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Chapter 34: The Contess's Poisonous Plot to Frame Miranda
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Revenge of the Betrayed: The Domineering Duke Falls for Me Chapter 350: The Queen Dowager’s Shifted Stance
The Queen Dowager understood very clearly: she herself knew how to place the greater good above personal feelings. If necessary, she was willing to sacrifice Miranda in order to preserve the Queen’s position. But would the Queen, in turn, ever do the same for her? She recalled how, only moments ago, she had considered the Queen’s interests first, weighing how best to shield her should their scheme collapse. And yet, the Queen had responded with relentless aggression, pressing harder and harder, even to the point of dragging the Queen Dowager herself into suspicion.At that moment, the Queen Dowager had her answer: if matters truly came to this, the Queen would never feel gratitude for her sacrifice of Miranda. On the contrary, she would scorn the Queen Dowager as weak and ineffectual, unable even to protect her own ward. Worse still, the Queen would seize upon Miranda’s downfall as the very lever with which to topple the Queen Dowager herself.If preserving the Queen came at the price
Revenge of the Betrayed: The Domineering Duke Falls for Me Chapter 349
Miranda remained composed, still as an ice carving, and said coolly:“After Lady Lark had taken a few bites, she felt tired and took a nap. I then instructed the maids to collect what remained of the desserts. Yet now, hours later, this tray of confections is still here—untouched, unwashed, and unremoved. Why is that so? Is it that Lady Lark’s attendants have grown so careless, so slothful, that they neglected even this most basic duty? Or is it rather that someone anticipated today’s events long beforehand, and purposefully ensured that this plate of leftovers would remain, to be presented now as incriminating evidence?”Her calm words landed like pebbles cast into a still pond, rippling through the hall. The assembled nobles began to exchange uneasy glances, the realization dawning upon them that something about the situation was, indeed, amiss.Indeed—desserts served at noon should long since have been cleared away. Why would they still be here? Could this be a deliberate trap?The
Revenge of the Betrayed: The Domineering Duke Falls for Me Chapter 348: The Evidence Appears Conclusive
Hearing the maid’s words, Miranda instantly understood, though she only sneered inwardly, a flicker of cold clarity flashing across her eyes. On the surface, however, she wore an expression of wounded anger, biting her lip as she said,“I have no quarrel with you—why would you slander me? It was Lady Lark who invited me today to make pastries with her. I hesitated at first, since I’m hardly skilled in the kitchen, but she insisted on teaching me herself, which is why I entered the kitchens at all. Besides, before the meal, the desserts were tested by a servant. Where is that person now? Why do you not mention him? And now you twist everything into this?”As she spoke, she raised her sleeve to hide her tears, appearing for all the world the picture of aggrieved innocence and fragile dignity.Both sides clung stubbornly to their own accounts, neither yielding an inch. The noble ladies present, led by Lady Liudmila, glanced back and forth between them, exchanging uneasy looks, seemingly
Revenge of the Betrayed: The Domineering Duke Falls for Me Chapter 347
The king kept his face set and his eyes fixed on Lady Lark’s body, never so much as glancing to this side; all his attention seemed locked upon her death. Only when the Queen Dowager spoke did a scarcely perceptible glint pass through his gaze.That flicker did not escape Miranda. She lowered her head at once, her earlier suspicion settling into certainty. So it was the king who had secretly sent word to the Queen Dowager. The queen, intent on framing her and eliminating Miranda outright, naturally feared that the king and the Queen Dowager would shield her; hence the pressure of words laid in advance. The king had counted on precisely this, and so contrived to draw the Queen Dowager here, letting the queen press and press until the Queen Dowager spoke. Then, when the truth came out and proved the queen the culprit, the Queen Dowager could no longer speak in her defense—the queen would surely fall.But it also meant that if Miranda could not clear herself, she too would be doomed.Thi
Revenge of the Betrayed: The Domineering Duke Falls for Me Chapter 346
“Your Majesty, why do you not speak?” The queen’s eyes burned; her words were sharp. “To take a pregnant woman’s life openly within the royal palace is a crime so heinous that even the severest penalty would not be excessive. Do you not endorse what His Majesty has said?” As she spoke, she cast a meaningful glance at Miranda.The Queen Dowager’s brows knit still tighter; her mind was not yet settled.The queen’s aggressiveness—did it spring from absolute confidence in her own design, or did it mean this matter was not her doing at all? Thinking this, the Queen Dowager looked thoughtfully at Miranda, then gave the faintest shake of her head. Miranda was steady and keen; she would never do such a thing… Could it be that someone else was meddling behind the scenes, seeking to exploit the queen’s grievance against Miranda to stir up trouble? If so, to dare pit both the queen and Miranda—and by extension the Queen Dowager herself—against one another was intolerable and could not be forgive
Revenge of the Betrayed: The Domineering Duke Falls for Me Chapter 345: At A Crossroads
With the back of his hand the physician touched the cheek—dry and fever-warm; no sweat beaded on the skin. He brushed a linen swab along the tongue and held it to his nose: a faint orchid perfume, edged with a metallic bitterness. The royal physician said, “Lady Lark died of poisoning. She was very likely slain by the poison-orchid.”Poison-orchid is a toxin refined from the poison-orchid flower. In Drakeland it is not rare, and the wealthy often use it for things best kept out of sight.Poisoned? Miranda’s brows knit as her thoughts raced.Just now the queen had said that Lady Lark must have been harmed by someone; and now, after the royal physician’s diagnosis, indeed Lady Lark had died by poison. Such second sight was truly… At the report, more than a few glances—intentional or otherwise—slid toward the queen. Lady Liudmila only smiled faintly.The queen knew perfectly well that her earlier words had aroused suspicion. She was about to explain herself when someone cut in.“I heard
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