WHCTC Chapter 10

The maids 3d98552199 were undoubtedly 098dc5e080 shocked as 49d8ce8275 well.8a7aabbd1708c952

I quickly dropped 68b80f4dd6 the newspaper and 566a1eff5f rushed out to 4f959d1b64 greet him with 19c2fdabbb proper courtesy.9caebfa785f45345

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“I-I greet Your 65734f3689 Majesty the Emperor.”3920e8938ddd526c

“Sit.”2a3c7c63355794d5

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It didn’t seem 64913b2046 like the emperor de9cb39442 was angry.fe53966512a813bc

The maids hurriedly arranged 6cd20fa1f0 a tea table, and 004a3b1344 suddenly, I found myself cc8e7bc504 sitting across from the 251721fa78 emperor in my room.677ac412a4fbbda2

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I’d never imagined such 74b561833a a situation, and I 746ea2f6e3 could feel sweat trickling 581fa2238d down nervously.e103a0a468abebbc

‘What if he cb6166c4b1 gets upset because 26e1312cf6 I look like 34865b138d my mother?’8ab99487d83cd7e2

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My body shrank 011dee03a4 involuntarily.4cb27e959b668b1b

“Last night.”b26a92e732771a10

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The emperor, 98ef5863e6 who had 7f01963a77 been staring a8ebf1ddd4 at me, 0b675aa161 suddenly spoke.53271221ce91b576

“Simon Cerno, d5ed90dbd7 the young b5debed85c duke, didn’t d05b804a38 come, did 1511c25826 he?”d0b831fbd64787ad

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“Pardon?”5cac2893e3d2ab79

“I heard about b21acb1633 it this morning.”7c58b4b15215555d

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I was startled 4377636bfa and looked at a2427ec36e the emperor, shocked 56fb277831 by his unexpected 23be39f8ba words.b7dc18fa9700c39e

At that moment, I 6507921955 was surprised once again 4abe66e177 by his gaunt face. Seeing him up 2083cb947a close, he looked 783d6811a6 even more sickly eb49ca1b3f than yesterday. It was the aura 2f471cf1f6 of a person plagued 49fa15fa73 by illness, something I 21c835b491 had only felt from 4a0df41b84 my bedridden mother.6c6980a952b526b7

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Words slipped out 8c61cf51df instinctively.b3cacc5cc827df63

“Um, I’m really sorry…”f7528d2ed223b562

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I barely swallowed the 51726b3c68 follow-up words, ‘For making cda8e74989 you come all this 811bdae5d7 way despite your condition.’f12aa38701687e2b

“What are you e2fc0cbfa5 apologizing for this 1b8598e14d time?”1ac1cef85720783a

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The emperor clicked his f19e0e80eb tongue.e46f5d9c108ce1e4

“Sigh… Why 8d07cb164b do you 232325d687 look so 2ebf6b6cc4 pitiful, like 06f74c7c94 a drenched bdebba327d puppy? Tsk.”735e95bb446e5499

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His gaze dc5d267918 fell on af4176ce5d my trembling c451238ff7 shoulders.d71321b1ded010dc

I suddenly recalled f5e9dad568 my brother’s words.62dda9cfcc5dcc45

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“His Majesty tends to 29091c834a find everything unsatisfactory, but 1d600c42a6 he never makes unreasonable 73d0b34fab decisions in any situation, b1a8900883 so it’s fair to 6dbe9a708e say he’s a wise 1654565a7b ruler.”d6f009fc83a3d5e7

This was b13963903f my first 540ff2caf3 time facing d60181572f the emperor 156b00a2d2 like this, 70f93ad7f3 and although 104f697745 I was b10ff91789 bewildered, I b08f70e2dc felt a 1078f19365 strange sense c27b633777 of trust.7513cfad6363bb20

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“Anyway, I thought your f3d125294c fiancé and the attendants 96b2b7fc70 at the concubine palace a7fcf51c92 would mediate things properly, ff0757be0e like adults.”95e6d77eb096036d

Then the 299f10f89e emperor said a668da7a41 something unexpected.7f7e9805ea47ed89

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“Are you alright?”92f2db52196fab56

Huh?a625396d408c0986

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I blinked b5606f6817 in confusion.c6162d1f5829944c

“…I didn’t know 276c78d4d7 you missed Edwin b08b010c93 that much.”b8a258bbc3a2bf76

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Huhhh?f38f230522322df3

A sudden 94bd05d687 thought came afa1b6c758 to mind.68a26ebd697c62f9

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“I only went into 6a6c1c9f3a that room because I e62cd1bd7e missed the Crown Prince…”45574a17f174e764

Ah, that’s what he c8be681780 was thinking.e3952029efa30706

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The emperor b776347a0a had just 486a2260e0 learned yesterday cc83120eda that I 6635f5cdcd missed my 8ffc906c6d brother.fe5312407f201088

