The End Of The Special Contract Marriage (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 73
Grand Duchess Kirsten was the youngest sister of the current Emperor and had reigned as the queen of high society since her days as an imperial princess.
Even after her marriage and relocation to the Grand Duchy, her influence remained unchanged.
Though the Emperor cherished his sister and frequently summoned her, it was largely due to her own inability to adjust to life in the Grand Duchy and her constant marital discord that she kept returning home.
Grand Duke Kirsten, who had married the youngest daughter of the late Emperor, was a strikingly handsome and charismatic man capable of stealing the hearts of countless women.
The problem, however, was that he lived up to his looks all too well.
Even after marriage, he endlessly pursued affairs, leaving the Grand Duchess isolated and lonely. Because of her husband’s behavior, she grew deeply disheartened and longed for her natal family and homeland.
Although the imperial family had repeatedly pressured the Grand Duke to prevent him from fathering illegitimate children, they never fully curbed his wandering ways.
Eventually, after their only son came of age, the couple began living separately, and the Grand Duchess now resided in the capital rather than in the Grand Duchy.
Deeply knowledgeable in the arts, she established her own artistic salon within high society and gathered countless admirers.
Her influence was so immense—reaching across the entirety of the Empire’s cultural and artistic circles—that many eagerly sought her favor.
“If you wish to cultivate a connection with Her Grace the Grand Duchess, you should develop an interest in the arts.”
Aracila, listening intently to Iris’s explanation, grew serious.
She was visiting her family home during her parents’ absence to speak with her elder sister.
“I don’t really have any interest in the arts. What should I do?”
“Just start now. Don’t worry, Ari. I’ve already prepared everything for you.”
The Male lead Always Seduces Her with His Beauty (Matriarchy)
Xin Jiao Zhou is the leader of the world’s premier sect. She has just experienced betrayal from all sides, was poisoned in an assassination attempt, and faced death squad attacks while the poison was taking effect. After finally clearing out the scum from her sect, she was drugged again while trying to detoxify.
After waking up from a night of unconsciousness, she gained a “beautiful and kind-hearted” husband.
Xin Jiao Zhou: “???”
He fell ill.
She came to see him, bringing breakfast.
As she put down the breakfast and was about to leave, his hand slipped while holding the spoon. “Clank!”
She turned around upon hearing the noise.
He looked up at her, his eyebrows drooping: “My hand… has no strength.”
“Shall I… feed you?” she asked tentatively.
He opened his mouth cheerfully: “Ah—”
Thinking she was drowning, he jumped in without hesitation to save her, but nearly drowned himself. In the end, it was she who swam over to rescue him, giving him air underwater.
After emerging from the water, his ear tips turned red. He lightly brushed his cheek, tucking his sideburns behind his ear, revealing delicate, pink-tinged ear tips. He lowered his gaze, too embarrassed to look at her.
Xin Jiao Zhou: He’s truly beautiful, kind-hearted, and adorable.
A certain someone when disciplining subordinates behind the scenes: “If they don’t obey, just kill them.”
What’s that? She might already have someone she cares about in her heart? A certain someone: Find out who it is, kill them, and then there won’t be anyone.
What? She met a man by the riverside? What? That man even hurt her? A certain someone: Whichever hand hurt her, chop off his entire arm.
Love at first sight without realizing it, gradually falling in love, slowly getting closer…
Family and national grudges, schemes and desires, good and evil, crime and punishment, she and he face the future together, seeking justice with passion!
A naturally dark female lead who could accidentally destroy the world but is actually an honest person VS a weak, pitiful, and helpless but skilled fighter, beautiful white-cut black male lead
My heart is not of stone, how steadfast is your love? — Tao Yuanming “Imitating the Ancients (No. 3)”
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Cold female lead & dramatic black lotus with hidden yandere traits male lead
Thank you for translating/sharing this. Such an adorable story!