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00:00When Edlin and I were alone on our Covenant Night, his personal attendant stumbled and scrambled into the outer hall
00:05of our bridal moon chamber.
00:07My lord, Lady Lyra's mother has just died and she's fainted from grief!
00:12As soon as the words fell, the twin-cup moon brew slipped from Edlin's hands and crashed to the floor.
00:17Completely disregarding that tonight was our Covenant Night, he left the Thornwell main estate and did not return all night.
00:21The next day, while the estate was still draped with moon-white floral vines and silver-gold ribbons,
00:26he brought back a banquet singer dressed in a black gauze morning dress.
00:29Lyra is a banquet singer whom I once saved.
00:32Now that her father has just passed away, she is left all alone with no one to rely on.
00:36And several legerous young nobles want to take her away by force.
00:40While her mourning period is still undergoing, I want to grant her a status, so she has a place to
00:45stay.
00:46If you refuse, I will tell her to leave the main estate and wash my hands of her entirely.
00:50He looked at me with deep affection, speaking as if concerned only for my well-being.
00:54Everyone expected me to break down or cause a scene right then or there.
00:57The story of the Lord rescuing up singer is well known in Silverweed City.
01:01If you only give her the title of a secondary wife, wouldn't that slight your own affections?
01:06Why not open in and honorably make her your primary wife, so the entire royal capital can see just how
01:12profound this love truly is?
01:14My marriage covenant with Evelyn Norman, the Lord of the North, was personally blessed by the High King and recorded
01:20in the royal court's marriage registry.
01:21Even before the marriage covenant was officially sealed, I had heard that he once saved a banquet singer who was
01:26being harassed and assaulted by young nobles.
01:29Her name was Lyra Frost's song.
01:30Lyra Frost's song was born slender and soft, like a twig of a moon tree that would snap at the
01:35slightest breeze, as if she couldn't even stand steady if the wind blew just a bit harder.
01:39Yet she played the harp exceptionally well, and was quite famous among the banquet halls of Silverleaf City.
01:44Many young nobles made special trips to the Laurel Banquet Hall, just to hear her play a single tune.
01:50Later, someone actually harbored wicked intentions and tried to force her to be their secondary wife, and it was Edlin
01:56who accepted her to rescue her.
01:57This incident quickly became a beautiful tale in Silverleaf City.
02:01When such a story spread through Silverleaf City, it was inevitable that people would say it should end with her
02:05pledging her life to human marriage.
02:07But Edlin said that since his official primary wife had not yet entered the estate, he would not give Lyra
02:11a status first, so as not to slight her.
02:14This matter spread through almost the entire Silverleaf City.
02:17The Queen Mother once asked me if I felt wronged, saying that this marriage covenant could be annulled.
02:22My father and brothers all died in battle in the north.
02:25Grateful for the Caelin family's merits in defending the borders, the Queen Mother kept me by her side to raise
02:30me and bestowed upon me the title of Duchess of Silver Branch.
02:33Pitying me for losing my parents at a young age, the Queen Mother had always been exceptionally fond of me.
02:37My favored status in the Moonlit Palace was in no way inferior, even when compared to the true royal princesses.
02:43But since this marriage covenant was personally blessed by the High King and recorded in the marriage registry, how could
02:48it be annulled so easily?
02:49Not wanting to put the Queen Mother in a difficult position, I knelt before her and said,
02:54I do not feel wronged. This marriage covenant is very good, there is no need to annul it.
02:58Only, I never expected that Lyra would appear precisely on the Covenant night.
03:03The Twin Cup Moonbrew had barely touched our lips when Edlin's personal tenant stumbled into the outer hall.
03:07My lord! Lady Lyra's father has passed away! Lady Lyra has already cried herself into a fate!
03:12As the pups crashed to the floor, Edlin had already dashed out of the door.
03:16Saddle my horse!
03:20His voice faded into the distance.
03:22Have you summoned the physician? Lyra's constitution is weak.
03:25Quickly prepare the sentrylol moon jink and the vital energy nourishing glue.
03:29I have no idea how heartbroken she will be!
03:31I stared blankly at the spilled Moonbrew on the floor.
03:34The old lady-in-waiting's eyes reddened.
03:36My lady duchess, the lord is truly going too far.
03:40Today was supposed to be your covenant night for a banquet singer.
03:43He left you alone to wait in the bridal moon chamber all night.
03:46This is clearly humiliating you in public!
03:48Almost everyone in Silverleaf City knew that the one Edlin held in his heart was a banquet singer.
03:53Now that I had experienced it myself, I finally understood that she was probably truly the one who kept the
03:58closest to me.
03:59The twin moon wedding lamps burned all night, and Edlin did not return all night.
04:04Early the next morning, I went to pay my respects to the Dowager Lady Thornwell.
04:07Edlin, bringing along Lyra in her black gauze morning dress, was already standing before the Dowager Lady.
04:13Upon seeing me, her eyes were already brimming with tears, like a frightened little fawn.
04:18Her body swayed, and then she knelt before me.
04:20I pay my respects to my lady. Last night was all my fault.
04:24I ruined your covenant night. If my lady wished to punish me, I have no complaints.
04:29After saying this, she bowed deeply, her forehead almost touching the floor.
04:33Edlin looked at me with a conflicted expression.
04:35Lyra is the banquet singer I saved back then.
04:38Now her father has just passed away.
04:40She has no one left to rely on.
04:42And several lecherous young nobles want to take her away by force.
04:45She has nowhere left to go.
04:47I want to take advantage of her mourning period not yet being over to give her a status first,
04:51letting her enter the main estate so she at least has a place to shelter.
04:54If you absolutely refuse, I will tell her to leave the main estates and ignore her from now, Ahan.
04:59Tears rolled down Lyra's cheeks as she gazed at me timidly.
05:02My lady, I beg you, I have nowhere else to go.
05:05If I still cannot find a place to shelter, then my only path left is death.
05:10The Dowager Lady felt a pang of heartache seeing this, and only raised her eyes to look at me.
05:16Elowyn.
05:17Now everyone regards you as the future mistress of the Thornwell estate.
05:21The affairs of this hold are naturally yours to decide.
05:25However, the Thornweald family has always been renowned for charity and compassion.
05:30Since you have stepped into this position, you ought to show a broader spirit and keep the family's greater interests
05:36in mind.
05:39Letting her enter the main estate merely means gaining one more secondary wife.
05:44These words were clearly meant as a warning to me.
05:46She cannot surpass position.
05:48If I refused to let Lyra enter the main estate, I would be branded as jealous.
05:53I would be seen as intolerant, even so cruel as to refuse to lend a hand to someone driven to
05:58a dead end.
05:58It was the Lord who saved me that day, and I swore to repay his kindness.
06:02If my lady for the Lord's favours is uneasy, afraid that I'm willing to drink a sterility drought,
06:08I will never bear children and never compete with my lady.
06:11Would that be okay?
06:13Edlin's face showed his distress, and he merely looked at me.
