The Second Marrige of Deserted Concubine

On spring day, the 28th year of Emperor Arthur, Belleros, East Acesia.

"Oh, my god! Help! Miss Caroline Bennett hung herself!" (Caroline Bennett, the third daughter of General Bennett)

Early in the morning, a scream suddenly broke out from "Crystal Palace", the most remote and secluded house of Bennett Mansion, which instantly broke the tranquility of the morning!

In front of the bed in the inner room, Doctor Thomas, the imperial doctor, in his late fifties, frowned and tried to feel the pulse of a young lady lying in bed.

This young lady was about 16 or 17 years old. Her pretty face showed a weird blue-purple color because of suffocation. At this moment, she was stiff and had no breath!

Doctor Thomas shook his head helplessly, slowly withdrew his hand, and sighed, "Please forgive my incompetence. I'm afraid Miss Bennett can't...be saved!"

Bedside stood the eldest daughter, Helena Bennett. She was kind of shocked, pursed her lips a little bit. A few seconds later, she blurted out joyfully, "Really?" When she finished speaking, she realized that she had said something inappropriately. So, she just coughed, and took the handkerchief and pretended to wipe her tears. Her voice was choked, "No, Caroline will be alright. Doctor Thomas, please save her."

Doctor Thomas could only shake his head, indicating that there's nothing he could do.

"Woo, Miss Bennett! Don't leave me ..." The maid Daisy knelt in front of the bed in grief. She kept shaking Caroline, hoping she would wake up.

It was difficult for Helena to conceal her excitement, but she knew she mustn't reveal her reall feeling at such an occasion. She pretended to be sad and rushed to the bed and cried, "My younger sister, you just leave like this. What am I going to do...? "

"What's going on? What's wrong with Caroline?"

In the deafening cry, General Freddie Bennett strode in. He was followed by a young handsome man in a robe and jade crown. The young man was Prince Nicholas Lopez, the eldest son of Emperor Arthur, who was also the fiancé of the young lady in bed

Helena who was still crying immediately got up and choked, "Father! Caroline she ... she went extreme, and killed herself!"

"What?" Freddie frowned suddenly, his face sinking instantly.

"Please forgive my incompetence. Miss Bennett has been ..."Doctor Thomas was frightened and gasped, "It's too late and I can't save her..."

Daisy turned a blind eye to all this, just holding the woman's hand to try to wake her up. In the trance, she felt Caroline's hand suddenly moved, and then it moved gently. Daisy was stunned, and looked up in tears. Caroline opened her eyes weakly and stared at her.

There was a moment that Caroline's eye was kind of strange to her. But that strangeness was transient.

"Miss, you aren't dead, Miss!" Daisy froze, and then she yelled in surprise.

Helena was stunned, "What? It's impossible!" The rest of the words were stuck at the throat in the face of Caroline's sharp eyes. She stepped back in panic as if she saw a ghost: "you ... you ... a human or a ghost?"

The joy in Nicholas's eyes was replaced by shock, and he threw his sleeve angrily and stepped forward to check. There was a faint anger in his voice, "What's going on?"

Caroline was frightened by his voice. She rolled over and sat up in a panic, lifting her pale ghost-like face, and desperately crawled towards Nicholas, "Prince Nicholas, please ... please do not abandon me..."

Her right arm was twisted in a strange posture as it was turned outwards.

Helena was annoyed. She bit her lower lip and turned her eyes. She said, "Yes, your highness, if you really dismiss the engagement, Caroline will kill herself. She can do anything for you ..."

"Helena!" General Bennett was angry. Helena was adding fuel to the fire!

Nicholas couldn't restrain his anger at this time. He shouted, "You are bold! Caroline, how dare you threaten me."

"Your highness, please don't get mad at me, please forgive ..." Caroline trembled, and stretched out her hand to pull his hem, "Please, Your highness, please ..."

"Your highness, do you really want my sister to die?" Helena seized the opportunity to speak as if she was afraid it was not chaotic enough.

Nicholas's eyes flashed with cold light. He glanced at the rope, strode forward and pulled up the rope and became furious, "Caroline! Are you fooling me? How dare you deceive me! "

The rope was cut neatly. Obviously, it was cut deliberately when he was coming.

"No, I didn't ..." Caroline crumbled, crying in huge grievance. She wanted to hug his legs, but he kicked her hard.

"You are fooling me like this. How can we be husband and wife?"

