
The atmosphere in the room became silent, after hearing Daniela's screams.
"Duke, are you sure there's a noble wife who was the victim?" asked the emperor in a lazy tone.
"So far all I know is one noble who wants to speak up. If we legislate domestic violence, there'll probably be a lot of women talking up." Daniela answered straightforwardly.
"Lady, don't talk so much. During this time the men always meet the needs of the women, their lives are guaranteed. Why should there be a law? Your Honor, I think the lady has lost her mind" count Ava said, to the laughter of the other nobles.
"This is what I mean, Your Majesty. I am a duke but many call me lady, even the emperor from the beginning has reminded everyone here of my standing. Are the nobles now beginning to not listen to you?"
The laughter of the nobles disappeared when hearing Daniela's words as well as the sharp glances of the emperor.
Daniela deliberately offended the emperor's pride in front of the other nobles.
"No, Your Grace. We didn't mean to"
The emperor raised his hand to stop the other nobles from speaking. "Forward, duke Aelthred."
Still fresh in Daniela's memory when reading on the internet about the case of a wife who became her husband's selfish cruelty, but he must also understand that in the present world men are in power and women must submit.
Daniela had to slowly persuade other conservative nobles who cherished marriage through the emperor. Although the affair was already a general secret of the nobility, it was still considered immoral and the conservative nobles could not interfere unless supporting Daniela's demands, she said, although at the beginning they laughed at the resolution because of a young age and considered inexperienced.
"I just don't want to interfere with the household matters of another noble, Your Majesty. I just want to make comfort and security for the women who are already wives."
The emperor became interested. "Hoo-"
Wives. The emperor remembered the queen and her queen.
"Duke Aelthred, can you explain what you mean?" ask Count Eklif. "I'm sorry for being disrespectful to you before."
Count Eklif was one of the nobles who valued his wife, no other women even though their only child was one and a daughter.
"At this time the temple is protecting a noblewoman and her two children."
Count Ava was about to cut Daniela's words off but was arrested by her friends. They became interested in Daniela.
Daniela's first trick is to show weakness but also not to show too weak, not all men like weak women. The weak woman was boring and the strong woman was too lazy to look at, so it had to be in the middle.
"The noble lady always came to the temple in a closed state of clothing and did not interest anyone, but it was a pity in the eyes of the social world that clothing was always judged. I accidentally saw a wound on the arm and quickly covered up once caught. Finally I tried to approach with the help of high priest Rahul." Daniela cupped both palms together like praying. Showing the weakness of a noble wife.
I'm sorry, high priest Rahul. Later I buy the best quality wine after winning this case, Count Ava has a lot of money, more than duke Vilvred. Inner Daniela.
Daniela opened her eyes and looked at the emperor confidently. "There is a code of ethics that is always embedded in the minds of the wives. If there is a problem with the husband, others should not know. I am amazed by him who always insisted that there was no problem between them even though the husband did have a mistress and illegitimate children."
The power of the wife regarding the code of ethics.
"Therefore he could only cry and flee with his children."
"Well! From the last talk you circled, from the beginning there is no such thing as domestic violence!"
Daniela turned her head and stared at plain count Ava. "Count, from now on - why are you the most frontal insulting me? I just want to file a legal order for the protection of wives in this empire."
Daniela slips. "Gosh, I don't know that. Well, since everyone knows that as the crown prince's former fiancee, I used to go to parties and temples to meet priests. I never met Countess Ava or was my memory wrong?"
Everyone remembers it. Countess Ava never left the house and showed her face.
The nobles looked at Count Ava curiously. Is what the lady said true?
Count Ava denied. "No, you all know I'm always busy working out. The countess doesn't have time to go to the party and has to take care of the house!"
"Well, count. Everyone knows how busy the count is, really. No need to panic." Daniela laughed a little. "So there is no need to think strangely, like the problem I am discussing now."
Count Ava stared angrily at Daniela and was speechless. "You-you"
The emperor was bored. "Continue."
Daniela nodded small. "The high priests are currently treating the wound inside the woman's body, you can see it here."
Daniela opened a small wooden box, and the photos appeared like a projector screen. "I borrowed this box from pastor ag-"
"LADY AELTHRED!" count Ava yelled like a doormat.
Everyone was trying to hold the count down so as not to attack Daniela.
"YOU'RE TRYING TO PLAY ME! IT'S DEFINITELY MY WIFE'S BODY!"
"Count, I only showed scars on my hands and face, only bruised skin. There's no sign of your wife there." Daniela frowned dislike. "Can't you not bother me?"
The Emperor looked in admiration at the photos. "Is this the magic power of the high priest? All this time we can only get pictures from painters, this is not made by painters?"
"No, Your Grace. Pastor ag-"
"YOU LET MY WIFE'S BODY BE SEEN BY ANOTHER MAN?!"
Daniela sniffed annoyed. "Your Majesty, can't this man keep his mouth shut? It's so noisy."
The Emperor flicked his finger lazily.
The nobility of the emperor's vassals shut Ava's count's mouth with cloth.
"Well, continue." Emperor says.
Daniela nodded small. "It's called a photo, which I showed was a photo of bruises on my hands and face, still on another body and I didn't dare to show it in public because it was disrespectful, bruises on other bodies indicate sexual violence."
"Sexual violence?" ask emperor.
"How can it be sexual violence? Isn't she a wife?" ask the other young nobles.
"Women who never show their bodies to anyone, cut off all communication under the pretext of family honor, survive do not say who did it. According to all the other honorable nobles here, who would be the most deserving of being the culprit?" daniela asked with a big smile.
Everyone in the room stared at Count Ava in silence.