find a hole to live in during that time.

Secretly incinerate the corruption documents, and cut off all things that could be in contact with this case.

But Kariel had no intention of leaving it as it is.

‘An opportunity like this will never come again.’

Since he was a sickly prince, he thought he was on the same side, so he struck a blow at the emperor faction, who were careless.

Kariel had no intention of ending this blow with a mortal wound.

“For now, let’s deal with this at the Daejeon meeting.”

The chancellor’s expression crumpled at Kariel’s words.

It was because it was self-evident that they would be at a disadvantage if they dealt with it at the Daejeon meeting.

“your majesty.”

“This is something the dukes themselves put on the agenda.”

After the chancellor called for the emperor, Kariel spoke in a low voice.

At first glance, the words could be threatening the emperor, but before he was seduced by the words of the chancellor, he reminded the emperor once again how serious this matter was.

“… … It will be difficult for us to draw conclusions. Let’s discuss it at the Daejeon meeting.”

Aristocrats and Neutralists joined forces.

In addition, the cause was pushed back, and even all the princes moved.

The justification to regain the authority of the imperial family.

If they made a wrong move here, even the imperial family scattered across the empire might come up to the capital.

In that case, the emperor might die along with the imperial faction.

‘Should I throw it away?’

In the emperor’s head, the idea of abandoning the imperial faction had already begun to creep up.

Then, the expression of the chancellor, who had been watching the emperor for a long time, twisted.