Continuing to grumble while looking disapprovingly at the illustration, Hayden kept complaining. Nevertheless, he had instructed to collect all the parts where Ru was mentioned separately in today’s newspaper. After all, it was the day Ru adorned the front page of the newspaper for the first time, so he would record each detail.
“Why bother calling a painter separately…”
Ru, who laughed with a puzzled look, suddenly realized. Oh. She was laughing. Even though Carlos had barged in and kidnapped her last night, she was laughing carefreely over trivial matters today.
“There was no objective presence more beautiful than you at the banquet yesterday. Should I extract the memories separately and preserve them with magic?”
From the floor to the ceiling, sunlight poured through the large window. The transparent sunlight illuminated the clean floor, carpet, the table scattered with newspapers, and the sofa adorned with soft cushions.
Seated comfortably on the sofa, Ru was earnestly discussing how beautiful she was with a serious expression on her face. The long, firm eyelashes of the tall and sturdy handsome man, who was blabbering nonsense, were also kissed by the sunlight.
Everything was so peaceful to the point of being boring. As if the horrific incident from last night was nothing, a calm and trivial routine enveloped her.
“Tomorrow, the illustrations in the newspaper will probably be a bit better.”
“Well, that might be true.”
Hayden casually tossed the newspaper aside.
“It’s only today that you’ve covered the entire newspaper.”
“I think I’ve covered it for about three days.”
“Oh, that’s right. But coincidentally, a scandal broke out.”
A scandal? Ru looked at him as he started counting with his long and sturdy fingers.
“A scandal that would drive the nobles crazy. Adultery, murder, a prestigious family – all three elements are there. It’s going to be quite noisy in Chalea until the culprit is caught.”
He murmured as if observing from a distance. Indeed, everyone watched from afar with an interested face during that incident. However, Hayden wasn’t even interested in watching.
“Oh, you also know that person. Elsh Count Manuel Lambert, who cheekily left a mark on you through your father at the banquet yesterday.”
“Is he dead?”
He seemed to be in his early thirties, looking young and healthy. Ru slightly narrowed her eyes.
“East, and the son of a duke at that?”
“Yes. It’s unfortunate.”
“I understand the murder and the prestigious family, but what is adultery?”
Before Hayden could answer, he made a somewhat embarrassed expression, as he had to talk about something low and immoral.
The steward knew well that this expression wasn’t sincere, but rather a performance. The Emperor had no qualms about facing low and immoral things. He only calculated thoroughly how such dirty deeds would affect politics by coldly observing them with a stern gaze.
“He was found with a woman other than his wife.”
It was a phrase that neatly packaged the horrific murder case.
[Star Icon]A robust heir is an essential element for all noble families. With a profound legacy, extensive wealth, and a robust heir, there was nothing to fear.
The Alanka Duchy, a leading figure in the Eastern Alsmonne Union, possessed all of these. However, they suddenly lost their robust heir.
It might not have been more sudden than a lightning strike on a clear day. Clearly, last night, the eldest son of the Alanka Duchy, who had attended the Emperor’s celebratory banquet, died tragically.
The social scene was turned upside down immediately. Journalists swarmed in front of the Alanca Duke’s townhouse at Ketti 12th Street in the capital of Chalea, where the eldest son was found dead.
“How embarrassing and vulgar.”
The high society collectively clicked their tongues and opened their eyes wide beyond their fans and mustaches. There was a significant problem – Ketti 12th Street was known for being the residence of Elena Justner, a dancer frequented by men.
An even bigger problem was the fact that the deceased heir of the Alanca Duke was a married man.
“It’s not something else; it’s a body-selling dancer. Wasn’t Count Elsh Lambert usually very moral and proper?”
The privacy-respecting Count Manuel Lambert, who was renowned for his clean private life, was found dead with Elena Justner, a woman who shamelessly scattered her charm on the streets of Chalea!
Though detailed circumstances of the incident hadn’t been published in the newspapers yet, the nobles who had obtained information through their own channels chattered among themselves.
“Count Elsh’s wife must be in an uproar. Even if it was a strategic marriage, she always acted high and mighty, as if she had no rivals, right?”
“It’s a disgrace to the family. A total disgrace.”
The eldest son, who was always boasted about by the Alanca Duke, died in such a miserable state. What could be more interesting than this! The Alsmonne Union was stunned, and the nobles, who sometimes envied, began to relish and chew on this incident.
“What does Cabinet Blue say about this?”
After Being Cheated On, She Picked Up a Treasure (Female-dominant)
One-line summary: The husband I married on a whim had been secretly in love with me for a long time.
On the day when Jun Shao finally obtained the imperial decree for her marriage, Lan Qu, the person she had admired for six years, defied the decree and ran away.
Her gentleness and devotion, her promise of a lifetime together, were all disregarded by him. Instead, he dreamed of entering the palace to serve the Emperor’s sister as a sixth-rank attendant.
News of this incident spread throughout the capital, and the alleys in front of and behind the Lan mansion were crowded with people who came to watch the commotion.
Jun Shao should have been embarrassed and angry.
But someone stepped in to protect her dignity.
The figure was in a miserable state, yet still possessed an undeniable elegance and handsomeness.
The young lord struggled to climb the wall of the Lan mansion and shouted to her, “If he won’t marry you, I will!”
So, Jun Shao took advantage of the situation and married the person.
She thought the young lord did it to save the Lan family from the crime of defying the imperial decree, but never imagined that from beginning to end, what he coveted was her.
*
After the wedding, Jun Shao felt like she was living in a dream.
Her Wife-master was as beautiful as a fairy in a painting, skilled in the six arts, well-versed in poetry and literature, capable of being gentle and attentive, and also grand and dignified. Most importantly, she was the only one in his heart and eyes.
Jun Shao didn’t know how Lan Shiwu, as a illegitimate son without a father and blessed with beauty, had managed to preserve his purity, recklessly escape, and use his last ounce of strength to ruin his own reputation, all because of his love for her, just to stand before her.
She could only see him gazing at her with eyes full of love, and when she bestowed a name upon him, his eyes shone like stars.
“You have come to me like a weary bird perching on a branch. I shall call you A Qi.”
