Ellie was caught looking absentmindedly at Helen.
Did she hear it right? She was a concubine who wasn’t interested in the Emperor? So she didn’t want to be his lover?
She was a little puzzled while looking at Helen, she was already frightened and shut her eyes.
“I-If you wish, you can be a maid for another… the maid for another concubine.”
Helen was already afraid that Ellie would leave her.
She didn’t know what kind of courage she had to be able to say so with her small shoulders shook in fear.
“Your Highness, It all…. doesn’t matter. It doesn’t matter whether Your Highness likes His Majesty or not.”
Ellie smiled gently and took Helen’s hand in hers.
She thought it would be considered rude to hold the hand of Her Highness the Concubine first, but she was confident that her master wouldn’t send her away just because she did that.
Ellie smiled, the corner of her mouth lifted up with twinkle appearing in her eyes.
“I feel even more sorry to see Your Highness trembling and feeling uncomfortable like this. I just want you to have a little more joy in your life. If you think that you won’t be happy by staying in His Majesty’s side, then it’s fine.”
“…… You know what I mean, right? There is no hope of your success in your life….”
“From the beginning, success doesn’t matter after all. I’ll be happy if I’m allowed to stay by your side.”
After they held hands together, thick drops of tears escaped Helen’s eyes.
Ellie said she would stay with her even if it meant she won’t be successful in her career.
So, how could she not let tears flow down her face?
“Don’t cry. What if it gets to your light makeup?”
It was also a sniff of Helen’s shoulders. She patted Helen, who was sniffing, on her shoulder.
It was so touching that her tears continued to flow down her face.
She was happy and touched to have such a good friend.
‘I have to hide well. So I.’’ never get caught by the Emperor’s eyes.’
She couldn’t put Ellie in danger. Because it was her fault and she was the one who caused this.
Helen cried in Ellie’s arms. The more she cried, the more she recalled the man in the library.
So this was how it felt not wanting to be abandoned.
Her guilt toward the man doubled again as she realized how this feeling that she just felt.
***
Around that time, the Imperial couple also sat in the carriage that looked incomparably glamorous and durable.
The Emperor didn’t let go of the documents on his hands while looking at the general affairs. The Empress scowled seeing how serious the Emperor looked.
“It’s been a while.”
It’s already been a long time since the last time she left the palace. Long enough that it left traces on the chair seat of the carriage which was covered with lovely cloth.
The two haven’t exchanged a single word with each other, hence disregarding the term ‘married couple’ attached to them.
The Empress, Josephine, casually started the conversation.
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A Fake Concubine Was Caught by the Tyrant
RomanceAlternative 가짜 후궁인데 폭군에게 붙잡혔다 Author(s) 한소베 ** ** A Princess, who became a fake concubine in place of her sister. She thought it would put an end to her miserable life. When she was threatened by her father to kill the Emperor, she learned about t...
