I Will Live for Your Death (20 Chapters Left to Complete) - Chapter 137
The officials rushed hastily to the main palace, summoned abruptly to an emergency meeting. Unusually, Claudius was already waiting in the conference room—his demeanor starkly different from his usual habit of arriving several minutes late after the nobles.
“Your Imperial Majesty, I have come at once upon hearing you urgently summoned us.”
“It concerns the matter of succession.”
They had been urgently called only to be told it was about succession? The nobles instantly lost heart.
“With all due respect, that issue is hardly an urgent matter…”
A loud thud echoed as the Emperor slammed his desk. The nobles fell silent, stealing anxious glances at the Emperor. The young Emperor’s anger was raw and palpable—even the eldest among the officials knew better than to attempt calming him.
“The matter of succession… requires no discussion. Her Imperial Majesty the Empress holds precedence, although Her Imperial Highness the Empress Consort has indeed conceived an Imperial Grandson.”
Duke Orzen finally managed to speak. It was precisely the reply Claudius had hoped for—and a relief.
Yet the Emperor wanted something more definitive. Claudius turned his gaze toward the nobles, who stood gathered in a tight circle. They could not bear to meet his eyes.
His deep crimson eyes glittered like those of a beast driven by raw desire.
“I shall make this absolutely clear here and now: only the child of the Empress shall succeed me. Neither the Empress Consort nor anyone else shall ever become heir to the Astridian Empire.”
That was the end of it. If this was all, why had he ordered them to rush to the palace so urgently? Several officials swallowed their mounting resentment as they exited the main palace.
However, Marquess Geminia pressed his lips tightly together and hurried off. He needed to meet Count Diobe immediately to discuss what lay ahead.
It was now unmistakably clear: the Emperor would never side with the Empress Consort.
Would this lead only to endless confrontation? Duke Orzen watched the departing Marquess and sighed. Now that the Emperor had taken his stand, those nobles aligned with him would surely raise the issue of succession again as their next political maneuver.
Male lead fell into her trap — and shattered when she walked away
This is also on my reread list!
This one is a slow burn, but when it burns, it burns hard.
Definitely worth a read, y’all!
The story follows a thousand-year-old seductive spirit who, on a bet, sets out to charm the male lead—a once-promising but unfortunate cultivator.
But just when she succeeds in making him fall for her, she heartlessly leaves, driving him to madness.
Determined to find her at all costs, he captures her, keeping her by his side no matter what, even if she hates him.
I love this kind of trope—I enjoy watching the male lead suffer in agony.
The ending drags a bit with unnecessary filler, but that’s fine.
As long as I enjoy the beginning, I’m good.
Intro
As an enchantress, Su Heng possesses captivating eyes and charming beauty, easily manipulating the joys and sorrows of living beings at her fingertips.
But to enchant a god, making him taste the bitterness of love’s separation, long-lasting resentment, unattainable desires, and inability to let go…
Do you dare?
Su Heng assists a divine lord in his cultivation, aiming to make him experience all the sufferings of love, so that he can attain the Great Dao.
Only after being chased down from the heavens by the divine lord, confined and completely possessed by him, does she realize how successful she has been.
The once gentle and polite youth has transformed into someone she no longer recognizes.
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