The Fake Heiress Turns Out to Be a True Tycoon! novel Chapter 1082

Chapter 1082: Chapter 1082: Is It a Calamity of Heaven or Man?

Samuel Chalmers used the royal decree of crowning the empress to allow Scarlett Jennings to enter the palace for her upcoming marriage.

However, he did not actually plan to hold the empress-crowning ceremony.

Firstly, he was not truly Beckett Chalmers.

Secondly, he did not want to use someone else’s identity to wed Scarlett, who also held someone else’s identity.

That would not be formal.

And his thoughts mirrored Scarlett’s thoughts.

Neither of them planned to truly marry in this time and place.

But the current situation forced them to take this step.

Since those people claimed that without a grand ceremony, Scarlett was not truly the national mother, she could be the Divine Maiden to perform the sacrificial rites.

So, he decided to make her the true national mother.

"The disaster in the Northland is severe, and now is not the time for grand celebrations, but since the State Preceptor’s words have reached the capital, I must give an explanation to the Northland."

This was what Samuel Chalmers told the courtiers,

"Thus, I decided that this empress-crowning ceremony will be kept simple, and all silver coins saved from the palace will be used for disaster relief in the Northland.

At the same time, there will be a general amnesty, and Northern people’s taxes will be reduced and exempted for three years.

After the ceremony, the Empress and I will again go to the sacrificial altar to demonstrate our sincerity to the heavens."

As soon as Samuel Chalmers gave this decree, the courtiers fell silent.

Some might say His Majesty was fooling around, but he was willing to inconvenience the Empress and simplify the ceremony for the sake of the disaster victims in the Northland.

Others might say he ignored the heavenly mandate, but the first thing he did after the empress-crowning ceremony was to go with the Empress to the sacrificial altar again.

Although this sacrificial ceremony differed from what the State Preceptor described,

she did indeed perform the sacrificial rites.

Even if the Northern people knew, they could not hold the State Preceptor’s words against His Majesty, saying he disregarded the lives of the Northland disaster victims for one person.

One could say that Samuel Chalmers’ decision, to some extent, countered everyone’s plans.

Especially the Prime Minister.

The citizens who were skeptical about the rumor that "for the sake of his daughter’s future, the Prime Minister removed the Phoenix family’s daughter as the future Empress," started to believe in its truth after hearing that His Majesty was rushing back to the palace to prepare the empress-crowning ceremony.

After all, if the rumor were false, why would His Majesty be in such a hurry to hold the empress-crowning ceremony and simplify everything?

This was clearly to sever the hopes of the Prime Minister and his daughter.

The Prime Minister did not know how other courtiers viewed Samuel Chalmers’ decree,

but he felt very aggrieved himself.

His petition for self-defense hadn’t even been submitted when His Majesty announced this, clearly not giving him any opportunity to defend himself!

If he were to deny it further, it would be like admitting guilt.

In short, he felt oppressed.

Compared to the outside, where people were endlessly debating Samuel Chalmers’ decree, the atmosphere in the palace courtyard where Scarlett Jennings resided was not exactly solemn, but it wasn’t very relaxed either.

Whether it was the empress-crowning ceremony or the sacrificial rites, in essence, they were means to quell public opinion.

What needed to be urgently addressed now was the disaster in the Northland.

Samuel Chalmers, acting in the emperor’s stead, had quickly drawn up a disaster relief plan, but things here were not like the modern times.

Distant water cannot quench immediate thirst.

What Samuel wanted to know now was—

"Is this snow disaster in the Northland purely a natural disaster, or is it deliberately man-made?"

While no one except the Heavenly Dao could easily create such a snowstorm,

Scarlett Jennings and Samuel Chalmers both knew clearly that they were in a time six thousand years ago, a time when Great Demons roamed; with the aid of a Great Demon, such a calamity might be made possible.

Samuel asked this question to find out whether what they faced now was simply a test from the Heavenly Dao upon Heavenly Origin, or a man-made affliction upon Heavenly Origin?

This would affect their subsequent actions.

Depending on the situation, their methods of response would vary.

Samuel paused for a moment before continuing, 𝘧𝓇ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝘣𝓃ℴ𝓋𝑒𝑙.𝑐𝘰𝑚

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