Stolen Crown Princess (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 73
“Lellia, your face has suffered greatly since we last met. You must have endured much worry.”
Eustia lowered her eyebrows diagonally and looked at Lellia with warm eyes. It was a habit ingrained in her. Moreover, with Duke Garnet present as well, she had no choice but to be even more cautious with her words and actions.
“To appear before you in such a state fills me with deep embarrassment.”
“Nonsense, Lellia. I well understand how much you’ve suffered, so don’t trouble yourself over such things.”
“Still, thanks to Your Majesty’s concern, I improve more each day. Though I haven’t fully regained my strength and still feel a bit weak, I’ll do my best to recover quickly and greet you in good health soon.”
Lellia gave only a stiff, formal reply. It was because of Dwayne, seated beside the Empress.
She had assumed she would meet the Empress alone, since she’d been summoned to the Empress’s quarters—but seeing Dwayne here too made her wonder if perhaps he had sought her out himself.
Just that thought alone made Lellia inexplicably tense. Dwayne’s face from their encounter in prison remained vividly clear in her mind.
[“I heard from His Highness that you spoke words concerning the throne. Is that true?”]
[“You shouldn’t have uttered those words at all. Who do you think you are to speak so recklessly in front of anyone?”]
[“You’ve already acted foolishly enough, Lellia. That’s quite enough. Disappointing me further will bring you no benefit whatsoever.”]
[“It will take a few days. Until then, you’d best clearly understand your mistake and reflect upon it.”]
Lellia could not forget a single word Dwayne had spoken that day—or the terror and despair she’d felt in that moment.
The chill that had run through her when he’d coldly told her to reflect while he took a few days still felt vividly real.
Dwayne’s unfocused, absent gaze seemed ready at any moment to pierce right through her, as if to devour her whole. And then, in that same chilling voice from that day, he would surely demand to know what exactly she’d reflected upon.
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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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