Love Me Just Once (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 122
Commander Salode was deeply troubled at the moment.
The King had clearly instructed him to support the Queen Consort well. Salode remembered every word the King had spoken. Although the King’s instructions had been unusually detailed and extensive for someone merely leaving his wife behind, failing to remember such things would render him incapable of accomplishing anything.
And among those instructions had clearly been this:
“After I depart, the elders will surely enter the palace. If they request an audience with Ophelia, you are to reject it outright.”
He remembered it distinctly—so why had he made such a foolish mistake?
From the very beginning, Salode believed it had been wrong to allow the Queen Consort to meet Gilrod Nevel at all. Had he learned sooner that Gilrod had requested a private audience with the Queen the previous day, he could have prevented it.
But, by ill fortune, he had been absent from the palace then—busy distributing the harvest from the royal lands and setting aside provisions to send northward as military rations during the harvest season.
His mother, who had also received the King’s orders alongside him, had temporarily left for her own domain within the Chesa territory.
Thus, when Gilrod Nevel requested a private audience with the Queen Consort, there had been no one to stop it.
Yet even so, the Queen must have received the same instructions from the King—so why had she accepted the audience request so immediately? As he pondered this, Salode realized he was merely shifting blame for his own incompetence onto others. Regardless of how the Queen chose to act, he should have upheld the King’s command.
Therefore, even at this late hour, he was striving to fulfill the King’s orders by supporting the Queen Consort.
He pulled out the prisoner, whose head was covered by a black cloth. Whether the Queen had spoken to Staret separately or not, the man offered little resistance. Perhaps something had already been stuffed into his mouth, rendering him unable to express himself.
Worried the pirate might say something unnecessary, Salode had ordered his mouth gagged first.
Walking ahead of the knights dragging the man toward the execution grounds, Salode repeated to himself once more that this was the only right course of action in the current situation.
“I will oversee the execution myself. Your Highness, please remain within the palace.”
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.”
Bitch he should’ve given up on you long time ago 😒😭😭
My poor man 🥺😭 You suffered a lot but give her a chance
Like? He doesnt like you… He adores you and love you 🤦🏻♀️ lucky girl