Regret With All Your Might (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 72
“How could that be? Unfulfilled plans often seem quite similar. Your Highness rarely attends tea parties or banquets, so you wouldn’t know—but Her Imperial Highness’s summer banquets have always amazed us.”
Lady Ribeorn, daughter of the Viscount Ribeorn, hurriedly defended the Imperial Princess. Her mocking tone made it clear she thought the Duchess’s daughter, who rarely engaged in social events, couldn’t possibly understand.
Only then did the other young ladies chime in, one after another.
“That’s right, Your Highness. Once you debut next year, you’ll attend the summer banquet, won’t you? Join us at the banquet that year.”
“A whole year until your debut? You’ve always missed tea parties due to health issues. Isn’t a year too short to fully recover before your debut?”
“Don’t say such things. It’s not as if Her Highness does it on purpose.”
Between the young ladies, alternating waves of hospitality and rudeness washed over Essela. Though these pro-Imperial courtiers walked a tightrope between the Imperial Princess and Duchess Madelaine, Essela merely smiled faintly. Their conversation then began to drift in a peculiar direction.
“Have you found a chaperone for your debut? I heard the young Duke was looking for one for you.”
One of the young ladies gently broached the subject. Everyone pretended otherwise, but their eyes sparkled with interest.
Being chaperone to Duchess Madelaine was a coveted position—especially a chance to make a strong impression on the unmarried Conrad and Jade Madelaine.
Essela, who had been smiling sadly, slowly opened her mouth.
“Brother really… I’ll simply go with my elder sister.”
Elder sister? Someone gulped.
Everyone briefly stared at Essela. Seeing her expression—calm, as if asking what was wrong—no one dared speak rashly.
Everyone present remembered what had happened last time.
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.”
Dear lord I got so much second hand embarrassment from reading Maria’s scenes. Idk if I should feel bad or delighted that she’s getting all she deserves
She is back to the capital so excited for the banquet
Leopold is such a butthole. Its a sad situation all around for the girls in his life. All stuck in the perpetual cycle of abuse.