CH 77.2

Shortly after.

In the palace’s Rose Garden, a secret and small wedding took place.

Bai Huaiyu, dressed in an elegant white suit, became the spouse of Kyle Odysseus, who was sitting in a wheelchair.

During the ring exchange, a long-lost smile appeared on Kyle’s gloomy and pale face, and Bai Huaiyu was also smiling. The seemingly gentle and obedient omega had dark and venomous thoughts flowing beneath the surface.

The elder presiding over the wedding was Queen Vanessa, the highest-ranking omega in the palace after King Edmund.

To Bai Huaiyu’s surprise, Queen Vanessa was a genuine omega in every sense, with a gentle and kind appearance, like a white rabbit that had unknowingly wandered into a den of wolves and snakes.

As the non-biological daughter-in-law of Queen Vanessa, Bai Huaiyu received many precious and rare jewels, some of which were even taken from Queen Vanessa’s own dowry.

King Edmund did not attend, but Crown Prince Edward did.

Bai Huaiyu had always been curious about the Crown Prince of the empire, but his new husband, Kyle, did not hide his hatred for Crown Prince Edward. Shaking with rage, he angrily drove away Crown Prince Edward at the wedding, causing some awkward trouble.

However, Bai Huaiyu secretly observed this peculiar pair of brothers. In the face of Kyle’s hostility, Prince Edward, as the Crown Prince, showed no resentment. He still delivered a speech at their wedding.

The imposing and dignified alpha prince’s demeanor twisted Bai Huaiyu’s gentle smile in an unwilling and distorted manner. They were both princes, yet he had to marry a disabled waste of a prince.

Bai Huaiyu began to fantasize about what would happen if he were to flirt with Crown Prince Edward. Would Princess Katie and her waste of a husband, Kyle, go mad with anger?

As it turned out, he didn’t even need to pursue such flirtation. On their wedding night, his waste of a husband had already gone mad with anger.

He couldn’t perform… hahaha…

Bai Huaiyu laughed maniacally in his heart, looking at that nauseating thing that couldn’t rise. His disgust for alphas instantly transformed into extreme pleasure.

Outwardly, Bai Huaiyu appeared considerate and comforting, assuring Kyle not to be sad, promising to find a doctor to cure his ‘illness.’ In reality, the corners of Bai Huaiyu’s mouth were on the verge of splitting from his wide smile as he sadistically suppressed his laughter.

Unfortunately, that waste of a husband held him back and forbade him from seeking medical help, fearing it would bring shame and expose the matter.

If news of the once dignified Empire’s second prince, Kyle, becoming an impotent Alpha were to spread throughout the entire imperial palace, Bai Huaiyu couldn’t help but find it amusing. However, the good times didn’t last long. 

Once again, Bai Huaiyu emerged from Kyle’s basement with a sinister expression on his face, bearing numerous bruises and injuries. His useless husband, upon learning about his impotence, began to self-destruct and would often vent his frustrations by taking them out on Bai Huaiyu. 

Even Bai Huaiyu hadn’t anticipated that not only did he marry a waste of a man, but also a useless, incapable, and domestically abusive Alpha. Yet, he had to endure it, fearing his mother-in-law, Consort Katie’s methods. Despite countless times when he wanted to completely eliminate this rubbish husband, he had to suppress his desires. Ironically, before Bai Huaiyu could act, Consort Katie took the first step and targeted her own husband, King Edmund.

King Edmund suddenly fell into a coma and wouldn’t wake up. No matter how hard they searched, they couldn’t find the cause of his illness. Only Bai Huaiyu knew it was the handiwork of his cunning mother-in-law, Consort Katie, and he had caught a glimpse of her slip-up. 

Consort Katie had a rose garden, and due to Bai Huaiyu’s own circumstances, he had a deep understanding of flowers. Coincidentally, he came across a particular rose amidst the many roses—a unique rose with bright red petals, purple stamens, and sixteen layers of petals. It bore a striking resemblance to the ancient plant he had read about in his search for the origin of the pheromones on his body, a mildly toxic rose.

The palace had strict security checks, and all items brought into the palace underwent thorough inspections to prevent the entry of poisonous substances. Bai Huaiyu unexpectedly discovered that it was a poisonous rose, and Consort Katie often used it to brew tea. He deliberately didn’t inform Consort Katie, wanting to see when she would succumb to the poison, thus allowing him to escape from this prison-like magnificent palace.

However, Consort Katie didn’t die, instead, she seemed to grow more spirited. On the other hand, King Edmund experienced several episodes of angina and urgently called for palace doctors to treat him. Bai Huaiyu only noticed this after observing carefully. 

Normally, King Edmund wouldn’t step into Consort Katie’s territory, except during her monthly sensitive period when he would come only to collect her pheromones from the back of her neck. Their relationship was as cold and indifferent as a pair of fake spouses. Consort Katie, when she turned ruthless, could even exploit herself. 

The toxins from the poisonous rose gathered in her glands. Every month, when King Edmund came to collect her pheromones, the toxins would unknowingly transfer to him. No one could detect it. 

The Odyssean Imperial Family now publicly announced that King Edmund had fallen into a coma due to exhaustion from diligent governance and was currently being cared for by Queen Vanessa. The empire was currently without effective governance, and unfortunately, Crown Prince Edward was still dealing with the rebellion in the Seventh Galaxy and hadn’t been able to return to the capital.

