Buck spoke with a detached tone, as if discussing matters that had nothing to do with him.
While he spoke, Her Majesty the Queen wanted to object but found herself powerless to refute him. Everything Buck said was the truth.
Back then, she truly hadn't treated Prince Li Ke with any genuine care.
Or perhaps, there was a time she had been sincere—back when she was pursuing him. But it was all too brief; so brief that the moment she had him, she ceased to cherish him.
She had thought that by giving Prince Li Ke the position of main husband, she had bestowed upon him the highest honor. For him to want anything more was simply greed.
After all, ordinary females in the Empire could take multiple partners, let alone her.
She was the most venerated Her Majesty the Queen of the Empire. She had to have whatever she wanted. Because everything came so easily, she never learned to cherish any of it. Only after he was gone did she realize that the one thing she wanted most was already lost.
