The Abandoned Empress

The Abandoned Empress - Chapter 71

Suddenly, I was highly anticipating the party five days later.

Looking at my face all smiles, he said with a light smile, “As you picked the specific invitation, it seems to me that you have decided something. Is there anything I can do for you?”

Hearing that, I came up with what I needed.

“Oh, can I get some information about the families that belong to our faction? Everything ranging from secret things to trivial stuff.”

“Not a big problem.”

“Really? Is it possible for me to get it in three days? ”

“Hmm, I have to tell Ruth to give it to me. As he is the premier of this empire, this is the right time that I got his help.”

As I watched my father answer seriously, I asked for Duke Verita’s forgiveness in my heart.

Even before I came back from the past, I had started to go to social circles around this time. At the time, however, I had nobody to help me, nor had I experience or tips in the field, so after a lot of trial and error, I managed to control the social circles. This time it will be much easier than it was, but as the situation was different now, I needed to obtain accurate information to make sure that I achieved my goal. Even if I didn’t go to the trouble of doing this, I could get the necessary information if I went around and gathered rumors about me. This was just more effective.

‘It is not the Monique family who avoids the fight if someone else throws the gauntlet.’

I thought about how to control the ladies at the party at Viscount Nuen’s house.

“Tia, this is the information that you asked for.”

I don’t know if it was my father or Duke Verita who deserves the credit, but my father handed me the list of nobles belonging to the pro-emperor faction. Of course, the information about Duke Lars, Duke Verita and our family was missing, but the documents containing information on the families ranging from the dukes down to barons was very thick.

“When you’re done, be sure to burn them.”

“Yes, Dad.”

I went to my office with the thick documents.

While reading the documents all night, I checked them against my memories in the past.

Almost all of the information matched with what I remembered, but there were a lot of things in the papers that I didn’t know. After memorizing the new facts over and over again, I put the thick papers in the fireplace.

How much time passed? I left only after the documents were completely burned to ashes.

As I was sitting at my desk all night, checking the documents, my whole body ached.

‘Let me go out and do some morning training.’

I changed into a training suit and headed for the training field.

Five knights were practicing with swords when I got there. How diligent!

When I stepped in with admiration, the young knight standing closest to me said urgently, “My lady, why did you come to the office so early?”

“Hi, Sir Ecs, I ended up being here. ”

Sir Ecs was a young knight with brown hair who had sparred with me once. When I saw him, the contents of one document I read earlier came to my mind.

‘Aer Ecs.’ Although he was born to Earl Ecs, he had no middle name for some reason. Sir Ecs’s family did not make any significant contribution to the empire, but they belonged to the pro-emperor faction.