He asked a servant to bring him pen and paper, swung his sleeves, wrote down a few words in the paper and threw it in front of Caroline: "We are over!" Then he turned and left!

"Your Highness! Your highness, calm down..." Helena was ecstatic and shouted and chased after him.

Caroline, who had just wept bitterly, looked at the paper in a daze, as if she had lost her soul.

General Bennett took a condemnatory glance at her and he was afraid that they would become a laughingstock because of today's scandal. He stomped angrily, and turned to chase Prince Nicholas to see if there was anything he could do to fix it.

Daisy was worried about Caroline. She squatted down and called "Miss" in a soft voice. She was really afraid that Caroline would wail bitterly the next moment as she knew how Caroline cared about Prince Freddie.

However, to her surprise, the tearful young lady turned to carefully read the contents of the paper, then, put it aside, stood up with one hand, wiped away the tears on her face at will, and said calmly: "Daisy, bring me some hot water. I want to wash my face."

"Yes!" Daisy responded subconsciously, and took a few steps. And suddenly she realized something usual, "Miss! You ..."

It's quite unusual!

Because of her disability, Caroline had always been timid, even thought she had a supper-pretty face. She was even submissive to the servants. But at this moment, she seemed to be quiet a different person. The cowardice inborn was gone. The whole person was as quiet and composed as the ink landscape!

Caroline smiled slightly and looked at her sideways, "What's wrong?"

Daisy's heart beat and she shook her head in haste.

At that moment, Caroline did not miss the doubt in Daisy' eyes, but she just smiled slightly, with some helplessness.

In fact, the real Caroline was already dead at the time of the doctor's diagnosis, but now this body was occupied by a soul from modern ages: the forensic agent Bella Clark, code-named "Caroline"!

The moment she opened her eyes, memories of Caroline Bennett flashed into her mind.

This was a continent that worshiped martial arts. The original owner of this body, Caroline Bennett, was a girl with stunning beauty and amazing inner strength. Since her destiny matched with Prince Nicholas, who had too much Yin Qi, Emperor Arthur made her engaged with Prince Nicholas. However, when she was twelve years old, she suddenly became enchanted and lost all her powers. Two years later, in order to save Princess Nicholas, her right arm was broken, and she was left disabled. So she developed a cowardly and humble character and learned medicine to kill the time. The physical handicap and the change in personality made Princess Nicholas despise her and repeatedly drop hints that she'd better withdraw the engagement with him.

Helena, who had long coveted the position of Princess Nicholas, abetted Caroline to use "death" to force Prince Nicholas to change his mind, but she secretly murdered Caroline.

"Since you are dead, from now on I will take over your life. You can rest assured ..." Bella Clark, no, Caroline Bennett, smiled, "I will live for myself ..."

In her previous life, she died for her nation, but in this life, she no longer wanted to live a life of swords and blood, and just wanted to live an ordinary one. She pretended to be the original Caroline to make her engagement with Prince Nicholas end. Now they were over. There was no connection anymore.

After a while, Daisy came with hot water and serve Caroline to wash up. She couldn't help but to examine her quiet and calm master. The more she pondered, the more she thought something's wrong, "Miss..." She opened her mouth prudently and blinked, "I feels that you.......seem to be a bit different..."

Caroline picked her lips, and smiled slightly. "What's different?"

Daisy tilted her head. She couldn't tell exactly how her master was different.

Seeing her perplexed look which was quiet cute, Caroline couldn't help smiling and reaching out to hold her. She said lightly, "no matter what happened to me, I remember that you are the only one who is really good to me except for my mother in Bennett Mansion."

Daisy's eyes were slightly red, and she stopped thinking about this matter, sobbing and saying, "Don't say that, Miss. But for you, I would already have died."

"Well, you should go and rest." Caroline smiled and hurried her to rest.

Seeing Daisy leave and close the door for her thoughtfully, she shook her head with a smile, then her eyes fell unexpectedly on her disabled right arm. Her brows frowned slightly, and she rolled up her sleeves to check, but found that the bones had been seriously deformed.

To make her hand completely recover, the bone must be broken off completely and properly docked to allow it to heal again. The whole process was very long and painful, Caroline frowned. After a few moments, she felt eased. This Continent had many good medicines for bone and sinew renewal, perhaps they would have some unexpected effect.

On the next day, after washing up and having breakfast, Caroline took a pen and drew the knife, scissors, tweezers and other instruments required for the operation, and took Daisy out to find a craftsman to make them.

