The Male Lead Is Trying To Tame Me With Money - Chapter 95

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95.

“Your, Your Majesty…!”

Naturally, First Empress didn’t miss this timing and rose to her feet.

I also had no intention of stopping First Empress in this situation, even though I had thrown away all concerns about image.

The Captain of the Royal Guard, who was the commander, was also allowing it, and it wasn’t as if she had anywhere to flee.

Rather, what was more concerning than that was…

“…Rose.”

My superior, Casian.

I hadn’t even touched his forehead, just held his hand, yet I could clearly feel his rapidly beating pulse.

“In this state…”

Many words came to mind, but I swallowed them down.

Having Casian’s condition revealed right now would only be disadvantageous to us.

“…Can you endure it?”

So I said something truly heartless.

I felt no shame in interrogating First Empress for an explanation, but I felt guilty about pushing him forward.

However, Casian smiled as if he was no different from usual and firmly clasped my hand in return.

With eyes that seemed to say not to worry too much, to trust him, I decided not to say more and to head to Emperor’s Bedchamber together with him.

It was time to end these long few days.

*

“Your Majesty, do you know how much I worried! To see you open your eyes so robustly…”

As soon as we entered the bedroom, we saw Emperor who had just awakened and was drinking medicine, and First Empress shedding tears beside him.

Though his body had just been detoxified, perhaps because he was naturally robust, he coughed a few times before speaking carefully.

“First Empress, stop your tears, my head is ringing.”

“Your, Your Majesty.”

I was newly impressed by First Empress at this moment.

Instead of giving Emperor a look that said he was being too harsh with those words, she expressed with her whole body how relieved she was that he could say such things.

However, Emperor only cast an indifferent glance at that remarkable display before quickly withdrawing even that.

“Casian.”

Instead, he gestured toward us standing at the doorway.

“You, truly.”

Emperor paused his words for a moment and looked at Casian, in contrast to the attitude he had shown toward Empress who had just burst into such heartfelt tears.

And me, standing beside him, holding his hand tightly.

Complex emotions swirled in Emperor’s blue eyes.

He pressed his lips together once, then opened them again as if his throat was just a bit sore.

“You’ve worked hard, because of such an absurd matter.”

“Not at all, I only did what was natural.”

“What was natural…”

Emperor muttered as if chewing over the words Casian had spoken calmly, then soon extended his hand toward me.

“Before you came, I heard a situation report from the Captain of the Royal Guard about how things proceeded after I collapsed. But Salice Advisor, you would have the most accurate documents.”

I immediately handed over the document folder I had been holding to Emperor.

Of course, First Empress tried to stop this.

“Your Majesty, such things can be resolved after you recover your health! Where are the investigation results-“

“Shh, I did not give First Empress permission to speak.”

Emperor silenced her with that short exhale.

First Empress’s lips twitched as if displeased.

As if she had been ignored by everyone.

Emperor, having received the document folder, quickly skimmed through the contents.

That folder also contained a summary of the farce between First Empress and Countess that I had hastily written while coming to the bedroom.

After reviewing all the contents in about ten minutes, Emperor let out a deep sigh.

“You’ve all worked hard, Captain of the Royal Guard, Imperial Guard, and Salice Advisor too.”

Then he immediately put down the document folder and sent a weary look toward First Empress.

“Release the others except for Second Empress, Head Maid, and Servant Beri.”

“Your, Your Majesty!”

First Empress opened her mouth in shock.

“The culprit hasn’t been completely caught yet, you should investigate more.”

“First Empress, are you worried about me, or do you want to eliminate those who might rival you?”

“What frightening words are those, I speak out of concern for Your Majesty.”

Thud-!

At those words, Emperor raised his hand and struck the bedside table forcefully.

It was a strong force, unbecoming of someone who had just been detoxified after wandering between life and death for days.

“It would be meaningless to speak further with you.”

Emperor spoke carefully while mocking her.

“Attempting to assassinate Emperor, it’s an act tantamount to treason, Servant Beri and the knight who helped him, and.”

Emperor’s eyes slowly turned toward Countess who was trembling beside First Empress.

“-According to First Empress’s words, the one who planned this assassination was that person and her family.”

“Your, Your Majesty…! I am not, it’s not me!”

Emperor let out a short breath at those words.

“What can be done, choosing the wrong master.”

“In, investigate… Please investigate, Your Majesty. I am wronged, truly, truly wronged!”

Countess spoke pleadingly while prostrating herself multiple times before Emperor, even while receiving First Empress’s sharp glare.

Emperor looked at her for a moment, then commanded the Captain of the Royal Guard.

“Investigate Countess thoroughly and report everything to me in detail, I will decide her punishment afterward.”

“Yes, Your Majesty. The others…”

“Execute them by hanging.”

