Turiel readily confessed, without any intention of hiding it.
Lindey did say to proceed in Pierst’s name, but did not say to hide it from Casius.
“Empress Lenisha.”
It was as if Lenisha was standing before Casius again.
Her high pink eyes staring at Casius.
The lingering image of the Duke of Lotera galloping away behind Lenisha also seemed to be seen.
Casius brushed his lips with his hand.
“What is the Empress… Why is she taking care of someone like me?”
“I don’t know that. However, the Empress has chosen Sir Casius. Now it’s time for you to give an answer. Will you accept the gift?”
Casius tapped his forearm with his finger.
‘Do I have the luxury of choosing cold rice over hot?’
In that banquet hall, only the Empress seemed sober.
The Duke of Lotera came to mind.
Was he still leading Casius, even in death? He kept crossing Casius’s mind.
Casius nodded his head heavily.
“I’ll accept it.”
“Good. You’ve made a wise decision.”
Could he hear an answer if he asked about Lenisha?
Casius looked at Turiel, who had entered this mansion filled with only knights and never lost her composure.
He was curious about what kind of person the Empress was.
As the hesitating Casius was about to open his mouth,
Knock knock!
“I’ve brought the tea!”
Terion was too curious.
“Tea?”
Before he could even refute that such a thing was nowhere to be found, the door burst open.
Terion looked at both of them in turn and placed a glass containing a dark green liquid in front of Turiel and Casius.
Casius looked at it with a strange expression and drank it.
“Gulp! Cough!”
Casius covered his mouth and struggled to swallow the bitter liquid.
He glared at Terion, struck by the bitter taste hitting his throat.
“Why did you do that?”
“What did you bring? Poison?”
“No way! I brewed this herb tea with all my heart! That was my best!”
Turiel, who had been smiling, gulped down the tea.
“It’s bitter because it’s brewed for a long time, but it’s marigold tea. Thank you.”
My goodness, she drinks it like that? She’s not an easy woman.
Casius clicked his tongue briefly.
[Star Icon][Star Icon][Star Icon]Fortunately, Casius accepted the gift I sent.
Turiel must have taken care of herself, so Casius may have read some of Empress Lenisha’s intentions.
It was Lenisha who reached out to Casius first.
Lenisha fiddled with her necklace.
It was always a small locket necklace that hung around her neck.
It was an action Lenisha often took when lost in thought.
There was an uninvited guest who visited Lenisha late in the evening.
“You can’t!”
“Stand aside. If His Majesty the Emperor knew about this act, he would be pleased. I just want to chat with Her Majesty the Empress before dinner. It would be a disgrace if our dresses were to overlap, wouldn’t it?”
It was half a threat.
If Lenisha did not meet now, she would certainly disgrace her at the banquet hall.
Lenisha raised herself from the chair she was leaning on.
“Let her in.”
“But, Your Majesty!”
The maids frowned.
They didn’t know the feelings of those who didn’t even want to share the same air with Canaria.
In fact, all of Lenisha’s maids were from noble families.
Canaria, who had not received any title yet, was not someone to deal with like this.
“What can we do about her unlearned behavior? We must deal with her with pity.”
Canaria seemed to hear her voice forced through the open door crack.
Lenisha pulled up her lips.
“It must be so empty to rely on another woman’s husband. People should have compassion.”
“You stonelike woman who can’t even get pregnant.”
Canaria retorted sharply as she pushed into the room.
Canaria pointed at Lenisha with the fan she held in her hand.
“It seems you see nothing since losing your husband’s favor.”
“What hope can I have from a woman who thinks her worth is in her womb, and merely where I was born? Right, Lindei?”
Lindei gave a halfsmile.
Lenisha responded simply, as if she did not hear Canaria’s words.
Lenisha fiddled with her hair.
“Behaving so crudely without the permission of the host to enter… it seems your time in the imperial city was wasted.”
“Rather, Your Majesty.”
Canaria shook with a flushed face.
She could only continue after swallowing her saliva.
“You’ll soon be driven out of the imperial city, what will you do then?”
Canaria smiled nastily.
“What if this Canaria bears the child of His Majesty the Emperor? What will you do then?”
“I wonder.”
Lenisha turned her gaze to Canaria.
Canaria unknowingly stepped back two steps as she met Lenisha’s eyes.
Her cool, pink eyes were piercing through Canaria.
“You too, unable to bear a child for several years. Are you sure you can really have a child?”
Lenisha cleverly pricked at Canaria’s anxiety.
The courtesans were buzzing that the crazy Emperor had lost his reproductive ability.
Canaria bit her lip hard.
She thought Lenisha would have been somewhat humiliated after the disgrace at the banquet hall.
She wanted to see that miserable face, so she barged in.
Seeing that face would have made her feel better.
But Lenisha was still arrogant. Maddeningly so.
The image of herself, once a maid that only cleaned the feet of the former Empress, rose again.
Male lead fell into her trap — and shattered when she walked away
This is also on my reread list!
This one is a slow burn, but when it burns, it burns hard.
Definitely worth a read, y’all!
The story follows a thousand-year-old seductive spirit who, on a bet, sets out to charm the male lead—a once-promising but unfortunate cultivator.
But just when she succeeds in making him fall for her, she heartlessly leaves, driving him to madness.
Determined to find her at all costs, he captures her, keeping her by his side no matter what, even if she hates him.
I love this kind of trope—I enjoy watching the male lead suffer in agony.
The ending drags a bit with unnecessary filler, but that’s fine.
As long as I enjoy the beginning, I’m good.
Intro
As an enchantress, Su Heng possesses captivating eyes and charming beauty, easily manipulating the joys and sorrows of living beings at her fingertips.
But to enchant a god, making him taste the bitterness of love’s separation, long-lasting resentment, unattainable desires, and inability to let go…
Do you dare?
Su Heng assists a divine lord in his cultivation, aiming to make him experience all the sufferings of love, so that he can attain the Great Dao.
Only after being chased down from the heavens by the divine lord, confined and completely possessed by him, does she realize how successful she has been.
The once gentle and polite youth has transformed into someone she no longer recognizes.
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