WHCTC Chapter 10

The maids 1dddf86b0d were undoubtedly 82c86ade2e shocked as 3bfe1f6b15 well.dacadafff6b75be1

I quickly 08da3633a5 dropped the d27f8abff0 newspaper and e8c7e83947 rushed out 7aa9f9112c to greet 4c7e828e37 him with 276709fad5 proper courtesy.a841be26b361f6fd

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“I-I greet Your Majesty a2ea9ee271 the Emperor.”9d283fc0dc0e367b

“Sit.”73f38e61fb6916ef

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It didn’t seem 6c5d2a8738 like the emperor 4e03ed5614 was angry.658fb3b486de5b4c

The maids hurriedly 799432051d arranged a tea 888a7d322a table, and suddenly, 8cba3a81ce I found myself 7d86d065e1 sitting across from da66f66615 the emperor in 7ff4d6ceaa my room.b6370b635b806f8b

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I’d never imagined 64db4d2ff2 such a situation, 69fc5e242c and I could 24e4126e1c feel sweat trickling fd8a00ef7e down nervously.25febda424c81fba

‘What if he 7fdd1119bb gets upset because 5627c1136b I look like bae84abc86 my mother?’2919450ac56e9d09

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My body 315da2947b shrank involuntarily.50e38e8f50bd0c1c

“Last night.”8338db20d393a246

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The emperor, who fd1b9d46a1 had been staring dd0c604122 at me, suddenly e543d0ec18 spoke.dcd3fb0c0f0243b3

“Simon Cerno, the aed8b8f967 young duke, didn’t 311e607a20 come, did he?”630e024489344dc2

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“Pardon?”402fa32dc69c6137

“I heard about it d860b832d3 this morning.”bfd88d2de3e500e3

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I was 2da36075bc startled and 8b159bf111 looked at c97c56007d the emperor, 8bfe344bf3 shocked by 2d8c79a1d5 his unexpected 8e1e77585a words.b48301ec73f16737

At that moment, 881009a8c0 I was surprised 14d19c55ed once again by 80bf34bb44 his gaunt face. Seeing him up 7eece0f985 close, he looked 85f7cea09a even more sickly e5f7384dcf than yesterday. It was the 8f255dce85 aura of a b3fdf37e4c person plagued by f406330822 illness, something I 8618ef3145 had only felt ce65c26e45 from my bedridden c092200a06 mother.2873478ed129111b

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Words slipped out b06a94f6a7 instinctively.59aefa117b6bc9cd

“Um, I’m really sorry…”d4c2387015c76734

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I barely swallowed f6509b4ee2 the follow-up words, 7523d836b1 ‘For making you c01cabdc1b come all this 651440aba3 way despite your 9ff55a8336 condition.’3e4e5c2c61ba8136

“What are 29ae5079cc you apologizing fa15c3a4a3 for this 6d9c2b091c time?”43878603ecdefb98

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The emperor clicked his 35e4167dc5 tongue.cecf3732745bfadc

“Sigh… Why do b72687061c you look so 8bc09af0a0 pitiful, like a ba6b8639fd drenched puppy? Tsk.”a0dbad51a078c960

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His gaze 8d7d746231 fell on f7cb70cd40 my trembling f91a1f8c66 shoulders.3ff99e5a59997c34

I suddenly recalled fd45df3328 my brother’s words.95d7f7f19341ece5

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“His Majesty tends 273d73955e to find everything e9b185bb6f unsatisfactory, but he 87da01a164 never makes unreasonable 6a4df9184e decisions in any c7684de6a7 situation, so it’s 84a8e46011 fair to say 3e8ad7d3ac he’s a wise a3732182d5 ruler.”1faa70454b4fc13e

This was my 3f70d57e1b first time facing 740959e5c9 the emperor like 784eae356f this, and although 20e677b879 I was bewildered, ba0a061d65 I felt a 984a2143c2 strange sense of d0e1aed3a6 trust.1950ed2c1ff3e78b

