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Chapter 366
"Alright, I'll contact the forensic experts..."
Before Arthur finished his sentence, Charlotte hurriedly stopped him and pleaded, "No, Dad. You can't bring in the forensic experts!"
"Why not? There shouldn't be any reason not to. If you didn't touch the crown, your fingerprints won't be found. Why are you so nervous?"
Lucy spoke icily, and everyone looked at Charlotte with cold eyes too.
Charlotte could not come up with an excuse for some time, so she stammered, “I-It'll turn into a scandal. We're the royal family. We can't air our dirty laundry in public..."
"Scandal? What scandal? We're just trying to uncover the truth. Why is it suddenly a scandal?" Matthew chuckled.
Arthur and Juliana stared at Charlotte sternly. If they still had not figured out that Charlotte was framing Lucy at this point, they would simply be feigning ignorance.
“Charlotte, how could you become like this? You used such tactics to frame your sister! Why did you do this? You've greatly disappointed me," Juliana said with a pained expression.
With the truth exposed, Charlotte no longer cared, so she blurted out relentlessly, "What sister? She's not my sister. I hate her!
"The moment she returned, you all stopped treating me like your daughter. You give her all the nice things, and I'm the unwanted one. I hate her so much! Why did she have to come back?"
Charlotte finally poured out her inner thoughts, causing Arthur and Juliana to step back in shock.
They never expected that their daughter, whom they had loved for so many years, would harbor such thoughts. They had never neglected her after Velda returned.This content is © NôvelDrama.Org.
They never imagined Charlotte to have so much jealousy in her that she would want to sabotage Velda and even frame her. Arthur's and Juliana's hearts sank upon realizing the truth, while Charlotte remained indignant.
"So that's what you truly think. Very well. It seems like we've spoiled you too much. It's time for us to properly discipline you."
Arthur closed his eyes and took a
deep breath. "The eldest princess has damaged the second princess' crown and tried to frame her yet she shows no remorse..."
Arthur paused for a moment and continued callously, "Revoke the
eldest princess' fief and keep
locked up for three months so that she can reflect on her actions."
From being grounded for half a month, her punishment had been extended to three months. Worst of all, her fief would be revoked! Charlotte panicked. She could bear any other punishment, but revoking her fief meant losing her title and right to inheritance! "No! Dad, you can't take away my fief. I'm sorry. I won't be jealous anymore, and I won't harm my sister. Please spare me, Dad!"
Just a moment ago, Charlotte had been hurling insults at Lucy, but upon hearing Arthur's punishment, she immediately softened. She sobbed and kneeled as she clung to Arthur's legs, begging for mercy. Despite his heartache, Arthur did not say anything to her. Instead, he ordered the maids, "Take the eldest princess away."
He believed that Charlotte had to learn her lesson and truly repent. Only then could she change her ways and let go of her jealousy. "Yes, Your Majesty."
No one dared to plead for Charlotte now that Arthur and Juliana were genuinely angry. Anyone who dared to intercede on Charlotte's behalf would be risking their lives.