“Why does your expression look so gloomy?”
Only then did Rizbeth shift her gaze to Teddy. Like someone with a serious matter, Teddy bowed deeply.
“Master.”
“Yeah.”
“How did you know that your hair color is not this color?”
“Well, it’s just a feeling, a gut feeling?”
“Ah…”
With an unsatisfactory answer, Teddy’s expression hardened.
“That’s not important, Teddy. When that person is caught, Teddy, it’s important that we can learn a lot about you.”
“Do you know about me as much as he does, Master? The unknown me?”
“Well, I’m just speculating.”
“Did you come looking for me based on that speculation?”
“That’s right.”
“Then, could that speculation be wrong? Perhaps it was someone else…”
Though the rain had not yet fallen from the sky, Teddy in front of her was pitifully soaked in the rain like a puppy.
“No. My speculation is not wrong. I hope that it becomes a clear answer for you.”
“You did come looking for me.”
“Yes.”
“If that’s the case… It’s a clearer answer for me than ever. I won’t be curious about anything. I won’t have any doubts.”
“Teddy, in my speculation, you’re a more special person than anyone else. And the reason you had to live in such captivity is because you’re a very special person.”
When all of that is revealed, would you be able to endure it when you find out that you lived a life worse than a beast just because you were of royal blood?
Thinking that you could endure it this time because you endured it in the past was arrogant.
“Okay. The specialness that had to live in hell allowed me to meet you. So, I’ll wait until I hear the truth from your mouth.”
“Thank you for understanding.”
There was no reply. Tearful eyes were directed at Sesenia.
In the meantime, the rain began to fall intermittently. Strangely, just by looking at the rain, something heavy settled in some part of the chest. Sesenia’s mood became calmer than ever.
As if telling her what to do, as if telling her to snap out of it, Sesenia’s mind became clearer and clearer.
In a few days, there were significant changes.
Eljere eventually went on a hunger strike. Hearing the news that Eljere, who had never experienced fasting before, started fasting, the viscount came to Sesenia.
He asked if she wouldn’t tell that Eljere had agreed to engage with the Crown Prince. Concerned that Eljere, who was already in poor health, might collapse, he repeated threats and persuasions.
Sesenia, who had hoped for Eljere to go on a hunger strike, strongly refused. Instead, an agreement was reached for her to meet the Crown Prince.
Although he said he loved and cared for his eldest daughter Eljere, the viscount was ultimately afraid that Sesenia might change her mind. The words he had said to Eljere eventually took root, and the day for Sesenia to meet the Crown Prince arrived.
“It seems like we’re meeting for the first time. Sesenia Vestel.”
“The Empire’s Sun. I greet His Highness, the Crown Prince.”
A tea table set up in the garden of the Vestel Viscount’s mansion. Sesenia, who had been waiting there, stood up and greeted the Crown Prince as soon as he appeared, guided by the viscount.
“Yeah. Well, there’s no need for such formal greetings. Please, have a seat.”
“Yes.”
The viscount, who had guided the Crown Prince here, naturally tried to sit between the two of them.
“Does the viscount have to be here?”
“Yes? Oh. But… Wouldn’t it be better if I were here, Your Highness, the Crown Prince?”
“No. I just want to talk alone with the woman who will be my fiancée. If possible, I want all the guards to leave as well. Is that not possible?”
“Oh… that…”
“Even Empress Abamama lets me have everything my way… The viscount is blocking my path. The only place that doesn’t go my way is here.”
The Crown Prince’s forehead tightened. It was an expression of irritation that suited the word “spoiled.” The viscount finally awkwardly smiled and stood up.
“Do as you wish, Your Highness, the Crown Prince.”
“That’s the plan.”
In the end, the arrogant Crown Prince drove the viscount away, and seeing that, Sesenia couldn’t help but burst into laughter. It was a very small laugh, but it was enough to attract the Crown Prince’s attention.
“Are you mocking me?”
“Yes.”
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.”
