The guests were left speechless by the shocking announcement from the groom. However, Hessen continued calmly, as if he had anticipated such reactions.
“Miryu Juti is indeed the daughter adopted by Duke Juti, but she is not the child born to the noble Lady Juti; she is the daughter of Cortisan. From the beginning, deceiving about her birth and proceeding with the marriage, this wedding should not proceed.”
In the empire, adopting a bastard into a family was not a problem. However, deceiving and marrying off a bastard as one’s own legitimate child was a serious crime.
“Perhaps I was aware of that fact as well. But…”
Hessen closed his eyes with a heavy heart.
“Now, I can no longer turn a blind eye. I apologize.”
Queen Isabella held her head with a pale face, and Princess Diana supported Queen Isabella, exclaiming, “Mother!”
Duke Juti, caught off guard by the sudden situation, trembled without offering any explanation. The gaze of the guests turned towards Miryu, the illegitimate child standing next to the groom.
‘Hessen, did you know that I am an illegitimate child?’
Miryu denied reality, her face turning pale.
‘When did this start…?’
The horrifying reality and the good memories she had with Hessen intertwined. Hessen had always been a good man, so Miryu found the current situation hard to believe.
Because it was Hessen, of all people.
“He, Hessen. That story is all a lie.”
Miryu grabbed Hessen’s sleeve and explained incoherently.
“I understand what misunderstanding you have. But I, I’ll explain everything. I can explain everything. Please listen to my story.”
“…Still.”
However, the look on Hessen’s face as he turned to Miryu was filled with disdain.
“Are you still trying to deceive me?”
It was a mixture of contempt and resentment.
“How can a person be like this? I tried to understand everything, but how could you…?”
In the face of Hessen’s unexpected change from always being gentle, Miryu’s mind turned white.
Rejecting Miryu’s hand, Hessen sadly asked, “Did you ever love me?”
Hessen helplessly lowered his head.
“It’s my fault for expecting an answer from you.”
Despite being Miryu herself, Hessen also seemed shocked by the current situation. So, without looking back, Hessen left the venue as if running away.
‘This must be a dream. It has to be a dream.’
Hessen’s figure became more and more distant. Among the myriad sounds, only the sound of Hessen’s footsteps was heard clearly.
Bang! The door of the venue closed.
In the place where the groom had fled, only the elaborately adorned bride remained. The bride’s embellishments looked ostentatious, making her appearance even more ludicrous and miserable.
The guests murmured loudly.
“What is happening right now? Suddenly, Crown Prince Hessen…”
“Is that true? Was there something between them? Suddenly, such a case, where does that happen!”
The Royum royal family tried to somehow salvage the wedding belatedly, and Duke Juti did the same.
In Miryu’s eyes, left alone, something caught her attention. A letter had fallen from Hessen’s jacket pocket, which he hastily took off while running.
Miryu stood up like a puppet with severed strings and walked towards the letter. The words were etched into her eyes as if they were nailed there.
[With my heart, Estelle Blanchet.]At that moment, Miryu abandoned the awkward bouquet and veil, chasing after Hessen as if mad.
Someone called out to Miryu, “Miss Juti! Where are you going?”
“Someone, please find Miss Juti!”
Of course, Miryu completely ignored those voices. Since the story of being a bastard had come out, her value plummeted.
Unless a powerful figure like the Royum royal family protected her, Miryu was done.
‘The only solution is Hessen.’
It’s clear that something shocking was done in the heat of the moment. But his nature is kind, so somehow, if she finds and meets him, she can persuade him.
‘It’s just a mishap caused by a misunderstanding; we can remedy it and get married again.’
When they emerged from the venue, the forest outside the wedding venue came into view.
Of course, Hessen was not there.
“Hessen!”
Miryu called out to Hessen in a frenzy, entering the forest as if chasing after him.
“Hessen! Please talk to me! Hessen! Please!”
The more Miryu roamed through the dense trees, the more anxious and desperate she became.
“Ah!”
Miryu, who was wandering around, tripped over a tree root. The heel of her carefully chosen shoes broke, and her white wedding dress was ruined, covered in mud.
“What is this?”
It stung as if her knees were injured while falling. Her hand, which touched the ground, felt a damp chill. In the painful sensation, Miryu became miserable and sorrowful.
It was supposed to be the happiest moment of her wedding.
“Why in the world…?”
At that moment, the person Miryu least wanted to see appeared.
Petals, whose origin was unknown, fluttered around the woman. With platinum blonde hair tied with blue roses and a mysterious and beautiful light blue dress, she was more dazzling than the bride herself.
“Oh, Miryu.”
Estelle was more beautiful than the bride.
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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