06:18Edlin, Lyra has a gentle nature.
06:20She doesn't understand all these schemes in the main estate.
06:24You don't need to be so hard on her.
06:29Lyra's maid service dropped straight to her knees before me.
06:33Pippi, my lady!
06:34Our young miss has long been intimate with Lord's husband and wife,
06:36and now she carries the Lord's bloodline in her womb!
06:38She absolutely cannot drink a sterility drought!
06:41As soon as these words came out, the entire room was shocked.
06:45Quick, help her up!
06:46How can she touch a sterility draith when she is pregnant?
06:49This is pure nonsense!
06:51Edlin hurriedly helped her up.
06:52You foolish girl.
06:53Why didn't you tell me sooner?
06:55How long were you planning to hide this alone?
06:57With reddened eyes, Lyra looked at him.
06:59I didn't want to put the Lord in a difficult position.
07:01I ruined your marriage covenant ceremony with my lady, and I already felt guilty.
07:06I just wanted to quietly drink a miscarriage draped, to spare the Lord any trouble,
07:10and to prevent my lady from being displeased with him on my account.
07:14Elevin, the outside world all regards you as the mistress of the Thornwell estate.
07:18Even if Lyra gives birth to a child, that child cannot surpass you.
07:22After all, it is the Lord's bloodline, and with the only mother it will recognize in this main nest
07:26pete outside, who will be newer you.
07:27The Lord saving a banquet singer has long been a beautiful tale in Silverleaf City.
07:34If you end up only giving her the status of a secondary wife,
07:38wouldn't that slight your own affections?
07:41Why not openly and honorably make her your primary wife?
07:44That would better show just how deep and profound your devotion to Lady Yra is.
07:49Edlin's expression visibly relaxed.
07:51He was just about to speak when he heard my latter sentence.
07:55And his face changed abruptly.
07:57What primary wife, Elwyn? Lyra and I are not...
08:00Not what?
08:01Not truly in love?
08:03Or is the child in her womb not yours?
08:07I heard the Lord saved her from peril back then, and Lady Lyra allowed her life to you in return.
08:11Now you even have a child together.
08:14So this is what you meant when you said, since the primary wife has not yet entered the estate,
08:18I shouldn't give another woman a status first.
08:20Not giving her a title, but keeping her as a mistress on the outside, is that it?
08:23Lyra's face turned ghastly pale.
08:25My lady, I am not the kind of woman to be hidden away on the outside.
08:30I simply adore the Lord, and I want nothing more than that.
08:34Not a woman hidden away on the outside?
08:36Then that's even worse.
08:38Without even a status that can be presented in the light of day,
08:41does Lady Lyra want the child in her womb to be born without even qualifying as a recognized illegitimate bloodline?
08:45That's not what I meant! That's not what I meant!
08:48I nodded at my leisure.
08:50Whether you meant it or not, I will fulfill your deep infatuation.
08:54And I will also fulfill the Lord's tender pity for you.
09:00Saying this, I turn to the Dowager Lady.
09:03Dowager Lady, Ed and I failed to complete the Knight's sealing yesterday.
09:06On our Covenant Knight, he did not stay in the Bridal Moon Chamber, but spent it at Lady Lyra's place.
09:11My accompanying maidshades can testify to this, and the servants of the Thornwheel Estate can testify as well.
09:16Therefore, I will petition the Royal Court to annul this Marriage Covenant.
09:23I know I was in the wrong last night, but Lycra's father passed away so suddenly,
09:26I had to go and handle the funeral arrangements for her.
09:29Otherwise, what is a lone girl like her supposed to do?
09:31There won't be anything like this ever again.
09:33We will live our days properly.
09:35Elvin, I will definitely make it up to you.
09:37You say you want to annul the Marriage Covenant?
09:39What do you expect the High King and Queen Mother to do?
09:42I couldn't help but laugh as I listened.
09:44Edlin, our Marriage Covenant was personally blessed by the High King and recorded in the Marriage Registry.
09:48Yet precisely on the Covenant Knight, you abandoned your bride to accompany a banquet singer.
09:53The one who truly trampled His Majesty's prestige underfoot is you, not me.
09:57If His Majesty truly wishes to assign blame, he will only condemn the Thornwell family.
10:01What crime have I committed?
10:02I am merely the daughter of border-defending heroes, one who has been publicly humiliated.
10:07You have disgraced the royal court and dishonored the Calowyn family as well.
10:13My words made Edlin's face turn incredibly ugly.
10:16He knew that everything I said was the truth.
10:19If this matter truly spread, the one who would lose face would only be him.
10:24Lyra hastily stepped forward.
10:25My lady, it is all my fault.
10:28Please don't be angry.
10:29It is entirely my mistake.
10:31I will leave the main of fate right now, and I will never appear before you and the Lord again.
10:37Okay?
10:38I am merely someone who snaps at the slightest breathe.
10:40I am not worth my lady and the Lord arguing like this.
10:43Even if those young nobles to take me away by force, at worst I'll just die, but I will never
10:46let them succeed.
10:47I will simply put the Lord in a difficult position again.
10:51Covering her face, she wept.
10:54Edlin's heart was breaking.
10:55Lyra, you don't have to leave.
10:57I am the Lord of this estate.
10:58What I say goes in here.
10:59Moreover, you carry my child.
11:01How could I let you leave?
11:03I merely wanted to give her the status of a secondary wife.
11:07Must you make a fuss until all of Silver Slith City knows?
11:11Which mistress of a noble house would cause such a scene over a secondary wife?
11:15Lyra has a miserable background.
11:17Unlike you, who still have the Queen Mother's doling affection even after losting your father and brothers.
11:23She is all alone now.
11:24I am merely protecting her a little more.
11:26Can you not even tolerate that?
11:29Do you think everyone is like you, still having powerful backers behind them even after loosing their father and brothers?
11:35Edlin, what right do you have to speak of my father and brothers?
11:39Even His Majesty would not lightly mention them in front of me.
11:42And who do you think you are?
11:45He clearly knew I was an orphaned girl, and he assumed I had nowhere else to go.
11:50Therefore, he had long made up his mind that even if he humiliated me like this, I could do nothing
11:55to him.
11:55Edlin held back his fury and gave chase.
11:57Edlin, for all your title as the Duchess of Silver Branch, if you walk out of the Thornwood Estate, where
12:04else can you go?
12:05You must understand, you are not a member of the royal family.
12:10That title is nothing but an empty name.
12:14Do you really think the Queen Mother and His Majesty would heavily punish the Thornwell family?
12:19Just for you?
12:21In his eyes, I was merely a Duchess of Silver Branch with an empty title.
12:24He reckoned the Queen Mother and His Majesty might not genuinely unleash their wrath for my sake.
12:28So what did he have to fear?
12:31However, he was wrong.
12:32My father was the Supreme Commander of the North before his death.
12:35I am the descendant of an illustrious border-defending family, naturally possessing the arrogance in the Kailuin family's bloodline.
