Stella was so tense that her muscles felt rigid, yet the food was delicious. The steak melted like butter, the flavorful soup was rich and creamy, and everything was impeccable.
Stella finished her meal in a dreamlike state, surrounded by kind smiles and considerate gestures.
The meal ended after dessert around 9 PM.
“Did you enjoy the meal?” Queen Eliza asked kindly. Her soft voice, initially uncomfortable, had become somewhat familiar over dinner.
“Yes, Your Majesty.”
Stella’s cheeks flushed as she answered.
“Your Majesty? Just call me mother.”
“……What?”
“Have you felt neglected all this time? I’ve been too petty. Can you forgive me for my narrow-mindedness?”
“Sister, I’m really sorry too. We’re the only sisters sharing the same blood.”
Stunned, Stella couldn’t respond. Eliza nodded understandingly and then turned to the King.
“Your Majesty, it’s time to give Stella the gift you prepared. She’s more than deserving of it.”
“Should we?”
“Stella, your father has prepared a birthday gift for you.”
Stella couldn’t comprehend their conversation. She had already received an abundance of gifts. Anything excessive wasn’t good.
“The gifts I’ve already received are more than enough.”
“No, I should have given this to you long ago. I’m sorry for the delay.”
Stella stood there, surrounded by an overwhelming and surreal turn of events.
As soon as King Philip finished speaking, the chief valet standing beside him approached Stella with a scroll.
The scroll, overlaid with purple silk and tied with gold threads, seemed anything but ordinary.
Stella, somewhat bewildered, took the scroll and slowly unrolled it. The texture of the scroll felt unusually cold, sending a shiver down her neck.
As she untied the gold thread and spread out the scroll, a deafening silence enveloped the room. Aware that everyone’s eyes were fixed on her, Stella opened the scroll.
“Your Majesty, this is…….”
Her voice trembled involuntarily. Observing her reaction, the King and Queen smiled contentedly.
“It’s a certificate of bloodline. It declares to the world that you are my daughter. I’m sorry it’s so late.”
At King Philip’s kind words, Stella’s vision blurred.
Tears began rolling down Stella’s cheeks as she clutched the scroll tightly.
“Father, Stella is crying. She must have been so heartbroken all this time.”
Unaware that she was crying, Stella hastily wiped her tears with her sleeve. She had a handkerchief, but her emotional state was too overwhelmed to use it.
Beatrice rose gracefully from her seat and approached Stella, lightly embracing her before handing her something. A fresh scent of violets, like a spring day, emanated from Beatrice.
“Sister, sign this. Then we’ll truly be a family.”
Beatrice handed Stella a gold fountain pen.
Stella took the pen from a smiling Beatrice. Though she tried to steady her trembling hand, her fingers quivered uncontrollably. Beatrice gently wrapped her hands around Stella’s.
“Sign it. Let’s remember this day for a long time.”
Beatrice’s kind smile was unfamiliar to Stella, a face she had never shown her before.
No, don’t.
A voice was heard nearby, but Stella, holding the pen firmly, began to sign slowly.
Watching the tip of the pen in Stella’s hand, Beatrice bit her lip to suppress her bursting laughter. She wanted to scorn Stella for her foolishness but held back, knowing there would be plenty of time for that later.
Scratch, scratch.
Stella Rune Obelit
Her signature at the end of the scroll was particularly elegant and neat.
When scheming men desperately battle for her favor in the male harem
This one’s also on my reread list! The rivalry, scheming between the men in the imperial harem are just as intense and thrilling as in classic palace drama novels, where concubines fight to the death. Give it a read, girls! I promise you won’t be disappointed.
Synopsis:
“I am not worthy of her… but I still want to be by her side, even if only as a loyal dog…”
Those were the painful whispers of Yue Guanyi – the proud Crown Prince of the Great Qi, who was torn between deep love and a guilty conscience. Despite holding the supreme power of the Imperial Guard, he still could not forget the dark past when he was sold into a brothel.
Fate played a cruel twist when Qiu Shuzhi – a young female official who had just passed the imperial examinations with top honors – stepped into his life. She did not know that she was the one who had saved him from a tragic fate many years ago. And now, her heart was the target of pursuit for both Yue Guanyi and the powerful Empress Dowager Qin Qing.
While Yue Guanyi only dared to silently care for and protect the one he loved from afar, the Empress Dowager Qin Qing openly expressed his feelings and did not hesitate to take advantage of his power to approach Qiu Shuzhi. The covert struggle between the two most powerful forces in the imperial court began…
Trigger warning: All men in this novel are yandere style.
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