“No, she didn’t say anything else. The close knight of Lord Arthur is always keeping watch inside the room. It’s not an environment where one can talk about anything else than passing a note. Why?”
The Duchess drew a deep breath.
Then she stuttered and spoke rapidly.
“Reina… Reina met the Crown Prince.”
“Excuse me?!”
Who, who? The Crown Prince?
“The Crown Prince saw her face and knows she is Christina! And he even invited her to the debutante ball!”
Mr. Lorenson was also left speechless.
Where did she meet the Crown Prince?
Here? When exactly?
“Don’t I always tell her not to wander around! She’s causing trouble!”
The Duchess, her face flustered, abruptly stood up from her seat.
“We need to talk about this. How can we meet?”
Since that incident with the knight named Lionel a few days ago, without the permission of the Duke and the Duchess, one was not allowed to enter the space assigned to him.
Should she ask Arthur for permission to meet?
However, the person she needed to meet this time was not Arthur, but Reina.
“If I tell Arthur now that I need to meet Reina urgently, will he allow me?”
Mr. Lorenson made a bewildered face.
“He wouldn’t… you’re using her as a spy, aren’t you? Even Lord Arthur knows that, doesn’t he?”
“It’s an emergency situation!”
Mr. Lorenson raised his voice, unable to believe what he was hearing.
“To us it might be an emergency, but is it to Lord Arthur? Rather, why don’t you do as Lord Arthur asks and quickly restore Miss back to her original state! This is becoming a farce!”
Damn it! Who doesn’t know that?
The best method, as Mr. Lorenson was saying, was to apologize to Arthur for the sham marriage and the inadequate supply, and all the things that had upset him, get his forgiveness, and then sincerely discuss a solution for this issue.
But…!
The Duchess screamed with a face turned red with anger.
“The compensation for the inadequate supply that Arthur demanded was a much bigger blow than expected! And what he asked for doesn’t even end there!”
The Duchess began to pour out the words she had been holding back.
“Arthur’s definition of ‘combat veterans’ and ‘bereaved’ is much broader than we thought! If we do everything Arthur asks for, we’ll be left with nothing!”
Even for Julius, he couldn’t possibly meet all those demands.
What should we do?
It was not a matter that could be negotiated at the moment in this desperate situation.
Unless we find some sort of dissatisfaction or weakness on their side…
The Duchess stomped her foot and threw a tantrum.
“Reina, that girl, what did we do for her and she brings this as intelligence! She just causes trouble! I asked her to bring Arthur’s weaknesses, who asked for this kind of report?!”
At that moment, Christina, who had quietly snuffed out her cigarette in the ashtray and walked over, extended her pale finger and picked up the paper that had fallen on the floor.
“…….”
Christina silently read the content that her mother had read.
Then she flipped it over with a flick of her finger and looked at the back.
“……Well, there’s something she brought back thinking it was a weakness. It’s separate here.”
“What?!”
The Duchess, who quickly raised her head, rushed over and snatched the paper.
Then she hastily read the short content written on the back that she hadn’t noticed before.
“……!”
Then, the Duchess, her face purple with anger, threw the note away with a scream.
“She brought this as a weakness?!”
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
