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The entire mansion was filled with joyous celebrations, and everyone praised me for my thoughtfulness.
Only Danica was frowning with worry.
I spoke up for her, “Danica is experiencing emotional distress, which has caused her displeasure before childbirth. It will get better once the baby is born.”
After saying this, I thoughtfully invited the missionary.
“I heard that the scriptures from these missionaries have a calming effect, so I brought him to cheer you up!“}
When Danica heard that I had invited the father of the child in her belly, she panicked. Combined with a small dose of labor–inducing medicine I had secretly administered…
She hurriedly said she didn’t want it. However, the missionary was already at the General’s residence.
Danica merely glanced at the back of the missionary, and her composure was immediately shattered.}
She soon went into labor.
“Ah!”
Before long, a scream of shock came from the delivery room.
Jamie Willis came out.
Her face was filled with terror. I understood immediately that she must have seen Danica’s baby with black hair and eyes.
As a long–time palace maid, Jamie had spent her entire life in the palace and had never seen a foreigner.
She was bewildered by the sight of the strange baby.
“Mr. Lowe… Mrs. Lowe… she…”
Jamie hesitated, unable to articulate what she had seen.
When performing, one must commit fully.
At that moment, I quickly stepped forward, feigning panic as I asked, “What happened, Jamie? Is my sister in danger?”
As I spoke, I pinched my thigh to make my eyes watery and my voice quivered with a sob.
“Mrs. Lowe… Mrs. Lowe…”
Jamie seemed unsure how to convey that Danica had given birth to a strange baby.”
“Jamie, you have served in the palace for years. How can you still be so unstable? Just say what happened!“}
Whether it was my illusion or not, although Rolando spoke urgently, his expression remained indifferent.
At that moment, another midwife emerged, holding the baby with black hair and eyes. After a glance exchanged with Jamie, both women knelt on the ground.”
“Mrs. Lowe has given birth to a monster. This may be an ominous sign! Please, General, let me return to the palace to report to the Emperor. If the General is to blame for a monster, causing harm to the people, we cannot bear it! Please let us go!”
Jamie invoked the fate of the world, forcing Rolando to let her go.
He even sent his prized steed to escort Jamie back to the palace.
Soon, my father, Danica’s mother Kenya, Danica, Rolando, and I were summoned before the Emperor.
“Mr. Tanner, what do you think?”
The Emperor’s face turned dark. He didn’t even dare to look at Rolando first, as he had personally urged the marriage.
“Why not deal with the child in secret and declare that the baby was dead?”
Before my father could speak, Kenya interrupted.”
“Mom, no! He is my child, and I cannot let him end up like that! Please, let the General divorce me. I’ll return to the Tanner family, and we will raise the child together! Look at his eyes, they’re so beautiful. Mom, can you bear to see him harmed? The child is innocent!”
Danica spoke with tears and sobs.
“Mr. Tanner, you should also show your stance. You cannot let Kenya, a mere woman, make the decision.”
The Emperor gave my father a look, signaling him to plead with Rolando.
The Emperor had seen missionaries before and knew that this child was not a monster.”
Then it was a matter between the Tanner family and the Lowe family.
My father, understanding the Emperor’s hint, knelt at Rolando’s feet.
He slammed his head on the wooden floor with a muffled thud.
“Rolando, if this can be settled secretly, I am willing to offer half of the assets of the Tanner family!”
Before Rolando could respond to my father’s offer of money…
9:10 AM
“Your Majesty, there’s trouble!”
“What’s the rush? Why are you so flustered?”
The Emperor’s face grew displeased.}
“Reports from outside the palace say that the people have gathered at the palace gates, demanding the execution of the monster from the General’s residence! Now the whole city is talking about it. They said Mrs. Lowe has given birth to a monster!”
The servant reported.
“Your Majesty, I have another child yet to be born. I do not wish to bear the stigma of having a monster. I ask Your Majesty to consider that I have risked my life for you and decide on this matter so that my child will not be subjected to scandal!”
Rolando finally spoke. He had remained calm all along, seemingly waiting for the servant’s report.
The Emperor, knowing the relationships between the Tanner and Lowe families, had to decide whom to protect. He could no longer afford to play both sides.
He pressured my father, “Mr. Tanner, this matter cannot be concealed any longer. The people’s opinion is clear, and I can do nothing. Why didn’t you disclose your daughter’s pregnancy when I granted the marriage? Did you deceive me? Are you aware of your mistake?“%
Seeing the Emperor turn against him, my father immediately pleaded, “I will kill that foreigner immediately. As for my daughter and this bastard, I will follow the clan rules and drown them!”
Hearing that my father planned to drown her, Danica immediately fell to my father’s feet, crying out, “Dad, please spare me!“? But they were still standing in front of the Emperor, not in the Tanner’s residence.
No one would tolerate such a scene.
To save the entire family, my father had no choice but to grit his teeth and have Danica drowned.
Kenya looked at me with eyes full of hatred.
Because I had not let her switch the child, she grew vicious towards me.”
Soon, she bribed the servants in the General’s residence to place a voodoo doll under my bed.
But the person placing the doll was caught by Lara.
Kenya was reported to the Emperor by Rolando and received a punishment.
She was sent to a village to work as a washerwoman and was banned from leaving the village for the rest of her life.”
Those who harmed me received their comeuppance.
Soon, I gave birth to a chubby and healthy son.
Honestly, I owed my position as the General’s wife to Danica.@
If not for her eagerness to show off, I would have been no more than a concubine based on my status.
Rolando made a wooden rocking horse for our son.
Even though he couldn’t walk yet, he already had a whole room full of toys made by Rolando.
“Honey, I had a dream. In the dream, you and our son lived a hard life. I woke up with deep regret. I realized that as long as I am alive,
I must remove any obstacles for you. Now that the bad guys have got punished, I can finally put my heart at ease.”
A dream? Could it be that Rolando was also reborn? So, he feigned affection for Danica, sending people to her side under the guise of caring for her, and preventing her from doing anything.”
I had always wondered why royal doctors couldn’t determine how many months Danica had been pregnant.
Now I realized it was because Rolando forbade it.
But none of that mattered.”
At the moment, being with Rolando and our son was the happiest thing for me.”
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