Inside the palace, in the courtroom, many officials and important figures gathered before the king, who was sitting on the high chair. Below his chair, the duke and the marquis stood with their heads bowed as they spoke.
"My daughter's death shall not go without it being avenged, Your Majesty. She was killed mercilessly. I want justice for her by killing her killer the same way. I know she is related to you, but what she did is unforgivable," the marquis said, his voice filled with the grief of losing his only daughter, who was to be married in a week to the Baron and had been happy about it, but a black-hearted woman, filled with madness and jealousy, had gone on and taken her life. No father would ever forgive such a crime!
