I Married the Terminally Ill Emperor - Chapter 37
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I Married a Terminally Ill Emperor
Chapter 37
“Did you have times like that too, Lady Ria?”
“Yes. When I was young. Sometimes that status becomes shackles instead.”
Annie thought she would never understand the weight of status that imperial and royal families carry.
“So what will you do now? Actually, I thought you would suggest going to the Princess Palace right away.”
Dahlia shook her head with a bitter expression.
“I’d like to, but I’m a guest here. If I suddenly visit the Princess Palace this late at night, they’ll never hand over Monet to hide their shame. I need to use a different approach.”
“But it’s strange that it’s so quiet when Princess disappeared this late at night.”
“No. I think that’s just the beginning.”
Her violet eyes, turned toward the window, deepened with anger.
Through the window, she could see a group approaching with flickering torchlight getting closer.
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The maids who had brought knights stood majestically in front of Crystal Palace.
A middle-aged knight took the lead and pounded fiercely on the door of Crystal Palace.
Bang bang bang.
The maids who had been sleeping rushed out with startled faces at the loud noise and quickly opened the door.
“What’s the matter?”
“Is Princess Viviana here?”
The middle-aged knight looked down at the maid and asked sharply.
“Pardon? Princess Viviana? No, only two noble ladies from the Kingdom of Foevern are staying here.”
The maid quickly reported the facts with a stiff face.
“Bring them here.”
“…They must be sleeping right now.”
“Hurry up!”
When the middle-aged knight shouted menacingly, the troubled maid signaled to another maid standing beside her.
The other maid hurried to go upstairs to find the ladies, but just then they could be seen coming down the stairs.
“The ladies are coming.”
The maid who opened the door breathed a sigh of relief.
Dahlia and Annie, who had changed into dresses, slowly came down to the lobby. Cole stood firmly behind them.
The maids belonging to the palace, the Princess’s maids, and even the knights who followed them. The Crystal Palace lobby was packed with people.
Dahlia turned her head toward the maids and gently commanded.
“I’ll handle this myself, so go inside and continue sleeping.”
“Yes, my lady.”
The maids looked wide awake, but their mistress’s orders came first.
When they left, the packed lobby had some breathing room.
“This is a palace where diplomatic officials from the Kingdom of Foevern stay. Is barging in like this in the middle of the night the way of the Ruusephon Empire?”
Annie looked over the maids and knights with cold eyes and spoke stiffly.
The knights who had followed here at Silvia’s persuasion exchanged troubled glances with each other.
Then Silvia, who had been standing behind the knights, pushed through them and stepped forward.
“How dare you kidnap Princess and act so brazen.”
“Think before you speak.”
Annie replied coldly as if she wasn’t worth dealing with.
“Then what reason would Princess have to come out personally this late at night? So it’s kidnapping.”
“Oh my. Even a small and weak woman like me could climb over the Imperial Palace walls, evade the Imperial Palace knights, and kidnap Princess – the palace security must be completely useless.”
Dahlia, who was standing next to Annie, nodded while speaking loudly to herself.
The knights’ expressions twisted at those words.
“You have no manners. That’s why you did such a thing.”
Silvia, receiving the knights’ sharp gazes, tried to redirect the arrow toward Dahlia while hiding her bewildered feelings.
“Who would be the rude person looking for manners after barging in at dawn when everyone else is sleeping?”
Dahlia tilted her head and asked with an innocent expression.
“Hey!”
Silvia raised her voice while fuming.
“I’m Ria Hudran. And you are?”
Dahlia stepped forward and stared directly at the maid in front.
“I’m Silvia Yuse. Is Princess here or not?”
“Why are you asking me that? Isn’t that something the Princess Palace should know?”
“If you’re so innocent, then you wouldn’t mind us searching this place, would you?”
Silvia looked confident.
“That won’t do.”
Dahlia smiled brightly and retorted.
“The way you’re trying to hide it proves you kidnapped Princess.”
Silvia’s eyes flashed cunningly like a snake that caught its prey.
“Knights. This person keeps saying you’re incompetent – won’t His Majesty scold you if you just stand there?”
Dahlia provoked the knights as if feeling sorry for them.
The knights looked at each other with confused eyes.
They had followed here because of the bribe they received from Silvia, but things were going strangely.
Far from being scared, the noble ladies were threatening them instead.
“What are you doing in front of these small women?”
Silvia raised her voice at the knights.
“Would a big man be better?”
Cole, who had been silently watching from behind, stood as if protecting Dahlia and Annie.
Pushed back by Cole’s warning gaze, Silvia stepped back and shouted irritably.
“Lady Hudran. Return Princess right now! Otherwise, I won’t let you-“
“Not letting me be means hitting me?”
Dahlia approached Silvia closely and whispered low, cutting off her words.
“Wh-what?”
The violet eyes staring directly at her were glowing brightly.
Silvia unconsciously swallowed and stepped back again.
I heard she was from a branch family, so why do I feel the dignity that I’ve only seen from the Emperor?
“I asked if you’re going to hit me too?”
Annie, watching from behind, clicked her tongue inwardly.
The Princess’s patience seemed to have reached its limit. And rightfully so.
As much as the Princess cherished young and weak children, she terribly hated those who bullied children, and that very person had appeared before her eyes.
When Silvia stepped back, Dahlia followed one step.
The moment she saw the maid taking the lead, she could guess who had hurt the children. As expected, she was the nanny who had been with the Princess.
She couldn’t forgive anyone who hit children. No matter who they were.
“What are you talking about?”
With nowhere left to retreat, Silvia snapped back spitefully.
“You hit Monet, didn’t you? Ah, according to your logic, people of high status can hit people of lower status as they please? Like this.”
Slap!
Dahlia used all her strength to strike Silvia’s cheek hard.
Silvia touched her struck cheek with her hand, looking dazed. Her cheek swelled up round immediately.
“Now that you’ve experienced violence firsthand, do you feel the pain? You’d better remember that positions can change at any time, just like now.”
Dahlia clenched the hand she had struck her with and gave a cold warning.
Silvia turned her head back to face forward and screamed sharply.
“Eeek! Catch that crazy woman right now!”
The moment the Kingdom of Foevern attacked first, the situation was reversed.
Just as the knights who had been watching the situation from behind were about to step forward boldly, Dahlia extended her hand to Cole.
Cole, who understood the Princess’s intention without words, drew his sword from its scabbard and held it out.
Taking Cole’s sword, Dahlia placed it against the marble floor of the lobby and drew a long line.
Screech—
A sharp, harsh noise echoed through the lobby.
Various gazes of surprise, bewilderment, and disgust focused on her.
In the center of those gazes, Dahlia’s eyes shone confidently.
“I invoke diplomatic immunity. I speak as Ria Hudran. From now on, anyone who crosses this line will be considered a threat to the Kingdom of Foevern, and I will report directly to His Majesty the Emperor of the Ruusephon Empire.”
Dahlia returned the sword to Cole and stared directly at Silvia, who was holding her cheek and seething with anger.
“I’ll make an exception for you alone. Can you come across by yourself?”
Silvia glared at Dahlia as if she wanted to kill her, grinding her teeth.
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