I Killed My Husband (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 23
Carlos suggested she take a break for now and put her thoughts on hold until she received a response to the sealed letter.
It would take time to choose a tutor as well.
As Mercedes, she knew she could do nothing more than wait to see what reaction the sealed letter would stir, so she accepted his suggestion.
She ate well and slept well.
The Emperor had told her to experience how Cromwell lived, so she tried to live lazily and carelessly too.
But she still had nightmares every night and woke up early, as always. The idea of relaxing her mind was unimaginable to her.
It had been about a week since the sealed letter departed for Shaym.
Carlos called for Mercedes.
When she entered the study, Leopold was there as well.
“You summoned me?”
“Come in.”
The Emperor welcomed her and gestured to the long sofa, as he usually did, but she sat upright with a straight back.
She did not want to give Leopold any reason to criticize her. If she had known he was here, she would have dressed more formally.
“I called you because Leopold has something to tell you.”
“About Shaym? What influence did your sealed letter have?”
The Male lead Always Seduces Her with His Beauty (Matriarchy)
Xin Jiao Zhou is the leader of the world’s premier sect. She has just experienced betrayal from all sides, was poisoned in an assassination attempt, and faced death squad attacks while the poison was taking effect. After finally clearing out the scum from her sect, she was drugged again while trying to detoxify.
After waking up from a night of unconsciousness, she gained a “beautiful and kind-hearted” husband.
Xin Jiao Zhou: “???”
He fell ill.
She came to see him, bringing breakfast.
As she put down the breakfast and was about to leave, his hand slipped while holding the spoon. “Clank!”
She turned around upon hearing the noise.
He looked up at her, his eyebrows drooping: “My hand… has no strength.”
“Shall I… feed you?” she asked tentatively.
He opened his mouth cheerfully: “Ah—”
Thinking she was drowning, he jumped in without hesitation to save her, but nearly drowned himself. In the end, it was she who swam over to rescue him, giving him air underwater.
After emerging from the water, his ear tips turned red. He lightly brushed his cheek, tucking his sideburns behind his ear, revealing delicate, pink-tinged ear tips. He lowered his gaze, too embarrassed to look at her.
Xin Jiao Zhou: He’s truly beautiful, kind-hearted, and adorable.
A certain someone when disciplining subordinates behind the scenes: “If they don’t obey, just kill them.”
What’s that? She might already have someone she cares about in her heart? A certain someone: Find out who it is, kill them, and then there won’t be anyone.
What? She met a man by the riverside? What? That man even hurt her? A certain someone: Whichever hand hurt her, chop off his entire arm.
Love at first sight without realizing it, gradually falling in love, slowly getting closer…
Family and national grudges, schemes and desires, good and evil, crime and punishment, she and he face the future together, seeking justice with passion!
A naturally dark female lead who could accidentally destroy the world but is actually an honest person VS a weak, pitiful, and helpless but skilled fighter, beautiful white-cut black male lead
My heart is not of stone, how steadfast is your love? — Tao Yuanming “Imitating the Ancients (No. 3)”
— Reading Guide —
Cold female lead & dramatic black lotus with hidden yandere traits male lead
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Curious how they would try to shame her? Comparing mercedes’ life and those noblewomen, they were like thorn rose and greenhouse plants
i think it is because of her power who absorbed life force? She can sense people energy?
For the first time in his life, Carlos felt he might understand what it meant to be overwhelmed.
My girl has dangerous charm 😏
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“Yes. There are many good tutors in Room. Especially since Jim ascended the throne, they’ve been working harder to demonstrate their abilities.”
Jim is emperor