The Tyrant's Terminally-Ill Childhood Friend (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 23
Was bringing Anette a mistake?
The Tillemann Commemoration Banquet had just begun, and the atmosphere was starting to warm up. Peter had already exchanged the requisite pleasantries with those he was expected to greet and returned to his seat, sipping from his glass.
Strictly speaking, he was sipping from his glass while watching something—or rather, someone.
At the end of his gaze stood a woman—alone in her dark hair amidst the sea of bright colors filling the hall.
Wherever one wandered in the banquet hall, whispers about her could be heard.
“She truly is beautiful. It’s astonishing she’s never appeared in society until now.”
“Her bloodline is impure, so of course. With that black hair, it’s obvious, isn’t it? Even if the Martineks kept a few mistresses, it wouldn’t be surprising.”
“She must have spent her whole life hidden away in some manor, yet here she is in the Imperial Palace—how fortunate.”
The Tillemann Commemoration Banquet was, after all, held with the sole purpose of preserving peace. Naturally, the mood ought to remain cordial and cheerful. Everyone present knew this well, yet the rarity of the sight before them made it impossible to suppress their itching tongues.
“She might become Empress someday—wouldn’t hurt to make a good impression now.”
“His Majesty not only spared her life but even brought her as his partner…”
Their habit of calculating gains and losses only fueled further gossip.
Though they thought they were speaking in hushed tones, hiding behind fans, unfortunately for them, dragon blood granted senses far keener than those of ordinary people—so acute, in fact, that they could almost hear phantom voices.
Moreover, Peter’s senses were heightened far more than usual.
For one reason alone.
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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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