The testimony reached the capital before the army did.
My brother printed the apothecary's confession and Julian's order to silence him. Father made sure every councilor received evidence of Julian's conspiracy with the enemy.
By the time the northern legions reached the city, copies of the evidence covered the walls. The defenders did not fire a single arrow. They opened the gates.
The Council of Nobles convened a trial in St. Andrew's Cathedral. Julian was charged with regicide, conspiracy with the enemy, and falsifying a succession decree.
Only a few months earlier, he had put on the crown here and forced me to kneel and swear allegiance. Now a tribunal table stood before the throne, while Julian waited below it in chains.
The Lord Chancellor called the royal apothecary first.
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