In one of the territories, a nobleman was killed by rebellious commoners. This nobleman had been forcibly imposing taxes on the impoverished civilians, demanding that those unable to pay their taxes work in his mines. During a mining accident that resulted in the deaths of numerous commoners, the enraged civilians stormed the nobleman’s residence. 

When Crown Prince Edward’s troops arrived, they suppressed the rioting civilians, resulting in several casualties. Videos depicting the killing of civilians began to circulate, and the imperial government justified Crown Prince Edward’s actions as lawfully suppressing the lawless mob.

However, due to numerous scandals involving the Odyssean Imperial Family, the empire’s population has lost trust in them. Even within the imperial army, doubts and dissatisfaction toward the Odyssean Imperial Family have arisen. This is due to the precedent set by the Second Prince Kyle, who caused the malicious incident of the K108 spaceship hijacking, resulting in the deaths of many imperial soldiers and civilians.

If it weren’t for the Third Prince, who was living among the people, persistently pursuing the truth and personally bringing Prince Kyle to court for trial, the people of the empire would have remained in the dark. The restless souls of those brave imperial soldiers who sacrificed their lives would never have found peace. 

Many within the imperial army felt regret and guilt for hindering Si Huaixi that day. It should be known that this group of people was willing to sacrifice their lives for the empire and the honor of the Odyssean Imperial Family, but they couldn’t tolerate their sacrifices being based on a ridiculous internal conflict. Furthermore, as a representative of the imperial family, Prince Kyle conspired with the Federation and betrayed the empire, making him an unforgivable traitor!

Even though the rebellion in the Seventh Galaxy was eventually successfully suppressed, it triggered a chain reaction, and rebellions broke out in various star systems. The nobles themselves were now struggling to survive, and with insufficient battalion troops, the imperial army had to be urgently dispatched to suppress the uprisings. 

However, most of the imperial commanders were of noble birth, while the vast number of lower-ranking soldiers came from commoner backgrounds. They witnessed the corruption of the Odyssean Imperial Family and the nobles, which resulted in their loved ones living in unbearable hardship. A large number of lower-ranking soldiers in the military began to go on strike, and those with fiery tempers joined the protests directly.

Prince Edward, the eldest son, was reluctantly forced to remain in the galaxy, suppressing uprisings across the regions, despite his efforts to resolve conflicts and rebellions through peaceful means.

Casualties were inevitable, and the anger of the deprived spread, branding Prince Edward with a reputation for cruelty. The public’s resentment towards him could even rival that towards Prince Kyle, who had been sentenced to death.

Amidst the chaotic imperial situation, with the King in a comatose state and consecutive turmoil stirring public unrest, the Federation seized the opportunity to join forces with the insect race and launched an attack. A large number of Federation and insect army troops were closing in on the Odysseus Empire’s defense line.

As war broke out, Prince Edward was forced to abandon quelling the internal strife and temporarily assumed the role of King Edmund, commanding the empire’s thirteen armies to defend against the external enemy at the imperial border.

Meanwhile, Bai Huaiyu, deep within the palace, arrived at the chamber of Consort Katie.

Without a doubt, Consort Katie was eager to know if he was pregnant.

Consort Katie looked dissatisfiedly at Bai Huaiyu’s belly, her seductive eyes revealing a coldness as she harshly reprimanded him, “I thought you were an A-ranked Omega, capable of getting pregnant quickly. But it’s been so long and there’s no news. If there’s something wrong with your body, the Consort will arrange for specialized obstetricians from the empire to examine you and prescribe some medicine to help.”

Bai Huaiyu rolled his eyes in secret. His body was perfectly fine. If he were to see a doctor, he might as well consult a specialist in male infertility and ask how to deal with impotence.

However, on the surface, Bai Huaiyu still had to maintain the appearance of a submissive daughter-in-law as he apologetically said, “I’m sorry, Consort Mother. Huaiyu will try his best.”

Consort Katie responded with dissatisfaction, uttering various nonsensical methods for giving birth, hoping Bai Huaiyu would try them out in order to bear an imperial child as soon as possible. She promised to give Bai Huaiyu a position as queen in the future.

If it were in the past, when the King held absolute power, Bai Huaiyu would have considered his mother-in-law’s dreams to be nothing more than wishful thinking.

But now, with the King in a comatose state and Prince Edward fighting against the Federation and the insect army at the imperial border, rumors had it that the enemy forces were fierce and had caused significant casualties among the empire’s soldiers. It was even possible that his useless husband could end up on the throne.

Bai Huaiyu’s shameful heart wavered as he thought about his husband’s impotence. He felt that there was no hope.

He arrived in the basement.

Bai Huaiyu pressed his hand against the gushing wound.

A glass cup thrown by his useless husband, Kyle, had cut his lower eyelid, causing a bleeding wound that almost touched his eyeball, stimulating tears to flow from his eyes.

Half of Bai Huaiyu’s face was covered in blood, yet he calmly and manically contemplated… how to kill his useless husband without leaving a trace.

Kyle, sitting in a wheelchair, was in a drunken daze, numbing himself with alcohol. The dim and poorly ventilated basement was filled with a nauseating smell of alcohol.

But Bai Huaiyu noticed that his useless husband was unusually happy today.

Even while drunk, he muttered, “Hahaha… he’s finally going to die. I’ve been waiting for this day for a long time.”

Bai Huaiyu suppressed his desire to kill him, closed the basement door, and left.

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