Trapped in the Mad Duke's Snare (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 105
In the imperial palace’s audience chamber, central nobles sat gathered around a large table.
Ever since Cassis ascended the throne, state council meetings had been held religiously every three days.
It was to stabilize the empire’s shaky foundations.
“Let us conclude today’s meeting here.”
At Cassis’s curt dismissal signaling the end of the meeting, the nobles each wore expressions as though a great weight had finally lifted from their chests.
The meeting, which had begun at dawn, only reached its conclusion as dusk fell.
As a gathering dedicated to discussing state affairs, neither Cassis nor the nobles could easily leave their seats midway.
Their brief sense of relief at the end of this taxing ordeal was short-lived.
“Your Majesty, it is high time you filled that seat. Surely you cannot leave the Empress’s position vacant indefinitely?”
“Rumors that the Empress fled have spread wildly across the empire. We cannot allow Lady Adeline’s seat to remain empty like this.”
Just as the nobles had begun rising from their seats, they were forced to sit back down by this newly raised topic.
The matter of the Empress was one of the recurring agenda items brought up at every council meeting.
Disappointment clouded the faces of nobles who had been eagerly anticipating a return to their townhouses.
‘The Empress, whose whereabouts remain unknown.’
The issue had been raised by those nobles who had marriageable daughters of their own.
When scheming men desperately battle for her favor in the male harem
This one’s also on my reread list! The rivalry, scheming between the men in the imperial harem are just as intense and thrilling as in classic palace drama novels, where concubines fight to the death. Give it a read, girls! I promise you won’t be disappointed.
Synopsis:
“I am not worthy of her… but I still want to be by her side, even if only as a loyal dog…”
Those were the painful whispers of Yue Guanyi – the proud Crown Prince of the Great Qi, who was torn between deep love and a guilty conscience. Despite holding the supreme power of the Imperial Guard, he still could not forget the dark past when he was sold into a brothel.
Fate played a cruel twist when Qiu Shuzhi – a young female official who had just passed the imperial examinations with top honors – stepped into his life. She did not know that she was the one who had saved him from a tragic fate many years ago. And now, her heart was the target of pursuit for both Yue Guanyi and the powerful Empress Dowager Qin Qing.
While Yue Guanyi only dared to silently care for and protect the one he loved from afar, the Empress Dowager Qin Qing openly expressed his feelings and did not hesitate to take advantage of his power to approach Qiu Shuzhi. The covert struggle between the two most powerful forces in the imperial court began…
Trigger warning: All men in this novel are yandere style.
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Wow, I am feeling pity for Adeline’s mother…
finally,after a long journey with lows and highs,,
Well that was quite a wild ride. Ups and downs indeed. I enjoyed it.