The Princess Wants to Live (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 48
“Who cares? We just do the job we’re paid for and leave. Better drop any unnecessary curiosity.”
The elderly laborer clicked his tongue and sidestepped Isaac’s question.
He wasn’t the only one—almost every laborer gave the same answer, so Isaac hadn’t expected anything different in the first place. Still, he couldn’t help but sigh.
After all, information always flows through documents—or from person to person.
Yet here, not a single piece of information was flowing.
A massive ‘altar’ stood plainly in sight—obvious enough for anyone with eyes to notice—but not a word escaped the lips of those who actually had eyes.
The laborers, who handled the actual work of breaking and hauling stones, thought of it merely as a high-paying job and had never bothered to wonder what they were truly building. Even the architects supervising them didn’t seem to know what they were doing.
Isaac’s ears perked up at the frustrated outburst erupting from a group of architects—not laborers.
“Damn it! If we keep laying the foundation this loosely, it might look fine now, but it’ll surely collapse later!”
“Hey, keep your voice down. We just follow orders—that’s all.”
Another architect grabbed the frustrated one firmly by the shoulder.
“Haven’t you heard the saying? ‘Even the palace walls have ears.’”
“Damn it, Mr. Erai—you’re new to the palace too! How would I know that?”
“Just be quiet, alright?”
Isaac tilted his head slightly as he listened to their exchange.
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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
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