It was a portrait of someone stripped bare of pride.
Yue Ran's eyelids drooped slightly, and her eyelashes trembled uncontrollably, long lashes brushing against her skin like fragile gossamer.
She seemed to be thinking about the meaning of his words. But after a while, she felt that there was no need to think so hard. Overthinking was futile; after all, it was useless to say more now that things had spiraled to this point.
Thus, Yue Ran just laughed softly, as if she had completely accepted her fate.
"Your Majesty," she began, "there's no need for you to test me. The situation regarding the substitute marriage was originally a mistake born from the Tallis noble family. I have faced my punishment, and in doing so, you have gotten what you wanted."
