Captured into the Bedroom of the Enemy Emperor (1 Chapters Left to Complete) - Chapter 118

The wind skipped a season. Autumn in Karsik passed before the breeze could finish a single musical phrase.

The pale midday sun, by evening, scattered coldness through the air. When a glossy black crow tapped a frost-covered branch and flew off, transparent ice shattered into white fragments.

Alessia came to White Palace every third day, spending the entire morning brewing medicinal herbs.

Though Patricia had drunk the tenth specially brewed antidote, her memories had not returned. Still, the migraine and the heavy, cotton-swaddled sensation in her head had vanished, leaving her refreshed.

The Empress Dowager, who had gone to the Kingdom of Rubelin, returned with Princess Isabella.

Isabella passed the artificial lake lined with slender, swaying willow branches and the cluster of ash trees, and settled her belongings in Boras Palace, nestled within a dense fir forest.

Her entourage was modest—only one lady-in-waiting and a few maids.

Overwhelmed by news of Isabella’s return, the noble ladies of the imperial capital flooded the palace with requests for audiences, all of which she rejected. She also avoided venturing outside Boras Palace.

Alessia, arriving with her freshly brewed herbs, complained to Patricia that Isabella refused to see her—and had even declined a visit from the Empress Dowager herself.

On a day with no charitable work at the Noblewomen’s Relief Hall, Patricia dismissed her maid and asked Bern to prepare a horse.

She rode past Duisse Palace and galloped through the northern woods.

On the way back, Daisy halted in a vast open field. Patricia dismounted, leaving the horse in the pasture, and walked into the meadow.

Thousands upon thousands of daisies bloomed together in a breathtaking display of beauty that swelled her heart.

It looked as though dense clusters of yellow stars were wrapped in white clouds like foam.

For some reason feeling warmth, Patricia impulsively plucked a daisy.

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