I Married the Terminally Ill Emperor - Chapter 49

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I Married a Terminally Ill Emperor

Chapter 49

“Princess, hello. It’s such an honor to meet you like this—”

“Noisy.”

“Your Highness, do you remember me? We greeted each other at the Krzea Empire party before—”

“I don’t know.”

“Your Highness, you’re so beautiful—”

“Boring.”

Tiara coldly dismissed the young ladies who approached her in a friendly manner and passed by.

The young ladies couldn’t dare approach her any closer due to her cold attitude.

Soon, Tiara walked straight toward Lady Yofron, who stood out the most at the party venue.

Lady Yofron, who had been surrounded by other young ladies, slightly bowed as if she had just noticed her.

“Welcome, Princess.”

“Welcome? Anyone listening would think you’re the owner of this Imperial Palace Garden.”

At Tiara’s cold remark, Lady Yofron didn’t flinch and smiled brightly, raising the corners of her eyes.

“Please don’t misunderstand, Your Highness. I simply greeted you that way out of my heart as a noble of the Empire welcoming a princess from a foreign country.”

The gazes of the two beauties clashing in midair were fierce.

“I have no intention of having an empress or anything like that.”

“How about showing some courtesy in a foreign country?”

Lady Yofron’s red eyes deepened as if they were blazing with fire.

“If you want to see me being courteous, become prettier.”

Tiara turned around with eyes that showed she was too bothered to deal with this anymore, when her eyes suddenly widened.

“…!”

Ignoring Lady Yofron who was making a fuss behind her, Tiara carefully observed a woman who was peeking out from behind a large tree.

Her widened eyes were gradually narrowing.

Meanwhile, Dahlia, who had made direct eye contact with Princess Tiara, wore a troubled expression.

Another staring contest? She couldn’t understand why everyone challenged her to staring contests whenever they saw her.

Dahlia decided to avoid it this time and turned her gaze toward Annie. She wanted no more commotion.

But Annie’s eyes were gradually widening.

“Why? What’s wrong—”

“You… what are you doing here?”

Princess Tiara had approached at some point and asked in a cold voice.

Dahlia turned around with startled rabbit eyes.

“Do you know me?”

“Ha, you think I wouldn’t know? Dahl—”

“Oh my!”

Dahlia quickly knocked over a teacup from the table onto the floor on purpose.

Princess Tiara, whose words were suddenly cut off, raised one eyebrow.

“I’m sorry. I acted carelessly in front of Your Highness. I’m Ria Hudran. You must have mistaken me for someone else.”

Then Princess Tiara nodded with a thoughtful expression.

“I see. So you’re going to pretend to be fake?”

Dahlia’s eyes widened as much as they could.

No one heard that, right? Looking around, fortunately no one was paying attention to them.

“That’s not it—”

“Cooperate.”

Dahlia stared at Princess Tiara with a bewildered expression.

“Why should I cooper— Ah.”

As she was about to ask the princess for a reason, Annie gently stepped on her shoe without hurting her. Only then did Dahlia realize her mistake and let out an awkward laugh.

Tiara’s cold gaze now turned to Annie. Princess Tiara looked Annie up and down and slightly frowned her beautiful forehead.

“You’re still attached.”

“You have a good memory, Your Highness.”

“Your master must have a terrible memory.”

“My master has a habit of not remembering useless things.”

Sparks flew from the eyes of the two people who spoke without backing down an inch.

Dahlia, who was suddenly caught between the two, hunched her shoulders.

Scary. These two people.

“And please let go of Ria’s hand now.”

Huh? Hand?

Only then did Dahlia see that her hand was being held by the princess. When did she grab it?

As Dahlia tried to pull her hand away, the princess gripped it tightly.

“Don’t tell me you still haven’t fixed that habit?”

Annie sighed deeply watching this scene.

“Annie, do you know Princess?”

Dahlia asked with a puzzled look.

Annie had been attached to her like one body since childhood. Naturally, she had never visited the Krzea Empire, so how could they know each other so well?

Could it be that they met during the time when she had lost her memory?

“She can’t help herself when she sees something pretty.”

As Annie said this while staring directly at Dahlia, Dahlia tilted her head.

What’s the relationship between pretty things and my hand?

“So, you’re Lady Ria Hudran?”

“…Yes.”

Although it seemed like the princess knew her true identity, Dahlia decided to stick with the lie for now.

The princess looked her up and down as if appraising her, then nodded to herself.

“Hmm, yes. I wouldn’t mind giving you the empress position. Then we could meet often.”

Huh? Not understanding the princess’s words, Dahlia looked at her with a ‘surely not’ expression. She couldn’t be talking about the empress of this empire, right?

“Your Highness. Aren’t your reckless words too much?”

“For a mere noble lady, you’re quite insubordinate, aren’t you?”

A second round broke out between the two people glaring at each other.

I wish someone would rescue me.

As Dahlia was caught in the middle and withering under their piercing gazes, Marchioness Sondo stood up from her seat.

“I would like to express my gratitude to Princess Tiara of Krzea who graced this occasion today, the nobles from foreign countries, and the beautiful young ladies of the Empire. Today, I have invited someone whom the young ladies would want to see more than anyone else, so I hope you all have a wonderful time.”

Marchioness Sondo elegantly raised her head and looked toward the garden entrance.

“His Majesty the Emperor enters.”

A servant announced loudly from the garden entrance.

Color instantly returned to the young ladies’ faces as they all busily checked their dresses.

Meanwhile, Emperor Gray, dressed in military uniform, entered the garden with a picture-perfect smile.

The young ladies had to struggle not to scream at the Emperor’s beautiful appearance.

“We greet His Majesty the Emperor.”

Everyone in the garden politely bowed to him.

“Everyone, please enjoy the party comfortably.”

With his permission, the young ladies raised their heads and glanced at the Emperor while pretending to drink tea.

“It’s been a while, Marchioness.”

The Emperor smiled and approached the Marchioness to greet her.

“Welcome, Your Majesty. Thank you so much for accepting my invitation.”

Marchioness Sondo bowed her head slightly.

Watching her, a question arose in the Emperor’s eyes.

What could be the reason for inviting him to this gathering when she knew well that he usually kept his distance from women?

“I know Your Majesty would be uncomfortable, but it was unavoidable to quell the strange rumors.”

“Strange rumors?”

“Yes. That Your Majesty is keeping a woman hidden away.”

“Such rumors are circulating? That seems better than the old rumors about me preferring men, doesn’t it?”

The Marchioness looked at him with pitying eyes.

“You know how much I care for Your Majesty, don’t you?”

He nodded silently.

The Marchioness was the very person who had helped him whenever the Former Emperor pushed women into his chambers.

Currently, she was also serving as the mistress of the Imperial Palace in the absence of an Empress.

Since he had received her help in many ways, he had accepted this invitation as well.

“For Your Majesty, who must soon hold a royal wedding, no rumors of any kind are good. If you interact with many ladies like this and find a good match, wouldn’t those baseless rumors also die down?”

The Marchioness gently persuaded him.

Emperor Gray was already feeling nauseous from the passionate gazes of the women directed at him, but he concealed it with a perfect smile on the surface.

“I’ll try.”

“Thank you. I should leave Your Majesty be now. The young ladies are waiting so eagerly for you like that.”

The Marchioness smiled warmly and moved away, gently waving her fan.

Emperor Gray suppressed his desire to flee from this place immediately and slowly turned around.

He chuckled inwardly as he watched the busy glances wondering how to approach him.

Just then, he saw a young lady approaching him with a handkerchief. She pretended to accidentally drop the handkerchief in front of him.

“Oh my, my handkerchief…”

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