The empress’ day started with a meeting and ended with a meeting. She also had to take care of many internal affairs involving the castle and Rombrook. If her daughter got sick, the empress also had to find the time to take care of her child.
Luckily, some meetings provided much-needed rest.
As Bina entered the glass greenhouse, she exclaimed, “Liliana!”
Beautiful Liliana, now a beloved wife and a mother, turned around and smiled. Thankfully, she seemed to have fully recovered from the trauma of her mother Katleyanira.
“Greetings to your highness the empress.”
Liliana bowed prettily. She lost a lot of weight after her first child Cullen, which worried many people, but now she looked much better. Bina took her hand.
“How are you feeling? Is Cullen doing well?”
“Yes. Thanks to your and his highness, we have been faring well.”
The man standing beside Liliana interrupted in irritation.
“Greetings to your highness the empress. How come you only greet my wife and ignore me?”
Bina smiled. This was what happened when a husband accompanied his wife to her outing. Even Lucretius was treated this way when Bina and Liliana gathered together.
Bina laughed. “Oh, don’t worry Clodys. I’m not ignoring you; I’m just ill-treating you.”
Two women laughed.
Just then, Clodys asked Bina awkwardly, “Um, your highness, we met an acquaintance on our way here, and he begged us to accompany us to meet you.”
No one could enter the meeting with an empress without her permission, so the unknown man was waiting outside the room in the reception area. If Bina refused, he would have to leave immediately.
“… Really? Who?”
Bina was curious. Everyone knew to insist on meeting her like this was considered incredibly rude. Who could it be?
“It is the second son of Duke Lonensia. His name is Roberto des Lonensia.”
She had never heard this name before, but obviously, she knew the family well. Lonensian family was not someone even she could ignore.
In addition, Bina humiliated the duchess recently; therefore, she felt refusing to meet her son would be like declaring war against Lonensia.
She didn’t want that.
“Well, I guess it doesn’t matter. You can let him in…”
Suddenly, Clodys gave Bina a subtle look.
“What is it?”
Clodys looked very concerned. His wife Liliana also looked troubled, making Bina concerned. She ordered her maids and servants to leave and only the three of them were left in the room.
Clodys explained, “Roberto… He isn’t exactly my acquaintance. I guess we somewhat knew each other when we were young, but that was over ten years ago. I haven’t talked to him in years, yet when we were on our way here, he stopped us to ask for this favor… This is too good to be a coincidence. Not to mention, it was unreasonably insolent. It is very strange, and I don’t like it.”
Liliana paled.”Does this mean… Lonensian family is plotting something?”
It had only been three years since the dowager empress Katleyanira’s rebellion. If the Duke of Lonensia was planning something… This could be very dangerous.
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Empress of Another World
FantasySa Bina was on her way to write her SAT when she suddenly finds herself in a strange world. She is sent to be the old emperor's concubine, but on their wedding night, the emperor gets murdered by no one other than his own son and the heir! To surviv...
