“An honor to meet Your Highness, the Crown Princess.”
Relia, who had quickly approached Evelia, politely bowed her head. Even in that trivial gesture, an unpleasant affectation was felt.
“Your Highness is gracious.”
“I wanted to greet you sooner, but it seemed you were busy with the Crown Prince, so I only now ask your forgiveness for greeting you.”
Relia’s eyes pitifully drooped.
“I have never been inconvenienced because of Your Highness, so don’t worry.”
With elegant speech, she brilliantly turned the careless words around. With just one word, her dignity was vividly revealed.
Relia discreetly clenched her teeth.
She hated Evelia so much for this. Even in situations where anyone would despair, she never lost her loftiness. She didn’t even rage to maintain the dignity of the Crown Princess.
It was as if her dignity had been part of her since birth, and she had held it without faltering every moment.
She wanted to destroy that. She wanted to break her wings and make her kneel at her feet. In the most horrific and painful way possible.
That impulse peaked today.
“You look very beautiful today, Your Highness.”
“I feel rewarded for my hard work in preparing since Your Highness says so.”
“It’s the first time I’ve seen you so dazzling, Your Highness. I even mistook you for someone else when you entered.”
“You entered with the Crown Prince, so what was there to mistake?”
“Seeing you enter side by side with the Crown Prince for the first time, it was more unfamiliar.”
The thorn in her innocent voice mercilessly scratched at Evelia’s heart.
Evelia looked at Relia with momentarily stiff eyes. Despite spitting out a wild comment about the relationship between the Crown Prince and Princess, she wore an insipid expression, as if she didn’t realize any problem.
Far from being angered, it only made her laugh. Losing Liurian’s seat at the party seemed to anger her considerably.
“I see. Your words are not wrong. I might not have been recognized.”
Evelia nodded her head. At a glance, it seemed like she was agreeing with Relia’s words. But Evelia’s words did not end there.
“But there are many more who recognize me than those who do not, and I have received such an excessive welcome. I am just thankful.”
At the end of her words, Evelia hung a bright smile on her lips. The perfect image of a winner. Naturally, the loser Relia found it too hard to swallow her boiling anger.
She couldn’t stand the sight of that brightly smiling face that seemed to have everything. It felt like she had been robbed of everything, even though she had only lent it.
“The necklace is very pretty. It’s the first time I’ve seen you wear such glamorous jewelry, Your Highness. I thought you weren’t interested in luxury goods, but it suits you very well.”
“Is that so? I was worried it might look too excessive, but since Your Highness says so, I feel relieved.”
Surely it was a provocative statement, but the desired reaction did not return even a speck.
Relia’s destructive instinct swelled uncontrollably.
It seemed that today, she absolutely had to see it. The Crown Princess’s disgusting smile vanishing and big, mournful tears welling up.
“Since you are so beautiful, Your Highness, what would not suit you? But, Your Highness.”
“…….”
“There’s something I suddenly worry about, so if it’s alright with Your Highness, may I dare to offer a brief personal opinion?”
For a moment, malice swirled in Relia’s eyes. Evelia, after hesitating for a moment, soon nodded her head. Then, as if she had been waiting, Relia licked her lips.
“Why on the day you enter side by side with the Crown Prince for the first time, do you flaunt such dazzling beauty, unlike other times? I worry that it might look as though Your Highness is showing off beauty to capture the heart of the Crown Prince.”
Lilia finished speaking and shivered with an innocent face, but did not miss Evelia’s reaction.
No matter how angry she looked, she could not find any change in expression. That doesn’t mean there was no harvest at all.
Evelia’s fingers, which were gathered in front, bent unnaturally. It was a trivial change, but Lilia could be sure of it.
It must have been a blow to the princess’s pride in some way.
Unlike just before, the answer that didn’t come back easily left no room for doubt.
Finally, Lilia felt a bit refreshing.
“Oh, Your Highness. It seems I have disturbed your mood with vain words. I was just worried that Your Highness might appear that way and spoke…”
Lilia covered her mouth with both hands, crying. There was nothing that was not fake about her.
Evelia took a deep breath, staring sharply at Lilia. It seemed she had been dealing with Lilia for too long. That she even had to hear such pointless words.
“If I made a mistake, please forgive me with your generous understanding…”
“No. I will engrave your sincere advice deep in my heart.”
Evelia straightened her waist and firmly cut off Lilia’s words. Listening to the end, she would only confirm Lilia’s ugly nature blinded by jealousy.
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.
*
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.”
