CHAPTER 44 (2). BUT WHY DID HE PICK HER?

He had to fully realize it that day. It was a fact that the woman he had known until now had not shown herself completely to him, and that she was not as good and tender as he had thought.

He was the Emperor. His Empress could have laughed at his stupidity at being swayed by his mistress, but he thought she could not do so if she had been in his shoes. For him, his mistress was everything in life, a pillar that sustained his life, and a nourishment that led to his survival in life. Anyone, who was not even an Emperor, would have to fall in love with such an existence. Even his Empress, who spoke in a noble voice, would not be able to say that if she was in his perspective...