Sister, I'm the Queen This Life (330 Chapters Left to Complete) - Chapter 422
Cardinal de Mare turned to look at the face of his one remaining daughter. He held a neatly wrapped small bundle in his hands.
Ariadne had the absurd thought that her father might suddenly take flight and leave her right then and there. She unconsciously asked him,
“Do you… love me?”
It was a repetition of a question she had asked before. Yet today, though using the same words, it was a different question altogether.
Back then, she had asked whether he would give up Ippolito and the family’s heir for her sake. Now, she was asking whether, even if he became the most powerful figure on the entire Central Continent, he would not abandon her.
In her past life, Cardinal de Mare had abandoned her every time the acquisition of power was at stake.
“I suppose I’ve rather botched things up when it comes to raising children.”
Yet as he spoke these words, Cardinal de Mare wore a warm smile across his face.
Today, Cardinal de Mare clutched tightly to his chest the small bundle his youngest daughter had carefully packed for him.
While others were in chaos, arguing whether one could reach their destination by riding through the night, he alone stood dressed in the neat, dignified attire he had prepared long in advance.
“But I was truly blessed with at least one good daughter.”
The cardinal murmured again.
“I was truly blessed with at least one good daughter.”
Ariadne was all he had left. He found those words difficult to voice aloud.
Before the conclave began, Cardinal de Mare used the three-day intermission to read Lucrezia’s diary.
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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.”
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