Tame or Be Captured (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 097
Asha now reviewed the event schedule while avoiding the nobles.
Ever since the incident at Duke Lilac’s estate, the nobles’ attitudes had completely changed.
Where they had previously ignored the minority-born butterfly, they now went out of their way to win her favor, doing things they had never done before.
They showered her with unsolicited gifts and tirelessly waited around every corner she passed, desperately trying to strike up conversations.
Finding it uncomfortable, Asha stepped into the Rose Garden for the first time in a long while.
In a sense, it was almost the Emperor’s personal sanctuary—no one else could enter without his explicit permission.
For a different reason, Asha now understood why Karaf had hidden here as a child.
Being alone among the fragrant flowers felt soothing, as if her breath finally came easier.
Suddenly, Asha recalled the floral scent she had smelled on Daart and began searching the Rose Garden for that particular bloom.
It had been a fragrance unlike any she’d ever encountered in her life—so exquisite she almost regretted being the only one who could appreciate it.
Yet she couldn’t very well ask him about it, since he didn’t even know he was the “second flower,” so Asha bent over various blossoms alone, sniffing each one.
But even among the countless varieties gathered in the Rose Garden, she couldn’t find a scent even remotely similar to his.
It truly was strange.
After circling the entire vast garden, Asha grew tired and sat down on a long wooden bench to check the rest of her schedule.
Right after the ceremony at the monastery, a ball would be held at the Imperial Palace.
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.”
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.
I’m getting the impression that the title of empress doesn’t count for as much as one might think in this empire.