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The Empress' Scandalous Paramour - Chapter 39

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Even if you’re a commoner, as long as your face is decent, you can enjoy luxuries for a week that you’d never experience in your lifetime.

“If I were just 10 years younger, I’d give it a try!”

“Hey, you. Your face wouldn’t even make it past the entrance, entrance cut.”

“What new slang is that?”

“It means you’d be cut before even entering!”

Most commoners heard this news in taverns, on streets, in parks, and at their regular vegetable stores.

Without exception, they all found it interesting, as even country bachelors knew the famous story of the Emperor and Empress’s bad relationship and lack of an heir.

And in the midst of this, such an event that clearly says ‘eat this’ to anyone who sees it.

It’s truly like spitting in her husband’s face.

And in true Empress fashion, most spectacularly, with an enormous budget, nationwide.

“We don’t know much about the affairs of the high and mighty, but… He did have an affair with the Saint, didn’t he?”

“Ahem, you know this is just between us, right? Well, if my husband had an affair with a priest…”

“Pulling out all my hair wouldn’t be enough! Of all people to have an affair with, someone who believes in God?”

The women who had come to the well with armfuls of laundry cackled.

Interestingly, no one cursed the Empress.

Rather, they sympathized with the Empress’s pain and felt she had endured a lot until now.

Some even found it satisfying.

“Hmph. He should know to cherish his wife. Serves him right.”

“I went to the temple recently, and during the mass, the priest was at it again. He said the Empress is a devil for not being obedient to her husband. His words are getting worse, I tell you.”

“Their Saint was the one who fooled around with a married man first, wasn’t she? What devilish talk. It’s ridiculous.”

“I’m starting to feel like the money we give to the temple is a waste. I might stop going. The nonsense is increasing. So they’re saying wives should endure whether their husbands cheat or not, is that it?”

Thwack, thwack!

The women gossiped as they beat their laundry with washing paddles.

Regardless of social status, there were always those troubled by unfaithful men.

To them, the Empress’s actions seemed quite admirable.

Of course, there were some who were angry, saying she had publicly insulted the Emperor, but they were few in number.

Especially the people of the capital were more on the Empress’s side, as life had become quite harsh since the Holy Knights took over the capital’s security.

The Holy Knights, a group of strict and old-fashioned principled individuals, failed to connect with ordinary people and punished even small mistakes without leniency.

Naturally, they failed to win the hearts of the people. It seemed they never intended to in the first place.

Those who remembered the Valkyries, great knights but full of humanity, naturally showed favor towards the ‘Astaroth Knights’ composed of them. This favor then extended to the Empress, the master of the Astaroth Knights.

Above all, isn’t everything the Empress touches for the benefit of the poor and pitiful commoners?

When the Empress’s palace started taking in the children of maids, several noble families rushed to follow suit.

Now it’s become commonplace for noble ladies to boast about how many children they have in their mansions and how they care for them.

It’s a scene vastly different from the past when a maid would be thrown out for improper conduct if she so much as became pregnant.

“I wonder how handsome they are, I should travel to Heart Bay to see the concubine candidates!”

“Me too.”

“Our Empress! May all your wishes come true!”

The voices of various citizens were summarized in reports and placed on the Emperor’s table.

The atmosphere in the office was beyond hostile.

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In the office, so quiet you could hear a pin drop.

The Emperor said nothing, just tapping the report repeatedly.

The longer the Emperor’s silence continued, the more uncomfortable the nobles became.

These days, the Empress’s palace was growing more powerful by the day.

What was frightening was that this power was coming from the people.

“Even with such an event, the people are on the Empress’s side.”

“We… we have nothing to say. No Empress in history has ever done such a thing…”

At these words muttered quietly, the pale-faced nobles shrank back, watching cautiously.

The Emperor, Enrique, pressed between his eyebrows and spoke.

“I’ve heard that the Empress’s Astaroth Knights are popular among the people. Meanwhile, the Holy Knights have been losing popularity every year. Do you know why?”

In this office were the Emperor’s advisors, pro-Emperor nobles, the Captain of the Imperial Guard, and the leader of the Crusade.

The Captain of the Imperial Guard could hold his head high, as the Imperial Guard was solely responsible for protecting the Emperor and had no relation to the common people.

However, it was the opposite for the leader of the Crusade.

“I hear the Empress’s Astaroth Knights only visited small territories and villages. At first, it seemed like they were yielding great honors out of consideration for the Crusade.”

Enrique continued slowly in a tone that revealed no emotion.

“But after a few years, public opinion has changed dramatically. Now there’s negative sentiment that the Holy Knights are the dogs of power, only visiting wealthy territories, places where lords have great power, prosperous neighborhoods.”

“…I am ashamed.”

“I know your efforts have been great. But the people tend to believe only what they see.”

“We will take measures to visit smaller territories from now on.”

Enrique fell silent again, looking at the bowing leader of the Crusade.

He brought up this topic of public opinion simply to balance the power between the knightly orders.

Over the past three years, the Empress had explosively increased her influence to the point where it was hard to believe she was the same person he had known before.

