Dangerous Fiancee

Chapter 135

"I didn't know the exact reason. I asked the late empress many times, but she said nothing."

Mrs. Charlotte swallowed dry saliva once. The whole bathroom was covered with a sweet fragrance, but she felt bitter, as if she were chewing bitter grass.

"Well, the late empress just stayed alive. I would say she was just alive. She was once as bright and beautiful as the sun, but she became thin like a dry twig in a tightly curtained room. It seemed that she found it hard to breathe."

Marianne was easily infected with someone's pain by nature. It was a while ago that she barely endured tears while listening to her story about her father. She was now immersed in late empress Blair's grief, whom she had never met before. It seemed that the woes of the dead empress seemed to resemble her own suffering at first glance.

'Did she want to hide in a very dark world, concealing a story she couldn't tell anyone? Did she think anybody could not understand her? Did she feel lonely as if there nobody was beside her in the world? Was she distressed enough to stay away from her husband and her son?'

"And the following year, Mrs. Chester gave birth to a baby."

Hearing that, Marianne thought about Blair's situation at that time.

'Perhaps she might have wanted this terrible world to crumble like her homeland!'

Marianne opened her mouth with a miserable expression, her voice filled with surging anger.

"... That baby is Ober."

"Yeah. In the same year that Mrs. Chester's son was rumored to have the late emperor's blood, the late empress reopened the door of the inner palace."

Marianne bit her lip unconsciously. She knew better than anyone else that the late empress had to give up her "right to ignore" what she had to do.

"You might think it's a tall story, but it's true. The late empress, who seemed to collapse at any moment, began to eat and asked me to comb her hair like before. Soon she met people every day and smiled well just like she did when she first came to Aslan. She even vowed that she would be a beautiful and elegant wife to the late emperor and a sweet and strict mother to her son."

Mrs. Renault's face became more gloomy as Mrs. Charlotte lowered her voice,

The cloth in her hand spewed out water when she squeezed it.

"Lady Marianne. Can you guess why the late empress changed overnight like that?"

Marianne looked at Mrs. Charlotte blankly instead of replying. Finally, she nodded heavily.

Obviously she wanted to protect her son. She needed to make sure that as the mother of the future emperor, she would have to be a beautiful, loving Empress of Aslan, not the mad royal princess of the ruined country. She wouldn't want to be the biggest 'flaw' in her son's path.

"Fortunately, the current emperor grew up to be a good successor. But as he grew up, the greed of the aristocrats, including Marquis Chester, also grew rapidly."

Blair was born as a princess in a foreign country, and most of Lennox's nobles, who could serve as her political support, died after the war. Even the force of those who barely survived was greatly weakened in the process of them being absorbed by Aslan.

Late emperor Cassius did not treat them badly, but he didn't give them any significant power so that they could not have any chance to rebel. His actions were like cutting off Blair's hands and feet.

On the other hand, the aristocrats inside Aslan held very solid power. Although Cassius made sure they should not covet throne throughout his reign, his actions unfortunately provided a good excuse for revolt for some political factions.The power noble families including Dubble Hubble and Marquis Chester united around their factions to challenge the emperor, revealing their desire to usurp his power.