Prime Minister Zhan's entire demeanor had changed drastically for the past couple of hours, the thread of coincidences were too much entangled to be a coincidence anymore.

He had left many spies to observe the mistress of the Lotus mansion so that Madam Murem and Cecelia would not create troubles for the General lady infront of others, yet the events that are fated by god or rather be created by the madam would be carried out eventually.

Many noble wives were chatting harmoniously among one another as Madam Murem lead them in the outer arena of garden areas. All the lower class maids and personal guards were left waiting in the hall due the incense ceremony being opened only for high class women.

Vios who had followed Lilith since long was reluctant yet when she nodded at him, he could not help but recall her words and stopped in his place.

The path the women were lead to was a miniature copy of the Palace gardens of the oxbow lake in the Northwestern desert where every decade a hunt was organized to honor the dead ancestors of the Northwest.

Prime Minister Zhan in his youth was a vigorous young man with ambitions and strength, both in his fists and embedded in his mind to get what he wished for thus once as a mere official he too participated in the hunt yet at the end was defeated and injured profusely.

The tangerine sandy deserts were very different from either Gaerin or Ambrose as it did not followed the law of having a blood monarch, the master of the nine realms and the one to defeat all the hunters and selected by the high priestess would get the throne. Emperor Zexerus was currently the monarch with Sir Casagon as his commander in general.

So even though the dreams were crushed yet the need and desire still remained alive. Lilith wanted to thank Cecelia now, for a minor loss of time that she might suffer today to teach the madam-daughter pair a lesson was proved to be worthy.

Nevix who was admiring the landscape had an undecipherable look in her eyes and the dark greens could not help but clash with the honey brown irises of Lilith as her jaw clenched.

Emperor Zexerus was crowned seven years ago but after ruling three years he fell into comatose like state and since then any outsider was prohibited from entering the Northwestern capitals due to his poisoning.

This fact was only known to Princess Nevix because she was Emperor Zexerus' betrothed and the scenery present here, she personally constructed that garden an year ago.

How come Prime Minister Zhan became aware of it?

Fire burned in those irises as her look got steely unaware to others yet one.

Harmonious snow orchids blooming along with blood moon flowers of southeastern oasis lands gave out a conjoint fragrant smell attracting various moth butterflies of unique origin and colors.

"Madams, please take a seat here, these butterflies are exclusive to our Prime Minister Mansion and the imperial physician said that the touch of them can elevate ones consciousness and anxiety-"

"YOUND LADY! Young lady save this servant!" Lady Cecelia's handmaiden ran infront of the group of aristocratic women falling at the feet of her master, her blue servant dress in tatters, completely ripped from shoulder while her face had several bruise marks.

The girl cried horrendously making Cecelia exclaim in fright while the others watched with keen eyes, who had such courage to defile the handmaiden of the young lady in the Prime Minister Zhan's mansion....

"Dew what has happened to you? Who dared to hurt you?" The woman sobbed as her body trembled daring not to utter a word.

"Dew, you have been Cece's servant since she was a child, quickly tell this one, This madam shall do justice on your behalf."

"Madam- M......Madam- it's the g-general lady's s-servant. This one has brought dishonor to my lady, this one shall die!" She looked down weeping, beads of tears streaming down her face.

Lilith looked at the who scenario with calmness as if the whole matter did not concerned the reputation of the Great Lotus mansion, as if it was something unimportant that she could cast a look and ignore.

"Liar! Tell us the truth or this one shall skin you alive." Lady Cecelia shouted at her maid making the girl bow down whimpering.

"Fo-forgiveness m-my lady! I-It is this servants fault. It was t-this servant w-who dared tell General Azarios t-that young lady w-wishes to see General lady. It was this s-servant that made t-the General lady unhappy t-thus deserved punishment."

Princess Nevix observed the mother- daughter pair and realized that such fools were not even a speck of dust beneath Lilith's shoes thus them succeeding to execute a plan against her.....the empress was planning something and it seems that these fools were her first step today.

"General lady Lilith, this one only had the hopes to meet you, one did not expect that you shall be so vicious to even play such a ploy to bring this lady down."

"Who is the one that has insulted you servant." Lady Cecelia was ignored as if her words were weightless and carried no hold over the demoness. The official wives were astonished with the authority the woman's voice carried making the maid even forget to speak who in turn only shivered before speaking.

"T-This one does not knows the name."

"Shameless....Call Vios here." Two servant guards standing at the entrance of the garden hurried even though it was not their master that had commanded them to bring a grey clad youth with dark blue eyes that looked at the situation ins disdain, not even a lock of his hair out of his place, striding forward full of vigor and power.

"This is Lord Vios, this one's servant, the owner of five shops in the east part of the city, tell me again servant is he the one who defiled you? This one would do you justice if true but remember if false, the General mansion shall remember this favor."

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Emperor Zexerus