Sister, I'm the Queen This Life (330 Chapters Left to Complete) - Chapter 457
At the remark calling her a “woman who doesn’t cost upkeep,” Isabella glared fiercely at Rubina. It was an insult—the ultimate slight implying she wasn’t even worth spending money on.
Yet, by the standards of those who shared similar values, Duchess Rubina was precisely the sort of woman entitled to say such things. After all, wasn’t she the senior veteran who had already extracted so much from the very same man? With smug confidence, the duchess smiled and looked at the pale, youthful Countess Contarini.
“The difference in status is clear—how dare you speak so boldly?”
Duchess Rubina had never once offended King Leo III’s sensibilities. She had always lived cautiously, reading the room. But now, having fully entered her forties, that had finally changed.
She had a grown son, soon to become a grand duke, who was expected to bring home a new bride from a powerful maternal family. Rubina’s comfortable retirement was now practically guaranteed.
No longer dependent on even a sliver of Leo III’s favor as she once was, Rubina—though masking it with laughter—spoke her true mind to the king.
“They say living expenses naturally decrease as you age. Even if you don’t try to be frugal, your tastes simply shift that way.”
Her elderly husband had invited his fresh young concubine to a family gathering right in front of her very eyes. It was like smearing mud on her face.
Everyone else had come in proper pairs, yet she alone was forced to sit and feign cheerful laughter while her husband brought two women. Unable to bear the humiliation, Rubina subtly softened her earlier jab with a layer of flattery.
“As you grow older, you become wiser and know exactly what you like, so there’s no need to waste money on new things.”
The legendary beauty of yesteryear—her fiery red hair still ablaze—cast a sharp glance toward the beauty of this generation.
“Even if you start liking something new, you no longer spend much on it. It all tastes the same anyway—nothing truly novel.”
Though age had dulled her former radiance, traces of her past beauty remained vividly clear.
Duchess Rubina, with her striking, flamboyant features, scrutinized Isabella’s delicate, refined face as if inspecting goods. Isabella found that gaze deeply unpleasant—it felt like being appraised.
“Just because you’re in the exact same position as me… who do you think you are to act so high and mighty?”
My Arch-enemy Sealed My Memory and Said That He is My Husband
This is an incredibly captivating story that you absolutely shouldn’t miss! I’ll give a brief introduction here, and below you’ll find a detailed synopsis of the plot.
The female lead is a fierce and powerful demon king. The male lead is a once-in-a-millennium celestial lord, admired by the entire cultivation world.
They are equally matched, legendary rivals who have battled for centuries.
In the final duel, the female lead is gravely injured. The male lead saves her, seals her memories, and hides her true identity. He tells her that he is her fiancé. His entire life has been flawless—except for the one thing he never expected, never controlled, and never wanted to control: falling for his greatest enemy. She is his inner demon, his obsession.
When the female lead regains her memories, she is furious at his deception.
She makes his life a living hell.
And somehow, the male lead—possibly a total masochist—doesn’t mind at all. In fact, he’s happy she’s paying attention to him.
Yep, we’re back to my favorite trope: male lead suffering. If you love this kind of story, jump into the pit with me now!!!
Intro
Dong Xia lost her memory.
Her handsome and extremely powerful fiancé Li Qing comforted her: “It’s okay if you can’t remember. I’ll always be with you.”
Everyone thought Dong Xia’s ancestors must have burned incense to get such a perfect fiancé. He was the number one person in the immortal realm, yet he remained chaste and only loved her.
…
The day before marrying her fiancé, Dong Xia finally remembered everything.
She wasn’t suffering from memory loss at all.
Her arch-enemy had made her fake her death, destroyed her cultivation, replaced her memories, and pretended to be her deeply in love fiancé.
No wonder he said, “It’s okay if you can’t remember”!
Dong Xia laughed coldly as she pulled out her long knife: Li Qing, prepare to die 🙂
*
Li Qing, as the supreme being of the immortal realm, was the people’s shining beacon.
The only unknown stain in his life was his affection for Dong Xia, the ruler of the demon realm.
In the final battle of the war between immortals and demons, the sky collapsed and the earth shattered. The ruler of the demon realm was finally slain under the sword of the supreme being of the immortal realm, and everyone in the immortal realm applauded.
The cultivation world lost a ruler of the demon realm.
And in the back mountain of Li Qing’s cave dwelling, he secretly hid away a fiancée.
Notes:
1. The female lead is white on the outside, black on the inside, and the queen of flattery; the male lead repeatedly tests the edge of darkness, a VIP guest at the crematorium.
2. Fantasy cultivation world setting.
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