The Duke's Flower is Precarious (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 122
It was the day of the royal court’s regularly scheduled banquet.
On this day, Pascal and Rozeline’s engagement ceremony, which had been set to be officially announced at the Imperial Palace’s grand ballroom, was canceled. The sudden news of a grave misfortune was the cause.
“I’m afraid we won’t be able to hold the engagement ceremony at tonight’s banquet.”
Rozeline couldn’t hide her disappointment at hearing the engagement she’d prepared for had been canceled, yet she also couldn’t conceal her excitement—alongside the bad news came the long-awaited good tidings.
“I heard. His Grace the Grand Duke has collapsed, hasn’t he?”
“…That’s right. I sent the imperial physician, and they said his strength is gradually fading from his entire body for reasons unknown. It’s just like… my late mother before she passed away from illness.”
“…”
At Pascal’s meaningful words, Rozeline placed a flustered gaze upon the table. Just as a parched sensation gripped her throat, she spotted the wine bottle prepared in celebration of the engagement ceremony right before her eyes. With trembling fingers, she quietly lifted the wine bottle set before her.
‘The death of the Empress Dowager…’
Remembering the truth behind the late Empress Dowager’s death, as Marchioness Katrina had told her, Rozeline’s pupils trembled violently. Now that she knew that enormous truth, she herself could no longer remain free from it.
‘With the Grand Duke’s life also now in peril… there’s nowhere left to retreat.’
All that remained now was, as Katrina had emphasized, to become Empress. As Katrina had said, only by ascending to a position no one could threaten could she preserve her life.
Rozeline, having filled her glass with deep red wine, gulped it down rapidly as if to reaffirm that truth to herself. The strong alcohol surged through her, making her heart pound fiercely.
‘Besides… there’s another person who can’t escape this situation.’
Her cheeks flushed as red as her hair from the wine, Rozeline suddenly lifted her head. She gazed drowsily at Pascal seated before her.
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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.
*
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.”
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