Chapter 120: Entangled Desires
Author’s POV:
The princess stormed into her father’s private chamber, her frustration evident. "Father, what are you doing? Are you going to keep watching everything without doing anything?" she shouted, her anger palpable.
The emperor, irritated by her abrupt entrance, retorted, "Vixara, have you lost it? It is me, the emperor, whom you are talking about, and you are entering my room abruptly? Have you indeed lost it?"
"Yes, I know you are the emperor, but before that, I am your daughter. You should listen to me as a father, not just as an emperor. Don’t tell me about the rules; I know them better. You should look after my wishes better," the princess yelled, her frustration pouring out.
The emperor, equally irate, questioned, "What more do you want to do? You have every freedom, and you still want more?"
"Yes, because I still have nothing. Why don’t you do something about that woman? She has gotten on my nerves. I didn’t call her for a tea party so she could brag about being the duchess. I brought her here to humiliate her, but she humiliated me instead, and you are doing nothing. Why? I am your daughter. Your daughter just got humiliated by a mere woman," she gritted her teeth, seething with anger.
The emperor, growing angrier, asked, "What do you want me to do? Isn’t it you who did this on your own in the first place?"
"What? Are you blaming me now?" she raised her brow defiantly.
"I will not blame you, then whom? Who brought this situation in the first place?" the emperor raised from his seat, walking toward the princess.
"Who told you to run away with the mere guard? Did I say? If you weren’t doing something like this, then this wouldn’t have happened. I already prepared everything to make you the duchess, but you chose to be a beggar. Now you are crying? Who will listen to you now?" the emperor pointed at the princess in frustration.
"Father! That was a mistake. Don’t you ever make mistakes?" she questioned without acknowledging her own error.
"No, that was not something I could reverse. Now go to your lover and cry about this. Why me? Didn’t you insult my name in front of all the people of the empire when you ran away with the guard? And you dare to question me? You dare to question my authority? I didn’t raise you like this, Vixara. You don’t resemble my daughter at all," the emperor said, disappointment evident in his voice.