I Had the Enemy's Baby (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 72
“Never show your face here again! How dare you claim Clodel is your daughter? You wretched commoner!”
Duke Vermonde left a bruise in Madame Cronac’s heart—so deep it turned from blue to black.
On the day Flonu Village burned to the ground, Evan had taken Clodel and Hanna down the mountain to the castle below, for a great merchant caravan was arriving to tour the Oberon Kingdom.
Tucked deep in the mountains, the tiny village held barely twenty people—never even reaching thirty.
Yet Flonu Village, hidden deep within the mountains, harbored a secret known only to those who knew.
It was home to Arbor, the sacred tree known as the navel of the continent.
Everyone in Flonu Village had served the Sacred Tree for generations, offering prayers and rituals.
Whenever great calamities befell the continent, Arbor would stir and herald disaster. Over time, as its existence faded into legend in most people’s memories, royal houses—including that of the Oberon Kingdom and other nations across the Ita Continent—would still periodically send word.
Now known as Madame Cronac, her true name was Leoni.
Leoni held the role akin to the village chief of Flonu and served as Arbor’s oracle.
The sudden withering and charring of the Sacred Tree marked the beginning of the village’s tragic fate.
On that fateful day,
when Leoni regained consciousness after collapsing with a sword wound, her hair and clothes were ablaze.
Driven by sheer will to survive, she crawled out of the inferno, body pierced by a dagger.
But what awaited her beyond the flames was yet another sea of fire.
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.”
The Duke is truly moody… I hope the days pass peacefully.
Please clarify what the emperor’s relationship is with the duchess. Does he truly love her?
Does he really love the Duchess? But if so…why haven’t we seen any sign of it?