Everything the Empress touched improved, and even those who initially criticized her were now full of praise, showing how skilled she had become.

The Empress crushed and devoured public opinion like fruit in her grasp.

Good perceptions of the Empress spread both inside and outside the palace, and even some noble families who had been pro-Emperor quietly shifted to the aristocratic faction.

Although the balance of power is still level with the temple faction and the imperial faction joining hands, it’s uncertain what will happen in a few years.

A ruler loved by the people cannot be defeated no matter what.

That has been a truth since ancient times.

As proof, look. Even though the Empress is doing such an outrageous thing, not a single person dares to point a finger at her.

“But Your Majesty. Are you really going to leave this situation alone?”

“If not, what law would you use to prohibit it? Tell me.”

“Well…”

In fact, Enrique had little interest in the concubine selection event to be held on the cruise for a week.

He didn’t care who the Empress met or what she did with whom. It had never concerned him from the beginning.

He was aware that ignorant people were babbling about how the divine favor had shifted from the Saint to the Empress, but that wasn’t true either.

He had never loved Helene or Leonarda in the first place.

There was no such thing as divine favor from the beginning.

‘How tiresome.’

When he raised his cold eyes to look, the nobles avoided his gaze.

It was pathetically ridiculous.

“We’ll look for someone to infiltrate the cruise. We should at least know what’s going on, shouldn’t we?”

At that moment, the Captain of the Imperial Guard offered his opinion.

Raising an eyebrow, Enrique replied calmly.

“There’s no need for that. I’ll go myself.”

“Wh-what?”

“Since I am at fault, shouldn’t I at least make an effort to turn the Empress’s heart?”

Though he said this, the real reason was different.

Enrique was already largely uninterested in the position of Emperor.

The throne he had so desperately wanted turned out to be nothing but a mirage once he grasped it, and the power that had seemed so great was just mediocre after living with it for a few years.

In this colorless, flavorless life, the only thing he wished for was to see ‘that person’ once more.

If the Empress was connected to that person, turning the Empress’s heart was the only way to speak with that person again.

That’s why Enrique had left the Empress to do as she pleased for several years.

Without interfering or stopping anything.

He even kept quiet when he sensed magical power from the Empress.

If that magical power was a trace of that person, he would gladly welcome it.

‘I want to see that person again and beg for forgiveness of my sins.’

If that wasn’t possible, he wanted to cling to even hatred.

He had grown tired of those who speak with forked tongues.

Looking back, that person was the only one who had given him love without asking for anything in return, so Enrique realized his sin more and more each day and repented.

“However, Your Majesty. While we fully understand that Her Majesty the Empress is deeply hurt… she still cannot be exempt from the duty of conjugal relations.”

The one who spoke thus was James, the First Advisor.

In truth, though it was an extremely disrespectful thought, James doubted the Emperor’s fertility.

Although he would never say such a thing out loud, many people already harbored similar suspicions.

Hadn’t he been in a relationship with the Saint for a long time?

It was James himself who had strongly insisted that the first child must be born from the Empress, but he was honestly uneasy that there was still no news of an heir.

Out of all those nights, surely there should have been at least one day when contraception failed.

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Male lead is a clingy little husband

One-line summary: The male lead is initially an arrogant, noble, love-deprived brat, later a cute, clingy, scheming little jealous one.

Introduction:

One day, Lu Yuner’s soul transmigrates into a female-dominant world. She enters the Imperial Academy and takes up the position of a doctoral instructor, teaching classes and grading schoolwork.

One day, she encounters the young prince Su Qingwan secretly skipping class from the male academy.

As a result, Su Qingwan is punished.

From then on, Su Qingwan sees Lu Yuner as a “thorn in his side”.

But before long, this “thorn” becomes the person he cherishes most, and he goes to great lengths to win Lu Yuner’s affection.

Mini scene 1:

One day, the sun is high in the sky but Su Qingwan still hasn’t gotten up for class.

Servant Xiaoyuan: “Young prince, it’s time for class. You’ll be late otherwise.”

Su Qingwan says arrogantly: “I’m not going. I am the esteemed prince, my status is so noble, why should I suffer this hardship? Besides, isn’t learning all this just to please women? Hmph, they’re not worthy!”

Mini scene 2:

After Su Qingwan falls for someone, he completely changes. He no longer skips class and diligently learns how to be a good husband and father. But he discovers that Sister Yuner is always surrounded by admirers.

Drunk and overcome with jealousy one day, he clings to Lu Yuner, crying beautifully like a pear blossom in the rain.

Su Qingwan: “Qingwan likes Sister Yuner.”

Lu Yuner: “Young prince, you’re drunk.”

Su Qingwan: “Qingwan isn’t drunk. Qingwan likes Sister Yuner, likes you so much, likes you to bits…” Before he can finish, Lu Yuner’s eyes flash with emotion and she leans in closer.

[Reading Guide]

1. The female lead is gentle, gracious, humble and polite but not weak. The male lead is initially an arrogant, noble, love-deprived brat, later a cute, clingy, scheming little jealous one.

2. 1v1, a bit torturous in the beginning but definitely sweet later on.

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