Boom!
The door of the palace slowly opened, and a crowd of nobles and courtiers poured in.
Aubrey slowly approached the throne with the help of the servant and sat firmly on it.
As soon as the noble ministers entered the room, they started quarreling every day.
They seemed to have a lot of things to report to the emperor every day.
But among them, the most noteworthy thing was the fact that the second prince was beaten.
The prince was injured. This kind of thing could not be hidden no matter what.
Several ribs were broken...
It can already be called an assassination.
The nobles simply put their own affairs aside and discussed the prince's injury.
"This matter must be investigated strictly!"
"The prince's face is related to the majesty of the entire royal family!"
The old emperor put one elbow on the armrest and supported his face with his fist.
He quietly looked at the ministers below and kept talking.
Seems a little boring.
But soon, a report caught Oberly's attention.
"Your Majesty! Count Victor's mansion has been demolished..."
This incident has almost become a source of fun for the entire royal capital.
The dignified Count Victor is also a member of Parliament.
He is powerful and acts vigorously and resolutely, yet his family is actually torn apart.
It was beyond everyone's expectations.
Thinking back to the last time there was news that someone's house had been demolished, it was Victor who demolished Jess Reiser's mansion.
As a result, the Reiser family publicly surrendered to the Cravenner family and made compensation.
And Jace also left the royal capital directly and never dared to come back.
But that's not the point. The minister below is still reporting.
"The residence is destroyed, Earl Victor and his family are preparing to return to Bryston."
Brayston, that's Victor's place.
Hearing this news, many nobles breathed a sigh of relief.
To put it bluntly, they don't know why.
Just hearing the name Victor made them feel a sense of oppression.
After all, it's only been a few months.
It only took a few months for Victor to go from being notorious to being admired by thousands of people.
With his presence, the geniuses in the entire capital would be suppressed and dimmed.
Now that they heard that Victor had left the royal capital, many people breathed a sigh of relief.
Upon hearing this news, the emperor just nodded casually and said nothing more.
The emperor never spoke, which made the atmosphere in the entire palace seem very heavy.
The ministers also shut up.
Only then did I feel that there seemed to be something wrong with today's emperor.
At last Aubrey spoke.
His first sentence was to ask the officials below.
"Where's Oweser? Are you awake?"
When a minister heard the inquiry, he quickly stepped forward and reported to the emperor:
"Your Majesty, the Second Prince is awake and his injuries are basically under control, but he still needs to rest."
Aubrey nodded and stood up.
"Bring Oweser here and tell him."
"There is someone I want to meet."
"yes."
After receiving the order, a guard left in a hurry.
The other noble ministers couldn't help but look at each other, not understanding what the emperor was going to do.
Why, Your Majesty, did he call the seriously injured Oweser?
Soon after, the guard pushed Oweser into the palace in a wheelchair.
The seriously injured Owesser's chest was covered with bandages, looking miserable.
"Father..."
When he first came in, he wanted to stand up and salute the emperor, but he was too painful to move, so he could only smile bitterly at him.
When Aubrey saw the second prince's appearance, he waved his hand indifferently.
"There is no need for etiquette."
"Give him a seat."
The servants around brought a chair, and the guards moved the second prince to the chair.
Oweser sat down on the chair with a heavy body, and then faced the emperor again.
"Thank you, Father."
The emperor turned to look at Oweiser and asked:
"Oweise, how many years has it been since your mother left the palace?"
The second prince was a little confused, but he still responded.
"Father, she has been gone for sixteen years."
Aubrey leaned back on the chair, leaned back, and sighed:
"Really, sixteen years."
"Then, have you ever thought about her?"
The second prince was stunned now.
It has been sixteen years since his mother left. To be honest, he has almost forgotten what her mother looked like.
Not to mention that he still has any feelings for her.
However, after all, the father asked in front of a group of nobles and ministers.
As he thought this, his expression suddenly became a little bitter.
The slightly furrowed eyebrows seemed to convey the pain he was feeling due to longing for her.
"My mother has been away for sixteen years. During this time, I have been missing her."
"I always hope that life can go back to how it was before."
Hearing this, Oberly laughed, but it was hard to tell whether it was happiness or ridicule.
"Is it?"
He sat up straight again, and in the eyes of all the courtiers who were confused, he said unhurriedly:
"Claudia, meet your child."
Hearing this name, the entire palace fell silent.
Everyone was stunned, especially the second prince. His facial muscles were completely stiff, and only his eyes were huge.
Under the gaze of everyone, a woman slowly walked out of the passage beside the throne.
