I Decline the Ex-Boyfriend of the Regretful Male Lead (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 97
It was an afternoon with the sun beating down harshly.
At the place urging the Empress forward, the young noblemen still hadn’t dispersed.
Surely they must have left by now.
She had thought so, but seeing the men stubbornly refusing to yield and blocking her path, the Empress’s anger flared.
“By my command—everyone disperse!”
She had intended to be merciful and let it pass.
Yet she glared fiercely at the nobleman who clung on persistently, forcing her to raise her voice.
Then Nox stepped forward, narrowing his eyes as he spoke.
“So Her Imperial Majesty holds the Prophetess in such high regard. My curiosity only grows deeper.”
His teasing yet pointed remark made the Empress’s face twist in frustration. She needed to meet the Prophetess immediately, yet these constant interruptions left her unable to control her expression.
When she openly showed her displeasure, Nox took a step back first.
“Then next time, I shall come pay my respects with Mother.”
As he withdrew, the other men turned and left together. The Empress clicked her tongue at the now-quiet corridor, then ignored them entirely and roughly pushed open the drawing room door.
Inside, the attendant heard the Empress’s arrival and unlocked the door that had been secured. It was by the Empress’s own order before she left for the training grounds—no one was to enter or exit.
Only then did the door open, and the woman seated in the antique chair turned her head. As if proving she had waited long, the room was filled only with the deep scent of tea when the Empress entered.
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.
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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.”
What happened that caused Serdis to go off the deep end like this? He has always been pushy and obsessive but this is a whole new level of villainry. Hitting Annette and wanting to torment her instead of wanting her affection. I wonder if Violet cast more forbidden magic.
What type of twisted logic is this? ‘It has no enchantment on it, so any magic could be stored within it’, yes but currently it’s empty like any other jewel. Then Annette reasons, ‘if Violet is casting strange magic on Serdis, perhaps this enchantment could offer him some protection’. How is an empty or blank enchantment supposed to offer anything? So the author wants Hertian to be affected as Serdis is by whatever magic is going on when he activates the ring, yet the author couldn’t come up with a better solution than having our typically intellectually/academically intelligent fl have a devastatingly illogical thought process. Or was there an error in translation?