In my past life, 8e4912673b we had never shared 78065d8b2b such personal conversations.92cd7b1eb2a1dafe

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“Seems like the 971c722656 young duke of 82e6d2ef3f Cerno and the 1ba4c3d93a maids aren’t enough.”1211c577071166a8

The emperor 90c438521b sighed deeply.c2e01118819e9fb0

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I realized something significant 89908e057a from his response.cbaf7a3cd3b3d910

‘He’s right. From an outsider’s perspective, 3fee6abcba it wouldn’t seem like 158a86e22b I’d feel lonely.’168ca1e1c70e235e

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I had the 87e79b7261 empire’s best fiancé, 4f43d9de30 high-ranking maids always 1ffa55ae91 by my side, fe3b9780d1 and I maintained c748afcbd0 a composed, smiling 2dbb644cee face, dressed impeccably, 7a48b3bdc3 with graceful posture 22ec1f86c6 and elegant steps, f317eb4e97 leaving nothing to 0b44ea7817 criticize.502700736b1c8b79

On top of that, 9bbce8a1ee my brother had left ea34a292bd me all sorts of d4fa948e1a luxury items, even decorating b71a29d183 the surroundings of the 4a5177f92c princess’s palace with rare, efd963629f multicolored sands.a1ee663d59fdec62

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On the 3ba77b6adb surface, I fc3753d755 was a b3bcd4caf6 princess who b1653a9ad9 lacked nothing.a52a51c0f4d9c958

‘I didn’t 450b67f2ee even realize 1a9b48c425 how miserable 5ad1e9ae77 I was 6f2e9657c4 in my f611b7a76a past life.’73d5f8d56cb841e6

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Even I a1ec27d717 had believed 2f38f05775 I was 5a46afefbe living well dfe91705e1 under Simon’s f83f5467ff protection, surrounded 94b75de65a by the 1e83e8a186 maids.7c52d3d4d71eee5e

Whenever I ce3cdebcbd wrote letters 46160a169d to my e576d74caf brother, I 9e62368584 would sincerely f97320558b say, “It’s 802095e7cd a little e7f269de31 stifling, but e8cf77c353 I’m doing d6ae8b5686 just fine.”6ea19bdf78e0a895

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Even though 9541a17be8 I felt 9943331c10 depressed and 476d1756c5 lonely in 62841ae6e8 what was bb435ddf7e essentially a 7b13566a88 confinement, all ba0ad50b06 my childhood 9798cd8980 connections had 9e065347bf disappeared, and 8bfcd4ad2a I had 54fe1ad347 no one 1e0436f8a0 to lean 2a966a7b46 on as b9b163e8ce I kept d5c8b391f4 hearing,“Princess, just stay b32dcace5f put. You still don’t know 30e1cb1af7 the palace well.”de0042e5316aa47c

Still, I believed e629a1df6b I was doing b7d669a0fa the right thing 6451c8d6b3 by following my e7118ba034 mother’s last words f200de584a and my brother’s 1e38157926 advice.e56f89d7704edfff

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“For now, I’ll c8636f2bd7 give you some 7f8e1951f8 guidance.”8b169052a3b3d130

The emperor paused a870c772ec briefly before speaking 7aa254b5a3 again.69f8dcd89ba4ec2a

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“From now 6af78c521b on, don’t 4751df7b73 admit to c447989d3e ‘faults’ so 73a6f64bca easily, like 1664e41e8a you did e54f00abe1 yesterday.”78ef68aeefbfb74d

“…Excuse me?”ba15574a2d9f72f9

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“You did well e2f23789fb yesterday. To be honest, there’s f616a696fd nothing more charming than f434e5c012 a child admitting their 93cad5d0b2 mistakes and vowing to 1db6a1e7f2 do better in front 8a59873d64 of adults. But that ff79140cfd only works f65ab1da51 when you’re 3d6494408e still a cb48812005 child.”fac1537683ff4eff

The emperor’s blue eyes 707295267c looked at me steadily.a59677d97f1087cd

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Then, suddenly, 84a5885867 he frowned d5291c806c in displeasure.56c94baf809c92fe

“Once you lower e9b93856f3 yourself, there are d10f9620b4 things you can 0587d03bf2 never undo.”681478aa03fda205

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He seemed to ea6f8fb153 be recalling yesterday e5b6f84e0d and growing irritated.e99c131c7f04ab58

‘Is he bcfe0d0285 about to 8aa8d4b557 start sharing fd3a110ba2 complaints? My brother did 345a1fe83a tell me to 2f09bf1f3f only listen after 13e5f0becb he clicks his 810a941549 tongue.’dd2259b37a908553

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Thanks to my 9e35a74166 brother’s advice, I ed7cd54bf1 was able to 5c35468fc3 listen to the d618463f0a emperor’s words with 89d8d28cc9 a calm heart.41586190f9d8bdef