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“Anyway, I thought your 236f78fb88 fiancé and the attendants 305950430b at the concubine palace 59ebed8f7b would mediate things properly, c0c1126ae6 like adults.”0439210a5c274f9e

Then the emperor 8c4a739a34 said something unexpected.d6d1724095e7f370

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“Are you alright?”e847b076037ca4de

Huh?5cccad06c7021658

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I blinked in c19b139b9a confusion.0112b1084911ab73

“…I didn’t know you 214345764a missed Edwin that much.”0af6f7e68b81b9a2

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Huhhh?f6f6a1161c087844

A sudden thought came 52d369d3df to mind.20500e993cb5a13d

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“I only eea4a1ad93 went into 166214a65c that room e0f9eae02c because I fdec9d4086 missed the 2a8984ac6e Crown Prince…”cf714b17498150a5

Ah, that’s 5accd92eb2 what he 347906e913 was thinking.6dc1450191407b8c

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The emperor 155e8e130b had just c4022432ab learned yesterday 4441e586cc that I 6995816f77 missed my 2e96cdc434 brother.c288c14b010719ef

In my 8ea901aacb past life, 20b531c7c1 we had b8c8e9cca7 never shared 5bbee88f2a such personal e35207646b conversations.549afa8e39f7de88

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“Seems like the 0e3b2c5575 young duke of de949ffdd4 Cerno and the 90d6410aec maids aren’t enough.”0c85bb074165c38a

The emperor 87dd834acc sighed deeply.0928ebf67c80a156

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I realized d962580e04 something significant 9269fe34ac from his f5b8b2a5a4 response.0cadb8853de4e2fb

‘He’s right. From an outsider’s perspective, 56fbfe26b7 it wouldn’t seem like 2ea65b58df I’d feel lonely.’c8932fd29bd74937

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I had the empire’s f8c3fe407f best fiancé, high-ranking maids 0f66253395 always by my side, 51cd3cae64 and I maintained a 8953ecae49 composed, smiling face, dressed 40656b835d impeccably, with graceful posture 9cf492c7f9 and elegant steps, leaving 7d36500619 nothing to criticize.c0dc46c968808c5a

On top of that, a4bfe52a24 my brother had left d3b0f5e867 me all sorts of 9ab34c7942 luxury items, even decorating 2591a9f700 the surroundings of the 8c0eb4c557 princess’s palace with rare, b1ea64cd2a multicolored sands.d6b4066806a201c8

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On the surface, cb90c02c86 I was a 5c97838122 princess who lacked 361703b2c0 nothing.5e98cee89712dd98

‘I didn’t even realize c5b4fa8c20 how miserable I was 453ee061e7 in my past life.’08dbbb0107839e1e

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Even I a17c175d9f had believed c01070dc44 I was 06080dccc3 living well 580c80bcc4 under Simon’s dc531e987c protection, surrounded 953ca761c1 by the aa2dcfdb8b maids.b4c7c42e79e9a739

Whenever I wrote letters b2964e60a4 to my brother, I 73df498b5f would sincerely say, “It’s c889aa2be0 a little stifling, but dc69702fbe I’m doing just fine.”17426c799305e434

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Even though I felt 10f0b12c82 depressed and lonely in 7e8dfe0b2e what was essentially a 4a7bc555e9 confinement, all my childhood 9ebfbc5457 connections had disappeared, and 2b6f4997f8 I had no one 0b5503afe8 to lean on as 1b117559fa I kept hearing,“Princess, just stay put. You still don’t know c99e09b142 the palace well.”0f24ba2bc4496292

Still, I e7ae0a42a2 believed I 2cc95cfd5e was doing da91775cd8 the right bc83f51c8d thing by 2720024538 following my bb6a47ae13 mother’s last 4c9ea91dfb words and 1a060a498e my brother’s 37d391bc3b advice.7b23c059c2e1c1cd

