I Became the Master of the Empress

39 – Episode 39

Let’s leave the office and head to the Empress Dowager’s residence…

“Huh? Brother-in-law?”

I encounter Joey coming out of the imperial area.

“Sister-in-law? Where?”

He laughs and says what I said.

“I’m just going for a walk. Would you like your brother-in-law to come with you?”

“hahahaha. “No, I came to see my mother-in-law.”

He smiles brightly as if he understands what I mean.

“Ah~ Mom, please stay in your room.”

With those words, I carefully ask Joy.

“Well… Do you know what your mother-in-law is trying to say?”

Hearing my words, Joy looked around and spoke cautiously.

“Her mother heard from her maids not long ago…”

-Gulp.

I feel worried when I see Joy approaching and talking with an unusual expression.

“My mom heard that her brother-in-law was teasing her older sister and making her work all night.”

I couldn’t refute those words.

First of all, it’s not a simple answer… But it’s true that they make you study and work all night long.

“Ha…, As expected…”

I started looking into it when Agrippa mentioned it yesterday.

Living in the imperial palace is not as easy as you think.

“I think that’s why you asked to see me today.”

I nod my head at those words.

“Well, from the mother-in-law’s point of view, her daughter is working overtime all night. “You must be worried.”

Joey looks left and right at my words and speaks carefully.

“But… Are you really being so simple?”

What is there to be simple? Are they just a couple?

I haven’t even played the first night. Is there anything I can do?

Under the law here, a marriage that does not take place on the first night is legally invalid. If you ask the Pope right now to invalidate it since the first night was not held, he will declare it invalid after a simple inspection.

In other words, is this a strange relationship where they are officially a couple but not legally a couple?

I want to say this, but I can’t, so I shake my head with an embarrassed smile.

“No, I am Theodora… I love her her.”

Joy nods his head with an expression of agreement to what I say.

“I knew it!, I told my mom a lot about how much her brother-in-law likes her sister.”

“Huh?”

How much do I like it? You don’t like it in the first place?

I don’t really understand what Joy is saying.

“Anyway, I’ll just go! Fighting, brother-in-law!”

I see my sister-in-law cheering me on with her fists clenched and running down the corridor with her face blushing.

“It’s cute…”

With that in mind, I arrived at my mother-in-law’s residence.

“Mama Empress Dowager, Her Majesty the Grand Duke has arrived.”

[Come on in.]

The voice coming from inside sounds a little scary today.

-Kkiik!

I see the door open and go into the room.

“Are you here? “You came earlier than expected.”

I bow lightly as I look at her.

“Yes, I was worried that my mother-in-law might be waiting, so I finished it quickly.”

“You are talking so nonsense. I know all too well that you are busy. “Come and sit down.”

With those words, I sit across from my mother-in-law.

“I heard you like coffee, right?”

My mother-in-law gently lifted the porcelain kettle with a blue picture on it…

She pours herself into her own cup and hands it to me.

“My family likes tea more than coffee, so I’m not sure if it will suit your taste.”

I answer my mother-in-law’s words with a smile.

“I like anything my mother-in-law gives me.”

“Is that so? “That would be nice, but…”

I take a sip of the coffee my mother-in-law gives me.

“It is no different than the reason I called you here. “I heard a rumor that you don’t sleep with my daughter.”

As expected…

She meets her sister-in-law and says the answer she somehow managed to squeeze out.

“What would you do by hiding it from your mother-in-law? That’s right.”

My mother-in-law frowns slightly at my words.

“Didn’t you say you love my daughter? But why are you insulting me like that?”

“I love you. That’s why I want to be considerate of her.”

This short sentence contains several meanings.

Have you read my thoughts?

“I think I know a little bit what you want to say. “But that would be insulting to the child.”

I answer those words with a weak nod.

“Yes I may be giving her her insult. But… I hate her so terribly that I am taking her by force… And I am afraid that it will leave a huge scar on the woman I love.”

Love is a piece of cake.

Honestly, it’s dizzying to think about the revenge of the ambitious Theodora.

But if I told this to my mother-in-law, I was sure she would get angry, so I tried my best to hide it…

My mother-in-law sighs.

“Whoa… You don’t know much about women.”

“You don’t know women very well?”

My mother-in-law gently closes her eyes and speaks.

“I and His Majesty the Emperor had an unusual love marriage.”

When you say that, it seems like you are drawing on the past.

“He had a dream. “He has a dream to bring peace and prosperity to his people.”

Is this a reminiscence of the past?

“It was beautiful. Could it be because he had such a dream? In my eyes, he was a man of brilliant light.”

I listen to my mother-in-law and take a sip of coffee.

“I admired him. “Seeing her brilliant and shining person, I did my best as a mother of the nation.”

What do you want to say? Are you saying that I should also be a good couple like her?

-Whoop…

I enjoy the scent of hot coffee and wait for my mother-in-law’s next words.

“The way my child looks at you now is similar to my eyes back then.”

-Push!

“Call!, Cough!”

I spit out my coffee without realizing it because of the unexpected words.

“Excuse me… I was sorry. Mother in law.”

