Tame or Be Captured (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 080
The High Priest asked with a smile.
“But what brings you to this monastery?”
“Oh, um… might I know the name of the priest who handed me the holy water on the day of the Blooming Ceremony? I sensed something unusual about him that day.”
The High Priest gently lowered his eyelids and smiled warmly.
“That’s understandable. That boy was raised here in this monastery and is the most devout among all the priests. Naturally, his divine power must be quite strong.”
Asha asked, slightly startled by those words.
“He was raised in this monastery…?”
“In truth, he was an orphan adopted by the monastery. I still remember the day he first arrived here. It must have been deep winter, with snow falling fiercely. He had apparently been abandoned by his parents at birth—just a tiny life tucked in a cradle, left right at the monastery gates.”
Asha’s eyes widened.
Could that man really be the emperor’s illegitimate child…?
Given that the late emperor was famously debauched, this was entirely plausible.
Since children lacking imperial legitimacy often faced threats to their lives, it was possible one of his many consorts had secretly smuggled the infant to the monastery immediately after birth.
The High Priest recalled that moment fondly, his face filled with affection.
“As you saw yourself on the Blooming Ceremony, Lady Banetsa, he was an exceptionally fair child. In the Etzheim Empire, children with silver hair and silver eyes like his are rare. Had he not been left at the monastery, he might have spent his whole life scorned as an unholy being. Perhaps his parents thought the same and left him here for his own protection. But the moment I saw him, I had a strong intuition: this child was a gift from God….”
Asha’s eyes grew even wider with astonishment.
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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Not practically, it is a form of torture. Jackel didn’t jump into the water on his own while tied to the boulder.
It seems backward that the Empress is invited to a Duchess’ tea party.
What terrible phrasing. ‘He couldn’t possibly take her…’ She is the empress of the empire, Jackel needs to get with the program. She has shown herself to be stronger and more resilient than anyone else in this novel.