Lenisha looked at Casius with twinkling eyes.
Her pink eyes were strangely sparkling with the heat of the candle.
Perhaps it was because of the venom and evil within.
“Your Majesty the Empress….”
Lenisha said in a soft voice.
“I propose a negotiation there, Sir Casius.”
“A negotiation….?”
Fire blazed in Lenisha’s eyes.
“Help me survive in Hiloshaen. I’m the only one who knows the value of Hiloshaen now. It would be difficult even for the local residents who know nothing.”
Casius sighed.
Lenisha was right.
He had thought that becoming a noble would erase the misfortune shadowing his life.
There would be no more rowing, he planned to bring all his family and live grandly.
But that was only a dream existing in fairy tales.
Casius’s life was still in the gutter.
The land given to Casius was just a vast wasteland located in the northwest.
Although it was the largest in the country by size, it was a land lacking everything.
However, that land was one of the territories of the Rotera family.
At least when the Rotera family ruled it, it was thriving, but since the Emperor seized it, it had completely collapsed.
The only one who knew the answer to the land in the northwest, Hiloshaen, was Lenisha.
“…Is there a way to live and eat there?”
Lenisha faintly smiled.
“The Rotera Duchy didn’t hold that land for nothing, Casius. There is a potential hidden there. It was just hidden to avoid the Emperor’s eyes. I promise. I’ll make Hiloshaen the best in the Hientri Empire.”
Casius’s eyes wavered.
In fact, there was no answer for Casius anymore.
He was like a fly that could lose his life with just one word from the Emperor.
The current Emperor doesn’t even care about the eyes of others.
Considering what he has done.
The lovely spring flower’s eyes met the golden snake’s eyes.
“But in return, you take me from here. Protect me as your wife.”
Lenisha emphasized the word ‘wife.’
Casius swallowed and nodded. His ears faintly reddened.
“…If I may.”
Lenisha sighed lazily.
Casius felt like he was swallowing a hot ember and swallowed again.
Lenisha opened her mouth.
It looked like a flower petal opening.
However, the words that flowed out were filled with venom.
Lenisha whispered in a sweet voice.
“Kill the Emperor, Casius.”
At Lenisha’s words, Casius looked astonished.
He looked around. Even though he knew there was no one, it was nervewracking.
Lenisha showed her slender wrist.
“With this wrist, it’s hard even to slice one thing, Casius. I’ve heard that human bones are tough and hard to cut easily. I’ll make the Emperor crawl like a dog, and you’ll cut his throat.”
By now, the fear that there might be listening ears around had disappeared.
Her pink eyes were flickering with evil as if to wonder how she had endured so far.
It was a sign of hatred.
It was Lenisha’s true feelings.
She looked as if she was dreaming a sweet dream.
“To crawl like a dog…. I like it.”
It was a great confidence.
But it seemed possible if Lenisha said it.
While Casius was lost in thought, Lenisha rubbed her heavy eyes, fatigued.
Her red lips naturally closed, and a small moan slipped out.
When Lenisha opened her eyes again, she smiled faintly.
The fatigue that had just shown was gone as if it were a lie.
“Unhappiness changes depending on how you accept it, Casius.”
Lenisha smiled coldly.
“I accepted my misfortune with anger and a desire for revenge.”
“Are you without any regret or sorrow?”
Casius asked with concern.
I was furious at the thought that Lenisha might be hurt again.
Lenisha laughed out loud.
Casius felt a withered emotion within that laugh.
An emotion that had evaporated without leaving even a fragment behind.
“Isn’t it a matter without any regret? I wish for the emperor’s neck to be broken in the most cruel and miserable way. Offering his corpse to my parents’ spirits is my goal and the reason for my life.”
Casius’s throat vibrated.
Now, it seemed as if Lenisha’s sorrow was seeping out.
Lenisha looked genuinely pained.
“It’s inevitable when you live with such a worthless husband. Now, choose, Sir Casius. Will you save me?”
Lenisha asked as if it was the last time.
Casius had no choice.
This was a necessary alliance for both of them.
Casius needed Lenisha as well.
“……Alright. Marriage, I will do.”
Lenisha had asked if he would save her, but Casius spoke of marriage.
Indeed, he was a romantic knight.
Lenisha elegantly extended her hand.
Casius stared at the small, white hand extended to me.
He carefully grasped it and shook it roughly up and down.
Without realizing, strength entered his hand at the soft touch.
The hands Casius held were mostly rough with calluses.
But Lenisha’s hands looked as though they had never endured hardship.
Lenisha was the only softness and warmth that touched Casius.
Now, it seemed as if a mark was imprinted on the palm of his hand.
Lenisha burst into laughter.
‘Isn’t this it?’
Casius scratched his neck with his other hand.
After Being Cheated On, She Picked Up a Treasure (Female-dominant)
One-line summary: The husband I married on a whim had been secretly in love with me for a long time.
On the day when Jun Shao finally obtained the imperial decree for her marriage, Lan Qu, the person she had admired for six years, defied the decree and ran away.
Her gentleness and devotion, her promise of a lifetime together, were all disregarded by him. Instead, he dreamed of entering the palace to serve the Emperor’s sister as a sixth-rank attendant.
News of this incident spread throughout the capital, and the alleys in front of and behind the Lan mansion were crowded with people who came to watch the commotion.
Jun Shao should have been embarrassed and angry.
But someone stepped in to protect her dignity.
The figure was in a miserable state, yet still possessed an undeniable elegance and handsomeness.
The young lord struggled to climb the wall of the Lan mansion and shouted to her, “If he won’t marry you, I will!”
So, Jun Shao took advantage of the situation and married the person.
She thought the young lord did it to save the Lan family from the crime of defying the imperial decree, but never imagined that from beginning to end, what he coveted was her.
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After the wedding, Jun Shao felt like she was living in a dream.
Her Wife-master was as beautiful as a fairy in a painting, skilled in the six arts, well-versed in poetry and literature, capable of being gentle and attentive, and also grand and dignified. Most importantly, she was the only one in his heart and eyes.
Jun Shao didn’t know how Lan Shiwu, as a illegitimate son without a father and blessed with beauty, had managed to preserve his purity, recklessly escape, and use his last ounce of strength to ruin his own reputation, all because of his love for her, just to stand before her.
She could only see him gazing at her with eyes full of love, and when she bestowed a name upon him, his eyes shone like stars.
“You have come to me like a weary bird perching on a branch. I shall call you A Qi.”
