Shall I Save You, Duke? (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 72
“I bid Your Highness, the Second Prince, good day.”
Her momentary fluster at encountering him in an unexpected place quickly passed. Lina bowed politely to Bliteus.
She had thought that, should she become a duchess, she would inevitably meet him someday. She simply hadn’t expected it to happen so soon.
“I sent you flowers on your engagement day—did you receive them well? I never got a reply.”
His tone sounded as if he were hurt by not receiving a response from a close friend. Lina quietly lowered her eyes, clearly uncomfortable with his manner.
“Yes, I received them well. To think you’d send such precious flowers from the Rose Palace—I must be sure to convey my gratitude to Her Majesty the Empress…”
“It wasn’t Mother who sent them.”
His soft voice brushed past her ear.
“You know that perfectly well.”
Lina’s eyebrows twitched as she looked at Bliteus, who wore an inscrutable smile.
“…I see. So it was Your Highness who sent them. I hadn’t realized. Thank you.”
What woman would genuinely appreciate flowers sent by a man she’d only met a couple of times, especially on her engagement day—and accompanied by a note containing words that hardly sounded like congratulations?
That was precisely why she’d pretended ignorance and thanked the Empress instead, even though she knew the truth. Yet here he was, pointedly insisting it had been him.
Trying to conceal her discomfort, Lina changed the subject.
“You must be here to look at books.”
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.”
say goodbye to each other now,sacrifices need to be made
secrets are being uncovered one by one,the duke took it upon himself
past memories are hard to bare,regrets will come flooding