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My Husband's Wedding Day Is My Execution Chapter 10
A month later, the imperial decree was issued.Mabel was sentenced to beheading, as originally ruled. Before her execution, she wept and begged to see Arthur, but he didn't go to see her.Apparently, she kept protesting her innocence, but she was indeed the one who struck and killed Prince Ezra's heir, suppressed the news, and wore my wedding gown to the wedding ceremony.There was no one left to take the blame for her.Meanwhile, Arthur was punished with 60 strokes of the whip, exiled three thousand miles away, and barred from ever holding official office again.It was drizzling on the day he left the city.Bertha returned from the market and told me the convoy of prisoners would pass by East Street just outside the Montgomery family estate later today. She stood at the kitchen doorway, watching me for a moment."Are you truly not going to take a look, my lady?"I sat by the window, repairing the vanity case Mother left me. The brass lock had rusted, jamming whenever I tried t
My Husband's Wedding Day Is My Execution Chapter 9
After leaving the Ministry of Justice, I returned to the Pemberton family estate. The wedding decorations on the gate hadn't been fully taken down yet, and as the wind stirred, a torn fragment of flower garland—made from bright, jarringly red roses—fluttered in the breeze.Bertha reached up and tore it away."How could they continue to hold a wedding at the cost of a young lady's life? Weren't they the least bit scared of getting nightmares in the dead of the night?"The government officers went through my list of missing items, one by one, helping me to recover them. As it turned out, the missing pearl was in Mabel's vanity case, and the brocade had already been cut into a new dress for her, so they could only offer monetary compensation for its value.I touched the gold bangle Father left me, turning it around my wrist, which now fit. I also placed Mother's pearl tiara back in its wooden box, which I entrusted to Bertha to carry.Arthur's mother, Flora Sterling, stood under th
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The Ministry of Justice reopened the case just two weeks later.My throat still ached quite badly. Whenever I spoke too quickly, it would feel as though I had swallowed a mouthful of broken glass.Bertha helped me sit in the courtroom and placed a cup of warm water within reach, while Mabel kneeled on the other side.She had taken off my wedding gown and was now clad in a drab, grey prisoner's uniform instead.The apothecary owner was brought in first. He said, "The mute-inducing potion was purchased by the butler from the Pemberton household, my lord. The dosage was quite potent. I even warned them that consuming it could damage the vocal cords."The butler subsequently confessed that Arthur had ordered him to swap out my identification documents and place Mabel's prisoner identification tag on me. The servant who delivered the message also recounted the events that took place before dawn.Faced with all the testimonies, Mabel continued to weep and say, "I only stopped him from
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Arthur took a step forward toward me, but I immediately retreated.In my haste, I knocked over a medicine bowl beside the physician, and shards of porcelain scattered across the floor.He stopped short. "Don't be afraid. I won't hurt you."Those words were truly laughable coming from his lips.I lowered my gaze to the deep red welts around my wrists. He saw them too. He said, "Victoria, I really thought that I could hold them off. I thought I could stall them. I never intended for you to die.I opened my mouth, but only a fractured, broken sound escaped my throat."The drums…"He froze.I pointed toward the execution grounds and repeated myself. "The drums."I knew he had heard them when he affixed the seal onto the verification documents. He just didn't care or think much about it.Arthur's shoulders slowly slumped."I heard them," he admitted quietly. "But I thought that they wouldn't dare lay a hand on you if I managed to rush there in time."I looked at him. It wasn
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Victoria's POVI woke to a searing pain in the back of my neck, as if my head were splitting apart.The chains on my wrists had been removed. Next to me, a matron, who was most likely a prison physician, helped me sit up and brought a spoonful of warm water to my lips."Drink slowly," she said. "The blade didn't touch you. It got caught halfway through. But you were so terrified and already lost so much blood that you just lost consciousness after that."I reached up to touch my neck.There was nothing there but a red welt, left by the shackles of the guillotine board holding me in place.Just as the final execution order was about to be carried out, the old jailer had delivered my blood-written plea to the presiding official.Upon seeing the words "Marriage voided" and recalling that I had once traced the Montgomery name on the ground, the imperial envoy immediately ordered a halt to the execution.Luckily, the blade had been able to be stopped in time, but I lost consciousnes
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Arthur stared at his subordinate, forcing his voice through gritted teeth.The subordinate remained kneeling on the ground, not daring to look up as he replied, "I-It's Lady Montgomery… "The imperial envoy ordered me to return with a message, saying that she left a final wish before her execution that her remains must never be interred in the Pemberton family ancestral grave."Arthur seized him by the collar."Impossible," he growled. "I gave explicit orders to stall the execution until I arrived. Who authorized the executioner to strike?"The subordinate gasped, struggling for air."It was an imperial decree, Lord Pemberton! Nobody dared to stall a decree from the King himself! And the official review document bore your own seal."Arthur's hand froze.A terrifying silence descended upon the wedding hall.The flush drained from Mabel's face, bit by bit. She stepped forward to pull at him and said, "Arthur… Perhaps Victoria is merely injured. Why not send someone to verify the
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