“It was a e37eed757e foolish move for 1f6946c07c you to say, 0c62dbb76d in front of 976ec5362c the ministers, that beeafc93f8 you would accept bf5d9be92f punishment yesterday. Because of that, I 512f58876b had no choice but 82efc52b33 to administer a punishment, 3dc4291090 though truthfully, I didn’t febcff6a05 think it was necessary.”283159691f8b1bc4

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Actually, that’s what I 0efaf97053 was aiming for, but ac938eaa70 I couldn’t say that 74a9b06aab out loud.424307a98aa8c10d

“From now on, avoid f468be2733 showing weak and timid ac14205dbd behavior that doesn’t look 16d9b7f297 good. Earning sympathy 09527fecdb by trembling 6981ad4b05 only works 830cbf09d7 the first 3326e9d231 time; if c4343bb950 it’s repeated, d802f477c6 you’ll just 72f4ceeaee look foolish.”daf6a2142d7860ef

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The emperor frowned, clearly b9f3b9eae3 displaying his irritation.71b5aae931efa3f6

“No matter how young f043d21fa0 you are, there are fb6aec7399 times when you need 89d29e4a51 to be shameless here. In the harsh 502a2dfb76 political world, the 00c6126206 weak are inevitably 4ec254c49d ignored. Tsk. Though you could use 49c591d4d6 that cute and frail 0f18c0b0cb image to gauge someone’s a9433a0efd true intentions when you 30c19b2c3c don’t know what they’re 78c7dd2d15 thinking.”a400d9349f4b757a

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Cute? Frail?094a6a2bec807f5c

If people 339ad9b2c7 from the 6626fc29c2 North, like 4739fb83b5 Kayan, heard ec56196bc2 that, they’d 15edf6586b be utterly fab03d8818 shocked.e3470f222bd75fec

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Still, it was the c81912cfe3 emperor’s first lesson for 1afb18d3a5 me. I nodded e86cee547b earnestly and f5991a879e replied seriously.b54d98bc6ebd2279

“Yes, I b29598ff9d will remember f92910b4f9 and never e67cab199f forget. Thank you so 8f23ff8dc8 much for teaching 750a92b2d7 me.”256386b8069c9833

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The emperor took a 8c71b9850f deep breath.f18e743d6ce62fff

It seemed he had 30a90a3a8d released much of his 2e88bd7e4f discomfort after pouring everything 28f39625d5 out to his young 278596be5b granddaughter. His face returned ab7b4d0827 to its usual 79fea758dc calm expression, and a9d0761450 he nodded slowly.5450a5d281444b99

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“In any 66e011f0dd case, don’t f7a2d1d3b4 worry too 4d0c134b28 much about 9b94f66499 the punishment. It’s your 6963b36040 first, so 2b6b7d7003 you may 5340208915 feel nervous, f39de4930e but it’s be48ebaad1 really just 568138f0ee a formal 40fd6ffbf1 part of c1d8697002 royal education.”1befa85ec349eb0e

His tone was 3cba09506f both stern and 40bd42437a kind, almost as 5908cef9c1 if he were 30e5599f7a a different person f7dfc29fb6 from before.58aaa70354d27e4b

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Just like my brother 3bd292ed97 said, while the emperor 43ac168c11 might get irritated often, 4c71e27f55 he also calmed down bc9f0f4cc0 quickly, which was a da8ea1b241 relief.b7df8b3aca2b90c9

“I’ll let you know 8a424eb10e my schedule, so at 1ded35cb9f the right time, come 41532d3107 with your guardian to e6753fbd4b receive your punishment.”0badb9978e976ed1

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In the f975c4f014 royal palace, 77b0f2f149 procedure is ead61748a4 very important. It was e422ea7757 unthinkable for ad495aa688 the emperor f6f92f1162 to come 881762bedc and personally b3a0361b86 administer the 3216011022 punishment. As part of ded09721ff the formalities, I 6076a95a68 would have to 5028c08d4b go to him.b89294f4f8375c4c

“I’ll arrange for e89f22018e you to stay 0a5d000cde with a noble 6099226489 family where you 045aa3d116 can relax for 37d0c19b7a a few days ad594631fc afterward.”c67166cad3a7e313

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Ah!2b1cbbd8118b65e4

I finally 2e3e99879e understood why ed68a7b70b the emperor cb2f3d58de had come 89eee8a74e in person.1b54457c8279e121

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‘He must 88606567d9 have seen a79f6a616b my maid 6d5cf4ea50 going to 774640237d inquire about 27f07877d7 his schedule 1ef47bd808 and decided 46794b3dc1 to come c5cbdd9b0b and inform d01574721c me himself!’3183317c8de73f68

