Just as Vlad had instructed the butler, the death of the Emperor was framed as a suicide. And the way Zaraki testified of it perfectly coincided with the final testimony the Emperor gave before he dismissed the last meeting.
This made a lot of the nobles and senators think back to the meeting and shake their heads, not believing the Emperor literally meant what he said when indirectly implying that he would take his own life. It was tragic, as most of them had been with the late ruler from the beginning, a few being old veterans who served Chief Nosferatu before Vlad was made ruler. Zaraki went through the hard work of pulling the strings together, making sure there would be no hint of the truth leaking out anytime soon. This plan had to go perfectly, no matter what. And that meant there had to be no eyewitnesses. So as many servants who came to know about that event in the Emperor's room in great detail, he killed.
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