When the assistant supported the Saintess, the gathered aristocrats cleared a path.
In the end, all the priests had to leave the imperial palace.
They couldn’t heal the Emperor with their divine power.
This fact shocked everyone.
Valentin, who had been watching Elias leave, finally spoke.
“…So, are you saying there is no way to cure His Majesty’s illness?”
“Prince, please refrain from speaking.”
Yaino cut off his words.
It meant that one should be careful with one’s words.
The fact that the Emperor couldn’t rise meant that the throne would change hands.
If the Emperor passed away without designating a successor, the throne would return to Valentin.
“The wind of blood will blow.”
The Empress who placed Valented on the throne will sweep away all the nobles.
Among them, Kashaar will be the top priority.
The gathered nobles lowered their eyes as if anticipating their own destinies.
At that moment, a small voice was heard beyond the curtain.
“……Ana.”
It was the voice of the Emperor.
“Your Majesty?!”
“Mama, you shouldn’t do this!”
“Move aside!”
The startled Empress pushed aside the royal steward and lifted the curtain.
On the bed lay the Emperor, covered in cold sweat.
“Your Majesty! Have you awakened?!”
Yaino called out to the Emperor with an urgent voice.
Whether it got through or not, the Emperor mumbled, calling someone.
“……Ana.”
Once again.
“……Viviana.”
The Emperor, plagued by nightmares, desperately called for Viviana, the former Empress.
…!
The Empress bit her lips until blood flowed.
Yaino, who was shaking like a leaf, eventually rushed out of the bedroom.
“Empress Mama!”
Startled Valented hurriedly followed her.
The remaining nobles were also bewildered.
“Please return to your residences, other nobles.”
The royal steward announced the evacuation.
In the end, Kashaar and I had to leave the imperial palace with other nobles.
“Should we go back to the temple?”
“Go to my palace. You will have to stay there for a while.”
“I understand.”
In this uncertain situation, where tragedy could strike at any moment, it was better to stay in the capital until the Emperor regained consciousness.
On the way to Kashaar’s palace.
I couldn’t forget Elias’s expression as she was driven out of the imperial palace.
“The divine power doesn’t work?”
And it was the divine power of the Saintess herself.
The reason Shaena, the goddess of healing, was praised was that she presided over healing.
So, there was nothing that couldn’t be cured, no matter what disease or wound.
“Something is strange.”
If even the Saintess couldn’t cure the disease, it couldn’t be called a disease anymore.
Then…
The only person who came to mind was one.
The Empress left the bedroom, leaving all the nobles behind.
On the way to the Empress’s palace, she didn’t even ride a carriage.
She just kept walking forward.
Only after regaining her senses could she tell that she had arrived at her own palace.
“Empress Mama!”
Only when her ears cleared and she heard the surrounding sounds.
When she turned around, her son Valented was standing there.
Everything seemed to collapse and reassemble.
Without delay, the Empress plunged into Valented’s arms.
“Oh, my Valented!”
Even the Emperor, who devoted his entire heart, was of no avail.
At this moment, the only one who could embrace her was the Crown Prince.
“Calm down. I am here.”
Valented gently stroked his mother’s back several times.
“My body is too cold. If you go inside and have some tea, you will calm down. What are you doing! Bring a wrap!”
The maids quickly brought covers at the Crown Prince’s command.
Valented supported the Empress and went inside.
The Empress and Valented sat side by side and tilted their tea cups.
After drinking the warm tea, it felt like their breaths were finally settling.
As the atmosphere seemed to improve slightly, Valented, who had been cautious, opened his mouth carefully.
“Are you okay? Earlier…”
“Don’t mention that incident, Crown Prince.”
When the Empress cut him off, it became difficult to say anything more.
She knew how much she despised the former Empress Viviana.
Yaino put down the teacup.
After a moment of silence, she spoke.
“Valented, this mother requests. Please break up with the Saintess.”
“Mother!”
Valented stood up as if provoked.
Without any sign of confusion, the Empress looked up at Valented.
“You haven’t met her much anyway.”
“Didn’t you already approve that!”
The relationship between Elias and Valented was established with the Empress’s consent.
Valented had already fallen for her a long time ago, but he didn’t know how to deal with the sudden opposition from the Empress.
Although the Empress treated her son as her own flesh and blood, this time she didn’t back down at all.
“I knew you would be useful. But look!”
Fiery red veins appeared in her enraged violet eyes.
“Even if she is called a Saintess, is she truly a Saintess if she cannot cure a disease, no matter how unknown it may be?”
“Th-that…”
Valented was also surprised and bewildered.
Since the Saintess was involved, it was expected that the Emperor would clear the place and get up.
As Valented stammered, a cold hand tightly gripped his hand.
“Will you listen to me this time too? Valented has always been this mother’s lovely son.”
He couldn’t free himself from the Empress’s hand.
“Now, there is only Valented for me. So forget about useless Saintess.”
The Empress leaned her head on Valented’s thigh.
Through a glance, she saw an open door beyond her turned vision.
There, Elias was standing.
Facing her, the Empress spoke steadily.
“This mother will make you the Emperor.”
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)”
— Reading Guide —
Cold female lead & dramatic black lotus with hidden yandere traits male lead
