Throughout the next meeting, Hudson remained silent with a gloomy expression, like a wronged teenager holding in anger.
Only once he boarded the carriage did a hint of a mocking smile appear at the corner of his mouth.
Deep down, Hudson couldn't help but admire: Earl Piers was such a great person!
Initially, he was worried. Being the one to step forward had offended the interests of some old nobles, and he wasn't sure how to handle things next.
At the crucial moment, Earl Piers stabbed him in the back, effectively helping him through the difficulty.
Now that everyone was too busy gloating over his misfortune, any resentment against him would have markedly diminished.
He had also played the victim to the King; his fall was a result of serving the King.
If Hudson hadn't been so active initially and caused dissatisfaction among the old nobles, Earl Piers' actions wouldn't have succeeded so easily.
