
The disciples of the Green marchioness were surprised by his explanation.
"Isn't that dangerous?"
"We must cure their disease."
"Do you know how to cure it?"
Marchioness Green shook her head. "We need a lot of research to overcome this disease, so I made a team that would join my youngest son."
The Green marchioness disciples stared at each other then five people raised their hands.
"We'll join the research."
"Actually I'm not very useful in the field."
"I'd rather be at the research site."
"I want to join."
"I am too."
Marchioness Green circulated a glance to her students. "Anyone else want to join?"
No one answered.
Marchioness Green smiled and told them to touch their hands into a basin that was filled with water. "I'll explain to you about the disease, so both of your hands should be clean."
Although it felt strange, the disciples obeyed the orders of the superior.
Before long, one of the Green marchioness disciples who volunteered for the first time to enter the research, pulled her hand from the basin. Following the other two.
Marchioness Green sighed. "So, you guys are too enthusiastic about the disease, feel useless in the field and also prefer to be in the research place?"
The faces of the three disciples whose hands were like they were being stung by an electric current turned pale, when they saw that the other friends were not electrocuted.
Marchioness Green initially did not believe Daniela's conjecture, but now she inevitably believed.
Before holding the meeting, the marchioness got a warning from Daniela and was given advice.
'Use this and mix one drop into the basin, the first Prince also used it for the bodyguards. Fortunately, no one has betrayed.'
'What do you mean? Are you accusing me of being a spy?'
'I just want to be careful, considering the Emperor is very cunning. A few days ago, the first Prince shot a messenger bird that High Priest Rou had sent. It was just blank paper, but his instincts said there was something inside the letter.'
'What?'
'You know because you're a doctor and you care for a lot of patients, including prostitutes, concubines and nobility. They exchanged letters using this method for his friends, or gave warnings.'
'I-'
'Usually these women worked together with her friend to protect themselves from the noble families who wanted to destroy them for being an affair.'
'But, how do you know this?'
'Ah, you know my reputation is so bad that one of them sympathizes with me and wants me to be their friend. Well, maybe for them there's no harm in befriending the duke's son then who knows can be the duke's affair because the duchess is sick.'
'Then what is this?'
'Only ordinary water has been given energy where lightning.'
'Petier?'
'Yes, the traitor must have used the same method the prostitutes used to communicate. So you have to be careful with your own students.'
'They could not have committed such a crime! I've taught them well, how can they betray and'
'Why are you silent marchioness?'
The Marchioness did not want to admit it but after a rethink, everything made sense.
"I'm disappointed in you guys."
The innocent disciples, shocked then stared disappointedly at their three treacherous friends.
The three men knelt down and apologized near the foot of the marchioness.
"Marchioness, we don't know why the water stung our hands."
"Marchioness, please do justice!"
"Marchioness, I'm a woman. I don't know anything!"
The marchioness disciples became confused.
"What sting? We don't feel any sting."
"Why are the three of them apologizing to the marchioness?"
"Did they make a mistake?"
The Marchioness opened up her female disciple robe and found her belly bulging. "You pregnant?"
The woman shook her head with a pale face as well as panicked. "Ti-no! I'm not pregnant!"
"Look, he's bleeding!"
Everyone looked around the kneeling disciple of the marchioness lady there was blood appearing.
"He miscarried?"
The woman shook her head in fear and hid her stomach. "No! I can't miscarry! You all have to look after this baby! This is the crown prince's son!"
The woman still did not know that the second prince was no longer the crown prince.
Everyone inside the tent except the three traitorous disciples were shocked by his words.
Marchioness Green was furious now. "So you're on the queen's side? The Queen knows about the affair between you two?"
The woman was frightened and could not argue.
The first prince's army, standing guard inside the tent, surrounded the three traitors.
"Marchioness, just by water-you accuse them of treason?" Ask one of the students who does not believe. "It's not that I'm defending, but we're comrades in arms and can't believe they're doing something like that."
"Why don't you just ask the three of them? What's the reason for betraying my territory?" Marchioness Green asked coldly. "You think I don't know what you're doing to replace my family by spreading bad news? I didn't think I was raising a snake."
The three disciples shivered in fear, not daring to stare at the Green marchioness.
"Let me explain."
Everyone turned to the entrance of the tent and looked at Daniela.
Daniela stood beside the marchioness. "So, a few days ago after the First Prince found a bird carrying blank paper, he found the same thing around the residents' houses. At first the First Prince was suspicious of the surrounding residents and was trying to find a way out with the water you guys were using."
Daniela deliberately exposed the existence of the first prince in the Fei region before the marchioness disciples to suppress all of them.
All the marchioness disciples glanced at the small basin filled with water.
"The residents who entered and wanted to seek treatment using the water to wash their hands, the First Prince's troops also spread to do the same under the pretext of seeing their condition. But nothing."
"What about the First Prince's knights? They must have betrayed too!" Shouted the woman who was pregnant with the second prince's child.
Daniela looked coldly at the woman. "You think the First Prince is stupid? All this time he had been hiding inside the territory with his troops but the Emperor had not known at all until now."
Daniela purposely did not divulge the matter of the first prince knight who was also conducting the trials, lest anyone have any thoughts of inciting the knights that the first prince did not put his trust in them.
"The fool is that a woman has a bright future but is devastated by greed, as well as two men who are gifted yet too envious and greedy to get the title."
No one dared to refute Daniela's words anymore.