Ermedillin was surprised that she had unconsciously reached out her hand.
Her hit hand was a little painful, but she decided to blame her own carelessness.
‘It serves me right. I tried to touch the face of a stranger man. I must be more careful.’
Ermedillin thought she should apologize for her actions.
“Your Grace, I behaved carelessly. It felt like you had a fever, so I unconsciously….”
“I, I’m sorry!!”
Ermedillin’s apology was interrupted as Pellio bowed his head and apologized first in a loud voice.
“IhadnointentionofhittingHerMajesty’shandbutIdiditunconsciouslyandI’mnotpainfulsodon’tworrybutIhaveaquickthingtochecksoI’llgoI’llbebacksoon!!”
Pellio, who spoke like a machine gun without a pause, disappeared into the carriage he had arrived in as soon as he finished speaking.
Ermedillin, along with Luny and Mago who had accompanied her, were once again at a loss for words at Pellio’s behavior.
After a while, Ermedillin opened her lips.
“Am I strange for thinking he’s strange?”
“No? He doesn’t seem normal to me either? Did he drink somewhere?”
At Luny’s words, Mago, who usually showed no expression, nodded vigorously in agreement.
Meanwhile, Pellio, who had gone into the carriage, was tormenting his innocent hair like yesterday.
‘Eeeeeek? Am I crazy? Am I crazy? Why am I acting like this??’
Even if he closed his eyes, the sound of his slapping his thighs and the sound of hitting Ermedillin’s hand echoed in his ears.
‘Am I really crazy? Hitting a woman? Are you out of your mind!!’
No matter how much he pulled his hair, what had happened had happened.
Time could not be turned back.
At times like this, he wished he was an icetype magician.
Then he could have created cold air to calm his burning face.
Barely calming his face and going outside, he saw familiar people gathered.
“What’s this?”
As he approached, he saw noble ladies he had often seen at social events surrounding Ermedillin.
“Having to take them with me, they were making such a fuss, so I had no choice but to visit together.”
Countess Elion was introducing the noble ladies who had come with her in her uniquely annoying voice.
The four that came with her were faces seen at the previous garden party.
They likely came to make amends for the donation incident.
“You are doing such a wonderful job, but our sincerity was insufficient.”
“We will donate rice for the orphanage from the Herington Countship forever.”
Herington is a representative grainproducing area of the Empire, mainly producing goodquality rice.
Stimulated by that, the other ladies also declared they would provide the specialties of their own territories.
It seemed that Anri had called the nobles on the donation list separately and ordered them.
‘Only those on the Emperor’s side came here. What about the rest? Do they not care about the Emperor’s words?’
Pellio, who knew the Empire’s situation well, was not pleased with the scene before him, but Ermedillin was giggling and thanking the ladies one by one.
‘Why are you being polite? Those people came reluctantly. Where did you throw that oncehigh pride?’
After a storm of forced donations and thankyou’s, they finally noticed Pellio, who had been standing at a distance.
“Oh, Your Grace! I heard that you are helping Her Majesty. You were here?”
“Nice to meet you. Since I’m in charge of finance, I can’t help but…….”
“It’s fitting for the House of Batistian. The amount of donation, and always leading by example in matters for the empire.”
“Yes, we have decided to follow the example of the Duke of Batistian. We’ll provide rice, but we’ve also decided to donate as much as the Duke has shown.”
“Ah…… Is that so? The orphanages around were on the brink, so this is great.”
For a while after that, the ladies shifted their attention and fawned over Pellio for a bit before leaving.
“Your Highness! Look at this! We’ve received this much more in donations. With this much, we can expand the scale, can’t we? And since we will be receiving food, the maintenance cost will be greatly saved…….”
“Your Majesty the Empress.”
A visibly excited Ermedillin was called by a displeased Pellio with a cold voice.
“Why do you do that?”
“Do you enjoy forced donations that much?”
‘Ah, this noble brat, showing off his silver spoon again.’
Holidays, Children’s Day, and Christmas.
Whenever these fixed times came, the orphanages were overflowing with donated gifts and snacks.
Whether it’s a showy donation by politicians, celebrities, or corporations, from the receiving end, it’s just exciting and grateful.
The orphanage, though bustling, always had an unseen loneliness surrounding it, but on that day, there was no room for loneliness to slip in because of the children’s excitement.
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.”
