Sister, I'm the Queen This Life (330 Chapters Left to Complete) - Chapter 196
“My dear, even the most unfilial child is still a child a parent can’t help but care for.”
Leo III pretended to scold Duchess Rubina.
“Don’t you feel the same way about Cesare?”
Duchess Rubina bristled, nearly snapping back, “Cesare is your child too, Your Majesty,” but held her tongue after a moment’s pause. Now was not the time to anger the king.
A concubine must always read her lover’s mood carefully if she wishes to maintain her position long-term, and Duchess Rubina was the undisputed master of this art on the Central Continent.
Moreover, her finely honed instincts as the continent’s longest-reigning royal mistress whispered to her that Leo III was nearly won over—had he not already acquiesced without resistance to the premise that “Alfonso is thoroughly unfilial”?
“But still, Your Majesty,” Duchess Rubina said, feigning sorrow.
“When a child strays from the right path, a parent must sometimes be stern and set them straight.”
Her expression was so wistful that Leo III found himself nodding before even consciously considering her appeal.
“That’s true enough.”
Duchess Rubina pursed her lips and pressed him.
“Assert your authority. Shouldn’t a son know to fear his father?”
Here, she deployed her ultimate technique. Leaning forward, she brought her lips close to his ear and whispered softly. Though they’d lived together for over twenty years and the tactic had lost some of its former potency, it still never failed.
“If he gets to act however he pleases, with knights and funds flowing in freely from the homeland, he’ll become utterly arrogant.”
Leo III’s ear twitched.
My Step-brother Is Obsessed With Me (Female-dominant)
A gentle female protagonist vs pitiful in the early stage, and a sick male protagonist in the later stage
Cheng Songer transmigrated into the body of a vicious cannon fodder female supporting character with the same name as her in a female-dominant novel.
In the original story, the cannon fodder female supporting character was inhumane, committing domestic violence, gambling excessively, being lustful, and even wanting to sell her stepbrother to a brothel for money.
As luck would have it, she just happened to transmigrate at this time.
Seeing Cheng Qingzhi biting his lip, enduring the tears in his eyes, looking pitiful, her heart softened.
She stuffed the money back into the Madam’s hand and reached out to him.
“Brother, come home with me.”
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?