Carmella's lips trembled slightly. She could not say anything to meet Martin's gaze, feeling guilty.
"It's... nothing." Carmella forced a chortle. "Your Majesty, the trial's been going on for too long. You must be tired. Let me help you get back to rest first..."
"I want to hear the truth!" Martin roared, "Who were you looking for?"
Carmella froze and turned her gaze to Joy.
"What's going on here?" She gritted each word. "Joy, what are you trying to do?"
Joy replied indifferently, "Your Majesty, I could only find these two people based on the clues you gave me."
"You..."
A strange smile crossed Joy's lips. "Your Majesty, you told me that one of them is a drug addict and the other's involved in prostitution. The ones I found fit the description you gave me perfectly!"
"You're talking nonsense!" Carmella glared at her furiously. "I gave you other information too!"
"You personally handed the little princess to people like these back then, didn't you?"
"Joy!" Carmella's heart raced, and it felt like all the blood in her body had frozen.
"Joy, what are you saying?" Martin was shocked, his body stiffening as if thunder struck him. He looked incredulously at Carmella for a long time, and his heart was filled with pain.
"Is everything Joy says true?" His breathing was unstable as he stared at her for a long time before he suddenly grabbed her wrist.
"You first lied to me and said you gave the child to a lawyer's family, that the child would have a good life! Later, you said the child was adopted by a nomadic couple even though she was in a slum! Carmella... you lied to me again and again!
"How did the child end up in the hands of such people!?" Martin's voice was low and angry.
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