Sister, I'm the Queen This Life (330 Chapters Left to Complete) - Chapter 72
“Isabella! Where is that girl!”
Enraged, Cardinal de Mare began searching for Isabella from the front hall on the first floor. As the butler Nicolo hurried upstairs to fetch Miss Isabella, Cardinal de Mare, frustrated even by the servant’s flustered manner, sharply stopped him.
“Never mind! I’ll go myself!”
Amid the rare commotion at home, the entire household followed their furious patriarch with wide-eyed alarm. Lucrezia, bewildered and restless without understanding the cause, and Ariadne, who thought this sudden chaos might be an unexpected blessing and trailed after her father, were both part of the procession.
He stomped forward and flung open his eldest daughter’s bedroom door without even knocking. Isabella, unfortunately, was right in the middle of changing clothes.
“Oh my!”
Wearing only a petticoat, Isabella shrieked and crossed her arms over her chest. Even though she was his own daughter, Cardinal de Mare—ever the proper clergyman—flinched instinctively and took a step back.
But something was odd. If she wore only a petticoat, her upper body should have been bare. Yet his daughter clearly had something vividly pink covering her torso.
It wasn’t indoor loungewear or sleepwear, nor was it undergarments for warmth.
It wasn’t even the season yet for wearing such underlayers.
Squinting suspiciously, he stared intently at the deep pink garment—until, suddenly realizing its purpose, his jaw dropped open.
“What on earth—are you trying to do, what—are you—That… that…! You shameless…!”
Cardinal de Mare was on the verge of collapse from sheer outrage.
His cherished, fairy-like eldest daughter—unless she were a courtesan, no, unless she were the lowest sort of streetwalker—had no business proudly wearing that indecent item and parading through the entire city of San Carlo!
“What do you think you’re doing!”
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.”
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?