Sister, I'm the Queen This Life (330 Chapters Left to Complete) - Chapter 97
Ariadne gently placed Arabella’s hand—marked with fingernail scratches—back onto its proper spot. She neatly crossed the two small hands and stroked Arabella’s cheek once more.
Though it felt different from when she was alive, it was a cheek she would never touch again.
Then Ariadne turned sharply on the dais, her eyes blazing with fury.
“What happened before this child died?”
The first person Ariadne questioned was the housemaid standing respectfully nearby—the very maid who had discovered Arabella first.
“There… there was a bit of commotion, and then I heard a loud thud! When I ran out, Miss Arabella was lying on the floor…”
Ariadne let out a cold scoff. No one simply falls on their own.
“Didn’t you fight with Isabella right before you fell?”
Isabella gasped in shock, and immediately afterward, Lucrezia and Isabella exchanged startled glances.
‘How could that girl possibly know?’
‘She only just returned home from outside! When could she have heard anything? Or… was someone even watching?’
Seeing Lucrezia and Isabella exchanging glances, Ariadne stepped down decisively from the dais and strode straight toward Isabella. Then, she slapped Isabella across the face.
—Crack!
Isabella’s head snapped sharply to the right from the unguarded blow. Clutching her left cheek, she shrieked in a piercing voice, shooting Ariadne a resentful glare.
“What are you 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?