I Married the Terminally Ill Emperor - Chapter 48

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I Married a Terminally Ill Emperor

Chapter 48

Coerin’s face was stained with disappointment.

However, to Viviana, she was already outside her interest.

“Dahlia, I’m going to greet my aunt and come back.”

“Yes. Please go ahead.”

When the Princess moved, Laura quickly followed behind her. Princess was more important than receiving an apology from Lady Sorina.

Several ladies from the group quietly followed and disappeared. However, the ladies who usually received jewelry gifts from Coerin remained behind her, hesitating.

“It seems I won the bet?”

At Dahlia’s words, Coerin’s eyes sharpened.

“Hmph. I didn’t really want a maid in the first place. Knowing the relationship between Princess and Emperor Gray, who would want to become Princess’s maid? Except for a lady whose family has fallen like that. You’re from a small kingdom yet there’s nowhere you don’t interfere. How impudent. Isn’t that right, ladies?”

“That’s right.”

“Exactly.”

The ladies chimed in one by one.

Dahlia quietly watched this scene and chuckled softly.

“Annie. You said the Baronet Sorina Family imports crystals from our kingdom?”

“Yes.”

“Oh my, an imperial baronet family has to import crystals from a ‘small’ kingdom. How pitiful, right?”

Only then did Coerin remember that her father’s business was deeply involved with the Foevern Kingdom. However, she couldn’t take back the words she had already spoken.

The Princess’s maid position had already fallen through, and if she retracted what she just said, her position in high society would narrow. Like that Laura Under.

She couldn’t do that. Just thinking about it brought waves of fear. High society was her everything.

“In business, mutual trust is most important, but is it right to deal with someone who speaks with a forked tongue? I guess not.”

“It’s already been conveyed. From the moment that lady pushed you.”

Annie’s cold gaze pierced Coerin.

“You, you can’t possibly have that kind of influence, can you?”

Coerin’s pupils trembled.

“I don’t, but Ria does.”

When Annie spoke as if it were obvious, Dahlia nodded beside her.

“Hmph, what could that woman possibly do!”

That’s when it happened.

“Miss!”

A maid rushed over urgently and called to Coerin.

“What’s wrong?”

Coerin glared fiercely at the family maid who had suddenly interrupted.

“Something terrible has happened!”

The maid spoke with a face that looked ready to burst into tears.

“Why?”

“A servant just came, and the family’s crystal business has been completely suspended and the promissory notes have defaulted. The Viscount says to come in quickly. He says it’s all because of you, miss, and to drag you back even if necessary…”

“…What?”

Coerin asked back with a dazed expression, while the ladies who had remained by her side until the end began to back away after exchanging glances.

“Oh my, I suddenly have a headache.”

“Me too. I think I ate something wrong.”

“Let’s go together.”

Coerin slowly turned her gaze to Dahlia with a soul-lost expression.

Dahlia gestured with pitying eyes.

“Go quickly. It seems something big has happened to your family.”

“H-h-how…”

Coerin spoke with a trembling voice, when the maid grabbed and pulled her.

“Miss, you need to go quickly.”

“Wait. I have something to say to that lady-“

Then, other maids who couldn’t bear to watch grabbed Coerin’s arms and dragged her away.

At that pitiful sight, the ladies attending the tea party murmured among themselves.

Soon only two people remained, and Dahlia looked at Annie with surprised eyes.

“Did you completely ruin that family?”

“It seems a certain someone who learned you were pushed became quite angry.”

Annie explained with a calm expression.

Elder Brother must have found out.

Dahlia shook her head with a troubled expression.

Meanwhile, as curious gazes from the surrounding ladies poured in, Dahlia whispered to Annie.

“I was trying to stay quiet, but it’s ruined again.”

She let out a deep sigh when she heard movement behind her. It was the Princess’s group who had returned after greeting the Marchioness.

“Let’s go over there. That spot looks quiet.”

Laura pointed to under a large tree where there were no people.

“Thank you, Lady Under.”

“I’m more grateful. I’m always receiving help from you. Thank you.”

“I haven’t done anything though.”

Dahlia widened her eyes and waved her hands.

Laura looked at her curiously. It wasn’t pretending to be modest, but she seemed to genuinely think that way.

Others try to show off somehow when they do good deeds. Her respect for her grew abundantly.

“I want to become someone who can help you too.”

Dahlia was about to politely decline when she spotted a woman and paused.

She was the most eye-catching lady here, with flamboyant red hair like flames and ruby-red eyes.

Why hadn’t she noticed her earlier, surrounded by ladies like a queen bee?

No matter how excellent Annie’s information network was, it couldn’t surpass Laura, who had been a member of the Empire’s high society. From her position of needing to find the Emperor a match, even a little information was appreciated.

“Since I don’t know anything about the Empire’s high society, I’d be grateful if Lady Under could help me. Could you tell me about that person?”

“Ah, that’s Lady Anasta Yofron.”

“What’s the relationship between her and Emperor Gray?”

Dahlia diligently asked her new information source, Laura.

“Emperor Gray has no close relationships with any ladies.”

Laura smiled awkwardly while glancing at the Princess.

“But she’s so pretty!”

Dahlia lamented with a regretful expression.

Seeing this, Laura tilted her head.

Certainly, Lady Yofron was called the flower of high society in the Empire. However, compared to the beauty of Lady Hudran right before her eyes, she wanted to give the victory to Lady Hudran.

Doesn’t she know how pretty she is?

“Dahlia is prettier!”

Then, Viviana, who had been quiet, timidly interjected.

“Thank you, Bibi. You’re so lovely too.”

At Dahlia’s praise, Viviana shyly blushed.

“Thank you. But I don’t think I fit in places like this. Playing with Monet in the palace is much more fun.”

“I feel the same way as you, Bibi.”

Dahlia completely agreed. If it weren’t for finding the Emperor a marriage partner, she wouldn’t want to stay here for even a moment.

Listening to their conversation, Laura carefully suggested to the Princess.

“If you’re tired, shall we return now, Your Majesty?”

“Is that okay?”

“Of course. I already greeted the Marchioness, who is the host of the tea party.”

“Then I’ll go back and play with Monet. Dahlia, do you want to come with me?”

“I still have some unfinished business. I’ll visit the Palace soon.”

“Great!”

After the Imperial Princess’s party returned, Dahlia and Annie quietly hid in a corner. They wanted no more attention.

Just then, when a woman appeared, the noisy conversations at every table suddenly stopped all at once.

Long hair that seemed woven from silver thread. Ice-cold, shining pale blue eyes. The audience was overwhelmed by the mysterious atmosphere of the woman wearing a silver dress that sparkled brilliantly whenever it caught the sunlight.

“I never expected even that person to come.”

Annie pressed her temples firmly as if she had a headache.

“Who is she?”

Dahlia couldn’t take her eyes off the sparkling silver beauty.

“Princess Tiara Krzea.”

Annie whispered quietly in a somewhat anxious voice.

“Annie, you’re amazing. How did you know?”

While Dahlia was making a fuss, there was a commotion on the Princess’s side.

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