Chapter 192 (2/2)

The badge of the palace affairs office on his chest was clearly visible.

‘Huh? Am I inside the palace now? ‘

I immediately got up from the bed, startled. This time the crest of a roaring golden lion engraved on the carpet caught my eye.

Oh my God!

I asked the maid with a trembling voice, trying hard to open my mouth, “Where am I now?”

“It is His Majesty’s bedroom, Lady Monique.”

Oh My God.

I felt goosebumps.

All kinds of thoughts passed through my mind. My father’s angry face naturally came to my mind, let alone the fierce bickering between the pro-emperor faction and the noble faction over my overnight stay at the Central Palace. It didn’t matter that nothing happened. Anyway, politics was a battle for justification.

“Why am I here?”

“I don’t know. I was ordered by His Excellency to serve you when you woke up.”

“I see. Where is he now?”

“He is in the meeting room.”

“Meeting room?”

The maid bowed deeply to me when I was tilting my head, saying, “Yes, that’s right. I heard that he called the heads of the marquis families last night and spent the night with them.”

“Huh? Did he summon all of them?”

“Yes, I heard so. His Excellency asked to have breakfast with you when you are awake. It’s already late, so you had better hurry up…”

“Oh, I see.”

I stood up with a sigh of relief. As he was with the nobles last night, there was no possibility that any weird rumors about me would spread in the capital.

When I stepped down from the bed, I was bothered by my costume as I was dressed in the same black satin dress, corset, and petticoat.

‘I wonder if he saw my outfit.”

Hiding my blushing face, I washed my face and changed into the clothes the maid gave me. The light water-colored dress fitted me perfectly as it was tailored for my body. I was a little puzzled because it was my first time wearing it, but I went out as the maid was in a hurry.

“It’s been a long time, Lady Monique.”

“Hello, Sir June, Sir Seymour. Long time no see!”

As I left the room, the two knights standing at the door bowed to me. Sir June said with a bright smile, “I was ordered to escort you. Please come with me.”

“Oh, thank you.”

I quietly expressed my gratitude and walked with the two knights.

“Did you have a good sleep last night? It seemed like you were sleeping very well. ”

“Pardon? What do you mean… ? ”

“Well, I happened to be on duty last night, so I have been keeping an eye on you since you arrived at the Central Palace with His Excellency.”

“Oh my…”

Suddenly, his face blushed.

When the emperor died in Vita’s arms, it was only natural for the guards to follow him, the only remaining immediate member of his family.

But even though I understood it, I felt suddenly embarrassed to hear that he had seen everything last night. In addition, Sir June and Sir Seymour were close to me.

“I’ve never seen the emperor sleep so comfortably. I am not sure if you know it, but the emperor can’t sleep because of insomnia. But yesterday he had a sound sleep.

So, our opinion was divided over whether to wake up the emperor or not because it was cold at night.”

“…I see.”

When I slowly nodded, Sir Jeanne continued in a very satisfied tone, “So, after a long discussion, we approached the emperor to wake him up, but…”

“…”