It felt completely different when he was carefully moving under Rona’s guidance with blurry eyes.
With every step, his presence was so oppressive that it felt like he was being pushed down, he was a being meant to dominate over people.
“Is that the power of Oder?”
Black hair, red eyes.
The characteristics of the first emperor who founded the empire are only manifested in one person per generation. It’s a bit strange that it’s manifested in him, who doesn’t bear the name Oder.
“I never had such a feeling from the Crown Prince.”
And so, in his own work, he didn’t cast a ‘rebound’ on him, who was arguing.
Emily took out the envelope kept in her desk drawer. Looking at the Duchess of Uter’s signature scrawled on the thick order form inside, she regained her composure.
“I kept it.”
Emily, who had been sweating at the thought of lying in front of the Grand Duke, smiled happily, imagining the wedding dress for Elishia Uter that she would create someday.
[Star Icon][Star Icon][Star Icon]When Saviel entered the Empress’s private room, Empress Seraphina greeted her son with a smile.
“Saviel.”
“It’s been a long time. Your Majesty the Empress.”
“What’s keeping you so busy? I’m sad that you don’t even walk when your mother calls.”
“I apologize. I’ve had a lot to look into lately.”
Empress Seraphina kindly seated Saviel at a tea table prepared in advance.
“I have something to discuss with His Highness the Crown Prince today.”
“What is it?”
“It’s time to bring in the Crown Princess.”
Saviel’s face immediately turned sour. Seeing that, Empress Seraphina urgently grabbed his hand.
“I think it’s too early for a marriage.”
“You have a duty to see your descendants. What happens when the only successor of the imperial family is so peaceful?”
Empress Seraphina watched Saviel’s reaction.
“I thought you were interested in the young lady of the Harrington family.”
“The young lady of the Harrington family?”
“I have eyes and ears to see and hear that Miss Karina stayed in the Crystal Palace.”
Karina? Who’s Karina? It was when Saviel was reminiscing with a foggy head about who Karina was.
“The Harrington family might feel wronged if they come second in terms of wealth. But aren’t they lacking a bit in elegance?”
Upon hearing Empress Seraphina’s words, he finally remembered. Silver hair, green eyes, a vaguely attractive woman. Saviel shrugged and answered.
“They’re better than the old nobles. The rising nobles are much more friendly to me.”
Looking at Saviel, Empress Seraphina found it distasteful. She was also a daughter of a powerful old noble family. But it burned her inside to see her son, whom she painfully gave birth to, unable to garner their support and mingling with forces that weren’t noble. Of course, the old nobles who supported her to become the empress also burned inside.
Seraphina and Saviel, they thought that after Saviel inherited the throne, he would continue to ensure the prosperity of the old nobles. But Saviel had become a bouncing check, hanging out with the rising nobility. That’s why Empress Seraphina was having a headache because of the old nobles who were requesting recognition every day.
Good news came to her. The gem of Hadunsha, who had been in hiding, Elishia, was said to have returned.
The Duke of Uter was a longestablished family that could not only boast of wealth but was also one of the few who could shape public opinion at the center of the old nobles. Although the Duke was not interested in politics and was not particularly active in this era, if the Crown Prince were to become his soninlaw, he would be more solid than anyone else. No parent would let go of their daughter’s happiness as collateral.
“Still, you have to win the hearts of the old nobles. No matter how much the new nobles struggle, would you get even half of the territories the old nobles have?”
That was the problem with the new nobles. They were simply those who had newly been ennobled due to their exceptional abilities or wealth, and did not possess any territory.
A territory includes people, land, and everything that comes from that land.
No matter how much the new nobles inflate their wealth with this property, in comparison to the variety of products that come from the territory of the old nobles, it is a fact that they become insignificant. This leads to political funds, and it’s not about crossing over to the products right in front of their noses, but Saviel keeps being generous to the new nobles and it bothers me.
“Anyway, there is no problem once I become the emperor, right?”
The Empress Seraphina, frustrated with her son who only knows one thing and doesn’t know ten, brought up the main topic.
“Do you know Miss Elisha Uter?”
“Elisha Uter?”
He knew. Saviel remembered her for a moment. These days, Saviel had developed a strange hobby of collecting gold and amethysts. It was because of Elisha, who had slipped out of his hands.
“Miss Elisha has been demoted in Hadunsha and has returned as a duchess.”
“What did you say?”
As if she was happy that Saviel showed interest in this story, Empress Seraphina repeated her words with a smile.
“They say Miss Elisha was demoted in Hadunsha and returned as a duchess.”
Elisha Uter was mentioned as a candidate for the Crown Princess as soon as she was born. However, she became a priest in Hadunsha at the age of three, and he thought that his connection with Saviel had been cut off there.
“She was demoted in Hadunsha? Wasn’t she a candidate for the next great priest?”
At Saviel’s words, Empress Seraphina nodded her head.
“They say the reason she was missing during that time is because she was seriously ill. As a result, she lost her memory.”
“She… lost her memory?”
“Yes. That’s what they say. But that doesn’t mean she’s in bad health.”
Elisha lost her memory?
At that moment, a mad excitement passed through Saviel’s eyes.
Hadunsha was a sanctuary. It was a structure that made it difficult for anyone to casually enter.
The priests’ living areas were closed, and he could only see Elisha from a distant seat at the prayer meeting. But Saviel had long been curious about her and had grown his curiosity.
He found out by chance that Elisha had left for Grellosa and would not return to the capital for several years. Saviel turned that chance into an opportunity.
He sent the assassins he had hired for money to massacre the knights and priests of the temple and brought Elisha back.
Saviel himself cut off Elisha’s hair. It was because he hesitated to deal with the woman as a descendant of Oder, a symbol of a servant of God, when he saw the bleached hair ends.
“This crazy bastard!”
He can’t forget the angry face of Elisha, who swore clearly between her lips, which usually recite fine prayers, when he tried to undress her.
The woman who he thought had died after stabbing Saviel and throwing herself into Lake Lorel was alive, and she lost her memory.
Saviel smiled brightly.
“That’s fine. I will marry her.”
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.
*
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.”