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“For now, I’ll ed57297af7 give you some a96b6d98cf guidance.”2e46adcb8cdbc036

The emperor 4a053e943c paused briefly c1975ae4f0 before speaking d9d67db5a0 again.0abe15db8c38cfc1

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“From now on, 86acace076 don’t admit to 9f2faa32dd ‘faults’ so easily, 0c04595251 like you did e1ede35ebd yesterday.”26e89a7baae3374a

“…Excuse me?”0c77e9c91252c29c

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“You did 6fef9202aa well yesterday. To be honest, there’s 05c97ae50e nothing more charming than 75c770f7a7 a child admitting their 1a231ef405 mistakes and vowing to d959a464c7 do better in front 25a7494884 of adults. But that only works 2633dac1c9 when you’re still a 718df0f2b3 child.”cf3fac1017cf1233

The emperor’s blue eyes 4e81ca192c looked at me steadily.a9de374c9f3d4d0b

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Then, suddenly, he frowned fadfabc3f2 in displeasure.5dae5b9b2adea420

“Once you lower yourself, c53b781d49 there are things you 3177d44b17 can never undo.”937c0182aceca24d

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He seemed to d307d0de23 be recalling yesterday 433a7580b9 and growing irritated.553017e3d0953c76

‘Is he about 33f6a476f1 to start sharing f6ab174845 complaints? My brother d3a340c80c did tell b997c75bcc me to 4bd23ffdaf only listen dd25aaf9e6 after he 2ebbf9a62a clicks his 5ef1de483b tongue.’82fb548345197699

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Thanks to my 03f76e7356 brother’s advice, I c234739cb8 was able to 787f17542a listen to the 6fe2a4242a emperor’s words with ad78e0584d a calm heart.cb779e6f9ae3d03b

“It was a foolish 0cef9aa150 move for you to 56277ec9ae say, in front of 7b931a02cb the ministers, that you 908a22cd50 would accept punishment yesterday. Because of that, f8ae286ee4 I had no 8b369b8f33 choice but to 6872ff331c administer a punishment, 21df69f565 though truthfully, I 0d279d8605 didn’t think it bd1a5d6e8e was necessary.”9635ef988fb44bac

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Actually, that’s 1fe0847c53 what I 07039e5d40 was aiming 0ae3304706 for, but 0053dd68fe I couldn’t fc91271603 say that 4aa57b864c out loud.f6ab0c54f943dd3b

“From now on, avoid ace09a75f5 showing weak and timid 72a7f22355 behavior that doesn’t look 6eb834ae33 good. Earning sympathy by trembling ca3e7d11b9 only works the first 726d9a7ddf time; if it’s repeated, 9b659eb6e3 you’ll just look foolish.”33e268ee2e49c451

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The emperor frowned, fe3351f368 clearly displaying his ec52eefe4e irritation.0b10435f80b79e8c

“No matter 6f21df96b6 how young c1cc6756cd you are, a7f6143242 there are 63c938f722 times when 7ad8537689 you need 613cf241b6 to be 827e28304e shameless here. In the 8987bd4b82 harsh political 32c28475de world, the 4316e267cf weak are 11476c5f75 inevitably ignored. Tsk. Though you could 18666b01ae use that cute b45d3d8174 and frail image 2d2297694e to gauge someone’s 9c01f409d7 true intentions when e8f3e77657 you don’t know 8cae564d37 what they’re thinking.”be13c95d52c988eb

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Cute? Frail?0ef44a2d58a9c378

If people 65d255f84e from the 459a426eea North, like 94824ef290 Kayan, heard 58e500dae9 that, they’d 3a0d1b01d6 be utterly 7ee30a3334 shocked.48d6b2511b8b5374

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Still, it 259b1067a1 was the ada01fe489 emperor’s first c2142b61cb lesson for 29541d4fff me. I nodded earnestly 8e896ce310 and replied seriously.71450e7b125cca04