It wasn’t a f42b95a39f matter that required 02af870555 the emperor to 525dbdd93a come personally.0a395bd9e488c435

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‘But he came? Why would 120f131315 he bother?’e8090133096edce2

He likely 7667bea7d5 wanted to 2ae187b12f reassure me bf94e5e2c7 after seeing 740086c2e6 that I 2992db8401 was scolded a915b44c88 by Anna 68afde85ed last night 6b64037650 while Simon b984ab8faa was absent.12e3c70a97b89d8f

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Especially since 93c3c16aba I had 6f87e28ba3 mentioned yesterday f2bbd7fa3f that I be1d278a5b missed my 41c3b68701 brother.9620a6490478abd6

And to make sure I didn’t worry too much about the upcoming punishment…c100fc398499e5bb

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‘…Wait, could this be…?’177b6f235b58932d

A curious c85697032d hypothesis formed 92f103a0dd in my 8aad38e3a3 mind.bd7eaff52eeaec73

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‘Could Mother have f3d39a5564 been wrong?’bd2630a373f5a634

My brother, who sincerely cca320f9f9 worried for me, had 399989e9b3 been wrong.47cbde01aa0c74c6

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So, it was possible ade12e02ef that my mother, who 120bfc254a despised me, wasn’t entirely 497eccd4b2 correct either.37a2778fde57667e

I sat there, a 0ea65e66de bit dazed, pondering.8bf37d0f534239de

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‘Could it be that 4d32285c63 His Majesty doesn’t hate ebc3a59581 me after all?’5631ad84285cfc99

The emperor 82d61e2b0c sighed again, 5ea8c55dd9 his expression e5ef732911 once more fce9cbffea dissatisfied as bfdd747b21 he continued.6bf3d37ef551a4ec

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“I’d like to teach f23fdcd9ef you once more that be87690773 you shouldn’t use violence 5d97fe08af recklessly, but the concubine 3094d4f12a palace must have already 729b2f5bfc scolded you thoroughly last 38f6e57a31 night. Simon Cerno wasn’t there 07271d4770 to stop it, either.”97b824461ea1ab09

At that moment.e0b6e0d331b4520b

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“Excuse me.”f26243f89197e1b7

A maid e5e305e352 approached gracefully 6958771e5b and began 468a7b20dc pouring tea.e387b4a7466cdee8

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With the db80c39b60 soft sound 3d3ce3c455 of the c283aa2a14 tea being 09477de2d3 poured, she eb05b24aaf smiled kindly 19ffadc73b and spoke.548e81f934579064

“The young Duke Cerno a4f6760a68 was delayed in receiving db21b4bfff the news due to 09db847830 unforeseen circumstances, but he 47898bf0a1 sent a gift this 7dcf6c1b95 morning as an apology 8f91d346c4 and will visit today ea0f249240 to express his regrets.”cf780402aec20fc9

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She was a 1db4de7dad count’s daughter, serving d4467c6436 as the head 4761a7e3c5 maid and my b70984cf8d closest attendant.969b9bc8a4e7b20e

The emperor 29ef481a03 slightly furrowed 5d41eeabb4 his brow, 25598ef862 his expression 4a0a72786f suggesting displeasure 1b4691cdc5 at the d91f2f826d maid’s audacity cd026a92f0 for interrupting ce80e06eb2 the conversation 3611e943fd of the f40e00f4c0 royal family 9828fe9446 without permission.74a6a62e6983cb86

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As expected, a9e2d212ba she immediately 342613b301 bowed and 37e2c986d2 apologized.f7f997176d80745c

“Oh, I’m so 41257e58db sorry. That was thoughtless 952fb3f031 of me. I’m too familiar 63d5fa8a59 with the princess, e7b6a2dc89 and I seem a3a95aae39 to have forgotten d908f827cd my place.”616cf0d07374e3c3

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She was b1083e50cf trying to c25d820ad1 smooth things d35b2e94f0 over by db6dd02689 claiming to e20d9be5a4 be close 3ff01eba52 to me.d5cc65a1599b321c

She had intervened, knowing 461477744e it was inappropriate, just 5353b81e60 to take Simon’s side.e612e391320ebac3

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‘In the past, I would have let this slide…’29c57a6b9a67310c

But now 5ad7f76d89 that I 25fe92da56 could see 6abfe57b63 through the 332ad8df52 maids’ intentions, 4ce5500fbf I didn’t 86d6dee1a4 want to 707f2e951c let it 5a363e34c4 go so 34427308df easily.f8ac802fec26a35b

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And there e58cd300d4 was one 2544d4bbc7 more thing 1a02969a5c I wanted 9178a1e02b to confirm. Was it really true 32c4d11ad4 that the emperor didn’t 76e1808248 hate me?52d2d89d8d7f3a12

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My mind began cf021258a1 to race quickly.37ce53f154d34b9e