(I deeply apologize for this chapter and a warning for you: rape mentions. I hate writing this but if it's too uncomfortable for you, please skip. I truly don't want to trigger anyone.)
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The Queen dropped her spoon as the king immediately pushed his late away. Chenle hadn't started eating yet as the proper etiquette was to let the elders eat first. Jisung too hadn't started eating.
The Queen shouted,
"What are you saying!? Poison? Are you sure?"
The scared maid nodded,
"Yes, her majesty."
The King's voice thundered as Jisung grabbed Chenle's hand and pushed him behind himself out of instinct
"Summon all the maids here."
Soon all the maids filtered the dining hall as the King scowled at all of them,
"Who was it!? Such despicable actions! Who dared to poison the royal family?"
The maids all cowered in fear. The Queen, equally angry turned towards the maid who reported the incident
"Did you see anyone doing it?"
The maid hesitantly nodded,
"Then which one of these maids was it!?"
The maid tried to curl into herself as she said the words she didn't want to
"It was......It was Chenle-ssi, her majesty."
Chenle took a step back as the blame was now on him. When the farthest he had gotten in this palace on his own was the bathroom!
"W-what!? No! I wasn't the one! How can it be me? I was with you, the whole day!"
The Queen turned towards the small, quivering male,
"Then are you saying that my trusted maid of twelve years would do this!?"
Chenle sunk more at her tone but he had to stand up against her. He won't take the blame for something he didn't do.
"Her majesty! Please believe me, it was not me! I just went straight to the bathroom and then came here!"
The Queen was adamant on her words though
"How can I believe you? For all I know, your whole purpose to love my son could be his status and wealth and now, you want to kill us so that we don't take away the chance to be rich from you! Filthy peasant!"
Chenle felt utterly humiliated at the queen's accusations. He was just a lonely boy who wanted love and when he finally received it, said love was being snatched away but Chenle promised to fight and that's what he will do.
Before he spoke up, Jisung's voice boomed,
"What in the world are you saying!? My soulmate would never! I know him better than all of you. My angel would never."
The King grunted
"Guards!"
But Jisung out Chenle behind him and glared at the guards approaching him
"Touch him, I dare you."
The guards took a step back because of how intimidating the prince looked and truly so, he was ready to jump on someone if they even looked at his soulmate.
"Park Jisung, your so-called soulmate tried to poison me, your parents! The Royal Family! How dare you defend a filthy villager over us!?"
Jisung scowled hard at her mother's tone,
"Watch it, mother. He is my soulmate and once again, you know nothing about him! This argument shouldn't even be happening for all I know you could be accusing him of something you did yourself!!"
Maybe that was the truth, but Jisung had no proof. Just like his soulmate who was helplessly staring worried at them.
As the Queen and his son were busy arguing, the king signed his guards to grab Chenle but as to not make it obvious, they clamped the smaller's mouth shut and dragged him away with him.
As soon as the Queen realized that Chenle was gone, She smirked
"Guards, Please take the prince to his room and lock the door. If he tries to come outside, make him stay inside. Use force if needed. As for that peasant, he'll be hanged tomorrow at dawn for the horrendous act he tried to commit."
Jisung almost fell down as he realized that he was too busy arguing that his soulmate was already gone. They were going to do something to his soulmate and he couldn't be locked up!
He thrashed in the holds of the strong guards. Lifting his legs a little in hopes of freeing himself but in vain. He glared at his parents
"I knew I shouldn't have trusted you!! Fuck you! Fuck your throne! You can give up a future heir to the throne cause no fucking way am I sitting on that dumb piece of metal!"
And then Jisung was dragged away to be locked up in his room that seemed more like a cage.
♡
Chenle grunted as he was roughly thrown into the dungeon. The guards snickered as the boy tried to stand up but twisted his leg instead. It was truly such a humiliating thing to go through. The shorter make was strong but now, he was on the floor with guards laughing at him.
He groaned,
"Stop laughing at me, and leave."
The guards immediately stopped sniggering but the one standing in the middle grinned a little,
"Say little one, I think I know why the Prince loves you so much. You've got them curves at all the right places. Hah, Since you won't be living after tonight, might've as well do some good while you're alive."
Chenle did not like his tone and he had a strong hunch as to where this was going so he tried to crawl back although his leg screamed in pain from the pressure he was putting on his ankle. He shrunk into himself he saw how the guards came forwards as if a lion was intimidating his prey. But he couldn't even try to save himself as he had nowhere to run to.
So he cried, the tears left his eyes like a waterfall and he pitied himself as he could only silently scream and watch as the guards filthy hands molested him. He felt so disgusted and the light immediately left his eyes.
