How to Divorce a Obsessive Emperor Safely (Completed Main Story) - Side Story 15

“So the marquess’s household is keeping it quiet for now. But everyone who knows, knows. Princess Elina even visited Marquess Colod’s estate without prior notice just to confirm it herself, Your Majesty.”

Ever since Lasilia decided to become a rather unremarkable and somewhat lazy empress, Ivet had become the busy one.

As the First Maid of the Empress’s Palace and currently Lasilia’s only confidante, Ivet was inundated with endless letters and visitation requests from nobles.

That in itself was manageable. The real problem was the expensive gifts that always accompanied those letters.

When Ivet fretted over returning the gifts, Lasilia told her to simply accept them.

After all, Ivet deserved some compensation for enduring hardships on her behalf. Besides, Ivet wouldn’t wield the power of First Maid greedily like Marchioness Pashad had.

Through such exchanges, Ivet was gradually solidifying her position in high society. No one openly looked down on her anymore for being of palace servant origin.

Ivet actually welcomed interactions with noble young ladies; she found them useful because she could discuss her younger siblings’ education with them.

She said she could gather valuable information—what academic subjects were currently fashionable among nobles, how those studies connected to profitable ventures, and who the best tutors were.

For various reasons like these, Ivet became well-informed about high society gossip. She heard news about Marquess Colod’s household faster than anyone else.

“But it must take quite a while to go all the way to Trinidad and back.”

“Exactly! Even if they try to keep it hushed, everyone already knows. It’s impossible to control every servant’s mouth. Servants often know each other across households. And it’s especially hard to silence those who deliver goods—they visit noble houses almost every month.”

For now, Princess Grisella had officially become a patient.

“It’s a self-inflicted blunder. If she’s known to have been ill, it’ll inevitably become a flaw when marriage negotiations arise.”

“Oh dear.”

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