This chapter opens with a conversation between the third prince and the second prince. The third prince tells the first prince that the duke is not injured, and that he has signed the confession. The second prince is furious that the third has signed such a document. He tells the third to bring the duke to the hunting grounds, where he will be protected. The duke will not be harmed, he says, because he has already failed in his mission. The prince then tells the second that the case against the duke has been pushed to the point that he wants to kill the duke. He says that the prince does not want to bring in the duke under his wings, since the third is the most powerful man in the court. He also says that if the duke were to be killed, the prince would not be able to pass the throne to his nephew, who would then be the heir to the throne.
This chapter opens with a conversation between the third prince and the second prince. The third prince tells the first prince that the duke is not injured, and that he has signed the confession. The second prince is furious that the third has signed such a document. He tells the third to bring the duke to the hunting grounds, where he will be protected. The duke will not be harmed, he says, because he has already failed in his mission. The prince then tells the second that the case against the duke has been pushed to the point that he wants to kill the duke. He says that the prince does not want to bring in the duke under his wings, since the third is the most powerful man in the court. He also says that if the duke were to be killed, the prince would not be able to pass the throne to his nephew, who would then be the heir to the throne.