Regret With All Your Might (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 172
“I presumed that Your Majesty the Empress took medicine.”
“Duke Madelaine! Please choose your words carefully!”
The Empress murmured loosely, watching the nobles press Duke Madelaine with furious accusations.
“…Medicine.”
The moment their eyes met, the Empress scrutinized Duke Madelaine as if searching for something. Had Maria Etel really said it? But the banner of victory was already firmly in the Empress’s grasp.
Her eyes slowly curved, as though she’d just heard something utterly absurd.
“That’s pure nonsense. Rather, Duke, what is your true intention in persistently insisting—as if you desperately wished for an illegitimate child to appear in the Imperial Family?”
Illegitimate child. The Empress deliberately used that provocative word—so everyone would think of Olivia.
And then—
“Ah, yes. Now that I recall, when the Bicander delegation arrived, Your Grace delivered a truly moving speech: ‘An infant, merely by being born, must not bear false shame.’”
So they’d remember that outrageous remark he made during negotiations.
While the nobles’ gazes toward Duke Madelaine grew sharper, the Duke alone looked at the Empress with feigned aloofness.
His detached expression was laughable.
“Did Bicander perhaps demand that you conceal the Crown Princess’s lowly birth? Do you truly believe that tarnishing the nonexistent first Imperial Grandchild with rumors of illegitimacy would somehow elevate the Crown Princess’s humble origins to nobility?”
Thus, the Empress smiled even more smoothly, driving home her decisive blow, hoping the mask of that emotionless face would shatter with a crisp crack.
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.”
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Or perhaps it was the unmistakable relief hidden beneath his flushed, angry face
The emperor abandoned his wife and daughter, and now it remains for him to abandon the crown prince, then the empire will end.
“Was it truly you who tried to kill the Crown Prince?! Why, in heaven’s name?!”
What? The Empress would now be held accountable for the attempted murder of the Crown Prince. The nobles would believe this, as they suspected that she had tried to kill the Emperor’s grandson.
“Have you seen this? They say the Emperor’s gone mad!”
Even the emperor has gone mad, that is not unlikely. It is true that he abandoned the empress and the princess, but he was placing his hopes on the Crown Prince.
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I enjoyed the ride my only criticism is that in my opinion the ending kinda dragged on for a tad bit longer than it needed to be.
This was a good read. I love how resolute and steadfast Olivia is. Go get that happy ending girl.
I’ll miss you edwin and Olivia ❤❤ 🥲☹️🤧. Loved your story