"THAT'S right! It was all Icelyn's idea! She told me that if I kidnap that bastard's mother, I could use her to make him give up the throne. That she was his weakness. As long as I have her, I could make that bastard do whatever I wanted! Icelyn even told me where to find that woman. She was the one who told me her location two years ago! So, you see, Father? Everything that happened is not my fault. It's hers!" Jasper shouted hurriedly, as if he couldn't wait to tell everyone all the contents of his brain.
Everyone with a speck of brain, as long as they heard what the first prince said, could tell that the first princess only probably used him. So, in the possibility that everything might went south, the first prince would take all the blame. Leaving the first princess scathe free. But as things went right now, that would be highly doubtful.
A new round of murmuring buzz appeared in the crowd.
"The first princess was really behind such a nefarious scheme?"