At Emperor’s cold words, Countess trembled like an aspen leaf while shedding tears.

She was soon dragged away by Imperial Guards, desperately calling out to First Empress.

Saying she couldn’t be treated this way, over and over.

As soon as that commotion died down, First Empress spoke up.

“I failed to properly manage my people, Your Majesty…”

“Good that you know.”

But Emperor, unlike before, showed not a trace of sympathy for her anguished voice.

“Shouldn’t you also bear responsibility for keeping someone who committed such an immoral act under you, and even rashly trying to detain innocent people multiple times?”

“I will, I will take responsibility! But that was all done thinking of Your Majesty-“

“That position is not suitable for someone who makes foolish judgments because worry for me takes precedence.”

“Your Majesty!”

First Empress’s eyes widened.

Until now, Emperor had never once touched First Empress’s position.

“I, I am someone who has lived as your wife for decades! I devoted myself to managing the Imperial Palace without Empress and caring for the princes and princesses!”

She hurriedly spoke to protect her position.

But Emperor’s eyes were simply cold.

As if all the cunning or somehow careless appearances he had shown until now were lies.

“First Empress Scaletti Zamotti acted recklessly and brought confusion to the Imperial Court multiple times, and failed to show the demeanor of the highest elder of the Imperial Court in my absence.”

“Your Majesty…!”

“Moreover, since the one who planned this immoral act came from under her command, I cannot overlook this.”

Red veins began to appear in the whites of First Empress’s eyes.

“Therefore, I demote First Empress to Fourth Imperial Concubine, the lowest rank among Imperial Concubines, and promote the positions of other Imperial Concubines in order.”

“Your Majestyyy…!”

When the sentence was finished, the beautiful and elegant dignity could no longer be found in First Empress Scaletti.

Whether she wanted to gain Emperor’s sympathy, or should be angry at this absurd reality.

Not knowing what to do in this situation of demotion she was facing for the first time, her expression was strangely contorted.

“How could you do this to me, in such a way…!”

Toward Scaletti Zamotti, who had become the Fourth Imperial Concubine instead of the First Empress, the Emperor spoke quietly.

“If you wish to clear your grievances, then prove your innocence just like those you falsely accused.”

“….”

“To do that, you must first reveal the innocence of a certain maid regarding how you committed such an absurd act.”

At those stern words that seemed to block all escape routes, Scaletti merely shed tears continuously, then soon lowered her head with resentful eyes.

“…I understand this as meaning I should recognize my lack of virtue and withdraw.”

Without even giving a glance to those words, the Emperor ordered the other gathered people to withdraw.

In particular, he seemed to want to say something to me, but seeing his son beside him, he hurriedly gestured for us to return as well.

Still, I suppose he is a father after all.

I suppressed my complicated feelings and took Casian’s hand as we left the bedroom.

*

When I grabbed his hand and walked with long strides as if trying to hurry even a little, Casian simply picked me up and carried me from halfway through.

“Your Majesty, I can walk! Please go ahead by yourself.”

“No.”

Why does he act so stubbornly even at times like this.

It’s unsettling.

However, I had never succeeded in breaking this superior’s stubbornness before, so I had no choice but to obediently stay in his arms until we reached the office.

Click—after entering the Winter Palace office and locking the door, he collapsed and sat down as if crumbling.

So if he was going to be like this, then why…

“Really, why do you push yourself unnecessarily, and you should go to the bedroom and rest properly!”

While thinking I should coax him gently, seeing his face in one of the most terrible states I’d ever witnessed, words filled with upset feelings and worry poured out without me realizing it.

“Please, Your Maj—”

“Ian.”

The moment I habitually tried to address him, Casian pulled me into his arms as if snatching me and spoke in a low, rough voice.

“Please, Rose.”

What’s so important about that in this situation.

As I complained inwardly at that pitiful sound and looked into his deep eyes, all sorts of emotions came rushing out.

I wrapped my arms around him in a big embrace, putting my heart’s plea for him not to crumble toward him who had obviously suffered greatly.

Thump—

Just how much had he overworked his body, how many times had he exceeded his limits—strong pulses that seemed to pound throughout his entire body were transmitted through his large frame.

At the heartbeat that seemed to struggle while racing wildly, I felt both pity and relief.

Because I could feel that we had safely overcome another crisis.

“…Ian.”

With all emotions mixed together, I called his name as if in pain.

Large hands came to wrap around my neck and the back of my head as if to reassure me.

“Yes.”

Despite his excited breathing, his usual stability could be felt in that voice.

As if comforting me.

Even though he himself was in a serious physical condition.

“Now you don’t have to endure alone anymore.”

He casually let collapse the taut string of tension he had endured and endured all by himself.

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