Daisy was very prudent and she insisted with huge courage that Caroline waited at the "Tea-Fragrance House" while she contacted the craftsman herself, in case that Caroline was identified on the street and picked on by some snobs. Caroline had to agree.

By the time Daisy returned, 30 minutes had pass. Daisy was very curious about the stuffs Caroline asked craftsman to make, but Caroline didn't say a word, just mysteriously smiled, "You'll know by then."

Seeing Daisy sweating profusely, Caroline poured her a cup of tea. Daisy thanked her happily and then took a few sips.

Suddenly footsteps mixed with laughter were getting closer and closer, "Waiter! Make a best pot of tea, hurry up!"

Caroline looked sideways, and saw three young women going upstairs and took a table by the window.

The woman in pink just took a sip of the tea sent by the waiter and puffed it out, "Is this the best tea? The slops of my family is even better than this!"

The shop assistant knew that he could not afford to offend her, so he just nodded and smiled humbly.

"Forget it, Holly!" The woman in blue said with an air of arrogance. "What good things can be offered in such a small place? Make do with it."

Daisy looked disdainful and grunted, which made Caroline get interested: "What are these people?"

"They are all from centennial clans. The girl in pink is Holly Evans, the daughter of the head of Clark family; the girl in blue is Karen Hill, the daughter of the Head of Hill family, and the girl in green is Alice Moore, the daughter of the head of Moore family. Because of their family background, these people are arrogant in daily life, and they act like they are princess."

East Acesia was a vast land with abundant resources, and there were numerous centennial clans. As far as Bellerosis, the capital concerned, the families of Scoot, Clark, Moore and Hill are 4 top centennial clans, with Scoot family taking the lead. They were not only rich but also played very subtle roles in the changes of the imperial court. Therefore, they had always been the flattered targets of the princes. No wonder these girl were so arrogant.

"No one from Scoot family?"

"No." Daisy shook her head. "These three are very close, but the daughter of Scoot family never contacts them."

Caroline nodded and no longer asked.

The three girls there obviously didn't notice the two in the corner. After they talking a few gossips, Holly suddenly asked: "Karen, I heard that someone from the court recently visited your father secretly, for the purpose of marrying you to Prince Louis?"

"Yes, but I turned it down!" Karen snorted disdainfully, and the disgust in her eyes was not concealed." Doesn't Prince Louis take the mirror? He is really courageous enough to send a matchmaker to my family. He is a cripple who vomits blood all day, and he still wants to marry me? He is really like a toad who covets a swan... "

"Shah! Keep your voice down!" Alice said pretentiously, but her voice was not small at all, "These three-legged men are hard to find, but so is the one-leg toad is not easy to find, right?"

Holly already laughed and cursed: "You are so mean. Beware that Prince "Wolf"(Prince Louis ) can hear you!"

"Ah! I am so afraid!" Alice sweetly said, "Do you think Prince "wolf" can really hear what I say? I don't care he really does. I say nothing wrong. Karen, you mustn't marry Prince "wolf". Otherwise, we will lose face to be friends with you! "

"Huh! He really wishes ..."

Chatting and laughing, the three finished their teas, and they got up and ready to leave. Only when they came down the stairs, somehow their knees went limp, with an exclamation in unison they rolled down the stairs one by one!

There was a sudden uproar in the downstairs hall, and many dudes burst into laughter, just like watching a monkey show!

The maids who guarded the downstairs were dumbfounded and scrambled over to help, "Miss, are you alright?"

Compared with the severe pain in the body, the humiliation before people was more unbearable. In the laughter, Holly and others took their sleeves to cover their faces, trying to cover up and fled under the help of the maids!

"Done!" On the third floor, a man in white clapped his hands, he said with a smile, "Prince 'Wolf', are you satisfied?"

The black-clad man in the wheelchair was silent with his back to the door of the room, and a few moments later, several low coughs rang out with a heartrending spasm.

"That's too much!" Daisy, who heard everything those girls say, was very angry." "Prince Louis has made great contributions on horseback to East Vietnam. These people don't know how to be thankful. Instead, they insulted Prince Louis. They....they really should go to hell!"

"Daisy..." Caroline smiled lightly and placed tea money on the table, "but in this world, Few offers charcoal in snowy weather"

Daisy wrinkled her face, and her voice was a little sad: "It's a pity for Prince "Wolf" of your East Acesia..."

