Picked Up a Beast, Turns Out He's an Emperor (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 114

It had been a string of days as cozy and bright as springtime.

A warm afternoon in early winter when a tea party could be held in the garden without a stove.

Beneath parasols, countless dresses gathered and entered through the main gate of the Lotus Pavilion.

The Lotus Pavilion, where eleven empress candidates once stayed, had now become the Empress’s palace.

The palace the Emperor gifted to his Empress looked vastly different from before—

all because the Emperor had planted a variety of flowering and fruit trees throughout the pavilion for his nature-loving wife.

The dazzling sculptures and ever-blooming artificial flowers once on display had vanished, replaced by living, breathing plants that marked the changing seasons.

Real pink lotus flowers now floated on the lotus pond, where koi swam freely. Frogs leapt from the slippery stones by the pond’s edge toward hovering dragonflies.

The chirping of birds perched on branches and the fluttering of butterflies over flowerbeds no longer felt foreign.

Deer and rabbits from the hill behind the palace frequently appeared in the garden—no one knew how they got in—and squirrels now showed such boldness that they no longer fled at the sight of people.

Arabella loved this pavilion, where she could tend her herb garden, care for the grounds, and commune with animals through her own power.

Though, between her husband’s possessive desire to keep her by his side and the overwhelming amount of Empress lessons, her time at the pavilion remained brief.

The tea party held today in the pavilion’s garden was arranged for the foreign diplomatic envoys who’d missed the grand outdoor hall event on the first day.

It was also the new Empress’s first official duty.

After finishing breakfast, the Emperor had gone hunting in the hills behind the palace with visiting kings and princes.

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