Chapter 205
Chapter 205
“I am the Crown Prince. If I become a joke, I will lose all authority from now on.”
Nathaniel knocked his head heavily against the ground, crying and pleading. “I beg Father for mercy!”
Cillian was so angry that his fists clenched. “Have you considered that if you are still willing to marry her under such circumstances, people will only see you as benevolent?”
Yet Nathaniel was completely unable to understand his hint.
“I beg Father to grant my wish!”
He was determined, kneeling on the ground, refusing to listen to anything.
“Perhaps she can still be cured?” Cillian’s brows furrowed. He wondered if his son truly was unable to grasp his meaning.
‘To grant a betrothal one day and revoke it the next, does he take the royal family for a stage play?‘ he thought.
Nevertheless, Nathaniel persisted, his forehead pressed to the ground. “My decision is final.”
“You’ve got some nerve.”
Cillian took a deep breath, forcing himself to recall the youthful beauty of his beloved from years past, and only then suppressed the urge to kick him out in anger. “Three days from How, I will issue the decree.”
“But do not regret it.”
With that, he left Nathaniel’s side, striding angrily toward the Golden Throne Hall.
Nathaniel turned to look at him, but Cillian did not look back.
“Thank you, Father, for granting my wish.”
Nathaniel was momentarily stunned. His intuition told him something was slipping away, but he could not grasp it for the moment. In the end, he stared blankly at Cillian’s departing figure before finally getting up.
“Tell me, did I make Father angry?”
He looked somewhat uneasy, glancing at his attendant.
The attendant helped him to his feet. “It is normal for His Majesty to be angry, but you are still his son. He will get over it in two days.”
The attendant smiled at him.
Nathaniel nodded. “I hope so.”
As for regret, that was impossible.
Not to mention he was the crown prince, even an ordinary citizen would never marry someone like Margaery.
As he left the palace, he took a deep breath. “At least Father has ally agreed. It’s like shaking off a persistent leech.”
His steps became lighter.
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The chaos of the night was buried beneath the wind and snow.
Dawn had fully broken.
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Early in the morning, Raul went to the main prison at the magistrate’s court while Joshua also found time to return to the imperial palace. After all, he held the title of Imperial Guard and could not always be absent.
Andrew was sent out to get medicine for Tessa, following the prescription given by Keaton.
Most of the Wallen family had left, leaving only Tessa in the courtyard.
She sent her two maids away.
Then, excitedly, she slipped out the back door, muttering quietly “This is truly wonderful. I thought someone would still be watching, but it turns out everyone is gone!”
“Even the heavens are helping me.”
Tessa hurried along.
Across the street, Keaton entered the bun shop.
Tessa smiled, then turned into another alley and encountered Leo and Albert. “Leo, Albert, long time no see.”
These two were spies from the Southcroft Empire.
They acted politely to Keaton not because they truly studied medicine under him, but because it was convenient and less likely to arouse suspicion when out in public.
Since they were a bit older than Tessa, she considered them her senior.
Over time, it became a habit.
With familiar faces helping, Tessa felt even more assured.
“Tessa, forgive me for this.”
Leo took out a burlap sack, slipped it over Tessa’s head, and hoisted her onto his shoulder before walking off.
“Leo, you take Tessa first. I’ll stay behind and deliver a message to the Wallen family later,” Albert glanced around and instructed.
“Alright!”
Leo replied and quickly left.
Tessa felt a bit uncomfortable lying in the sack, but when she thought about the way Margaery would die, she didn’t feel troubled at all.
She only hoped time would pass quickly.
Albert wandered in the alley, then returned to the bun shop to look for Keaton, thinking he might as well eat two buns.
That way, when the time was right, he would have someone send a message to the Wallen family, saying that Tessa had been captured and demanding to exchange her for Margaery.
But Keaton did not linger.
She planned to circle around through the side gate, taking advantage of the fact that no one was in the Chancellor’s estate,
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and then take another look in the Chancellor’s study.
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However, before she reached the side gate, a dark figure flashedy ahead. Before she could react, her acupoints were struck, and she was lifted up and disappeared without a trace.
“Who are you?”
Keaton was shocked to find her internal energy sealed, leaving her utterly powerless to resist.
In the time it took to utter a single sentence, they had already le the Chancellor’s estate far behind.
Keaton was terrified and began to struggle.
But without her internal energy, the struggle was futile.
“You’ll know when you get there.”
Wayne sneered and headed straight for the inn where Margaery was staying.
Margaery had finished tidying up and was sitting at the table, waiting.
After a short while, footsteps sounded at the door, followed by a loud “bang” as someone was thrown onto the floor in front of her.
Wayne entered and locked the door behind him.
“Lady, I’ve brought you the person.”
He looked at Margaery, breathing somewhat heavily. Clearly, carrying someone over was no easy task.
But there was a hint of brightness in Margaery’s eyes. “Just as you predicted, when I arrived, two people were capturing Tessa, and Tessa called them ‘senior‘. They really are all in it together!”
Originally, they thought Margaery was just making a fuss over nothing.
They came to help protect her and accompanying her in a bit of mischief was acceptable.
But unexpectedly, events unfolded exactly as Margaery had described.
Keaton listened to his account, then looked at the person sitting directly in front. It was a hideous figure whose face was unrecognizable. She asked in astonishment, “Who are you? Why are you targeting us?”
She had thought that the plan she and Tessa had arranged was foolproof.
Unexpectedly, she was actually noticed by someone and even captured.
A sense of foreboding began to brew in her chest.
Keaton was starting to panic.
“You didn’t recognize me?”
Margaery let out a cold laugh, her gaze falling on the woman’s fe. She bent down and tore off a mask from her face. revealing her true features. “So it really is a woman.”
“You can’t recognize me. But even if you were reduced to ashes, would still recognize you.”
In her previous life, she had suffered terribly at the hands of this woman and Tessa.
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Her lips curled slightly as Margaery raised her hand to caress the woman’s face, which was barely thirty and still alluring “Such a pity for this face. Soon, it will look just like mine, and by hen, even you won’t recognize yourself.
Keaton was stunned, “A… Are you Margaery?”
But this was her first time meeting Margaery.
The look in Margaery’s eyes was filled with hostility and unfathomable hatred.
‘What’s going on?‘ Keaton thought.
“Yes, it’s been a long time.”
Coldness seeped into Margaery’s eyes. “You and Tessa are truly duel. What did I ever do to provoke you, for you to treat me this way?”
Her voice trembled uncontrollably.
She believed that in her previous life, she had never harmed Tesa in the slightest, yet in the end, she met a tragic death in the Icy Pool.
Truly, fate was unjust.
Keaton looked at her, only to feel a chill run down her spine. “Margaery, what… what do you want to do?”
‘Could it be that Tessa’s deeds has been exposed long ago?‘ she thought.
Keaton was terrified, hardly daring to imagine.
“Tell me, why are you treating me this way?” Margaery gripped her chin.
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Sara Lili is a daring romance writer who turns icy landscapes into scenes of fiery passion. She loves crafting hot love stories while embracing the chill of Iceland’s breathtaking cold.
