Semua Bab Reborn With Heaven’s Blessing, I Married the Regent: Bab 1 - Bab 9

I was dazed when my elder sister, Margaret’s voice came from above my head. “I’m going to marry your fiancé. Aren’t you happy?”I lifted my head and looked at her. She was dressed in bright yellow, dazzling with wealth.Only then did it hit me—I had been reborn back to the day Margaret was getting married.In my previous life, she asked me the same thing. I cried and begged to take back my identity. She shoved me into a foot tub with vicious force. “This body of yours is so loose, it puts even the top courtesan of the House of Blossom to shame.“Look how much stouter you are compared to me. You were born to be used by every man who crosses your path! How could someone like you ever be worthy of being a queen?”I choked and swallowed mouthfuls of water, unable to say a word.On her wedding day, the streets were lined with decorations for miles, while I was bound hand and foot and thrown into a brothel, forced to become the lowest of prostitutes.I thought that if I could see the

Three days flew by.Only half of my mother’s dowry was returned.My stepmother and sister had sold off most of the jewelry and could only scrape together one-tenth of its value. In desperation, they shoved a lot of fakes into the pile.A vase with celadon glaze that was supposed to be an antique looked like a modern copy at a glance. The glaze was uneven, and it was nothing like the piece my mother left behind. Even the embroidered scrolls had been swapped. An embroidery that showed peacocks spreading their tails on all three sides had been swapped for a single-sided piece.They must have forgotten that I was raised to be an empress. I could tell real from fake with one look.Mixed in with the items were a few pieces from the palace itself, which proved that the Emperor truly favored Margaret.“Hallie, go fetch the butler. He’ll recognize these things.” Hallie was the woman I brought from the Regent’s place. She followed my orders without question. Margaret's and Elizabet

Since that day, Margaret had been rigorously trained by the palace matrons. Not a single inch of her was spared, and whatever the higher-ups said was dutifully obeyed. From time to time, they taught her ways to please, and whenever I passed her room, her screams would echo down the hall.I could not help but feel a thrill. I had been eating well and sleeping well. My skin visibly glowed. My figure looked even better than before. My only annoyance was Jovan. He clearly had not given up and sent little gifts to me now and then. I would hand it to my father every time I received something. He placed the imperial gifts on the ancestral altar. I knew Jovan came to visit once. When he saw his gifts sitting there, his expression immediately darkened.The Regent soon gathered everything needed for the wedding, and even the servants worked themselves into exhaustion like overworked donkeys. Everything was impressively magnificent on our wedding day.That night, in the bridal cham

“Eleanor… You still have feelings for me, don’t you?”After the banquet, Jovan seemed to have lost his mind. He climbed over the wall of my house. He sat atop the wall, just like when we were kids.I suddenly felt all my childhood happiness crumble.“Your Majesty, confidence is admirable, but vanity is a disease.” Jovan jumped down and stared at me, lost in a dreamy daze. “Eleanor, didn’t you always say you’d marry me?“Back then, I was wrong. I was misled by slanderous whispers, thinking you had failed me before marriage. And you never told me you were born with a blessed womb. I've realized now that you truly are the best.“If you come back to me, I won't despise the fact that you've been with my uncle. The throne of the Empress could still be yours. With your blessed womb, we could continue the dynasty together.”In the end, it was all about my body?He despised me back then because of it. Now, he loved me because of it. Jovan really was disgusting.“We were once childho

After the coronation, I took up residence in the central palace.The Regent clung to me like a burr, holding me so tightly and unwilling to let go.“Today, my Empress rises to the throne with me, so in the days to come, you mustn’t turn away from me.”I gave him a light push. “Your Majesty, don’t hold me so tight.”“Already starting to despise me?” He lifted his head, and his eyes were shimmering with unshed tears.I lowered my head and gave him a shy smile. “The imperial physicians say there’s another little prince or princess on the way.”“Really?” His joy spilled across his face. He wanted to touch me, then stopped himself, all flustered and delighted. He was worried the kids might bother me, so he slept in the outer room with the two little ones while fully clothed.I gazed at the moonlight spilling through the window, feeling the gentle warmth of winter.After Margaret was dragged away, she was locked up.She had gone mad, and she would yell at anyone who saw her. “I di