“Tycoon Ankard Baron Sheds ‘Red Tears’! The Century’s Diamond Theft Case”
The Empress slowly sat down as she unfolded the newspaper. It was as if time in the reception room of the Imperial Palace suddenly slowed down.
Her hand was absentmindedly clutching the hem of her dress.
Her face was spasmodically twitching, suppressing an expression she dared not reveal.
‘Why is this here…’
Just then, a gentle male hand rested on her shoulder.
“What are you looking at, Your Majesty?”
As soon as Orle sat next to her, the Empress quickly changed her expression and smiled.
“Losing a diamond worth ten million gold is quite a predicament, isn’t it, Orle?”
“Hmm…”
Orle skimmed the article and became lost in thought.
The Empress hurriedly attempted to lighten the mood.
“How are the preparations for the competition going?”
“The Baron Lerne sent someone to say that they’ve found the item.”
“Can we trust that?”
“Of course.”
Orle gave a broad smile.
When I went for a walk in the garden, Lord Lond smiled briefly at me.
His smile was so rare that it felt like I was seeing it for the first time; I approached him cheerfully.
“Lord Lond, what good news do you have?”
“I’ve seen your knight’s report, Your Highness.”
“Did you? That’s great.”
“Princess Milliora was also very pleased.”
Lord Lond said this and suddenly averted his eyes.
Huh?
He cleared his throat and spoke again.
“His Highness gave me a bonus today.”
“How nice for you! How much is a royal bonus? You don’t have to tell me the amount. Is it enough to buy a horse or a house…”
My sudden excitement made Lord Lond smile softly, and I felt a bit embarrassed and closed my mouth.
“Enough to drink heavily for one evening.”
“Ah… yes.”
Turns out, even royalty can be stingy.
I looked around the garden, feeling somewhat deflated.
Then he said something unexpected.
“Her Highness likes you. If you keep it up, I’d be grateful.”
“It’s my job. Couldn’t have done it without your help, Lord Lond.”
Lord Lond was talking about the Princess as if it were his own business. Moreover, he seemed surprisingly pretentious.
Her Highness likes me, haha.
I really wanted to understand what was going on in his mind. My fingers were itching, but I controlled myself.
He opened his mouth again.
“We’re… running out of medicine…”
“Ah…”
My mind froze at that moment.
Normally, I’d have gotten up immediately to brew more medicine, but today, my mouth just wouldn’t open.
The image of Duke Kaidel filling my field of vision in the storage room flashed before my eyes, and it felt like I was choking.
It’s not like dying by the hands of a handsome man would be a glorious death.
But seeing Lord Lond’s muscular physique, I couldn’t say no. Those muscles were as large as his pain.
I slowly rose from my seat.
“I was thinking the same thing. I couldn’t meet the director of the pharmacy last time, so I just came back. I’ll go again. Don’t worry.”
“Thank you, Miss Loar. I owe you one.”
“Oh, please, it’s nothing.”
I smiled ruefully and headed toward the third palace.
It felt like I was walking into an execution ground, but I braced myself again.
Being a bastard, if I falter this easily, there’s no way to survive.
‘Yes, knock. Make a big knock!’
By the time I arrived at the pharmacy, dusk had set in.
If the director is busy, I can make the medicine myself, as long as those grotesque items are not visible in the room.
Just knock properly!
I knocked on the door as if it were my enemy.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
“Director Loiman! Are you there? It’s Lorisha! May I come in for a moment?”
Bang! Bang!
“You’ll break the door.”
The door opened a crack, and Director Loiman poked his head out.
I was taken aback when I saw his tired face.
How many nights had he stayed up?
Instead of inviting me in, he extended a medicine bottle outside the door.
“Did you come for this?”
“How did you know…”
“Thanks to the macarons. Now go. I need some rest. Very… long…”
“Yes, you should rest. Thank you.”
The door closed even before I could finish speaking.
Still warm to the touch, I held the medicine bottle and headed towards the rear garden of the Third Imperial Palace.
Though darkness had already set in, I needed the cold wind to shake off some tension.
The Third Imperial Palace was eerily quiet, as the administrative officers had left for the day.
Sitting on a bench, vivid memories of secretly entering the palace following Duke Kaidel flooded back.
It felt like a distant past, though not much time had passed.
After some time, feeling my body temperature drop, I headed back inside the corridor. The corridor would lead me back to the Princess’s Palace and would spare me the cold wind.
As I turned a vacant corridor corner, shivering a little, something dark abruptly came into contact with me.
“Ah!”
The hood the person wore got knocked off.
“Your Highness Greyen!”
I bowed my head in surprise upon seeing him.
Greyen His Highness glared at me fiercely, pulled his hood back up, and his accompanying knight stepped forward, giving me an ominous look.
When scheming men desperately battle for her favor in the male harem
This one’s also on my reread list! The rivalry, scheming between the men in the imperial harem are just as intense and thrilling as in classic palace drama novels, where concubines fight to the death. Give it a read, girls! I promise you won’t be disappointed.
Synopsis:
“I am not worthy of her… but I still want to be by her side, even if only as a loyal dog…”
Those were the painful whispers of Yue Guanyi – the proud Crown Prince of the Great Qi, who was torn between deep love and a guilty conscience. Despite holding the supreme power of the Imperial Guard, he still could not forget the dark past when he was sold into a brothel.
Fate played a cruel twist when Qiu Shuzhi – a young female official who had just passed the imperial examinations with top honors – stepped into his life. She did not know that she was the one who had saved him from a tragic fate many years ago. And now, her heart was the target of pursuit for both Yue Guanyi and the powerful Empress Dowager Qin Qing.
While Yue Guanyi only dared to silently care for and protect the one he loved from afar, the Empress Dowager Qin Qing openly expressed his feelings and did not hesitate to take advantage of his power to approach Qiu Shuzhi. The covert struggle between the two most powerful forces in the imperial court began…
Trigger warning: All men in this novel are yandere style.
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