Picked Up a Beast, Turns Out He's an Emperor (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 109

Inside and outside the imperial palace, preparations for the emperor’s wedding—now just five days away—were frenzied and ceaseless.

The entire empire buzzed with anticipation for its new empress.

Endless processions of carriages belonging to provincial nobility stretched along every road leading to the capital.

Before the city gates, crowds of citizens from across the nation had gathered just for a glimpse of the imperial couple, while cargo wagons laden with the finest regional specialties caused massive traffic jams.

Ports and land borders teemed with diplomatic envoys not only from the continent but also from kingdoms across the seas.

The capital’s central square, through which the imperial carriage would pass after the palace ceremony, was already packed beyond capacity, immersed in a joyous festival atmosphere.

Even the cold weather at winter’s threshold seemed to flee in fear from the fervent excitement; the usual dreary, gloomy skies of this season had transformed into astonishingly bright and warm days, as if spring itself had lost its way and returned early.

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“I’ve never seen flowers bloom in early winter in my entire life.”

“Right? It’s truly miraculous. Who would have thought hydrangeas could blossom so lushly in such a short time? It must be a good omen.”

The chief florist and head gardener marveled as they walked through the garden the emperor had recently created for the empress.

Their earlier prediction—that the garden wouldn’t bloom fully until next spring—had been beautifully proven wrong.

Occasionally, abnormal weather had caused flowers to bloom in early winter, but never before had they seen such an explosion of blooms that the sweet fragrance permeated even beyond the garden walls.

‘It seems the trees bloom even more vibrantly whenever Her Majesty the Empress visits in the morning.’

The head gardener used to scold his staff whenever they gushed too effusively, telling them flattery had its limits.

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