Certainly, here’s the translated passage:
“On a rainy night, what happened with Viscount Bice?”
Clatter!
Startled, April dropped the fork she was holding.
It always served as a juicy topic for the ladies who were thirsty for new gossip.
“Is it true that you met the viscount that night?”
“Who, who said such a thing… No, it’s not true!”
Facing a question asked to tease her, April vehemently denied. However, her face, even her ears, turned red, clearly having been caught in a trap.
“Was the intruder that night really Viscount Bice?”
“Did you run to the balcony and open the door for Her Highness, even getting your nightgown wet?”
Hearing the torrent of questions, April’s heart pounded heavily. She remembered that night too vividly.
Hot breath and secret, sensual whispers…
She hadn’t known that people knew about it. Even though it rained heavily, many eyes watched the palace. Perhaps even the guards and nanny knew, and simply let it slide.
April wanted to hide in a mouse hole.
“Why are you so embarrassed? You’re getting married soon.”
“It’s so romantic. A balcony rendezvous on a rainy night.”
The more embarrassed April became, the more the ladies teased her.
“St, stop it! Nothing really happened!”
When April raised her voice in anger, the women finally closed their mouths, holding back their laughter.
In the end, April left the reception room, her face red all the way to her neck.
Thump!
The moment the door closed, laughter burst out again from behind her.
[Star Icon][Star Icon][Star Icon]“Ignorant of everything…”
Standing on the palace corridor balcony, April murmured sadly.
“What do you mean by ‘ignorant’?”
A voice came from beside her, and turning, April saw Seira was there.
Their eyes met, and Seira smiled softly. Her transparently glowing skin and golden hair justified the praise of being the empire’s top beauty.
“You seem upset, Your Highness.”
Moreover, her gentle voice seemed to understand and listen to any concern.
“Do you know about it too, Seira? The rumor about the viscount and me…”
“The rumor that you and the viscount enjoyed a rendezvous on Your Highness’s balcony?”
“Ha! There’s really no one who doesn’t know…”
Seira chuckled at April’s crestfallen expression.
“You know how fast rumors spread in high society. Especially since the viscount and Your Highness are an enviable couple, everyone’s interest must be great.”
“But nothing really happened that night, so it’s a little unfair.”
“Really nothing at all?”
Seira’s eyes widened in surprise.
“Ki, we kissed…”
It wasn’t exactly a kiss, but April’s pride was wounded.
Just coming and leaving like that.
“Oh my, if you kissed and yet you say nothing happened, what were you expecting?”
April’s face turned red again. Then, she hesitantly asked what was on her mind.
“How does it look to you, Seira? Does the viscount really seem to like me?”
Seira’s blue eyes sharpened at the innocent question.
“Then does the viscount seem to like someone else?”
Finally, April realized the nature of this uneasy feeling. Whenever she thought of the viscount, Adel’s face annoyingly followed.
On the other hand, Seira seemed to guess April’s naive thoughts just from her expression.
Undoubtedly, she was suspicious of the relationship between Christine and Adel. No matter how they packaged it as a sibling relationship, they were not related by blood.
“It’s not the viscount’s fault. If that woman deliberately tempts him, no man can resist.”
“Do you suspect who this woman is?”
Seira nodded sadly.
“Who else but the wicked woman of Calahim? I know her better than anyone.”
“But she didn’t look wicked or bad.”
“Even a devil can have the face of an angel. Who helped her to supply desserts to the royal family? She even confronted the Empress recently, relying on the viscount’s support. Besides, she renovated her house and bought a huge number of servants and dresses with his money. Does she still look like a good person to you?”
Listening, Seira’s words seemed all too accurate.
Such a beautiful and elegant woman seducing the viscount to satisfy her vulgar and immoral desires.
Certainly, here’s the translation for the provided passage:
Then, a woman who deceived people’s eyes by talking as if she were close like a sister.
April suddenly felt hostile towards Adel.
“But wasn’t Lady Seira on good terms with her ladyship?”
Embarrassed Seira quickly made an excuse.
“I’ve told you. I consider a person to whom I’ve given my heart once my person for life. I wish my stepmother would now mend her ways and live honestly, atoning. For that reason, at least, I want to stop her from using the Earl any more.”
“Lady Seira is truly a good person.”
April suddenly wore an expression of deep trust in Seira.
So, she cautiously confided her thoughts, which had troubled her for several days.
“In fact… that day, the Earl seemed to mistake me for that woman. He called her name when he kissed.”
“My goodness, really?”
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