12:42I commanded sternly,
12:44Guards, pack up my belongings.
12:46Gather all my dowry and treasures, and return to the Kailuin Ancestral Rote.
12:50Everyone was stunned.
12:51The Kailuin Ancestral Estate had been sealed shut for over a decade.
12:55Now, I was actually going to unseal the Kailuin Ancestral Estate?
13:01Can you stop this nonsense?
13:03Edlin shouted sternly.
13:04Do you think you are still the eldest daughter of the Kailuin family who is pampered by everyone, able to
13:08do whatever you please?
13:09The Dowager Lady stood up to smooth things over.
13:12Elevin, I know you are a good child.
13:16Rest assured, as long as I am here.
13:19If Edlin dares to wrong you like this again in the future, I will never let him off lightly.
13:27This is a major matter.
13:28It is a marriage covenant personally blessed by the High King and recorded in the Royal Court's marriage registry.
13:34How can it be dropped so easily?
13:36Today I will arrange for the two of you to complete the knight's sealing anew.
13:40What do you say?
13:40I will absolutely not let anyone disturb you again.
13:44If you truly cannot tolerate Lyra, then we won't let Edlin give her the status of a secondary wife.
13:50We will just keep her in the main estate as a maidservant.
13:53They seem to have forgotten that even though I had lost my father and brothers, I was still the Duchess
13:58of Silver Branch, personally ennobled by His Majesty, and the only direct descendant of the Kailuin family.
14:03Back then, my father and brothers held great prestige in the Northern Army.
14:06Even though they had long died in battle, whenever the Kailuin father and sons were mentioned now, everyone in the
14:12Royal Court would hail them as heroes.
14:13Did he truly think that I, the sole remaining bloodline of the Kailuin family, would allow them to humiliate me
14:19like this?
14:19There is no need, Dowager Lady.
14:22This marriage covenant ends here.
14:25I will grant the Lord of the North and Lady Lyra what they desire.
14:31This way, when the child in Lady Lyra's whim is born, it will be the first recognized, legitimate inheriting offspring
14:38of the Thornwell family.
14:40This is the truly justifiable way.
14:42Otherwise, if that child can even enter the family lineage, how will they ever be able to hold their head
14:48high in this world in the future?
14:53My words caused Edlin's face to darken, and it also made a gleam of expectation flash in Lyra's eyes.
14:59Elevin, you had better think this through carefully.
15:03If you dare to walk out of this door today, there will be no coming back.
15:08The doors of the Thornwell estate are not something you can just enter whenever you wish.
15:13My lady, please do not leave because of me, okay?
15:17If you wish to blame or punish, direct it all at me.
15:21She leaned close to me.
15:23Lady Kaowyn, lowering her voice.
15:24The person the Lord has truly loved all along is me.
15:27You cannot compete with me.
15:29After saying that...
15:30My lady, if you leave, His Majesty will blame the Lord.
15:34It is all my fault.
15:35Please do not leave.
15:36If someone truly must leave, it should be me.
15:40Do you truly want me to stay?
15:42I raised my brow and looked at her.
15:43If I stay, you will never be able to enter the Thornwell main estate.
15:47Tears brimming in Lyla's eyes.
15:49Then what should I do, my lady?
15:51Won't you show me?
15:57Seeing my cold expression, Lyra looked toward Edlin with reddened eyes.
16:00My lord, did I do something wrong to displease my lady?
16:04But I no longer have a father, and I have no other relatives in this world nor anywhere to go.
16:08Oh.
16:09Oh.
16:09Oh.
16:10Oh.
16:11Oh.
16:11Oh.
16:12Oh.
16:19I merely wanted to repay the Lord's life-saving grace.
16:23My lord, I ask for nothing at all.
16:25Even if I have no stasis, and can only stay in the main estate as the lowest mode shipment shades,
16:31I am willing.
16:36Please, beg my lady for me.
16:38As long as I can enter the main estate, I don't want anything else.
16:41I said I would let you enter the main estate, and I will take good care of you and the
16:45child.
16:46Since I have given my word, I will definitely see it done.
17:03Eleven, if you nod and let Lyra stay, I will make sure she continues to place you first in this
17:09household.
17:09Did you really think he was some precious treasure worth fighting over?
17:12My lord, I have already said that this marriage covenant ends here.
17:15From this day forward, you and I will walk our separate paths that have nothing to do with each other.
17:37The Kaelwen Ancestral Estate, after being sealed shut for over a decade, was finally unsealed.
17:43The fact that the Duchess of Silver Branch, on the very day after her marriage covenant ceremony with the Lord
17:48of the North,
17:49had grandly returned to the Kaelwen Ancestral Estate with carriage after carriage of dowry,
17:54instantly spread throughout Silverleaf City.
17:56As soon as my people returned to the Ancestral Estate, they immediately began tidying and cleaning it anew.
18:02In just a few days, the entire Ancestral Estate had been restored to a completely new look,
18:07and the Queen Mother's decree soon arrived at the Kaelwen Estate as well.
18:11I was summoned into the Moonlit Palace.
18:14Kneeling before the Queen Mother with reddened eyes, I said,
18:17Queen Mother, I no longer wish to enter into a marriage covenant with the Lord of the North.
18:21He has long had someone else in his heart.
18:24Furthermore, he and that banquet singer have long pledged themselves to each other in private,
18:28and they even have a child.
18:30My maidservants had already knelt down, tearfully recounting Edlin's actions in the covenant game.
18:34She inevitably added a bit of dramatic embellishment,
18:36causing the Queen Mother's eyes to turn radish-less.
18:42I said Edlin didn't look like a devoted man.
18:45To think that right after the marriage covenant ceremony,
18:47he got entangled with this kind of banquet singer.
18:49Elevin, you are a lady born of an ancient noble family.
18:53How could you know the tricks of such people?
18:55These women who sing in banquet halls know best how to manipulate men.
18:59As soon as they spot a young noble,
19:00they can come up with countless ways to bore their way into high society.
19:03The Queen and several noble women who were sitting in attendance
19:06in the Queen Mother's Moon pavilion at the time all deeply agreed.
19:10Especially those ladies, as if they had finally found an outlet chimed in one after another.
19:14Women like that are mostly experts at pretending they'll shatter at a touch.
19:18As soon as they see a man, they know how to throw themselves at him.
19:21They also always love to fabricate some pitiful background story.
19:24The men in Annan hears it, he simply feels like looking a hero due to someone in distress.
19:28This method is old, but it works the best.
19:30I never thought the Lord of the North would actually be befuddled by such a woman.
19:34Running around for her father, pledging her life in gratitude,
19:38it's mostly all just excuses.
19:40The Queen Mother looked at me and sighed.
19:42If you don't marry the Lord of the North, what will you do in the future?
19:45This world is always harsh on women.
19:47I fear people will use this matter to goss about you.
19:52I lifted my head and smiled faintly.
19:54Queen Mother, who did wrong was not me.
19:57I have nothing to fear.
19:58My father and brothers are heroes of the North,
20:00and I come from an illustrious portion-defending family.
