Remarried Empress

ad hit the nail on the head or because he hadn’t thought of this, but I kept talking,

“How are you so sure that one year won’t turn into two? What if you have a second child in that time, will it be extended?”

“Navier.”

“A year later, even if you keep your word—”

Just then the music ended.
Sovieshu and I reflexively stopped.

The distance between us was still close because of our posture at the end of the dance.

I continued quickly in a low voice, “I don’t want to raise nor be the mother of Your Majesty’s child with Rashta, I would not like it if after raising that child to reject me growing up, hearing words like ‘its mother’s enemy’.”

When I finished speaking, I took two steps back and looked at him.

Sovieshu looked even more surprised.
His mouth was slightly open and his complexion was pale.

Anyone who looked at him would realize that I had said something to him.

After a moment, I bowed politely, turned, and walked away.

We had only exchanged a few words, but I was already tired.

Fortunately, after Heinley, Duke Elgy, and Sovieshu asked me to dance one after another, no one else did.

Was it also mentally exhausting for him? I glanced at Sovieshu as I sipped my drink, he too was sitting in a chair and did not dance again.

Duke Elgy was talking with other young nobles.

Heinley, who was next to me, seemed to want to dance with me again…

“I’m sorry.”

I didn’t have the strength, so I didn’t want to dance again.

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“It’s alright.
Tomorrow we’ll have another chance.”

Tomorrow will be the second reception, which will probably have a masquerade ball as its theme.

The mere mention of ‘masquerade ball’ brought back bad memories.

Even the thought of having to attend a third reception made me feel terribly exhausted.

But I didn’t want Heinley to worry, so I smiled and nodded.

At that moment, I heard many voices from a distance.
They were voices of surprise and admiration.

What’s wrong?

Looking in that direction, I saw a lot of people gathered in that area.

Is someone doing some interesting stunt?

Although I was curious, I didn’t feel like going to see it.

I calmed down and ate the pineapple slices Heinley had brought me.

Rose, who had been walking around for a while, came up to me and said, “Your Majesty the Queen.
That… person.”

Rose seemed reluctant to say her name, but I could imagine who she was referring to.

She was talking about Rashta.

Rose was on my side, so it was hard for her to call Rashta ‘Her Majesty the Empress’ in front of me.

When I nodded and stared at her, Rose whispered, “In celebration of her marriage, she will donate a large sum of money to numerous institutions in need of help, such as orphanages and nursing homes.”

“Really?”

“Yes, about twenty million krangs.”

“…Seriously?”

“It’s a huge amount.
That’s why everyone is so impressed.”

Twenty million krangs…

Trying to contain my laughter, I opened my fan to cover my mouth.

It was exactly the amount of the promissory notes I had left.

I advised her not to use them under her name because it could lead to problems.

How could she do it so openly?

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Is Rashta smart or the opposite?

But it’s already done.
This could raise her reputation, or cause her problems.
Now it all depended on her luck for ignoring my warning.

***

However, after returning to my room that day, I couldn’t stop thinking about it.

Should I have been more specific in the letter?

I didn’t give her an exact explanation as to why I shouldn’t use that money on her behalf.

In a way…

I didn’t because I thought Rashta would naturally understand as soon as she saw the promissory notes.

If things weren’t going to get complicated, I might have let it slide this once.

But after Rashta’s behavior today, I wondered if I should explain the situation to her in more detail.

There was another part of me that objected, ‘Why should I? She is the Empress now.
Besides, I was not an empress who left her position on her own accord, but an empress who was ousted and forced to divorce.’

After careful consideration, I finally made a decision, I would only tell her what was necessary to put my mind at ease.

And the next day, the masquerade ball began and as soon as I walked in, I saw Rashta.

There she is.

But as I was about to call Rashta over to talk, I became concerned as I remembered how she had thrown herself on the floor and insisted that my brother had pushed her.

Is there any guarantee that she won’t do it again while we’re talking?

Thinking about it for a moment, I came up with an excellent idea.

An excellent idea to be able to talk to Rashta alone and prevent her from lying like that again.

I waited for the opportunity patiently, then approached Rashta and proposed, “Your Majesty the Empress, will you dance with me?”

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