TCIWTFY - Part 2 Chapter 141

"If that 'getting along' means that this bow will keep me and my wife standing for two hours, why don't you let me know in advance?"

"..."

"I didn't have to rush here to my newlywed at the call of the Emperor."

"Cesare, you can't do it without scolding it."

Perdiccas II's eyebrows were raised.

"Obscene bastard, are you so displeased that I teach your brother a trick? If you have time to use the newlywed as an excuse to be idle, you should correct the crooked mentality first!"

The Emperor blatantly turned his gaze to the Empress and the Third  Prince. There was not even a will to hide favoritism on his face.

"Look, this child has been trying so hard to please me since early in the morning, but you are only thinking of trampling on me. What I need is not a vain dance, but a loyal heart!"

He grabbed his cane and scowled at him, and spat out his teeth.

"Do not pollute the empire that I built with my blood, with the filthy heart of a monstrosity like yours!"

But Cesare didn't care whether Empress used the Emperor as a shield or if the Emperor slandered him.

"Aha. Yes, Your Majesty. I engrave it deep in my heart."

On the contrary, the indifferent smile that brushed the corners of his mouth gave him an immeasurable sense of meaning.

"Juan. I'm sorry for interrupting the time when you were being taught so much. I didn't know you were so eager for skill, so I'll take special care of you from now on."

Be guess he was too Indifferent to his brother, who shared blood.

At Cesare's languid words, the Empress's face hardened.

Juan's eyes also swayed slightly. What he really wanted was his father's favor, not a battlefield where he fought for his life.

"It seems that the Emperor is busy with the construction, so I know that you have already received our greetings, so I will leave now."

"You...!"

The Emperor gasped for breath as if he were suffering from a fever.

"I think two hours is enough to show the child the way he should be. Will you allow it?"

The Emperor was also stopped by the eldest son's significant threat.

Even with a staff in his hand, he felt vulnerable, as if he were standing on the frontline with no weapons.

In the end, the unresolved anger was not directed at the eldest son, but at the eldest son's wife, who was standing quietly.

"Have you learned nothing?"

He didn't even answer Cesare's words, but immediately turned to Medea.

"However unfounded it is, didn't the Emperor of Valdina teach his sister the etiquette of having an audience with the Supreme Being?"

He writhed.

"Well, what does the village burean know that has been living on aid? I wonder if you had even learned what the imperial doctrine was, let alone etiquette. If you wear the grandiose silk of the New Empire, you dare to think that you are on a par with Daikazen!"

"The Emperor is discussing doctrine."

But before Medea's mouth could be opened, Cesare's sneer erupted.

"Do you really want me to say out loud what the 'doctrine' of the imperial family is?"

The meaning of those words was clear.

It was a clear provocation that even the lineage that the Emperor had made with his brother-in-law against the heavenly principles was included in the imperial doctrine.

"Dare to stand before the Princess of Valdina!"

Perdiccas II's face turned reddish all at once.

"Your Majesty, please don't insult my wife again."

Cesare continued nonchalantly, but bone-chillingly firmly.

"The Empress's Mother herself taught me, and I swore that I would keep my wife's heart without leaving even a small scratch. Since I want to uphold my parents' maintenance, I should also be unwilling to be rude."

The corners of his mouth twisted up in a chill.

"You nasty child, do you know who your parents are?"

When the dead Empress Eleanor was mentioned, Perdiccas II breathed fire from his eyes.

He was the one who had the real blood, but Cesare didn't talk as if Eleanor were the only one who was his parent.

"Yes, Your Majesty. How can I have a noble heart for a heartless word that does not think of His Majesty's Jade body?"

The Empress went forward and patted the Emperor's hand.

"That's too much, Prince. No matter how much you hate this mother, you can't ignore the truth and just cover for your wife."

And she stared at Cesare resentfully.

"Not only have I seen that your wife does not bend her knees to Your Majesty, but everyone here. Are you going to defend your wife by even going to the maintenance of the late Empress?"

The Empress gently advised Medea, like an imperial adult.

"The Princess must not be so stupid with her husband on her back. You didn't even say hello to me. It seems that Rain's brother cared too much for his sister."

"Hah! Even Valdina's daughter didn't seem to see anything."

Perdiccas II added to the words of the Empress, as if gaining momentum.

"Cesare, you too can't know that since the Empress left, this person has taken care of the Inner Palace with blood and sweat. Even though you benefited from it, you still turned around so arrogantly."

"..."

"Since you ignore the Emperor, isn't your wife also following your example?"

"No, Your Majesty."

Empress took a step back and said softly.

"I didn't carry this heavy burden to hear good sounds."

As she said that, she turned her head slightly and wiped the corner of her eye.

The courtiers' eyes sparkled as they seemed to be absorbed in the role of a stepmother who was treated coldly.

If today's incident becomes known, rumors will spread that the 1st Prince Cesare is a disrespectful person who does not show respect to his stepmother, the Empress.

He is not afraid of trivial words.

However, when such rumors accumulate and accumulate, they become a force that cannot be ignored.

And with this invisible power, the Empress built up a power that could stand shoulder to shoulder with the Emperor.

"I'm sorry, Your Majesty, the Empress. It wasn't intentional."

At that moment, Medea's calm voice rang out.

She bowed her head calmly to the Empress,  but she didn't bend her knees again.

"Why are you still stiff? Are you trying to fool me and the Empress?"

At the enraged cry of Perdiccas II, Medea spoke quietly.

"Your Majesty. You may have forgotten, but one day His Majesty said that you would personally become my guardian. At that time, Your Majesty gave me the privilege of not having to kneel before Your Majesty."

With that, Medea took off the diamond from her head and held it out to the Emperor.

The Emperor's face stiffened as he took out something he had forgotten.

"So, if I bow my knees to the Empress, I will be kneeling to the Empress without bowing to the Most High. I dare not fathom whether this is a proper example, so I have committed such a crime."

A clear voice rang out.

At Medea's words, Perdiccas II's face turned red, and his lips and his hand were trembling at the staff.

When Emperor Valdina had taken over the trade routes along the border, he remembered the modest rewards he had hastily offered to quell the chaos.

He thought it would be better to give honor than practicality, so he gave it generously.

"At that time. I didn't know that the Princess would be my daughter-in-law!"

But now, all of that hit Perdiccas II in the back of the head.

If he wants to take away the privilege that he has bestowed on Medea, right now...

It would be like trampling on his own body.

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