In This Life, I'll Assist You (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 97
An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth. And rumor with rumor.
To bury Medea’s rumor beneath an even greater one, I sought out the Empress today.
I had forgotten, in this life, that I was once the White Butterfly, skilled even in schemes. And the Grand Duke’s memory reminded me of that fact.
“For the sake of the Grand Duke.”
“If… the rumor I heard from Countess Heins about Lady Medea is not false but true—if Lady Medea ever attempts to impersonate the Imperial Princess—I wish to locate her blood relatives in advance as preparation.”
“!”
A long silence passed.
At last, the Empress spoke.
“Over ten years ago, such rumors briefly circulated. It was because no one knew anything about the Grand Duchess in her early childhood. Yet, for her younger brother, the heir Cramnel Lahert, a birth ceremony was held and he was publicly presented, which may have sparked those rumors. But the rumors vanished when Cramnel Lahert revealed a letter written by his late first wife to her daughter.”
“…If it concerns the Grand Duchess’s very early years—and considering the current Grand Duke inherited his title fifteen years ago—does that mean no one alive today knew Lady Medea before the age of six?”
“Precisely. After the death of the Late Lahert and his eldest son, who was then head of the cadet branch, Cramnel Lahert inherited the title, and only then was the young lady’s existence revealed.”
“So everyone who could speak the truth is now dead.”
The Empress gazed at me with quiet eyes.
“I’m rather startled. Impersonating the Imperial Princess… Please explain this clearly.”
I took a small sip from the tea before me.
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.”
That’s exactly the point, how could he know where the BODY was when the territory where the BODY was located wasn’t his??
The butler responding just like Google’s AI, LOL, how cute.
HOW NOT?? How could absolutely no one have thought that that snake could be the murderer of the crown prince?