Synopsis and Starting Chapter Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Chapter 27
Chapter 28
Chapter 29
Chapter 30
Chapter 31
Chapter 32
Chapter 33
Chapter 34
Chapter 35
Chapter 36
Chapter 37
Chapter 38
Chapter 39
Chapter 40
Chapter 41
Chapter 42
Chapter 43
Chapter 44
Chapter 45
Chapter 46
Chapter 47
Chapter 48
Chapter 49
Chapter 50
Chapter 51
Chapter 52
Chapter 53
Chapter 54
Chapter 55
Chapter 56
Chapter 57
Chapter 58
Chapter 59
Chapter 60
Chapter 61
Chapter 62
Chapter 63
Chapter 64
Chapter 65
Chapter 66
Chapter 67
Chapter 68
Chapter 69
Chapter 70
Chapter 71
Chapter 72
Chapter 73
Chapter 74
Chapter 75
Chapter 76
Chapter 77
Chapter 78
Chapter 79
Chapter 80
Chapter 81
Chapter 82
Chapter 83
Chapter 84
Chapter 85
Chapter 86
Chapter 87
Chapter 88
Chapter 89
Chapter 90 - Light And Shadow>
Chapter 91
Chapter 92
Chapter 93
Chapter 94
Chapter 95
Chapter 96
Chapter 97
Chapter 98
Chapter 99
Chapter 100
Chapter 101
Chapter 102
Chapter 103
Chapter 104
Chapter 105
Chapter 106
Chapter 107
Chapter 108
Chapter 109
Chapter 110
Chapter 111
Chapter 112 - The Morning Comes>
Chapter 113
Chapter 114
Chapter 115
Chapter 116
Chapter 117
Chapter 118 - After The Storm
Chapter 119
Chapter 120
Chapter 121
Chapter 122
Chapter 123
Chapter 124
Chapter 125
Chapter 126
Chapter 127
Chapter 128
Chapter 129
Chapter 130
Chapter 131
Chapter 132 -
Chapter 133
Chapter 134 - Epilogue 1.3
Chapter 135 - Epilogue 2.1: Traces Of Life
Chapter 136
Chapter 137 - Epilogue 2.3
Chapter 138
Chapter 139
Chapter 140
Chapter 141 - Epilogue 4.1: Ever After>
Chapter 142 - Epilogue 4.2
Chapter 143 - Epilogue 4.3
Chapter 144 - Epilogue 5.1>
Chapter 145 - Epilogue 5.2
Chapter 146 - The Most Romantic Weekend>
Chapter 147 - Short Stories 1.2
Chapter 148 -
Chapter 149 -
Chapter 150 -
Chapter 151 -
Chapter 152 -
Chapter 153 -
Chapter 154 - Short Stories 3.1: Unexpected Things Happen>
Chapter 155 - Short Stories 3.2>
Chapter 156 -
Chapter 157 -
Chapter 158 -
Chapter 159 -
Chapter 160 -
Chapter 161 - Short Stories 5.1: The Man Behind The Mask>
Chapter 162
Chapter 163
Chapter 164 -
Chapter 165 -
Chapter 166
Chapter 167 - Short Stories 6.2
Chapter 168 - Short Stories 6.3
Chapter 169
Chapter 170
Chapter 171
Chapter 172
Chapter 173
Chapter 174
Chapter 175
Chapter 176
Chapter 177
Chapter 178
Chapter 179
Chapter 180
Chapter 181
Chapter 182
Chapter 183
Chapter 184
Chapter 185
Chapter 186
Chapter 187
Chapter 188
Chapter 189 (End)
Categories Genre: All, Completed, Fantasy Status: Completed ______
Total Chapters in book: 189
Estimated words: 290059 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 1450(@200wpm)___ 1160(@250wpm)___ 967(@300wpm)
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I looked around in panic. The chancellor and the priestess looked at me and the emperor with gentle smiles. The dowager empress was glaring at me as if she wanted to kill me right here.
The emperor and the dowager empress were forcing me into giving an answer. Whichever response I give, one of them will never forgive me.
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 me to decide. There was only one right answer.
I opened my mouth slowly. “Your Highness, I… accept your proposal.”
The game 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 same ruling authority as her husband.
The first wife was in control of all of the emperor’s women 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 someone the emperor could trust with absolute certainty.
When the empress was chosen, the first wife was often selected at the same time. The first wife was usually chosen from the same family as the empress, so that the two women 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 same family to marry the emperor at the same time.
If the empress became 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 former emperor’s first wife. She plotted against the previous empress and was able to dethrone her. That was how Katleyanira became 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 statement 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 me as your first wife?”
Gorgeous murderous emperor.
My husband Lucretius.
He was giving me 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 screamed 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 me 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 me from outside.
The emperor sat on a sofa and watched me with a blank expression. I shrieked.
“Just say something!”
“What would you like me to say?”
“An excuse. An explanation, Anything!”
He frowned and placed his metal cup on the table loudly. He looked angry.
I got scared suddenly.
He stood up and walked towards me slowly. Every time 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 me killed his own father, and he became the new emperor of this world. It would be so easy for him to shut me up.
When I looked up nervously, Lucretius grinned in satisfaction.
Oh! I had to admit he was the most gorgeous guy I had ever met. I would have fallen for him except for the fact that I remembered 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 time. 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 me.
“You are very good at surprising me.”
“I’m glad you find me funny.”
“I see you are good at sarcasm too.”
What did he want from me? 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 me to be your first wife?”
“…shouldn’t you thank me first?”
“What? Why?”
“I saved you from the empress, I mean, the dowager empress. You were about to be sent to hell, but I pulled you out to heaven. Of course, you should thank me.”
“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 former emperor last night. Like father like son. The only difference was that the former emperor was a pig, while this guy was stunning.
Oh, the power of beauty.
He explained to me.
“You were about to become the fifteenth concubine to a 70-year-old man, but now, you are the first wife of this young handsome 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 me.”
“And this is the reward you promised me?”
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 someone 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 seemed confused at the use of my old language.
As I drank, my tongue started to feel uncontrollably heavy.
Total Chapters in book: 189
Estimated words: 290059 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 1450(@200wpm)___ 1160(@250wpm)___ 967(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 290059 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 1450(@200wpm)___ 1160(@250wpm)___ 967(@300wpm)
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