Trapped in the Mad Duke's Snare (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 73
As Cassis awoke, the people of House Torpeo finished packing up their barracks life in Cologne.
The duke and duchess had just arrived at the Torpeo duchy to rest before returning to the capital.
Cassis had considered heading straight back to the capital, but they still hadn’t uncovered the mastermind behind the assassination attempt.
Moreover, the maid implicated in the poisoning had been found dead, severing the link to the conspirator.
Of course, Cassis already had a good idea who was bold enough to orchestrate such a scheme.
‘Trashi.’
Only someone from the imperial family would dare enough to attempt murder on a duke within the Solatarius Empire.
Cassis had anticipated this possibility ever since he returned from the brink of death.
He simply lacked the evidence needed to accuse Trashi directly.
Thus, the night deepened.
Back at the ducal manor after a long absence, Cassis finally returned to his bedroom late at night after catching up on delayed affairs of state.
Since awakening, he and Adeline had maintained an awkward distance.
The moment he opened his eyes and saw Adeline, he couldn’t fully describe the dizzying rush of emotion he felt.
Until then, he had firmly believed the illness that swept through Cologne was a contagious plague spreading from person to person.
Discovering his wife in that deathtrap of a place made him feel as if the world had collapsed around him.
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)”
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Cold female lead & dramatic black lotus with hidden yandere traits male lead
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Wow, I thought these two had made progress. I’m a bit surprised by the Duke’s reaction but he has been ill and chronic illness can affect your thought process.
I get the feeling Severus isn’t what he appears to be. Perhaps like his namesake?
cassis just tell the truth,be open about your plans
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The letter carried an imperial decree summoning all nobles to the capital for a
Did they invent Larie’s pregnancy for this? They really mean to kill the Duke. Despite his apparent lack of ambition for the throne his very existence must pose an extreme threat.
“They say there’s no curfew for tonight’s wedding banquet—the Emperor himself ha
There’s an emperor?!
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Aelthia
It wouldn’t surprise me if the crown prince stabs the empress some day.