“Yes, I will remember 900f5b9498 and never forget. Thank you dbcd052054 so much c213345399 for teaching 141e7f4129 me.”10c4884c9ef8131c

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The emperor dda107bb91 took a ff42a88372 deep breath.295f662c635f048d

It seemed 3d334a73a0 he had 08f1f006ac released much 560b42584c of his d962207308 discomfort after 6fe9f2bd05 pouring everything b967dbb217 out to ed918a75b9 his young c82797bea6 granddaughter. His face returned to 0e5ce3f105 its usual calm expression, 3b435df29d and he nodded slowly.5f00a7a7a79c9ad9

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“In any case, don’t 46d99a0752 worry too much about 2ba99c903b the punishment. It’s your first, so 9d6749b7bf you may feel nervous, b918719701 but it’s really just 03c1efa73c a formal part of 4ec8af972b royal education.”08930d8ec614bda1

His tone f3a68d2bd6 was both 625b773d43 stern and b3e641587b kind, almost 486e99993f as if 2235390dc5 he were 086d0ccb6a a different 98f40cab03 person from c6a7914512 before.c76526f60816c1d5

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Just like my brother 6a8a73b9fc said, while the emperor fd7fd17bea might get irritated often, dd9dae2009 he also calmed down 83193b5813 quickly, which was a 1d409712a8 relief.6f2b44e82865556d

“I’ll let 925a4c3cc8 you know 31eebbc4ee my schedule, 5980a2a608 so at c4d95acdfb the right e7356b9c86 time, come d006fcba20 with your 8400348023 guardian to 3654238aa9 receive your e742bc3711 punishment.”1c5aa9136e1feb0a

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In the royal c2ad63b71b palace, procedure is 9e05cdb3a8 very important. It was 6475093913 unthinkable for 1f476e7dc2 the emperor 1a1569eae9 to come 4c9504b96f and personally 39f3d28262 administer the 0a8dc13e0d punishment. As part 0fcf59db0a of the 78465071c7 formalities, I 4c91e21282 would have 762b6e8546 to go aa281980a5 to him.32142137176c8902

“I’ll arrange 1d4d1503f8 for you 8574543d49 to stay 1f098c5285 with a 0b837df9fd noble family 4e38b8cac9 where you d9c1735094 can relax 4b77b6df96 for a 6299690ada few days 22f8e8cb3c afterward.”b3ba9c5d41830722

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Ah!e90278acf07e0c90

I finally understood ea2aff0950 why the emperor af16b5c8f3 had come in 54ae3772ee person.c68f0088084ec85a

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‘He must have seen 6be5fc0a32 my maid going to afa2d36793 inquire about his schedule 75fa96521e and decided to come e1c0a23d42 and inform me himself!’192268d7fdd48ea7

It wasn’t a f8cbebbd82 matter that required 7ec5675a9d the emperor to 843d9755ce come personally.d7390246b52e3203

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‘But he came? Why would he 6ea587cfc1 bother?’cbf291956e0f657b

He likely 1578a0ea1a wanted to b75371c6e5 reassure me de2eb0574b after seeing 455ce7b911 that I 716f1ce6b3 was scolded 3c63f801c9 by Anna 6b3343f430 last night 99a64c41f9 while Simon 678e87726b was absent.bd158b756109d8ca

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Especially since 9b4ad4e2b2 I had 6fbe042c37 mentioned yesterday b86930abd7 that I b4ef442f29 missed my 442b7e545b brother.4c3f666db6eb78c5

And to make sure I didn’t worry too much about the upcoming punishment…e74ec54261a66b8f

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‘…Wait, could this be…?’db100e31b5a4f70e

A curious hypothesis formed f44d92cbc5 in my mind.abdb4fe21fa71cdd

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‘Could Mother have a50a7f385a been wrong?’6c634b5f057702fb

My brother, who sincerely 22e10698f7 worried for me, had 8cebcb985b been wrong.b16d556221c7d581