She wore luxurious clothes embellished with golden silk threads. The hem of the clothes was inlaid with thin and flowing emeralds. Her golden earrings and bracelets also shone with light.
Behind her followed several maids, heads bowed in respect.
A graceful and luxurious temperament exuded from her body, and the crown on her head shone in the sunlight.
She just stood beside the emperor, lowered her head, looked at the second prince with a kind smile, and said lightly:
"long time no see."
"my child."
…
When the nobles saw Claudia, their faces were full of shock.
Majesty overflowed from Claudia's eyes, completely covering all the ministers present.
That aura is unmistakable!
After fifteen years, the queen is back!
The ministers were stunned, looking at the queen, with their mouths open, and no one could even say anything.
If you calculate the age, Claudia in front of you is already close to sixty years old like Aubrey.
But she was still young, looking like a young woman in her thirties.
The most shocked person was the second prince.
He sat on the chair, opened his mouth, and looked at the gorgeous woman in front of him in a daze.
That's his mother, Claudia.
He still remembers it.
Back then, my father and mother were at odds, and my mother decisively left the royal capital and the empire.
That year, he was only fourteen years old.
And now, she's back.
He still came back with that noble and elegant look, just like fifteen years ago.
"Mother... mother?"
The second prince's voice was trembling, and he sighed in disbelief.
No one knows why Claudia came back now.
But even after Claudia left, Emperor Aubrey still reserved the position of queen for her.
Claudia approached the second prince and walked around him a few times.
The pupils contracted slightly, as if confirming something.
The second prince didn't quite understand her behavior.
To be honest, he didn't have much emotion when facing this long-lost woman.
My mood was extremely calm.
But with Claudia looking at him like this, the second prince felt something strange.
It was as if his body was being stabbed by waves of steel thorns. In the pain, there was a sense of emptiness.
Claudia finally stopped in front of the second prince, stretched out her hand, and patted his shoulder.
"Take good care of yourself, kid."
"We will continue to get along in the future."
After saying that, Claudia put her hands in front of her skirt, her eyebrows slightly lowered, and a dignified aura lingered around her.
Then, he bowed slowly to Aubrey, turned around and left.
The second prince was left on the chair, looking at Claudia's back, and slowly watched her leave.
…
Claudia's appearance in the palace caused an uproar in the capital.
The streets and alleys were talking about this matter, and the headlines of countless newspapers were about "The Return of the Imperial Empress."
In just a moment, the news had spread throughout the aristocratic circle.
After all, the queen's iron-blooded methods impressed all the nobles.
After all, she personally pushed her family members to the execution rack.
The real culprit who led to the annihilation of the entire 'Stoke' family.
After the Queen personally cleaned up the Stoker family, she also left the empire. It has been fifteen years now.
No one knows why she left the empire after "just killing her relatives".
But just as the queen left the empire, another piece of news came.
The emperor's other wife, the daughter of the Grand Duke of Canter, died in childbirth after giving birth to Aurelion.
For a while, all the spearheads were pointed at Oberly.
Again, no one knows.
Why did the emperor's two wives leave him one after another overnight...
…
In the morning, Aurelion was walking in the garden.
She adjusts her mood in the palace garden every day, and at this time, there is almost no one around her.
But today, something is different.
Aurelion, who was picking flowers, felt a strange breath approaching from behind her.
This made her raise her head and turn around.
Behind him, stood a luxuriously dressed woman with a shining crown, looking at her with a smile.
Wearing a tiara... Aurelion noticed this emphatically.
However, she didn't recognize the person in front of her.
Before she could ask, Claudia spoke first:
"You are Aurelion, right?"
Listening to the gentle voice of the woman in front of him, Aurelion felt a little relieved and nodded confusedly.
"you are……"
"You must have never seen me."
Claudia walked to Aurelion, looked at her, spoke softly, stretched out a hand, and touched her face.
There seemed to be a little more nostalgia in his eyes.
"So beautiful...you are even more beautiful than your mother."
Aurelion blinked.
Mother?
This word is very far away to her.
Because she had been told that since she was a child.
Her mother died in childbirth after giving birth to her.
As a result, she has never received maternal love since she was a child, and she naturally has no concept of motherhood.
But the woman in front of her was a little too gentle.
Under the sunlight, her whole body seemed to be shining with the brilliance of motherhood.
Aurelion felt dazed for a while.
If it's a mother...
What will he do to her?
So, she asked:
"Do you know my mother?"
Claudia just smiled and then said:
"I not only know your mother, I also know your father and your two brothers."
"And, your teacher - Victor Cravener."
