Sister, I'm the Queen This Life (330 Chapters Left to Complete) - Chapter 148
Ariadne followed Cardinal de Mare into his quarters. The cardinal’s study lay beyond another door from the reception room.
It was a door she had never opened in her entire life.
When the cardinal pushed open the heavy oak door, a beautiful study decorated with white marble and gold appeared before them. It was an artistic space, furnished and adorned with exquisite taste.
‘This place…!’
Ariadne swallowed hard at the grandeur of Cardinal de Mare’s study, which she was entering for the first time in her life. Stepping into a place she had never been permitted to enter evoked a special feeling.
The large, dark antique furniture was intricately carved, heaped high with both fresh administrative documents and aged papers. The wooden bookshelves built into the walls were packed tightly with all manner of rare theological texts.
The administrative papers clearly showed signs of recent handling, but the theological books sat neatly in place. Only slight traces of dusting indicated they hadn’t been examined in a long while.
“Sit down.”
The cardinal seated himself at the large desk in the center of his study and pointed to a small chair in front of it. Ariadne bowed her head slightly in acknowledgment and sat down on the small green velvet chair.
“I don’t believe you merely served as Queen Marguerite’s companion. What happened?”
If she didn’t toss him an appropriate bone here, Cardinal de Mare wouldn’t let go of this matter. Ariadne quickly calculated how much she should reveal to her father. It wasn’t a difficult decision.
“As you may have already heard, Duke Mireille was found dead within the grounds of Palazzo Carlo.”
“I see.”
Cardinal de Mare had already used all his connections to gather as much information as possible. Rumors within the royal palace linked the incident to Prince Alfonso, yet he couldn’t confirm anything definitively.
“Was it truly Prince Alfonso’s doing?”
The Male lead Always Seduces Her with His Beauty (Matriarchy)
Xin Jiao Zhou is the leader of the world’s premier sect. She has just experienced betrayal from all sides, was poisoned in an assassination attempt, and faced death squad attacks while the poison was taking effect. After finally clearing out the scum from her sect, she was drugged again while trying to detoxify.
After waking up from a night of unconsciousness, she gained a “beautiful and kind-hearted” husband.
Xin Jiao Zhou: “???”
He fell ill.
She came to see him, bringing breakfast.
As she put down the breakfast and was about to leave, his hand slipped while holding the spoon. “Clank!”
She turned around upon hearing the noise.
He looked up at her, his eyebrows drooping: “My hand… has no strength.”
“Shall I… feed you?” she asked tentatively.
He opened his mouth cheerfully: “Ah—”
Thinking she was drowning, he jumped in without hesitation to save her, but nearly drowned himself. In the end, it was she who swam over to rescue him, giving him air underwater.
After emerging from the water, his ear tips turned red. He lightly brushed his cheek, tucking his sideburns behind his ear, revealing delicate, pink-tinged ear tips. He lowered his gaze, too embarrassed to look at her.
Xin Jiao Zhou: He’s truly beautiful, kind-hearted, and adorable.
A certain someone when disciplining subordinates behind the scenes: “If they don’t obey, just kill them.”
What’s that? She might already have someone she cares about in her heart? A certain someone: Find out who it is, kill them, and then there won’t be anyone.
What? She met a man by the riverside? What? That man even hurt her? A certain someone: Whichever hand hurt her, chop off his entire arm.
Love at first sight without realizing it, gradually falling in love, slowly getting closer…
Family and national grudges, schemes and desires, good and evil, crime and punishment, she and he face the future together, seeking justice with passion!
A naturally dark female lead who could accidentally destroy the world but is actually an honest person VS a weak, pitiful, and helpless but skilled fighter, beautiful white-cut black male lead
My heart is not of stone, how steadfast is your love? — Tao Yuanming “Imitating the Ancients (No. 3)”
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Cold female lead & dramatic black lotus with hidden yandere traits male lead
I’m still curious of what Alphonso meant by the last chapter
I’m still curious of what Alphonso meant by the last chapter
So Alphonso is misunderstanding now?