Saved Him, Now I'm Obsessed (10 Chapters Left to Complete) - Chapter 92

“There are even rumors that His Imperial Majesty the Emperor killed so many people during the war that the karmic retribution reached the palace where Her Imperial Majesty the Empress resides. Others say the ghost of the Grand Empress Dowager—the Emperor’s mother—still lingers in that castle, tormenting Her Imperial Majesty the Empress and the maids who work there.”

“Honestly, people really make up all sorts of stories. It’s probably just a series of coincidences.”

Hearing his words, I decided to dismiss it lightly, convinced it was utterly implausible.

After all, I didn’t even believe in ghosts, and living as Claire had taught me that many people invent things that never happened—or believe them as truth.

‘Ghosts, of all things—really?’

“But if rumors like that are circulating about the castle where Her Imperial Majesty the Empress lives, why does His Imperial Majesty the Emperor just let it be? Wouldn’t it make more sense to move her to another castle…?”

“No one’s bold enough to bring that up in front of the Emperor. Besides, the castle where Her Imperial Majesty the Empress currently resides was a gift the Emperor personally gave her.”

“He gifted her a castle?”

“Before formally proposing to Her Imperial Majesty the Empress, the very first thing His Imperial Majesty the Emperor did was build a castle for her. He even summoned every renowned architect in the empire. And that wasn’t enough—he also created an enormous garden attached to the castle, planting extremely rare flowers there.”

“What kind of flowers?”

I was curious about the magnificent castle built through the collaboration of famed architects, but what really captured my interest was the rare flower planted in the Empress’s garden. What could it possibly be? Could it be used as medicinal material? What did it smell like?

“Curious?”

“Well, if I’m curious, so what? Are you going to show it to me? Can I go see it?”

“No.”

“What? That’s just…”

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