"So all the emotions you invested before were in vain," Jolie said bluntly. She had no intention of striking her, but hoped she could face reality. "You were good to them, which only made it easier for them to come and go freely in the royal family."
"Louis is a doctor?" Catherine turned to look, half hopeful and half puzzled. "If he's so famous, why couldn't he cure his father? He concealed his identity as a doctor and acted indifferent!"
Jolie was at a loss for words. The Queen's focus was...! She obviously hadn't listened to a word she just said!
"Do you think the King can still be saved?" Jolie sighed. "You know the King's condition. He has been plagued by illness for years, and no doctor has been able to help. "
Jolie didn't think Louis was a brilliant doctor at all. Whether he was brilliant or not, she didn't care. She only cared whether Louis and Ivan knew each other.
It was clear now that not only did they know each other, they were on good terms!
"But it says here he's a medical genius, a renowned apothecary," Catherine said, trying to cling to this one strand of hope. "What if he also wants the King to die? That way he can safely inherit the throne?"
"I don't know," Jolie emphasized again. "Your Majesty, Ivan is Louis' man, that's beyond doubt. Can you wake up to that?"
"They..." Catherine was a little confused. "Ivan can't be a bad person. Why did he come here? Is he helping Louis vie for the throne? The throne was his to begin with, there's no need to vie for it. So why did he come?"
Jolie didn't understand this for now either. But she noticed one detail-
"Your Majesty, they knew each other in Arkpool City, but pretended not to know each other here. This alone is proof that something is going on. We have to be vigilant."
Catherine was dealt a psychological blow. She put down her phone with a look of loss on her face. All her feelings had flowed eastward in vain.
Knowing that she was also sad, Jolie said no more to her and gave her time to digest this fact herself.
An atmosphere of gloom suddenly filled the vast palace.
"Jolie, what do we do now?" At critical moments like this, Catherine still needed to ask her for help. "We don't know what they are going to do. They are out in the open and we are in the dark!"
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