Sister, I'm the Queen This Life (330 Chapters Left to Complete) - Chapter 423
Leaving behind the King and his “sister-in-law,” Ariadne departed from San Ercole Cathedral with Alfonso’s help as she boarded the carriage.
While the carriage headed toward the De Mare estate, she sat in the back seat counting the days. Alfonso asked the deeply pensive Ariadne.
“What are you thinking about?”
“…I was wondering how many days it will take until the conclave ends.”
The conclave, the meeting to elect the next Pope, only concludes with unanimous agreement. Naturally, reaching a decision was never easy.
Among past conclaves, some had dragged on for absurdly long periods. The longest record was 2 years, 8 months, and 11 days.
When the meeting to choose the next Pope stretched out that far, numerous problems arose, so the Imperial Scripture Office repeatedly revised the conclave rules to reach a swift conclusion.
The most effective measure was the food-rationing rule introduced at the Council of Viterbo.
Despite much opposition, the Council of Viterbo forced through a heartless reform that, one week after the College of Cardinals entered the conclave hall, prohibited all food except the bare minimum of water and bread.
This institutional improvement significantly shortened the duration.
Even so, when factions were sharply divided, the cardinals endured inside while starving indefinitely.
Recently, another reform changed the voting from once per day to once in the morning and once in the afternoon—twice daily—to accelerate the pace of internal deliberations.
Yet even with all these mechanisms, it was still impossible to predict with certainty when the conclave would end.
Alfonso stretched long and leisurely.
“Won’t it finish sooner than we think?”
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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
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