Alle Kapitel von I Heard My Husband’s System: Kapitel 1 – Kapitel 8

When the butler came to me for the third time, I finally ordered the gates opened.Ned Vaughan was covered in snow. His face was pale and drawn from spending too much time outside.When he saw me, he tried to rise, but his legs gave way after so many hours in the cold, and he tumbled back into the snow.The first time around, without even stopping to put on a coat, I had rushed outside and thrown my arms around him.This time, I merely stood inside the doorway.The smile faded from Ned’s face.“Flo, are you still mad at me? Susie’s condition flared up yesterday. That’s why I couldn’t make it. She could barely breathe. I couldn’t just leave her to die.”He took out the locket my mother had left me.Half a month ago, it had fallen into a frozen lake.Ned had spent two hours searching the icy water for it. He was bedridden with a fever for days afterward.The first time around, I had believed that a man willing to risk his life for me would never betray me.That thought quickly

Susie looked down at her hands. Her fingertips were trembling slightly.“Not long after you died, I suddenly recovered. Ned made me his royal consort. He promised to make it up to me for all the years I’d suffered. “After I became pregnant, I learned that I was the daughter Josephine had secretly sent away from the palace as an infant.”Ned had no royal blood. He needed Susie alive so that she could bear him a child of the true Vaughan bloodline.“I tried to escape and tell the rest of House Vaughan the truth.”Susie’s voice grew quieter.“But as soon as the baby was born, he had someone bring me a glass of poison. I begged him to spare me, but he said I was no longer of any use to him.”She looked up again. Her eyes were moist with tears.“He married you to gain control of your family’s army, and he kept me alive to bear an heir of royal blood. Florence, he never loved either of us.”Staring at her pale face, I was reminded of the goblet of poisoned wine Ned had set before m

By the time Susie awoke, it was already the following afternoon.She rested against the wall. Her face was devoid of color.“Florence, I’ve only dragged you down with me.”“Shut up. Save your strength.”I handed her the medicine the royal physician had left behind.There was not even a brazier in the cell. The medicine had been sitting out for only a short while, yet, it was already stone cold.Susie managed two sips before she began coughing again.On the third day, John found a way into the royal dungeons.I had not seen him in days. His eyes were bloodshot.He stood outside the cell for a long moment before setting down the basket of food. “Father is working to clear your names. The conspiracy at the military exercise is being investigated again. If we can prove that Josephine bribed the deputy commander, you and Susie may still be exonerated.”I gathered my thoughts before giving him two instructions. “John, I need you to do two things. First, keep searching for a phy

After Josephine’s defeat, she was taken to death row.With Mrs. Shaw’s testimony and Josephine’s public confession that she had exchanged the infants, Susie was soon officially recognized as a member of House Vaughan. The king remained unconscious.The royal physicians said that he had been poisoned. Even if he survived, there was no telling when he would regain consciousness.The kingdom could not remain without a ruler.Having put down the coup as a prince, backed by the emergency order signed by House Vaughan, Quinn was soon appointed regent.Father and John supported the decision. “Quinn may have been convicted of treason, but with the king unconscious, there’s no one better suited to rule in his place. Our family helped him return to power, and he needs our army. For now, at least, our interests align.”I did not object.On Quinn’s first day as regent, someone invoked his former conviction for treason and demanded that he be imprisoned again.The entire court waited to