No… I can’t believe I made such a mistake.

No matter how ridiculous I heard my mother-in-law say, I never thought an adult would make such a rude gesture while speaking.

“hehehe… Are you human too? You didn’t know I would say something like this?”

My mother-in-law did not reprimand me, but rather smiled as if it was fun. I also speak a little relaxed.

“Mother-in-law. You’re being overly pretentious. Theodora, what kind of person is she? “Is that what you think of me?”

She is now curled up, waiting for her time, and learning from me.

She is learning everything she has to learn from me and is waiting for me to shake.

She just stays quiet for that time.

But my mother-in-law shakes her head and says she doesn’t think so.

“No. Terra likes you. “She is my daughter, so I know her well.”

Phew… That’s not true.

I know the original story.

My mother-in-law does not know how cruel she is in the story where I was not present.

But she smiles, and it’s embarrassing to say that the adult was wrong, so she smiles insincerely.

“Then I’m glad…”

But did my mother-in-law see what was inside me?

“There you are. You don’t believe me? Lately, whenever I enjoy refreshments with Terra, she always talks about you. “I can tell you how hard you lead the empire and how wise and amazing you are.”

Is that possible?

Theodora praises me that much? It’s not easy to believe.

So, I think for a moment about what to say in my head.

My mother-in-law also brought out what was inside her. It wouldn’t be polite for me not to bring it up.

She makes up her mind like that and brings out my inner thoughts.

“Honestly, I can’t believe it. “She has the qualities of a king.”

The king cannot allow anyone to stand above him.

Because that is the way of defeat.

In the novel, she cannot tolerate disobeying herself.

Although she broke her pride and entered her warrior’s harem on her own to achieve her own goals.

It’s purely for her own purposes.

She uses her own body for her own purposes.

I am scared of her.

That’s why… She won’t give you an excuse.

That she and I will have a child.

Because there is a situation where she can kill me.

“hehehe… Why are you so afraid of that child? “In my eyes, she is an infinitely pretty and lovely child.”

It is definitely beautiful.

I have never seen a woman as beautiful as Theodora while living in two worlds, Earth and here.

Pure white skin, brilliant and luscious gray hair, ruby red eyes, a beautiful face and a body that arouses men’s lust.

All of that is beautiful.

If I fall for her beauty… I will see my death, so I will have to endure it with great effort.

But she doesn’t think it would mean much to tell her mother and mother-in-law how cruel she is.

“It’s beautiful and lovely. But… I don’t want to do anything that might make her frown.”

“That’s what you say, but I heard you’re making me work all night, right?”

I was momentarily speechless at my mother-in-law’s words.

In fact, it is a secret that even yesterday, he forced me to study imperial administration all night long and told me to find something that could improve the empire’s finances.

They are tricking him into studying by telling him that he can serve as emperor only if he can pass the imperial administrative examination to become a civil servant of the empire.

At first, Theodora was determined not to do anything, but…

-His name is emperor. Don’t you need to know how the empire’s administrative data is created and what the indicators mean?

I cannot refute these words and my conscience is pricked because I am helping with my work during the day and learning public administration step by step at night.

But my mother-in-law seems to have no intention of pursuing this any further and changes the subject to something else.

“hehehe… I heard it from her daughter. I heard she hasn’t had her first night with you and Terra yet. “Is that true?”

Is it because they are mother and daughter?

He nods, amazed that a father and son can say things that are difficult to say to each other.

“That’s enough consideration. Everyone knows that it is difficult for men to control their s*xual desires. If you do that much, that’s enough. Or do you have no intention of giving me Terra’s child?”

Those words make me blush.

Now… My mother-in-law… I gave her a grandchild… But I ended up leaving this world due to poisoning.

I cannot yet inform my unborn child that I have given up the inheritance of the Grand Duchy.

The variables that that fact creates are too complex.

To put it bluntly… Those with disloyal thoughts within the Grand Duchy may target Mary.

This is a truth that should not be revealed until Agrippa has solidified his position as sire in the Grand Duchy, as it could result in an attempt on Agrippa’s life.

“Hey, why is your face like that? “Your complexion doesn’t look good.”

I laugh awkwardly at those words.

“hahahaha… That’s probably because I stayed up all night recently.”

“Oh… Then, go to your room early today and rest with Terra.”

My mother-in-law says dangerous things with a sad look on my face.

“Huh?… Uh…”

I roll my eyes and worry about how to somehow escape this situation.

-Tarang.

Before I could say anything, my mother-in-law rang the bell at the table.

Soon…

The door opens and an elderly looking maid comes in.

“Did you call me? “Mother Empress Dowager.”

“Okay. Today, my son-in-law said he was going to his room to rest for the first time in a while. “Go and see for yourself whether there is anything lacking.”

Uh… If I do this… I can’t run away…

I sigh inwardly as I am taken to the bedroom that my mother-in-law had personally prepared.

I saw my mother-in-law smiling brightly after seeing the head maid leave.

It’s hard to say that I can’t do it now.

“As expected. I have a good son-in-law. “It’s the same.”

“hahahaha… Uh… Is that so?”

I just let out that embarrassing smile.