The Deposed Empress and Her New Husband (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 36

A few weeks ago, Duchess Durenburg suggested that Ashika host a tea party in the imperial palace gardens.

Ikar had previously granted permission for honored guests to hold parties within the palace.

Yet no one had actually stepped forward to host one.

Only after personally preparing for the tea party did Ashika realize why the other guests had refrained.

‘This is damnably tedious.’

At first, she’d thought it would be simple—just invite some nobles and serve tea and desserts.

After all, preparing and serving the food was entirely the palace staff’s responsibility; she only needed to laugh and chat pleasantly with the guests.

But in reality, it wasn’t so simple.

If anything, it required nearly as much effort as planning a wedding.

From selecting the guest list to deciding on the teas, desserts, teaware, and decorative flowers for the day—there was no end to the decisions.

For Ashika, who had been inhabiting this body for just under a year, all of this was overwhelming.

Before becoming the royal proxy, she had lived with the Douglick earl family in a quiet rural village.

Thus, she’d never hosted anything like a tea party before.

‘Now that I’ve even received Ikar’s permission to hold a tea party, I can’t possibly cancel it.’

Just as she was at a loss over how to manage everything alone, Duchess Durenburg volunteered to assist Ashika.

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