I Possessed the Wicked Empress (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 173
After Valière left, the only person remaining by Henri’s side was Count Halstein.
Though Henri had failed as a lover and parted ways with Valière, he believed that as long as Count Halstein stood beside him, he had not failed as emperor.
Yet Halstein had just announced, without any prior consultation, a fact that could become Henri’s fatal weakness.
“Huh, heh heh.”
Henri let out a hollow laugh as he wandered the palace corridors.
Whenever his heart shattered like this, Valière had always been there to piece it back together—but she was no longer in this palace.
Yet returning to his office offered no solace either; he had no sense of what he could possibly accomplish in this state.
Suddenly, the crushing fatigue that had accumulated since he became crown prince overwhelmed Henri.
He wanted nothing more than to shut out everything, lie down in bed, and simply sleep.
He harbored a faint hope that if he slept like the dead, forgetting everything, he might wake up feeling just a little better.
But he couldn’t even go to his bedroom.
Not only was it filled with countless memories of Valière, but he already knew he wouldn’t be able to rest peacefully anyway.
Ever since Valière left the palace, Henri had kept dreaming of those longed-for days, and each time he woke from such dreams, he was tormented by excruciating pain as if his heart would burst.
Thus, Henri walked and walked through the palace—the grand fortress of solitude he had once so desperately desired to possess.
Servants bowed deeply as he passed each corner, offering their respects to the emperor, yet Henri felt nothing.
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.”
Wait what the hell. I lowkey hate henri but i feel bad for her to have to suffer with a loser like him omgn