Duke, This Will Sting for a Moment (30 Chapters Left to Complete) - Chapter 73
“The line is incredibly long.”
I stuck my head out of the six-horse carriage and gaped at the white castle, Blanca Casa, perched atop Yurahil Hill, and the endless stream of carriages entering it.
Each carriage had to present its invitation to the imperial gatekeepers one by one before passing through the main gate, and the seemingly endless procession showed no sign of thinning.
In the distance, I even spotted nobles, weary of waiting, abandoning all pretense of decorum and grabbing each other by the collars, shouting, “I was here first!” and “Are your eyes crooked? I came before you!”
It felt strangely nostalgic.
Just last year, I’d been stuck pulling apart squabbling nobles over there while they tangled with underlings of the Imperial Knight Order.
Now that Aaron Phioni is captain of the Imperial Knights, is that rascal stuck enduring abuse from those foul-tempered nobles in my place?
“We’ll probably only get in halfway through the ball, won’t we?”
When I looked at him worriedly, the Grand Duke shook his head.
“We pass through immediately. It’s one of the privileges granted to high nobles.”
“Oh.”
I’d completely forgotten. Now I remembered—when a high noble arrived, they never queued or underwent separate inspections; showing their face alone was enough for instant passage.
For high nobles, their face itself was their pass.
Our carriage didn’t join the long line behind but headed straight for the entrance.
The Grand Duke explained that among the many privileges granted exclusively to the sixteen Great Houses of the cardinal directions, one was never having to wait in line for any event held by the imperial court. He also mentioned they weren’t even required to remove their hats before the Emperor.
The Male lead Always Seduces Her with His Beauty (Matriarchy)
Xin Jiao Zhou is the leader of the world’s premier sect. She has just experienced betrayal from all sides, was poisoned in an assassination attempt, and faced death squad attacks while the poison was taking effect. After finally clearing out the scum from her sect, she was drugged again while trying to detoxify.
After waking up from a night of unconsciousness, she gained a “beautiful and kind-hearted” husband.
Xin Jiao Zhou: “???”
He fell ill.
She came to see him, bringing breakfast.
As she put down the breakfast and was about to leave, his hand slipped while holding the spoon. “Clank!”
She turned around upon hearing the noise.
He looked up at her, his eyebrows drooping: “My hand… has no strength.”
“Shall I… feed you?” she asked tentatively.
He opened his mouth cheerfully: “Ah—”
Thinking she was drowning, he jumped in without hesitation to save her, but nearly drowned himself. In the end, it was she who swam over to rescue him, giving him air underwater.
After emerging from the water, his ear tips turned red. He lightly brushed his cheek, tucking his sideburns behind his ear, revealing delicate, pink-tinged ear tips. He lowered his gaze, too embarrassed to look at her.
Xin Jiao Zhou: He’s truly beautiful, kind-hearted, and adorable.
A certain someone when disciplining subordinates behind the scenes: “If they don’t obey, just kill them.”
What’s that? She might already have someone she cares about in her heart? A certain someone: Find out who it is, kill them, and then there won’t be anyone.
What? She met a man by the riverside? What? That man even hurt her? A certain someone: Whichever hand hurt her, chop off his entire arm.
Love at first sight without realizing it, gradually falling in love, slowly getting closer…
Family and national grudges, schemes and desires, good and evil, crime and punishment, she and he face the future together, seeking justice with passion!
A naturally dark female lead who could accidentally destroy the world but is actually an honest person VS a weak, pitiful, and helpless but skilled fighter, beautiful white-cut black male lead
My heart is not of stone, how steadfast is your love? — Tao Yuanming “Imitating the Ancients (No. 3)”
— Reading Guide —
Cold female lead & dramatic black lotus with hidden yandere traits male lead
He knows!!!!!!! No way!!! I thought he was still dazed by love.
How sweet of him! Trully, when did he noticed???? Because it always said that there was something off but he was too in love to notice.
Isn’t he too much???! He knows she loves him and who she was!