I Will Live for Your Death (20 Chapters Left to Complete) - Chapter 22
The maids wondered if they’d mistakenly thought liquor had been mixed into the black tea. No matter how favored a consort she was, those words were far too dangerous to dismiss lightly.
Even though the only listeners were the Empress Consort’s maids, one always had to watch their tongue. These women served the Empress Consort now, but who knew when fate might twist and they’d turn against her?
The head maid of the Empress Consort’s quarters was seasoned from years in court society and decades in the imperial palace—she knew precisely how perilous such matters could be. Cautiously yet firmly, she spoke plainly to the Empress Consort.
“You must maintain proper respect for Her Imperial Majesty the Empress even when no one is watching. And it’s perilous to speak carelessly about another’s misfortune—especially within the palace…”
“I must settle this clearly now. Was she the Lady Derent, of the Count Derent family?”
“Yes, Your Highness.”
“She’s still unmarried, from a fallen house, and entered the palace solely by the grace of Her Imperial Majesty the Empress.”
A vein faintly rose on the head maid’s forehead. Just what was Celina Diobe made of? Why question things she already knew perfectly well?
There was nothing more terrifying than malice disguised as innocence. Celina crossed one leg and sat back, proudly displaying her transparent, gleaming wickedness.
“I’ll settle this once and for all now. Are you the Empress’s person—or mine?”
“…I belong to Your Highness, the Empress Consort.”
“Really? Then you’ll obey my orders.”
Celina cast a sharp glance and set down the empty teacup in her hand. Then she nodded toward the table, signaling the head maid.
“Pour me some tea.”
The head maid silently lifted the teapot and poured. An inexplicable unease spread across the surface of the tea, carried by the rising steam. Celina stared at the fully filled cup, then flicked it with her finger, sending it crashing to the floor.
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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.”
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