Lowell still didn’t understand why Peter liked her so much.
Back then, she was just a child, and a somewhat selfish one at that due to her prolonged illness.
To young Lowell, Peter’s words sounded like a promise of eternal love. There was never any reason for Lowell to dislike Peter.
It was like a ritual between the two. Peter would say what Lowell wanted to hear, and she would hug him tightly.
Lowell knew that her black eyes and hair were not something to be proud of. Fortunately, she strongly resembled her father, so her lineage wasn’t questioned. However, she often saw her parents sighing secretly.
“Why is Lowell’s hair so dark, dear? She’s unusually frail, and her hair color too… I feel so guilty. I’m so sorry for her…”
While her parents certainly loved her, they couldn’t love her blackness. Lowell’s blackness was almost like a flaw since it meant a lifetime of scandal over her lineage.
Therefore, Lowell’s parents never told her that her jet-black hair and eyes were beautiful.
The only person who loved Lowell’s blackness was Peter.
He was also the only person who saw something special in Lowell.
“Peter was the Emperor.”
Lowell mused while submerged in a bathtub. She was no longer in the bridal chamber but now in a bathroom assigned to her as the Emperor’s bride.
Last night, after the Emperor stormed out of the bridal chamber, Lowell slept soundly on a pillow of flowers. The tension from meeting the Emperor had long dissipated. The reason was simple.
“The Emperor can’t kill me.”
Lowell recalled the surprised look on the face of the maid who opened the door to the bridal chamber this morning.
The maid’s hands lacked any caution when opening the door. She must have assumed the bride was dead.
But when there was no stench of death, the maid seemed a bit startled.
And upon seeing Lowell wide awake and lying there, the maid looked as if she had seen a ghost.
“They must have been wondering how I was still alive.”
Lowell understood the maid’s reaction. She herself had come to the palace prepared to die.
But Lowell survived, ironically leaning on the longing of the very person who sought to kill her.
“Is that fortunate?”
Can the lesser of two evils, buried in misfortune, be called luck?
Lowell’s hand, which had been resting on the edge of the bathtub, dropped into the perfumed bathwater. Having sat in the hot water for too long, her body felt drained of strength. Of course, a normal person wouldn’t feel so debilitated just from this, but frail Lowell was different.
Leaning on the edge of the bathtub was enough to make her dizzy. She felt suffocated by the steam, struggling to breathe as if she were a fish thrown onto land. Yet, she had no intention of getting up. Staring blankly at the ceiling, her mind became foggy, her consciousness fading as if it were the end of her life.
As she slowly closed her eyelids, Lowell realized one thing.
The best way to destroy a person is to take away their only thing.
It need not be something precious. It can be an indelible scar or a unique jewel.
It just has to be the only one.
Something that must exist in one’s world, something so integral that its absence would leave one lopsided for life. When that one thing is taken away…
“That’s when a person collapses.”
Lowell knew this from experience. The world calls this falling into despair.
Thus, despair became Lowell’s weapon.
Thus, before anything else, Lowell had to confirm one thing.
Feeling the pull of the water as it tried to drag her weakening body under, she blinked slowly.
‘The doll that the nobles presented to the Emperor, the fake Lowell, am I…’
Can I really influence the Emperor?
“I have brought the records you asked for, Your Majesty.”
At the voice from behind, the shadow of the man in the chaotic room leaned over. Crimson liquid dripped along the blade of the Emperor’s sword, held in his right hand. It was a scene that would startle anyone, but the person who came to find the Emperor seemed unfazed by such situations.
“I’ll call the physician.”
“No need. The records first.”
The Emperor reached out unconsciously for the documents, then lightly clicked his tongue upon realizing his hand was covered in blood. He couldn’t receive the papers like this. He gestured lightly for assistance.
“Read it for me, Simoren.”
“Understood.”
Simoren, the knight referred to, immediately unfolded the document he brought.
The document contained unofficial imperial records from the previous Emperor’s time, detailing the annihilation of a family ten years ago.
Listening to Simoren’s reading, the Emperor raised his hand to stop the narration.
“The order was to seal the mansion’s entrance and set it on fire. Care was taken to prevent damage to the civilian houses, and the confirmed death toll was 32. Is there anything different from what you read?”
“No, Your Majesty.”
The Emperor’s brow furrowed, whether from discomfort at Simoren’s response or the pain of the bandaged wound.
“Any chance of survivors?”
Male lead first thought she played hard to get, only to realize she
really disliked him
Short intro:
What she can’t stand the most is the streets full of effeminate men, especially that so-called top beauty whom she avoids at all costs.
Shen Yaoxing looks at Jiang Mingyue, who keeps approaching her with coy shyness.
Shen Yaoxing: Bro, don’t be like this, I’m really about to throw up!
She fears nothing in heaven or earth, except for him getting close to her.
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At first he thought she was just using the trick of feigning indifference to attract his attention. Later, he learned that she truly despised him.
This dealt a heavy blow to Jiang Mingyue, and he vowed to make her, like everyone else, fall at his feet in worship!
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Synopsis:
Before transmigrating, Shen Yaoxing only wanted to find a reliable man to spend her life with. Who knew that after transmigrating, she would become a reliable woman herself…
A forced misandrist, highly skilled, and reliable female lead
vs.
An initially aloof and arrogant, later morbid, obsessed male lead
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