I had heard such words many times in the Southern Radiant Kingdom. But this beautiful face had caused trouble for me. After my father died, someone couldn't wait to take my life. I finally made up my mind to escape from the palace of the Southern Radiant Kingdom, but I didn't expect to be captured and brought to the palace of the Northern Borderland Kingdom...
While I was in a daze, I suddenly heard a loud noise outside.
It seemed that someone wanted to "force their way" into my sleeping palace, the Phoenix Palace, and the guards at the gate tried to stop them but failed.
"What should we do, Miss? The Queen Mother... she..." My handmaid who served me panicked as she saw the Queen Mother about to come in.
"Don't worry, I'm here." I smiled and thought, perfect timing.
Soon, a chamberlain outside my sleeping palace shouted, "Hey, you inside, the Queen Mother is here. Hurry up and come out to greet her!"
I stood up and straightened my clothes, and then followed the chamberlain to meet the Queen Mother.
In the royal place, it was not easy to live cautiously, but it was very simple to court death.
I knew the rule behind it very well.
So I deliberately annoyed the Queen Mother. She said that my words and actions were improper and I was not worthy of staying by the king's side. She even ordered someone to slap me in the face.
But in the end, the Queen Mother didn't dare to go too far. She just taught me a lesson and gave me a warning before leaving.
I was slightly disappointed. She should have been more ruthless.
Liam soon learned about me being punished. He hurriedly came over.
"Rie, are you alright? Let me see." Liam didn't waste time to dismiss the palace attendants and rushed over to hold my face. His expression was serious and filled with pain.
But in my opinion, it was just a hypocritical performance.
"Didn't you say you would take care of me? Look at me, do you have the ability?" I deliberately raised my face for him to see clearly and made sarcastic remarks.
With family feuds and national hatred in front of us, I didn't need to be polite to him.
"Rie... you did it on purpose." His hands holding my face were trembling, and his face showed a painful and helpless expression.
I have never seen him like this before, but I can't be soft-hearted. This person is good at pretending. Have I been deceived by him for more than ten years not enough?