The Deposed Empress and Her New Husband (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 124

As the Empress stepped out of the underground prison, she asked the Marchioness of Xanthe.

“Who’s missing in there now?”

“It seemed that Countess Mille, who was said to become chief lady-in-waiting after Countess Andni, wasn’t present.”

Upon hearing the Marchioness of Xanthe’s reply, the Empress added as if she’d just remembered.

“Ah, you mean that person who took leave and still hasn’t returned?”

“Yes, Your Imperial Majesty.”

“To take leave precisely at such a time and thus avoid disaster…”

Truly, one could only call it good fortune. Unless, of course, she had read the currents and deliberately left the Empress Consort’s side.

Though she’d surely be apprehended soon enough.

‘Perhaps it simply wasn’t her fate to die yet.’

Thinking this, the Empress halted her steps and looked back into the dim underground prison, though it was still daytime.

‘Empress Consort, it seems even you have grown old.’

Was it because time had dulled your senses? Could that be why?

You’ve made an enemy of someone beyond your ability to handle.

Ever since entering the imperial palace, the Empress had cultivated the discernment to distinguish those she should keep close from those she should avoid.

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