Daniel’s answer was followed by another moment of silence.
Sensing the unusual atmosphere between the two, the chamberlain walked over and signaled to the maids passing by the Empress Dowager’s palace.
Ruans entered Pelena’s drawing room with heavy steps, accompanied by Daniel.
The drawing room was decorated in Pelena’s favorite white and gold colors, exuding a luxurious and elegant atmosphere surpassing any other drawing room.
“We don’t need refreshments. Make sure no one enters the room except for Her Majesty the Empress Dowager.”
“Yes, Your Majesty.”
As the chamberlain and maids withdrew, Ruans plopped down on the sofa.
Daniel also sat on the sofa, following Ruans. A brief silence ensued, and the first to speak was Ruans, who seemed anxious.
“You told me in the corridor to accept falsehood as truth.”
“What would you like to say, Your Majesty?”
Daniel raised an eyebrow, crossed his legs, and placed his clasped hands on his knees.
“More importantly, why did you return immediately from the Poloid Empire? Without even bringing the monster back.”
“I went with the royal decree to take a concubine. When I went there… Lorencia claimed to possess the seal of the Pol Heredian family.”
“The monster said she has the Pol Heredian family seal? Do you really believe that?”
“I don’t believe it.”
“Then you should have brought her back.”
“I couldn’t ask her to stamp the Pol Heredian family seal on the decree, in case the monster’s words were true.”
“In other words, Your Majesty trusted the monster’s words. Regardless of whether it was true or not, you should have stamped it on the decree you brought. Then you would have known if the monster’s words were true, wouldn’t you?”
Daniel clicked his tongue, looking at Ruans with a pathetic expression.
“I’m extremely disappointed that you returned with such a weak appearance, even retreating at the monster’s words. And to think that you believe the monster’s words might be true, Your Majesty.”
Ruans closed his mouth.
“The monster has done something quite clever. But what does that have to do with your question about the truth that turned out to be a lie?”
“Isn’t Lorencia not an illegitimate child of the Pol Heredian family?”
At Ruans’ question, Daniel laughed out loud.
“Is that the only reason you asked the question? It was a really ridiculous question. As I said before, it doesn’t matter whether it’s truth or falsehood.”
Daniel’s black tongue licked his lips between his parted lips.
“What matters is accepting falsehood as truth.”
The door opened as the attendant announced Pelena’s arrival from outside.
“Your Majesty.”
Pelena exchanged joyful greetings with Ruans and Daniel.
“But why do you look like this, Your Majesty Ruans?”
“Please have a seat first, Your Majesty.”
Ruans let out a short sigh.
“I’m here to talk about Lorencia today.”
“I was also wondering why Your Majesty couldn’t bring that monster back. Please tell me quickly.”
Pelena smiled leisurely as she took her seat.
“Tell me, Ruans. Everything that happened.”
Ruans recounted to Daniel and Pelena the contents of his conversation with Lorencia. Of course, including her beautifully grown appearance.
The more Daniel listened to Ruans’ story, the deeper his uncomfortable expression became.
“And she asked me to convey her words to her maternal grandfather.”
“What did she ask you to convey?”
“The message she asked to convey… She said power does not bloom with love, and that her maternal grandfather was deceived by her mother, Musilla.”
Daniel shrugged his shoulders and looked at Pelena.
“Her beautiful growth means she has awakened as a monster, and it seems she needed the amethyst beads to grow after all. I should have collected all the shattered amethyst fragments back then.”
Daniel clicked his tongue. Pelena, who had been listening to the story, still had a smiling face.
“But is Lorencia really not an illegitimate child of the Pol Heredian family?”
In response to Ruans’ question, Pelena, who had been quietly smiling, answered.
“Your Majesty Ruans. The truth can be quite a headache.”
“What do you mean, Your Majesty?”
“The truth is dirty and stinky, so it needs to be covered up. There’s no need to open the lid and suffer the filth and stench.”
“That means Lorencia is not an illegitimate child of the Pol Heredian family.”
It sounded like she meant to cover the lid and pretend not to know the truth.
“Your Majesty Ruans. Did you not understand what I just said about not opening the lid?”
“Even if I try to cover the lid, Lady Illina has already opened it and shown me everything.”
“Even if you see the filth and stench, Your Majesty Ruans, close the lid again. That’s all you need to do. Why make it difficult… I’m extremely disappointed.”
Pelena stood up from her seat.
“Father, I will take my leave now. I will visit you separately at the Gray Khan’s residence later.”
“Please do so, Your Majesty.”
“I don’t want to see Your Majesty’s face for a while, so don’t come to my palace.”
Pelena spoke firmly.
“Lorencia keeps asking to revoke the Pol Heredian family name, and Illina is also asking me to stamp a decree revoking the family name. You have no idea how noisy it is for me.”
Ruans lowered his head and spoke. More than anything else, he felt frustrated by the fact that Lorencia could not become his concubine.
“Your Majesty has been too arrogant. The arrogance that the monster loves you.”
“Yes.”
“I told you before, didn’t I? Arrogance is forbidden.”
“Yes. But… I felt from Lorencia’s actions and tone that she loves me.”
Even when asked if she really didn’t love him, the answer that came back was ‘I don’t love you.’
