I Married the Terminally Ill Emperor - Chapter 70
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I Married a Terminally Ill Emperor
Chapter 70
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Emperor’s Office.
The Chief Chamberlain and Oreon stood side by side in front of the Emperor’s desk.
“Chief Chamberlain. Prepare for a wedding ceremony in secret.”
The Emperor gave the order casually, his gaze fixed on the documents.
“…I shall obey your command. Ho ho ho ho.”
The Chief Chamberlain, who had been momentarily speechless with surprise, answered respectfully and then couldn’t stop laughing.
“Whose wedding are you referring to? Your Majesty is the only one in the Imperial Palace who would be getting married.”
Oreon looked at the Emperor with a ‘surely not’ expression.
“Mine.”
Oreon stared at the Emperor with wide eyes, then quickly glanced at Ethan standing behind the Emperor.
What on earth does this mean? Do you know anything?
But Ethan also just shook his head slightly with wavering eyes.
Oreon shook his head to clear his thoughts and carefully chose his words.
“Your Majesty, to have a wedding ceremony, you need a bride. Who might the bride be? …Could it possibly be Princess Dahlia?”
“Yes.”
The Emperor answered bluntly, still focused on his documents.
“Wow, wow…”
“Ho ho ho.”
While the surprised Oreon could only utter exclamations, the Chief Chamberlain standing beside him burst into joyful laughter.
“The wedding will be in three months. We’ll skip the engagement ceremony.”
The Chief Chamberlain, who had been immersed in joy, suddenly stopped laughing with a pale face.
Oreon spoke up on behalf of the Chief Chamberlain with a bewildered expression.
“Three months? This is the wedding of Your Majesty and the Princess. It’s impossible to finish all those preparations in just three months.”
“Just keep it simple.”
“No, how can we keep it simple when two such distinguished people are getting married? You need to give us at least a year—”
“There’s no time.”
The Emperor finally looked up and coldly cut off Oreon’s words.
“Perhaps the Princess is carrying an heir—”
“Thwack!”
The Chief Chamberlain’s walking stick struck Oreon’s bottom hard.
“Ouch. Chief Chamberlain!”
“This fellow has no filter! How dare you speak such words!”
“Chief Chamberlain, you should listen to the end of what I’m saying! I was trying to say that if we rush like this, the nobles will surely gossip about such things!”
Oreon continued with an aggrieved expression.
“I don’t care whether they spread such nonsense or not. Proceed within three months.”
The Emperor commanded in an ice-cold voice.
Realizing from the Emperor’s firm tone that the wedding preparations absolutely had to be completed within three months, both men answered simultaneously.
“We obey Your Majesty’s command.”
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Under the early summer sunlight, hydrangeas dyed in deep blue and bright purple showed off their beauty in clusters. Thanks to this, it was the most popular walking path in the Imperial Palace.
There, the Emperor and Dahlia were taking a stroll.
They hadn’t encountered other people yet, but they would soon. And they would have to pretend to be in love with the Emperor for those people to see.
For her, who had never even had a first love, it felt overwhelming, but she had a secret weapon.
The countless romance novels she had devoured at the Star Palace!
According to romance novels, people in love get so nervous just looking at their beloved that they can’t look at them properly.
Dahlia looked up at the Emperor’s profile with passionate eyes, then lowered her gaze as if embarrassed, stole another glance, then dropped her gaze to the ground.
“What are you doing right now?”
He looked down at her with a bewildered expression.
Dahlia quickly scanned the surroundings. Around them were only Annie, Cole, and Ethan following behind them.
Even though there were only trustworthy people around, it would be trouble if someone overheard.
Dahlia pulled the Emperor’s sleeve toward her, then stood on her tiptoes and whispered in his ear.
“Pretending to be in love.”
“Looking at me and then looking away is pretending to be in love?”
As the Emperor turned his gaze toward her while listening to her whisper, their faces came close together.
Dahlia tried to hide her flustered feelings and naturally lowered herself from her tiptoes while whispering.
“I learned it from books.”
“You learned love from books? What kind of books?”
The Emperor also lowered his voice following her lead and asked.
“Romance novels.”
When the Emperor looked at her with disbelieving eyes, Dahlia asked sulkily.
“Then how are you going to learn, Your Majesty?”
The Emperor also seemed to have nothing particular to say, frowning for a while before opening his mouth.
“Give that book list to Oreon later.”
“Understood.”
Annie, who had been watching the two people reach an agreement from behind, let out a deep sigh.
Their whispering looked less like lovers in love and more like commanders planning a strategy.
How could there be such blockheads?
Cole also had a bewildered look, and only Ethan remained expressionless.
Just then, a group of nobles passing by on the walking path spotted the Emperor, stopped, and bowed.
“We greet Emperor Gray.”
As the Emperor silently acknowledged their greeting, the nobles glanced at the two with curious eyes while slowly moving along.
Dahlia moved closer to the Emperor’s side and poked his back.
When the Emperor looked down at her, Dahlia gestured toward his hand with her eyes.
Understanding her intention, the Emperor naturally extended his hand to her.
“Princess. The ground is slippery.”
“Oh my, you’re right. I almost slipped, and the great—”
“Ahem!”
Annie, who was close behind Dahlia, cleared her throat.
“The wise—”
“Ahem ahem!”
Dahlia quickly changed her words, but that too was blocked by Annie’s throat clearing.
This isn’t right either?
Feeling like she was breaking out in a sweat, she hurriedly blurted out anything.
“Dazzling like the sun… Your Majesty.”
Dahlia glanced back slightly.
Annie was standing half a step behind. It must have been the right answer.
“The Princess must read a lot of books.”
The Emperor, holding her hand tightly, looked down at her with a charming smile.
“I do tend to read a lot of books—”
The Emperor brought his lips close to her ear and whispered.
“What you just said didn’t sound sincere, and I was figuratively pointing out that it was awkward, like reading from a book out loud.”
The Emperor’s voice, lowered so others couldn’t hear, was husky.
He had only whispered in her ear as the Princess had done, but he could see her gradually shrinking back.
Gray watched her reaction closely as he asked slowly in a low voice.
“What’s wrong?”
Flinch. Flinch.
As if she couldn’t bear it any longer, she tried to pull her body back.
But the Emperor gently supported her back, blocking her retreat.
Her purple pupils looking up at him swelled round with surprise.
“Why do you keep trying to run away? Are you tempting me to catch you?”
They were still close enough for their breaths to mingle.
He could see her shoulders trembling.
At that sight, his black eyes gleamed darkly.
What should he do with this woman?
She keeps running away like a startled rabbit, making him want to chase her even more. To catch her and cage her so she couldn’t escape anywhere.
In her clear eyes, his own face was reflected with burning eyes that seemed ready to devour her at any moment.
Is this really me? At this rate, wouldn’t she really run away?
The Princess, her face bright red, looked up at him with trembling eyes.
“Why, why are you doing this?”
“I’m not doing anything.”
Gray smiled brilliantly, curving the corners of his eyes to hide his dangerous thoughts.
A frightened opponent knows how to hide, and he had no intention of letting her go.
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