Chapter 14: Chapter 13. Fragnts of the past
The day when the funeral of the first Empress took place, the acting Empress rembered for the rest of her life. And it's not even that her sworn rival lost and left this world, but... her daughter.
The Bauer family, from which Valencia Gross le Bauer was born, could well be considered the official supplier of the empresses. The previous emperor chose her as a match for the Crown Prince, and the Empress taught her etiquette and the work of the imperial court from an early age.
All her life, Valencia has lived with the idea that one day she will inherit the glorious Ronan surna.
However, as it sotis happens, life can play a cruel joke.
By chance, the emperor ca hunting in the forest of Castinia and t a girl who lived there alone. He fell in love with her at first sight and took her with him to the Imperial Palace. This woman was so beautiful that she was even called "stunning."
Her na was Lysia.
Soon, a commoner who appeared out of nowhere beca the most talked about woman in high society. This unprecedented event turned the empire upside down. The people only said that the emperor had fallen in love with a certain beautiful lady and even intended to make her his empress.
Of course, this could not pass by the ears of the once forr bride of the royal family.
By the ti Valencia Gross le Bauer took her first steps, she began to be disciplined as the future wife of the emperor.
Now, when she was to beco empress, her place was taken by a rootless girl who ca from nowhere.
It sounded ridiculous.
However, this is exactly how her fate turned out.
The emperor, who had always been indifferent to her, smiled at the mysterious woman, joyfully held her hand and they received crowns as emperor and empress.
Valencia, who was raised to beco the future empress, received the title of concubine of the emperor and bowed to a commoner entering the Empress's palace, which she thought would one day beco her ho.
Could there be a greater humiliation?
Valencia Gross le Bauer thought she would never be able to co to terms with this.
Although she was destined to beco the first lady of the imperial palace, the woman began her life as one of the emperor's concubines. However, unlike the commoner who was brought by the emperor, she possessed the power and might of her noble family. Her life couldn't be called that bad. Most of the officials and high-ranking nobles were on her side.
The new Empress, on the contrary, was in a strange position, being the subject of intense attention and envy, as well as criticism and contempt. Lysia's low status did not match the pride of the nobles at all. No one wanted to bow to the Empress, who was just a commoner yesterday.
All these people were just waiting for an opportunity to overthrow the "rootless" Empress.
And soon they had such a chance.
The following winter, the emperor had a daughter, who by right of birth received the title of Crown Princess. The emperor, who was looking forward to the appearance of his firstborn with great impatience, was happy. But the mont he saw the newborn baby, his eyes trembled.
In the Reuvens Empire, all mbers of the royal family had blond hair that looked like molten gold. There was no one who didn't inherit them. But the girl who was born had dark brown hair and facial features that bore little resemblance to the emperor. This gave rise to various rumors.
Of course, the first one to spread unflattering statents about the Empress and her child was the eldest concubine.
A rumor quickly spread among the inhabitants of the palace about how "a dirty commoner wrapped His Majesty around her little finger," but in fact she was pregnant by soone else. And although there was no reliable evidence of this, people very quickly picked up this gossip and began spreading it.
In order to resolve all misunderstandings, the best imperial physician was invited to the palace — who conducted a kinship test. And contrary to the expectations of the concubine and the ministers, who were eager to execute the mother and child for deceiving the imperial family, the doctor gave out sothing completely unexpected.
— The genes of His Majesty and the Crown Princess are the sa. They really are related to each other.
Thus, the vile rumors that haunted the princess and her mother were finally dispelled. But the lull didn't last long.
Very soon, a new reason for heated discussions appeared in high society.
Detractors began to actively spread the version that the Empress, in fact, was a witch. Otherwise, how would a pathetic commoner have managed to enchant the emperor so quickly? In addition, the woman had dark hair. And this color, as you know, belongs to witches.
As the voices of the gossips grew louder, the emperor, for his part, could not ignore them and eventually began to distance himself from his wife and daughter.
Although the emperor initially favored his wife, it was difficult for him to have warm feelings for a child who was completely unlike him. Besides, there had been sothing frightening about his daughter since she was born. The Emperor felt it in his gut every ti he approached her. Especially the look of her golden eyes, a rare color in the empire, as if they belonged to so otherworldly being rather than a human.
Thus, yielding to the influence of his advisers and the imperial court, the emperor sent the empress away from the central palace. She was moved to the western one, located on the corner of the Imperial City.
Lizzie's life turned out to be truly miserable.
Since she was a commoner and had no like-minded people in the palace, she beca an easy target for harassnt from people. Especially when her only support, the emperor, left her.
For a long ti, the Empress lived a sad and pitiful life, she was rcilessly bullied to such an extent that even the laundresses ignored and ridiculed her.
— Kaena, my poor daughter... You have to survive. Be silent, be silent and live. You have to survive. Do you understand ?
She hugged her daughter. Tears were streaming down her cheeks.
Although the Empress was harassed, her daughter's life was no better.
Despite the fact that Kaena was the crown princess, the children of the nobles and even the servants mocked her, calling her a "princess from the slums
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