What if the prophecy was fake from the beginning, just like that? However, Adrian and the imperial couple were dead.
“I really don’t know anymore where her prophecy is true and where it’s false. Even whether I can become the emperor who rules all the empires in this world…”
Pelena looked down at Ruans sitting with cold eyes.
“If people find out that Lorencia is not an illegitimate child of the Pol Heredian family, she absolutely cannot become my concubine.”
“What exactly do you want to ask, Your Majesty?”
“Isn’t there a way to make Lorencia my concubine?”
“If people find out that the monster is not of Pol Heredian bloodline, she absolutely cannot become a concubine. Maybe as the emperor’s mistress. Other than that, you could go to war with the Poloid Empire, win, and bring the monster back as a trophy, but if the beautiful monster has awakened, even war won’t be easy…”
At Pelena’s words, Ruans’ face contorted.
“I think the monster’s usefulness is somewhat over, since she killed Adrian and the imperial couple anyway.”
“Lorencia’s usefulness is not over.”
“By my standards, her usefulness is over.”
Ruans looked at Pelena with a dumbfounded expression.
“Thanks to the monster, we were able to kill Crown Prince Adrian and the former imperial couple. That alone has utilized the monster’s usefulness.”
The thought of not being able to make Lorencia his own made him feel a coldness seeping into his heart, freezing him to the bone.
“Why did you deceive me that Lorencia was an illegitimate child of the Pol Heredian family?”
Words he always heard from Daniel under the tower where Lorencia lived since childhood.
He was vaguely afraid of the word ‘monster,’ but it turned out to be an illegitimate child of the Pol Heredian family.
In fact, there were many parts he couldn’t understand. But he knew Lorencia was not an ordinary being.
And with Lorencia’s power, he rose to a high position, just as Daniel said.
“There is a saying that to deceive others, you must deceive your allies first. Your Majesty Ruans.”
“Is there anything else you’re hiding from me besides that?”
“You may think you’re being very tragic right now, but in the world, there are often tremendous truths hidden that you don’t even know about. Your Majesty.”
“Is there another truth that I don’t know? What exactly are the secrets you two are hiding?”
“As the Empress Dowager said, the truth is ugly and stinks, so it needs to be covered.”
“It seems you two have no intention of telling me the other truth.”
“Of course. We had a hard time making you the emperor… It would be troublesome for us if you break down.”
Daniel raised one corner of his mouth crookedly and stuck out his black tongue.
“Now the monster has left Emperor Ruans’ hands. Let go of your lingering attachment. This mother will set you up with many good women.”
“No. Lorencia has never left my hands for a single moment. She’s mine.”
“Do you really think the monster is yours, Your Majesty?”
“Yes. Lorencia is mine.”
“That was when the monster loved you, Your Majesty. I clearly told you to make the monster love you unilaterally. But you couldn’t do that, so the monster is no longer yours, Your Majesty.”
“You taught me since I was young that she was mine, Grandfather.”
Ruans’ face contorted hideously. He felt like he was standing on a dark path beneath his feet.
“Let me tell you precisely. The monster with purple eyes is not yours, Emperor Ruans. She belongs to the beautiful seraph goddess, the white snake descended from the heavens.”
“White snake? Grandfather, you’re only saying incomprehensible things.”
“You may not understand right now, but this world belongs to the Seraph Goddess. Soon, Your Majesty Ruans will also find out. And the moment you understand, you will have everything in this world.”
Ruans was confused by Daniel’s words.
His mind was already complicated by the Lorencia matter, and now Daniel, who had a huge influence on the Ella Goddess, uttered the name of another goddess.
Had he been pretending to believe in the Ella Goddess?
“Let me tell you one thing. The monster with purple eyes who has fully bloomed her abilities will soon disappear from this world.”
“What are you trying to do to Lorencia?”
“Your Majesty Ruans. I’m worried that your comprehension has declined since becoming the emperor.”
“Don’t change the subject!”
Daniel began to laugh as if he would choke.
When scheming men desperately battle for her favor in the male harem
This one’s also on my reread list! The rivalry, scheming between the men in the imperial harem are just as intense and thrilling as in classic palace drama novels, where concubines fight to the death. Give it a read, girls! I promise you won’t be disappointed.
Synopsis:
“I am not worthy of her… but I still want to be by her side, even if only as a loyal dog…”
Those were the painful whispers of Yue Guanyi – the proud Crown Prince of the Great Qi, who was torn between deep love and a guilty conscience. Despite holding the supreme power of the Imperial Guard, he still could not forget the dark past when he was sold into a brothel.
Fate played a cruel twist when Qiu Shuzhi – a young female official who had just passed the imperial examinations with top honors – stepped into his life. She did not know that she was the one who had saved him from a tragic fate many years ago. And now, her heart was the target of pursuit for both Yue Guanyi and the powerful Empress Dowager Qin Qing.
While Yue Guanyi only dared to silently care for and protect the one he loved from afar, the Empress Dowager Qin Qing openly expressed his feelings and did not hesitate to take advantage of his power to approach Qiu Shuzhi. The covert struggle between the two most powerful forces in the imperial court began…
Trigger warning: All men in this novel are yandere style.
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