The Beloved Youngest Daughter of the Lord Family - Chapter 122
Viscount Rikel pointed with uneasy eyes toward the bizarre statues positioned in the corner of the laboratory.
The massive statues, resembling human-shaped clay heavily encrusted with stones, glowed with molten metal flowing across their bodies like liquid from a furnace.
The dense smoke filling the laboratory originated from those very statues.
‘The Duke’s research is probably meant to complete those stone figures.’
Already, over hundreds of living beings—large and small—had been offered to Ranian.
Every time I look at those statues, a dreadful feeling washes over me—perhaps because the resentment of their victims is deeply etched into every stone.
“Unnecessary curiosity sometimes invites disaster. Viscount, you seem far more curious about me lately. Don’t you value your life?”
“A-Ah, no! I was merely…!”
“You’ll learn in due time—just wait. After all, there isn’t much time left anyway.”
The blazing torchlight illuminated Ranian’s profile, twisted into a cruel smile.
Overwhelmed by an inexplicable chill, the Viscount hurriedly fled the laboratory.
‘This foreboding feeling… Could “not much time left” possibly refer to the Empire’s fate?’
He knew that a demonic pact existed between Ranian and Karl.
Though he didn’t know the exact terms, it was clear that both the Emperor and the Duke had strayed far from normalcy.
‘What on earth is going to become of this country?’
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.”
This is a very mean place to stop
I want to know what Support she gives!!!!!!!!!