20:03Naturally, I carry their fiery blood.
20:05I will hold up the Kaelin family's honor, and I don't need to be on anyone.
20:08The Queen Mother nodded.
20:10Truly worthy of being a child of the Kaelin family.
20:13With you here, the Kaelin family will stand tall once again.
20:17Upon learning of this,
20:18His Majesty soon bestowed gifts upon the Kaelin ancestral estate.
20:21The whinge in Silverleaf City shifted instantly,
20:23and the number of noblewomen and young ladies visiting the Kaelin estate began to multiply.
20:29Edlin originally thought that I simply couldn't swallow my pride over what happened on the Covenant Night.
20:33He figured that after a few days, when he came to coax me,
20:36I would change my mind and return to the Thornwell estate.
20:39However, when His Majesty's bestowed gifts arrived at the Kaelin household,
20:42he finally realized things were going badly.
20:45I had absolutely no intention of changing my mind.
20:47Moreover, since I had returned to the Kaelin ancestral estate,
20:52my father and brothers, former comrades-in-arms, old friends, and several elders,
20:56all came calling one after another, taking great care of this orphaned girl.
21:00The wife of a former border commander held my hand tightly and said,
21:03Elevin, our two families are old friends spanning generations.
21:06In the course when you lived in the Moonlit Palace, it was inconvenient for us to meet often.
21:10He said that you've returned to your ancestral estate.
21:12Our family should actually interact more.
21:15Anything comes up, just send someone to find us.
21:17That banquet singer is not worth a second glance.
21:20From now on, Auntie will keep an eye out for you.
21:23There will always be someone better than him.
21:26The news that Lyra was pregnant with a child of the Lord of the North
21:30quickly spread until everyone in Silverleaf City knew.
21:33His Majesty also learned of what happened on the Covenant Night.
21:37During a royal court council, he remarked indifferently,
21:40I did not expect the Lord of the North to be so thoroughly captivated by a single person.
21:45Since you are not find of the marriage covenant I blessed for you,
21:47then as you wish, I will grant you my fulfillment with that banquet singer.
21:51This single sentence from His Majesty was almost equivalent to ordaining
21:54that Lyra would be the future lady of the domain.
21:58Edlund returned to his main estate with an ashen face.
22:01Since His Majesty had already spoken,
22:04his future lady could only be Lyra.
22:05He knew that His Majesty was warning and penalizing him
22:08for ruining a marriage covenant endorsed by the royal court.
22:11Since he looked down on the Duchess of Silver Branch,
22:13who was personally ennobled by His Majesty
22:15and highly regarded by the Queen Mother,
22:17then he might as well go and marry the banquet singer he so deeply longed for.
22:20But in Silverleaf City,
22:22which ancient noble household's main estate would ever let a banquet singer become his mistress?
22:26Lyra's pregnancy became more obvious by the day.
22:29Left with no other choice,
22:31Edlund could only choose a date to officially finalize the marriage covenant with Lyra.
22:37Lyra was ecstatic.
22:39She originally thought she could at best enter the main estate as a secondary wife.
22:43She never imagined she would end up sitting in the position of Lady Thornwell.
22:48On the day of the marriage covenant ceremony,
22:50quite a few people came to observe.
22:52Lyra purposely had her wedding gown custom-made at the Silver Shuttle Boutique
22:55with a loose cut that made it difficult to tell she was already pregnant.
22:58The bride has arrived!
23:00Commence the Sun Vow ceremony!
23:03The maid stepped forward immediately.
23:05The fragrant herb pouch hanging from the maidservant's waist
23:08was warmed by the heat in the ceremony hall,
23:10suddenly emitting a strong scent.
23:11She was standing very close to Lyra.
23:14Smelling that sweet, sickly scent mixed with medicinal herbs,
23:17Lyra's stomach immediately churned.
23:19Even through her veil,
23:20she couldn't hold it back and let out a low wretch.
23:22The maidservant quickly stood straight and supported her.
23:24What is wrong, my lady?
23:25Are you feeling unwell?
23:27That mixed scent surged forward again.
23:30Lyra's body swayed,
23:31and the veil slipped down from her forehead.
23:33Her face deathly paled.
23:34She didn't even have time to cover her mouth.
23:36Bending over,
23:37she vomited all over the floor.
23:41The entire hall of guests instantly went into an uphole,
23:44covering their noses and mouths as they backed away.
23:48Several sharp-eyed noblewomen immediately saw through what was going on.
23:52No way.
23:53Looking at her, it seems she has only pregnant.
23:55Could it be she was already with child
23:57before the Lord of the North officially entered into a marriage covenant?
24:01No wonder the dunch of Silbrad went to astrol the marriage.
24:04She hadn't would find disgusting.
24:06The Lord of the North truly has no standards at all.
24:09The primary wife hadn't even entered the estate,
24:11but he already let a woman kept on the outside get pregnant.
24:14Now look at this.
24:14He's just marrying her directly as his lady.
24:16To think the Grand Lord of the North
24:18is actually entangled with a banquet singer,
24:20and now he even let her take the place as his lady,
24:21he has completely become a joke.
24:23So the reason this caused such a big thrust
24:25and they rushed the marriage covenant
24:26is because of the child.
24:28Just as expected of someone from the banquet halls,
24:30she knows best how to lean into a man's embrace.
24:33They hadn't even officially married,
24:35yet she already had a child.
24:36How do you know the child definitely belongs to the Lord of the North?
24:39She used to sing in the Laurel Banquet Hall,
24:41and who knows how many young nobles requested her songs.
24:43Who the father of this child is,
24:45is truly hard to say.
24:46Hearing the discussions all around her,
24:48Lyra's face turned pale.
24:50Clutching her chest and holding back tears,
24:52she looked toward Edlin.
24:54My lord.
24:57Meanwhile,
24:58the Dowager lady's face
24:59had already darkened completely,
25:00feeling that their dignity was entirely lost.
25:03She merely ordered the old lady-in-waiting
25:04in a cold voice.
25:05Hurry up and help the lady inside.
25:06Don't let her stand here
25:08and embarrass us any further.
25:09To make such a scene
25:10during the sun-bow ceremony,
25:12the Thornwell family
25:13has practically become
25:14the laughingstock of all Silverleaf City.
25:16How can a banquet singer of such lowly
25:17people ever stand in the halls of nobility?
25:19I originally thought that
25:20letting her into the estate
25:21was a secondary wife at the end of it.
25:22I never expected Edrin
25:23would actually let her sit
25:24in the position of the lady.
25:25She has thrown away
25:26every last scrap of my face!
25:27This marriage covenant ceremony
25:28belonging to the Lord of the North
25:30ultimately ended hastily in a mess.
25:32And because Edlin hastily finalized
25:34his marriage covenant with Lyra,
25:35and she was clearly seen
25:36to be already pregnant,
25:37he became the laughingstock
25:39of the aristocratic circles.
25:41Lyra, however,
25:42was incredibly smug.
