Rubelia laughed as she remembered that. "Even though it's the king who has forced me, I still have to be used as a scapegoat to cover up his wrongness."
As soon as the merchant's wife saw Rubelia, she threw mud at her and shouted, "The one who died should have been you, not my husband!"
The merchant was a benevolent person and liked to help others, so there were many villagers who came with the merchant's wife to the palace.
They all pelted Rubelia with mud and stones, but she didn't move or fight back.
The only thing that came to Rubelia's mind at that moment was—
—She deserved to be punished.
It rained heavily later that night, but the villagers intensified their efforts to throw stones at Rubelia.
The soldiers at the palace gate also turned a blind eye to the incident because they also didn't want to get the people's wrath.
