I Married the Terminally Ill Emperor - Chapter 51

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I Married a Terminally Ill Emperor

Chapter 51

Seeing Dahlia standing there with a troubled expression, his brow furrowed involuntarily.

Those siblings’ obsession with beauty was beyond imagination. Every time they came to Ruusephon, how much had they tormented him? Now that the princess had caught their attention, it would become quite a headache going forward.

“What are you even doing here?”

Did she want to hide her identity or not? Shouldn’t she be trying to stay out of sight as much as possible?

“I was invited…”

Even though he had suppressed his killing intent, there must have been some energy left as she stepped back as if avoiding him.

“I thought you wanted to avoid people’s attention as much as possible.”

“How did you know that?”

Dahlia asked with wide eyes.

At her innocent reaction, Emperor Gray frowned again and stared at her intently.

As he just stared at her silently without saying anything, she glanced around nervously and lowered her eyes.

“I really want to avoid attention, but I think I’ve been noticed, so I’m so tired…”

At that moment, her long eyelashes slowly lifted and then quickly closed.

Thud. She buried her head in his chest like a doll whose strings had been cut.

Annie was startled and tried to quickly catch Dahlia, but he grabbed her first.

“My lady, you have a headache? Oh my. This is serious.”

Emperor Gray deliberately spoke loudly enough for people to hear, then began carrying her and quickly leaving the party venue.

Annie hurriedly followed behind them.

A great commotion arose among the ladies remaining in the tea party hall.

“Wasn’t that person just talking with His Majesty?”

“Did His Majesty just catch that woman who collapsed?”

“How could this happen?”

“Come to think of it, that lady has pink hair, doesn’t she?”

“Surely she’s not the same person as the pink-haired woman rumored to have been carried to the Main Palace by His Majesty the Emperor?”

The murmuring gradually spread.

Among those persistently staring at the Emperor’s rapidly disappearing figure was Lady Yofron.

Meanwhile, at the very back, Marchioness Sondo, who had been watching the Emperor’s actions with interest and smiling, leisurely picked up her teacup.

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Two days had passed since then.

Dahlia, who had been lying on the bed as if she were part of it, slightly turned her head at the sharp gaze she felt from behind.

“Annie. Did I do something wrong again?”

“Why won’t you go outside? You were diligently going around outside for a while.”

“The Emperor doesn’t like women…”

Dahlia mumbled in a sad voice as if she had been betrayed.

“It’s not like you didn’t know that already.”

Annie looked down at the princess with an incredulous expression.

“There’s a difference between knowing something from hearing about it and actually seeing it.”

Dahlia still buried her face in the pillow with a sad expression.

“Just because the Emperor doesn’t like women, you’re going to suffer locked up in your room for two days?”

“The Emperor has to get married.”

Annie pressed her throbbing head firmly. She decided to just ignore this repetitive topic and do her own work.

“If you keep lying there like that, you’ll grow mold.”

“I won’t! I’ve only been here for two days this time!”

Dahlia protested with an aggrieved expression.

But Annie firmly shook her head.

“You will.”

Dahlia protested with her eyes to Annie while slowly getting up.

“Lady Ria. Then how about horseback riding?”

Cole, who had been listening to their conversation from behind, suggested.

“Horses?”

Color returned to Dahlia’s face.

“Yes. You usually enjoy it, but you haven’t done it at all since coming here. I confirmed that there are dedicated stables in the palace.”

“That’s a good idea. It would be very good for preventing mold.”

When Annie added her comment, Dahlia energetically got out of bed.

“Great!”

Dahlia, who had changed into riding clothes, headed to the stables assigned to Crystal Palace. In the Empire, a nation of knights, each palace had its own dedicated stables.

“Oh my! Welcome! Thank you so much for visiting us!”

A middle-aged stable master greeted the two with great enthusiasm.

Dahlia and Cole exchanged puzzled looks. Wasn’t he being a bit too happy?

“I’ve worked at this palace for over ten years, but not a single person has come looking for horses.”

When the stable master explained the reason on his own, Dahlia nodded.

“I’ll bring the horses out right away.”

Soon the stable master led out one white horse and one black horse.

Dahlia approached the white horse and stroked its head.

“You’re pretty. Please take good care of me today.”

The white horse pulled its head back as if it understood and neighed long.

“The horse is really gentle.”

“These are the two most docile ones in our stables.”

The stable master who had put saddles on the horses took white roots from his pocket and fed them to the horses.

“What’s that?”

“I’m giving the guys a reward to take good care of you two. It’s their favorite snack.”

“Really? What’s it called? I want to bring some to my own horse.”

When Dahlia asked with a curious expression, the stable master awkwardly avoided her gaze.

“This is a secret technique passed down only in our family, so I can’t tell you. I’m sorry.”

“I see. My apologies.”

“Lady Ria, please mount.”

Cole checked the saddle once more and lifted her up onto the horse.

The white horse pranced, excited to run after a long time.

“Let’s go, Cole.”

“Yes.”

The white horse and black horse moved side by side.

The outskirts of the Imperial Palace were connected to the forest, so they were heading in that direction.

But even before reaching the forest, the white horse suddenly shook its head and began picking up speed.

“Whoa, whoa. Not yet.”

Dahlia lowered her body to maintain balance and tried to calm the white horse, but instead of slowing down, it went even faster.

“Neighhhh.”

“Lady Ria! You must stay together!”

Then the black horse that had been running after the white horse suddenly stopped and began spinning in place.

“Come on. Go forward!”

Cole urgently tried to change direction, but the black horse suddenly ran off in a different direction from the white horse.

“No!”

Cole immediately jumped off the frantically running horse and rolled on the ground. He felt pain as he landed wrong on his wrist, but hurriedly got up and looked in the direction the white horse had gone.

However, the white horse had already disappeared from sight.

“Lady Ria!!”

Cole ran urgently toward the forest with a pale face.

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“Do people with insomnia sleep at random times?”

The Emperor suddenly asked this question while moving to his office after finishing the meeting.

“That could be possible. People get into big trouble when they don’t get enough sleep. I’m also lacking sleep, so a vacation—”

“Look into the Princess a bit more.”

The Emperor coldly cut off Oreon’s pointless rambling.

“Yes.”

Just then, they saw a white horse frantically running toward the forest. Above it, a woman’s pink hair streamed long through the air.

“Prin…”

Before Oreon’s surprised words could finish, Gray rushed forward.

Even the nearest stables would take ten minutes from here.

Gray kept his gaze fixed so as not to lose sight of the direction she had disappeared, even while running at full speed.

Then, he spotted a knight heading toward the stables on horseback.

Gray hurriedly ran toward him.

The startled knight greeted him without even having time to dismount properly.

“I greet Emperor—”

“Get down!”

As soon as the knight hastily dismounted, Gray leaped up onto the horse. Then he rode swiftly toward the forest where she had disappeared.

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