25:43She had finally sat in the position
25:45of the mistress of the Thornwell estate,
25:46feeling wonderfully motivated.
25:48From now on,
25:49she was no longer
25:50that lowly banquet singer.
25:51But early the next morning,
25:52when she went to pay her respects
25:54to the Dowager Lady,
25:55she saw the Dowager Lady
25:56holding the hand
25:56of a highborn noble lady,
25:58chatting with a face full of smiles.
26:00Seeing her and Edlin
26:01come in together,
26:04the young woman charmingly
26:06stepped forward to greet them,
26:07hooking her arm
26:08through Edlin's and smiling.
26:09Cousin!
26:10The Dowager Lady smiled and said,
26:12This is Selina,
26:13Edlin's cousin.
26:14The two of them grew up
26:15together since childhood.
26:16If her father hadn't been dispatched
26:17to serve in the outer provinces
26:19back then,
26:19our two families originally intended
26:21to set a marriage cabinet for them.
26:22But now she has returned
26:24to Silver Reef City with her father,
26:25and she won't be leaving anymore.
26:27Selina says she still prefers
26:28the Thornwell main estate
26:30and wants to move in
26:31to keep me company for a while.
26:33It just so happens
26:34that Lyra is currently pregnant,
26:35and it is inconvenient for her
26:37to manage the affairs
26:37of the household.
26:39Selina is someone I've watched
26:40grow up since she was a child.
26:41Hitting over the domestic affairs
26:42and banquet arrangements to her
26:44puts my mind completely at release.
26:46Selina merely looked at her
26:47with a smile.
26:48Please do not take offense,
26:49my lady.
26:50Arie is merely playing
26:51favorites with me.
26:52I have been used to coming
26:53to the Thornwell estate
26:54since I was little.
26:55It's no different from my own home.
26:56You don't need to be
26:57overly polite with me.
26:58I will certainly manage
26:59the affairs of the estate
27:00properly for you.
27:01Without waiting for Lyra to speak,
27:03the Dowager Lady continued,
27:04Lyra, since you are pregnant now,
27:06it's inconvenient for you
27:08to keep the Lord company.
27:09It's perfectly timed
27:11that's moving a Selene
27:11to the estate.
27:12There will be one more person
27:14to look after things.
27:15Lyra's face changed instantly.
27:18The Dowager Lady's meaning
27:20couldn't have been more obvious.
27:22This cousin Selene
27:23was most likely going to be
27:24elevated into the main estate
27:25and occupy a permanent place.
27:27She forced a smile and said,
27:29Mother, Lady Selene
27:30is also a highborn noble lady.
27:33If she enters the main estate
27:34merely as a secondary wife,
27:36wouldn't that be
27:37wronging her too much?
27:38The underlying meaning
27:39of her words
27:40was nothing more than
27:41trying to force Selene
27:42to retreat in the face
27:43of difficult times
27:43and stop meddling
27:44in the formal family.
27:46I was thinking
27:47the exact same thing as you.
27:49Merely being a secondary wife
27:51would indeed be too much
27:52of an injustice for Selene.
27:54She is a highborn noble lady.
27:56How could we only give her
27:57the status of a secondary wife?
27:59I think it would be better
28:00to pick a day
28:01and let Selene move
28:02into the estate
28:03in the capacity
28:04of a proxy ceremonial lady,
28:05adding her status.
28:07This way,
28:08when Edlin goes out
28:09to attend banquets
28:10or socializes
28:11at the royal court,
28:12he will also have
28:13a presentable mistress
28:14by his side.
28:15With red and eyes,
28:16I walk at Edlin.
28:17My lord,
28:18didn't you say
28:19that you only had me
28:19in your heart?
28:22Edlin pulled her
28:23into an embrace
28:23to decide.
28:24It's just an empty title.
28:25Don't overthink it.
28:26I have always just
28:27treated Selene
28:27as a younger sister.
28:29Even if she moves
28:30into the estate,
28:31it's merely going
28:31through the motions.
28:33I only have you
28:34in my heart.
28:35Right now,
28:35you should just focus
28:36on safely nourishing
28:37your pregnancy
28:38and giving birth
28:38to the child.
28:39Not having to worry
28:40about anything else,
28:41isn't that more relaxing?
28:43Managing the domestic affairs
28:45and banquets
28:45of a main estate
28:46has never been easy.
28:47You come from
28:47a humble background
28:48and you still need
28:49a few more years
28:50to learn the rules
28:50of these ancient
28:51noble houses.
28:52When you've mastered them,
28:53I will hand these
28:54matters over to you.
28:55Rest assured,
28:56I will not treat
28:57you or the child poorly.
28:58Only a few days
28:59after the Lord of the North
29:00finalized his marriage
29:01covenant with Lyra,
29:02he welcomed Selene
29:03into the main estate
29:03as a co-mistress.
29:04When I heard this news,
29:06I couldn't help but laugh.
29:07Edlin truly knew
29:08how to play his cards.
29:10Selene's father
29:10was none other
29:11than the newly appointed
29:12Minister of Protocol
29:12of the Royal Court.
29:13It stood to reason
29:14that this would be
29:14of great help
29:15to Edlin's future prospects
29:16in the Royal Court.
29:17Lyra, ultimately,
29:18could not be presented
29:19in truly high-class settings.
29:20Naturally,
29:22he needed a woman
29:22with a powerful family
29:23backing her
29:23to hold up his public image.
29:27Now,
29:28everyone in Silverleaf City
29:29knew that the inner courtyards
29:30of the Thornwell estate
29:31were exceptionally lively.
29:32A lady and a co-mistress
29:34turned the entire
29:34inner courtyard upside down,
29:36leaving no peace.
29:37Even the simple matter
29:38of whose courtyard
29:39the Lord stayed in
29:39for one extra night
29:40would be blown out
29:41of proportion the next day
29:42until everyone
29:43in the estate
29:44knew about it.
29:44You were nothing
29:45but a lowly banquet singer
29:46without an ounce of shame.
29:48A jealous woman
29:49who clung desperately
29:50to the Lord
29:50even while heavily pregnant.
29:52You were uselessly
29:53occupying the statuses
29:54of a high-born noble lady
29:56while using every trick
29:57in the book
29:57to seduce the Lord every day.
29:59Where was the decency
30:00a noble lady should have?
30:01You were simply
30:02as frivolous and loose
30:03as the women
30:03in low-class pleasure houses.
30:05For a time,
30:06the inner courtyard
30:07of the Thornwell estate
30:08were thrown into utter chaos.
30:09Edlin was given
30:10such a splitting headache
30:11by the constant arguing
30:12that he didn't even want
30:12to set foot
30:13in the inner courtyard.
30:14As soon as he returned
30:15to the estate,
30:16he would use being busy
30:17with affairs
30:18as an excuse
30:18to sleep in the East Wing study.
30:20This went on until I,
30:22following the Queen Mother's decree,
30:23hosted the early spring cherry bank
30:25in Silver Peak City.
