Chapter 10:
I looked around in panic. The chancellor and the priestess looked at and the emperor with gentle smiles. The dowager empress was glaring at as if she wanted to kill right here.
The emperor and the dowager empress were forcing into giving an answer. Whichever response I give, one of them will never forgive .
The dowager empress asked again, “What would you like to do?”
I looked at the emperor and the dowager empress again. I had no choice but to turn one of them into my enemy. No matter what, I was now in the middle of their fight.
In reality, there was nothing for to decide. There was only one right answer.
I opened my mouth slowly. “Your Highness, I... accept your proposal.”
The ga now began. I knew exactly who my enemy was. However, I wasn’t sure if my ally was truly on my side.
The first wife.
This was a position of unusual status in Cransia empire.
In this world, the emperor could have more than one legal wife. The Empress, on the other hand, was not only the emperor’s wife but his partner as well. She had the sa ruling authority as her husband.
The first wife was in control of all of the emperor’s won other than the Empress.
Obviously, the empress was not to be chosen for love. It had to be a calculated political move. A daughter of an influential family often was chosen. The power she wielded was too great to be given to just anyone. It had to be soone the emperor could trust with absolute certainty.
When the empress was chosen, the first wife was often selected at the sa ti. The first wife was usually chosen from the sa family as the empress, so that the two won in power, the empress and the first wife, would work in harmony and with absolute power. Therefore, it wasn’t uncommon for the sisters or the cousins of the sa family to marry the emperor at the sa ti.
If the empress beca ill or couldn’t perform her duties for whatever reasons, the first wife took over the position of power.
Of course, there were exceptions.
The first wife didn’t always turn out to be the empress’s ally. For example, the dowager empress was originally the forr emperor’s first wife. She plotted against the previous empress and was able to dethrone her. That was how Katleyanira beca the Empress herself.
On the other hand, there were also plenty of first wives in history who cared for and protected all of the emperor’s wives, concubines, and children.
It was a fair statent to say that the first wife set the tone of the royal family.
Therefore, this was a very important position. I had to ask.
“Why did you appoint as your first wife?”
Gorgeous murderous emperor.
My husband Lucretius.
He was giving a description of what my position entailed on our wedding night.
I felt like screaming as he answered nonchalantly, “Just because.”
Oh, I was going crazy.
“Are you nuts?!”
I scread without thinking. Suddenly I realized how loud I was and looked around nervously.
Thankfully, we were in the bedroom prepared for the first wife of the emperor. In this room were just and the emperor. It wasn’t as big as the emperor’s room, but it was still huge. There was no way people could hear from outside.
The emperor sat on a sofa and watched with a blank expression. I shrieked.
“Just say sothing!”
“What would you like to say?”
“An excuse. An explanation, Anything!”
He frowned and placed his tal cup on the table loudly. He looked angry.
I got scared suddenly.
He stood up and walked towards slowly. Every ti he took a step, I took a step backward involuntarily. Soon, I could feel the wall against my back.
I was sweating again. I was so stupid!
This man in front of killed his own father, and he beca the new emperor of this world. It would be so easy for him to shut up.
When I looked up nervously, Lucretius grinned in satisfaction.
Oh! I had to admit he was the most gorgeous guy I had ever t. I would have fallen for him except for the fact that I rembered the feeling of his dagger against my neck last night.
I blurted out whatever was on my mind without thinking.
“E, even if you smile like that, I won’t fall for you.”
“...”
...what the hell did I just say? Have I finally gone crazy? Did I lose my mind?
What the hell!
“Hahahahaha!!!” He laughed loudly.
He laughed for a long ti. Even his laugh was beautiful. I gawked at him in shock.
He was laughing so hard he started to cry a little. Wiping away his tears, he said to .
“You are very good at surprising .”
“I’m glad you find funny.”
“I see you are good at sarcasm too.”
What did he want from ? I just couldn’t tell.
With his laugh, I regained my courage. I had to get as much information as possible. I lowered my voice and complained again.
“What’s with getting to be your first wife?”
“...shouldn’t you thank first?”
“What? Why?”
“I saved you from the empress, I an, the dowager empress. You were about to be sent to hell, but I pulled you out to heaven. Of course, you should thank .”
“What?”
He returned to the sofa and sat down again. He picked up the cup again and drank from it.
His behavior was very similar to that of the forr emperor last night. Like father like son. The only difference was that the forr emperor was a pig, while this guy was stunning.
Oh, the power of beauty.
He explained to .
“You were about to beco the fifteenth concubine to a 70-year-old man, but now, you are the first wife of this young handso emperor. On top of that, I don’t have an empress yet. You are the only wife so far. Of course, you should be on your knees thanking .”
“And this is the reward you promised ?”
He nodded. My anger rose.
I walked towards him. I grabbed the cup away from his hand and gulped it down.
I placed the cup down on the table loudly and continued, “When you give soone a reward, you should at least ask the recipient if she or he wants it! WHO SAID I WANTED THIS STUPID REWARD!”
He looked genuinely surprised.
Oh, it felt good to yell at him. Finally, I got him!
I poured another drink from the silver flask. Golden liquid filled the cup quickly. It was strong, but it tasted amazingly sweet and fragrant.
“You! You’ve never had to work on building a proper [human relationship], have you?”
“What? [Human relationship]? What’s that?”
“Don’t people tell you that you are rude and selfish? If you acted like that, you would be [bullied] if you went to [my high school.] Well, maybe not since you are good looking.”
I continued to drink. Lucretius seed confused at the use of my old language.
As I drank, my tongue started to feel uncontrollably heavy.
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