Chapter 190: Cheese and wine...lots of it.
King Raff once again turned to the duke. "Your grace, what say you? I am certain that you are aware of the effect accusations like this will have on the reputation of the crown princess if left unchecked. You also know the gravity of the crime of which prime minister accuses you of. As the king, I have a duty to keep so as reluctant as I am about this, I grant permission for the search."
His decision was exactly what the Thorin’s expected. They had known that this day would be coming for a long time now.
Prime minister Windrider had a malicious smile on his face, greed glittered in his eyes. As he eyed the sad looking Thorin’s he drooled over the thought of their downfall. Perhaps, when all was said and done, the king would reward him greatly. He had always admired the Thorin estate, and with all those large coffee plantations now, it was as good as a gold mine.
The other noble Lords that had come with him had agreed to split the gains from the sugar factories and the port which were owned and run by Lord Paxton Thorin.
One of them held a torch for Lady Iryne, if she was willing to divorce her husband after the Thorin’s were found guilty, he did not mind harboring her as a mistress.
Prime minister Windrider thought of his daughters, he still had three unwed__four if Emmah was included. Maybe two could marry the corn prince. What better way was there to secure the throne than to have two sisters married to the same king? No matter whose son sat on the throne eventually, he would have Windrider blood in him.
All of the noble Lords salivated, they were waiting to feast on what was left of the Thorin’s.
"I have no objections." Duke Thorin said in a weary voice.
With that decision made, the king sent royal knights along with the Thorin’s, and Roland.