30:27And because of this,
30:28I saw Lyra and Edlin
30:30once again.
30:33Because I was the host today,
30:35I deliberately dressed
30:36and adorned myself meticulously
30:38before making my appearance.
30:39When Edlin saw me,
30:40he was visibly stunned
30:41for a moment.
30:42Then, looking at Lyra
30:44not far away,
30:45whose face was sallow
30:46and whose figure
30:46had long since lost
30:47its former slender grace,
30:49a trace of regret
30:50actually flashed
30:51in the depths of his eyes.
30:53Elevin,
30:54have you been well lately?
30:56I have always wanted
30:57to go to the Kaywin estate
30:58to apologize to you,
30:59but I was afraid
31:00you would refuse to see me.
31:01Seeing him put on
31:02such an affectionate guise,
31:03those who didn't know the truth
31:05would probably think
31:05there was truly
31:06some lingering old flame
31:07between us.
31:08I immediately took
31:08a few steps back.
31:09He took another step forward.
31:11Elevin,
31:12I ordered several sets
31:13of jeweled tiaras
31:14and ornaments for you
31:15at the Starlight Jeweler.
31:16I'll have someone send them
31:17to the Kaywin estate tomorrow.
31:18Alright?
31:19Your birthday's coming up,
31:20just consider them
31:21my birthday gifts to you.
31:22I smiled and said,
31:23My lord,
31:24you and I have long
31:25had absolutely no ties
31:26to each other.
31:27If a man like you
31:28sends me jewelry,
31:28word will inevitably spread
31:30and cause misunderstanding.
31:31Moreover,
31:32you are already married
31:33and I am a woman
31:34who has not yet settled
31:35a new marriage covenant.
31:36There is no need
31:37for me to involve myself
31:38with you.
31:39I must ask the lord
31:40to conduct himself
31:40with dignity.
31:43The moment Lyra saw Edlin
31:45standing with me,
31:46her eyes flickered slightly
31:47and she immediately
31:48hurried over.
31:49Clinging tightly
31:50to Edlin's arm
31:51as if terrified
31:51I might snatch him away,
31:53she smiled at me.
31:54I pay my respects
31:55to the Duchess
31:56of Silver Breach.
31:57Has my lady
31:58been well lately?
31:58I heard his majesty
31:59seems Zoot's inclined
32:00to arrange another
32:01marriage covenant for you.
32:02This time I do hope
32:03my lady doesn't cause
32:04another scene
32:04with a last minute
32:05ennellment.
32:06Looking at her
32:07poorly concealed smugness,
32:08I mocked.
32:09Lady Thornwell,
32:10rather than concerning
32:11yourself with my
32:11marriage covenants,
32:12you would be better off
32:13worrying about your own
32:14position in the main estate.
32:16I heard the lord's
32:17co-mistress has been
32:17greatly favored lately
32:18and since she comes
32:19from a highborn family,
32:20it stands to reason
32:21she will suppress you
32:22very soon.
32:23After all,
32:23she is the one
32:24currently managing
32:25the domestic and banquet
32:26affairs of the household.
32:27In the eyes of outsiders,
32:28who can truly represent
32:29the Thornwell family
32:30as most likely her.
32:31When the day comes
32:32that she also gives birth
32:33to a child,
32:34I'm afraid neither you
32:35nor the child
32:36in your womb
32:37will have any good days left.
32:38Every single sentence
32:39of mine
32:40stabbed precisely
32:40into the places
32:41she feared the most.
32:42After finishing,
32:43I turned and walked away.
32:45Only to hear Lyra
32:46interrogating Edlin
32:47right behind me.
32:50Hasn't she already
32:51annulled the marriage
32:52covenant with you?
32:53Why are you still
32:53pestering her?
32:54Have you regretted it?
32:55Edlin's impatience
32:56was plain to see.
32:57You are constantly
32:58so suspicious every day.
32:59If I truly wanted her,
33:01why would I have
33:02finalized the marriage
33:03covenant with you
33:03in the first place?
33:05Lyra's pregnancy
33:05was already very obvious.
33:07Leaning against Edlin's side,
33:09she thought about my words
33:09from just a moment ago
33:10with reddened eyes.
33:11She remembered the last time
33:13Edlin took Selene
33:14to another household's
33:14tea banquet.
33:15Selene showed off her skills
33:17during the tea tasting freezer,
33:18winning the admiration
33:19of the entire party
33:20and taking first prize.
33:22Edlin instantly felt
33:23his prestige rise.
33:24After returning to the estate,
33:25he ended up sleeping
33:26in Selene's court
33:27for half a month straight.
33:28It was said that Selene
33:29had also been having
33:30the physician prepare
33:30pregnancy stabilizing potions
33:32for her recently,
33:33hoping to secure her position
33:34by bearing a son.
33:35She had to find a way
33:36to earn some face
33:37for Edlin
33:37and overshadow Selene.
33:39Thinking of this,
33:40she looked at everyone
33:40sipping the new
33:41Spring Bud tea,
33:42stood up,
33:43and said softly,
33:44For everyone to just sit here
33:45tasting and discussing tea
33:46is perhaps a bit dull.
33:48I have recently learned
33:49a new tune,
33:50and I am willing to play it once
33:51to add some entertainment
33:52to today's gathering.
33:56The moment she said this,
33:57Edlin's face changed instantly,
33:59whereas the male guests
34:00at the tables
34:01enthusiastically applauded
34:02and voiced their approval.
34:03The Lord of the North
34:04truly has great fortune.
34:06Having married Lady Lyra,
34:07from now on,
34:08he can hear the harp
34:08in his estate
34:09every single day.
34:10Isn't that right?
34:11How can any of us
34:12compare to the Lord?
34:13Ever since Lady Lyra
34:15entered the main estate,
34:16we haven't heard her play
34:17for a very long time.
34:18Since you've offered
34:18such a fine tune,
34:20naturally a wedding gift
34:21should be added.
34:23The crowd grew more
34:24and more lively.
34:25Thinking she had already
34:26overshadowed Selene,
34:27Lyra led a smug little hum,
34:29hugged her harp,
34:29and walked up
34:30to the small stage
34:31at the front.
34:32She didn't even wear a veil.
34:33Simply sitting there,
34:34she began to play
34:35the new tune.
34:36When the song ended,
34:37the entire hall
34:38erupted in cheers.
34:39Down at the table,
34:40I hid the corner of my lips
34:41behind a feathered fan
34:42and smilingly
34:43instructed my servants.
34:44Lady Thornwell's tune
34:45was truly lovely.
34:47Someone,
34:48have a gold leaf hairpin
34:49noted down as a reward
34:50in Lady Thornwell's name.
34:51As soon as my words fell,
34:52several noble ladies nearby
34:54all chimed in with a smile.
34:55Silver hairpins,
34:57arm bracelets,
34:58copper coins,
34:59silver coins.
34:59All sorts of rewards
35:01were given.
35:04A maidservant carried
35:05a full tray of jewelry
35:06and silver coins
35:07to Lyra.