"The king "wolf" will always be the king "wolf"." Caroline smiled softly and said shallowly, "Even if he has only one leg left, he is still the king "wolf " with sharp teeth and claws! And some people, even if he has eight legs, are only Just a pathetic crab. A fire can make him completely dead. "

Daisy couldn't help laughing, "Miss, do you mean that some people are born princes, and some people don't look like princes even in dragon robes?"

Caroline smiled lightly, "So it is not a pity. King "wolf" ... is just sharpening his tooth and claws. One his tooth and claws become sharp again, East Acesia, even if the whole will become his preys!"

Within the room, the man in white stood still for a long while, and suddenly smiled and said, "Prince "Wolf", are you afraid? In this world, someone can see you through?"

In the low coughing sound, the man in black on the wheelchair suddenly smiled low, and the meaning of the laugh was profound, "Caroline Bennett"

With a chill shiver, the man in white couldn't help but lament in his heart: is Prince "Wolf" .............interested in this disabled girl?

But ... this the third Miss of Yu Family seemed to be a little different from the rumors ... He touched his chin with his hands, seemingly very curious.

Not realizing that their dialogue between the two had fallen into the ears of the two men. Caroline put down the tea bowl and said, "It's not early, let's go back ..."

Without saying a word, Yu's strange voice suddenly sounded: "third Young Sister? Why are you here?"

Before the words were finished, there suddenly came Helena's voice which sounded surprised, "Caroline? Why are you here?"

Helena came with Prince Nicholas. As if to declare her ownership, she stood very close to Prince Nicholas, with an air of exultation, waiting to appreciate Caroline's heartbreaking reaction.

Hearing the sound, Caroline raised her head. After founding who they were, she just smiled blandly, "So it's Your highness and my dear elder sister, sorry to be rude."

Jade Falcon: Is that all?

Caroline's quiet and composed air obviously dismayed Helena. She could not believe this composed woman in front of her was Caroline who had been timid and submissive all day long because of her disability. Compared with the splendor of her dress, Caroline was just in a black dress, without any makeup. But she still couldn't hide her refined temperament!

Helena had always been jealous of Caroline's stunning beauty, and when she saw Prince Nicholas was lost in Caroline's beauty, she was even more jealous and stepped forward to cut off his sight, "Huh! My younger sister! You also know what your situation is. Your highness has just ... Why you don't stay in the house, and run out to be the laughingstock of others?

Although there were not many people in the tea house, they all noticed the situation here and whispered. Although there were no paparazzi in that era, many people were interested in royal secrets.

"You're a really laughingstock!" thought Daisy, who was eager to protect Caroline. Daisy stepped forward to argue with Helena. Caroline just held her back gently by the hand and her quiet smile was sharp, "I have never set up traps to hurt people's lives, and I haven't been with my brother-in-law in public. Why should I be the laughingstock?"

Hearing this, Prince Nicholas was shocked and very doubtful, but before he spoke, Helena whose face turned pale out of guilt and fear, screamed: "What are you talking about? Who ... who set up a trap to hurt people? Who is your brother-in-law... I mean, you and Your highness have already dismissed the engagement. It is Your highness's freedom to be whoever he wants to. You have no right ..."

Seeing that more and more people gathered, and there were many discussions, Prince Nicholas left without saying a word: Caroline, It seemed that I have been fooled by you. Just wait and see!

Helena was very anxious and she stumbled after him: "Your Highness! Your Highness, wait for me! Your Highness, you must not listen to the nonsense of Caroline, she is simply jealous......."

Although Prince Nicholas slowed down, his mind was obviously not on Helena. He sneered and said to himself: "Why did Caroline suddenly change so much? But she looks like... charming ..."

Jade was stunned, and then became furious: Damn! You are crippled, but you still induce man. I will never let you take Prince Nicholas away. He is mine! He is mine!

Suppressing her anger, she said coyly, "Your highness, why are you angry at a cripple? I have done what you want me to do, and then ..."

Knowing her thoughts, Prince Nicholas nodded with a fake smile, "Relax, I will keep my promise."

"Really? Thank you, Your highness!" Helena almost jumped with ecstasy. "Then, I will be waiting for your good news. Your highness...... do not keep me waiting long."

A calculating gleam flushed in Prince Nicholas's eyes. He said, "Okay, I knows. I won't let you wait too long!"

It's just that ... I might disappoint you, because...

This little episode did not affected Caroline's mood in the slightest. She had experienced too many ups and downs in her previous life, so it is difficult for her to be influenced by any person or thing. Perhaps it was because of this indifference that she had an attractive charm.