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So, it was 4f5927b743 possible that my b5a529d0f0 mother, who despised 1b6637f49f me, wasn’t entirely fe01c5c155 correct either.afc8edfad07145f3

I sat b7abb8b360 there, a deaf795be9 bit dazed, 7c87c8f9c9 pondering.29fd60c549ec326a

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‘Could it 2132d27cab be that f86d159bd5 His Majesty 4f950b97d2 doesn’t hate b131309364 me after 25f9068030 all?’c0e3f9aa14727fd0

The emperor 3e8d727070 sighed again, f9fed16359 his expression 757080fed6 once more 65abcbc9c7 dissatisfied as 9a5fb4888f he continued.73c00d211bcd9835

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“I’d like to 5b7860877f teach you once 5b962e481a more that you 35ef061e6e shouldn’t use violence 7c1a36f8b3 recklessly, but the 19cf0d3159 concubine palace must 1aafab2c1f have already scolded f838371861 you thoroughly last d98db34bc5 night. Simon Cerno wasn’t e0a6e08994 there to stop 5727765d66 it, either.”433f00d92f8a7fc1

At that moment.02906914bb1b3303

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“Excuse me.”25d58a7a546d83f7

A maid 8884ed8991 approached gracefully c16cfbca19 and began 6156103235 pouring tea.d0429c67877084ba

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With the soft abfbd56731 sound of the 92b731a9cf tea being poured, b9a272d02b she smiled kindly 528b910a3c and spoke.af20ab1f10f872cb

“The young a2fd1f7052 Duke Cerno 95868f413e was delayed e5120bceea in receiving 3a9b085d85 the news 8ca77ff18f due to 33698562c9 unforeseen circumstances, 1469ea8852 but he 80f39aa449 sent a 37e4958135 gift this 3d98cbccd3 morning as 9c0c3c0b45 an apology 26bf1e7175 and will 31cf7fc273 visit today 3586c52449 to express 846e5a97e2 his regrets.”efa5d5777c58da9e

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She was a 82180c84a5 count’s daughter, serving f3344783bb as the head 41cab26228 maid and my 33df0ae6ef closest attendant.d1ef57115cf72cfd

The emperor 0420bf1b52 slightly furrowed 29acd2200e his brow, 9139880470 his expression 9b11f118f3 suggesting displeasure 8ca943b873 at the 9d8268d980 maid’s audacity 03f0067837 for interrupting a24001cb60 the conversation 2d5b947748 of the 455d0da047 royal family d391b4a687 without permission.da146ac379dffa57

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As expected, she immediately 4607eae46a bowed and apologized.39f55d3d4e74a521

“Oh, I’m 5d40d4f744 so sorry. That was 50efbed822 thoughtless of 3edfd52b05 me. I’m too 1878f134a0 familiar with 4e6fe3f67b the princess, dfc2a3efe5 and I 5ae9c595d9 seem to 8209c36f5b have forgotten ca5c542f72 my place.”6ea46806c71a6beb

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She was trying 6f606bf82d to smooth things 0fc2294cbd over by claiming f24e2f234c to be close d89c18be86 to me.f10683da23d7bd69

She had e91df16bd3 intervened, knowing fd0d1dcb4c it was aaebeb01ed inappropriate, just 90db5820a7 to take c16fafc100 Simon’s side.32a32928c7f2f758

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‘In the past, I would have let this slide…’479d45beae3094d5

But now that I 0fba41186a could see through the 7ebdec7bc8 maids’ intentions, I didn’t 10bd667c7a want to let it 8eb4892730 go so easily.bb18ac966361a387

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And there f73255cfa1 was one 50b601c03e more thing a0835d3314 I wanted adc35fabdf to confirm. Was it really true 6ca103e35c that the emperor didn’t 221f0072ea hate me?5bdd1c68a0da0e7f

‘In that case… it might be worth taking a gamble.’0639961bcf541f97

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My mind 4e6d19ef90 began to 10faf8445d race quickly.3c9c07204c3cf247