35:08Lady Thornwell's,
35:09these are the ornaments
35:10and silver coins
35:11that the lords
35:12and ladies present
35:13have added as charitable
35:14donations in your name.
35:16Smiling,
35:16Lyra instructed
35:17the maidservant,
35:18Quickly thank the lords
35:19and ladies for me
35:20and hurry up
35:20and accept them.
35:21She walked back
35:22to her seat
35:23respectfully,
35:24looking at Edlin
35:24with a smile.
35:25My lord,
35:26did I play well?
35:27It had been a long time
35:29since she heard
35:29such resounding cheers
35:30from the hall.
35:31Back when she sang
35:32in the banquet halls,
35:33people would always
35:34cheer from her
35:34exactly like this.
35:36Hearing these sounds
35:37again now
35:37made her rediscover
35:38the feeling of being
35:39wildly sought after
35:40from before.
35:40In the next second,
35:42Edlin delivered a heavy
35:43sigh right across her face.
35:44You are the lady
35:45of the domain now,
35:46not that woman
35:46who sang in banquet halls
35:48anymore.
35:48You bear the name
35:49of the Thornwell family's
35:50mistress,
35:50and yet you perform
35:51in public for rewards?
35:52Is the Thornwell family
35:54too poor to keep you?
35:55Or do you truly need
35:56these few coins that badly?
35:57You have thrown away
35:58every last bit
35:59of the Thornwell family's
36:00dignity.
36:01Guards,
36:02take the lady back.
36:03Lock her in her courtyard
36:04to reflect on her actions
36:05behind closed doors.
36:06Without my permission,
36:06she is not allowed
36:07to step out of her quarters.
36:11Lyra froze completely.
36:12My lord,
36:12I didn't mean to.
36:14It was the Duchess of Silverbridge
36:15who said that
36:16if I didn't win your favor,
36:18I would sooner or later
36:19be suppressed by Selene.
36:21She deliberately set a trap
36:22to ruin me.
36:24I covered my lips,
36:24looking utterly astonished.
36:26Lady Thornwell,
36:26what are you talking about?
36:28I am a woman who hasn't even
36:29settled a new marriage covenant.
36:31When would I ever say
36:32such things?
36:33You ruined my marriage covenant
36:34back then,
36:35and I haven't even settled
36:36that score with you.
36:37Now you come to slander
36:39my reputation.
36:40Do you think that I,
36:40the Duchess of Silverbridge,
36:42am someone easy to bully?
36:43I glared at me with red eye.
36:44You were the one who spoke up
36:45first to have them
36:46add rewards for me,
36:47which made them mock me
36:48like an entertainer
36:49in a banquet hall.
36:49You people just looked down
36:51on my background
36:52as a banquet singer,
36:53and you deliberately
36:54took this chance
36:55to humiliate me.
36:56I widened my eyes.
36:57Lady Thornwell,
36:58do you have any idea
36:59what you are saying?
37:01I took a step forward,
37:02walking toward the edge
37:03of the small stage
37:04at the front.
37:05I hosted this early spring
37:06charity banquet today,
37:07following the Queen Mother's decree.
37:10Its very purpose
37:11is to invite noble ladies
37:12to perform,
37:13and then let the lords
37:14and ladies present
37:14add charitable donations
37:15in the performers' names
37:17according to their own preferences.
37:18And these jewels,
37:20silver coins,
37:20and ornaments
37:21will all be exchanged
37:22in the name
37:23of performing noble ladies
37:24for grain,
37:25winter cloaks,
37:26medicinal herbs,
37:27and bandages
37:28to be sent
37:28to the northern forest keep
37:29for the defenders
37:30who desperately need them.
37:32How could such a noble cause
37:33become an insult
37:35the minute it left your lips?
37:39How could such a noble cause
37:40become an insult
37:42the minute it left your lips?
37:43The people present
37:43nodded one after another.
37:46Before you arrived,
37:47we had already gone through
37:48several rounds
37:48of charitable donations,
37:50but other ladies
37:50who performed
37:51all wore veils.
37:52Lady Thornwell's temperament
37:53is different,
37:54and she refused
37:55to wear one herself,
37:56so naturally
37:56we couldn't say anything.
37:57How has it now become
37:58us deliberately humiliating
37:59you with our charity?
38:01Adlin hadn't paid
38:02any attention
38:02to the movements
38:03in Silverleaf City
38:04these past few days at all.
38:05I purposely had
38:06the messengers
38:06deliver the invitation
38:07to the Thornwell estate
38:08absolutely last.
38:10Most likely,
38:11he never even looked closely
38:11at what was written inside,
38:13merely assuming
38:13it was no different
38:14from the tea banquets
38:15of previous years.
38:16Thoroughly distraced,
38:17Edlin had no choice
38:18but to drag Lyra
38:19away from the banquet
38:20of Hannah,
38:21hurrying back
38:21to the Thornwell estate.
38:22When the Dowager lady
38:23turned out,
38:24she clutched her chest
38:25in sheer fury.
38:26Just what kind
38:27of family-ruining disaster
38:28have you brought back?
38:30You threw away
38:30the Duchess of Silverbridge,
38:31whose marriage covenant
38:32was personally blessed
38:33by the High Ming
38:33and who was highly regarded
38:34by the Queen Mother.
38:36All because you insisted
38:37on this unrepentable wrench.
38:41All because you insisted
38:43on this unrepentable wrench.
38:45Taking her outside
38:46will only throw away
38:47the Thornwell family's face
38:47entirely,
38:48immediately strip her
38:49of her title as the lady
38:50and demote her
38:50to a secondary wife.
38:51From now on,
38:52the only mister in this estate
38:54who can stand before others
38:55needs only BC Lynia.
38:57Hearing this,
38:58Lyra couldn't possibly
38:59sit still anymore.
39:00Thrusting her pregnant belly forward,
39:02she lunged as if to smash
39:03her head against the pillar.
39:04Is the Lord going to strip me
39:06of my position
39:06and devote me
39:07to a secondary wife?
39:08Who was it that said
39:09he would let me sit
39:09in the position of the lady?
39:10And who said our child
39:11would inherit
39:12the Thornwell family's
39:13Lynia in the future?
39:13They the first
39:14recognized legitimator!
39:16If the Lord regrets it now,
39:18I will smash my head
39:19and die around here!
39:20Edlyn hardly reached out
39:20to stop her
39:21and the room
39:21was instantly thrown
39:22into chaos.
39:23Right at that moment,
39:24the aid servant
39:25had been in chaos.
39:25My Lord, congratulations!
39:26The physician has just
39:27diagnosed Lady Selene
39:29to be pregnant.
39:29Lady Selene is currently
39:30throwing up terribly
39:31in her courtyard.
39:32Please go and see her,
39:33my Lord.
39:34What?
39:35As soon as the word fell,
39:36Edlyn was instantly
39:37overjoyed.
39:38Is this true?
39:39For a moment,
39:40he was distracted
39:41and his grip loosened.
39:46And his grip loosened.
39:48Lyra had merely
39:49pretending to throw
39:49herself at the pillar,
39:50but without any
39:51obstruction this time,
39:52her whole body
39:53genuinely smashed
39:54right into it.
39:55Blood instantly flowed
39:56down the side
39:56of her forehead,
39:57her entire face
39:58turning deathly pale.
39:59She clutched her belly
40:00and curled up
40:00on the ground.
40:02My Lord,
40:03my stomach hurts
40:04so much.
40:05Save our child.
40:06Before she could
40:06even finish,
40:07she went limp
40:07and collapsed.
40:09This is bad!
40:10Lady Lyra has
40:10knocked herself
40:11unconscious!
40:12Guards,
40:12quickly summon
40:13the physician!
40:14The normal state
40:16was instantly
40:16plunged into sheer pain.
40:18Lyra's collision
40:19had actually
40:20become real.
40:21Not only did she
40:21break her forehead,
40:22but she also
40:23injured the child
40:24of her womb.
40:24Because of this,
40:26she went into
40:26labor prematurely.
40:27Meanwhile,
40:28Selene gritted her teeth
40:29in her own courtyard.
40:30She shameless rushed.
40:32Knowing perfectly well
40:33that I am also pregnant,
40:34she purposely chose
40:35this exact time
40:36to ram a pillar
40:37and go into
40:38premature labor.
40:39She clearly just
40:40wants to hook
40:41my cousin's attention back.
40:42A woman born
40:43of a banquet singer,
40:44does she actually
40:44think she can let
40:45the first recognized
40:46heir of the Thornwell
40:47family be born
40:48from her womb?
40:48Lyra's child was already
40:49not yet full term,
40:50and on top of that,
40:52she had injured
40:52her forehead.
40:53Halfway through
40:54the harrowing labor,
40:55she had lost
40:55all her strength entirely.
40:56The physician spent
40:57a great deal of effort
40:58to barely stabilize
40:59her breathing.
41:00After enduring pain
41:01for a full day and night,
41:02she gave birth
41:03to a premature daughter
41:04as frail and tiny
41:05as a newborn kitten.
41:07Lyra had passed out.
41:09The physician spent
41:10a great deal of effort
41:11to barely stabilize
41:11her breathing.
41:12After enduring pain
41:13for a full day and night,
41:14she gave birth
41:15to a premature daughter
41:16as frail and tiny
41:17as a newborn kitten.
41:19Lyra had passed out.
41:20When she woke up
41:21and saw a baby girl
41:22in her arms she instantly shrieked i was clearly carrying a son how can it be a daughter you must
41:28have swapped my child did selena send you she wants to secure her position in the main estate
41:34so she swapped my son tell her to give my child back she vehemently insisted that selene had
41:40swapped her trying and throwing a fit insistently she turned the entire normal
41:46selene however completely ignored her and was instead absolutely thrilled
41:51this way the first recognized inheriting child of the thornwell family would most likely be born
41:55from her own womb but she rejoiced too soon at the one month celebration banquet for the eldest
42:00daughter of the thornwell family selene drank a bowl of sweet honey milk broth to usher in good fortune
42:04not long after she experienced unbearable abdominal pain breaking out in cold sweats she cried out
42:12before the physician could even arrive selene was already bleeding heavily
42:25the child in her womb not even two months along could not be saved after examining the food she
42:33had consumed the physician detected an abortion herb in that sweet broth something that should never
42:38appear in a pregnant woman's diet the dosage was staggering absolutely not something that had been
42:43mixed in by accident selene's eyes turned bloodshot tie up that bitch lyra and drag her here
42:49lyra however showed not a shred of fear merely hugging her daughter she sneered coldly i was the one who
42:54did it so what that bowl of sweet broth didn't just have abortion messing it also had something to cause
43:00sterility selenia you wanted to secure that position keep dreaming the only bloodline the thornsfield family
43:08will ever leave behind from now on will be my daughter she laughed like a maniac looking at the
43:14hurriedly arriving edlin and mark you were the one who first tricked me into giving myself to you and then
43:18tricked me into entering the main estate now you even want to strip me of my position and demote me
43:22to
43:22a secondary wife you deceived me so many times i am merely seeking justice for myself this one time
43:27that's fair edlin you wronged me first so don't blame me for being ruthless
43:34selene ultimately lost her child and permanently lost any possibility of becoming pregnant again
43:39the felwyn family erupted in fury
43:44the felwyn family erupted in fury refusing to listen and stubbornly insisted on handing lyra over to the royal
43:50court's judicial department lyra was not afraid in the slightest she merely stated that if they truly
43:55forced her to die before her death she would naturally expose every single secret within the
44:00thornhill estate that shouldn't be leaked to the outside world ultimately edlin couldn't bear it he
44:04racked his brains and pulled strings to spare lyra's life the felwyn family forced him to agree to send
44:09lyra to the grove of ancestral spirits forbidding her from ever returning to the main estate for the rest of
44:14her life her daughter would be handed over to selene to raise and from then on edlin was forbidden from
44:19giving any other woman a status and forbidden from welcoming anyone else into the mainstay
44:24from that moment forward selene would be the sole recognized mistress of the thornhill family
44:28it was as if the thornhill family had lost all its vitality overnight sinking into complete silence
44:33within silver leaf city by the time the people i had planted in the thornhill estate delivered this
44:37news to my hands two or three months had already passed i heard that lyra was sent to the grove
44:42of ancestral spirits meanwhile although selene kept that child by her side whenever she thought
44:47of how she had been ruined into her current state she would go mad with hatred occasionally feeling
44:51the urge to strangle the child when lyra found out she ultimately hung herself with a long white silk
44:56sash in the grove of ancestral spirits she ultimately hung herself with a long white silk sash in the
45:06grove of ancestral spirits she wanted to use her own life to buy a path of survival for her daughter
45:11when the people of silverleaf city gossiped in private they all sighed that the lord of the
45:15north had personally blocked off his own prospects and all his avenues of retreat his path within the
45:20royal court had likely come to an end later he only held an insignificant post in the royal court
45:25and his majesty simply stopped summoning him to the councils altogether this also meant that his future
45:30prospects in the royal court were thoroughly severed as for me because i had hosted several charity
45:34banquets with utter propriety everyone in silverleaf city praised the daughter of the calewin family as
45:38being compassionate generous to others and a person who truly accomplished practical deeds
45:43the queen mother asked what reward i wish to request i thought about it and only asked for one
45:48gracious permission a month later i followed the royal court's convoy escorting grain winter cloaks
45:53and medicinal herbs to the northern forest keep i would also establish an academy for women in the north
45:57teaching those surviving destitute women how to read keep accounts identify herbs and learn a craft to
46:02settle down and support themselves from then on allowing them to also possess a piece of the world
46:07that belonged entirely to themselves someone asked me if i would ever want to go home in the future
46:11i smiled faintly the world is so vast anywhere can be home
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