Daisy also seemed to be very curious about this and couldn't help but say, "Miss, the more I looks at you, the more I feel that you are more beautiful than the past. You are 1000 times more beautiful than Miss Helena!"

Caroline smiled without saying a word: what about beauty? It is superficial.

The two of them returned to Bennett Mansion, and Caroline ordered Daisy to leave her alone and look out the window alone. However, for a while, Daisy knocked on the door with a pout and gave an exasperated salute, "Miss!"

Caroline picked her lips slightly, "What's wrong?"

Daisy grunted, "Prince Nicholas came and asked to see you."

Didn't they just meet up? Why did he come to me again? Caroline frowned, "You just say I ..."

"Say you what? Fall sleep? Feel uncomfortable? Or feeling bad so you don't want to receive guests?" Prince Nicholas already strode into her voice and said gloomy, "Caroline, this is your intention to keep deceiving me?"

Caroline smiled as usual, and with a flick of her sleeve, she made a slight salute: "Your highness."

The large sleeve covered her disabled right arm, and her elegant and orchid appearance was matched with an unearthly and refined temperament. Prince Nicholas's eyes gradually showed a strong possessiveness, and he could not help but scream: "Caroline! Can you confess your guilt?"

From the moment he saw Caroline in the Tea House, Prince Nicholas had found that he couldn't helping thinking about her beautiful face and peerless style. Somehow, as if he was enchanted, he came to Bennett Mansion without hesitation.

Caroline frowned: "I don't know what crime I have committed, please express make it clear, Your highness."

"Huh! Are you still pretending?" Prince Nicholas took a step forward, staring closely at her delicate spotless face. "Since you are such by nature, why did you pretend to be humble and cowardly to lie to me to dissolve our engagement?"

Caroline smiled lightly: "If a person wants too much, he will be afraid of losing, and it will inevitably lead to suffering. But once he really loses them, naturally it doesn't matter anymore, why should he fight all day long?"

Prince Nicholas felt that Caroline was not telling the truth, but he couldn't tell what was wrong. However, seeing her smile, he quickly left these behind, and in a daze, he even abandoned his rationality followed for a while, and then blurted out, "I regrets it now! I want to ..."

"I didn't regret it." Caroline still smiled, but her smile was cold. "At that time, I asked Your highness not to abandon me. But Your highness was so cold-hearted! Besides, I am disable. I don't deserve to be with Your highness. Your highness should be with someone who has sound limbs! "

When referring to Helena, Prince Nicholas's eyes were full of disdain, and he sneered and said, "What about the sound limbs? No brain ..."

Caroline was about to say something, but suddenly glanced behind him, and then said with a string smile: "How can Your highness say that about my elder sister? My elder sister really cares about Your highness..."

"I don't care if she really cares about me or not, you don't have to bother to explain for her." Prince Nicholas interrupted her impatiently, His eyes growing more eager. "But for you disability, how could I have a liking for her? Not to mention now I has discovered that even if you ARE disable, she still can't even match a tenth of your charm! "

Caroline smiled without saying a word, but her gaze turned to the door. Prince Nicholas stunned and turned back instinctively, only to see Helena full of anger at the door, her eyes almost bursting into fire.

As the prince, Prince Nicholas was not afraid of Helena, but he was unavoidably a little awkward. He pretended to calmly cough and said, "Oh, when did you come here? Just come in directly, What's it like to sneak around?"

After listening to their dialogue, Helena was almost mad, but she didn't dare to show it. She tried hard to smile and said, "I ... I heard that Your highness comes. So I'm here ... to invite Your highness to have tea in the front hall... "

Prince Nicholas was also reluctant to turn hostile, but he really didn't have any thoughts to accompany her to drink tea, so he shook his head and said, "I still has work to do, so I will go back first, and I will come again some other day."

He said, turned around and was about to leave, but then he turned back, staring at Caroline with a cold smile: "Caroline, just wait, I will ask father to grant a new engagement to marry you as my concubine!"

What? Concubine? This......

Before Helena had time to respond, Prince Nicholas turned away, and she could only glare at Caroline with a murderous gaze, and then turned and chased out: "Your highness! Your highness, wait ..."

Caroline was extremely innocent: What do you stare at me for? It's none of my business...

Caroline thought that since Prince Nicholas had left, she could finally get some peace and quiet, but when she was about to ask someone to bring her some tea, Daisy already turned back again and was full of worry: "Miss, Mrs. Bennett would like you to go there."

Caroline pursed her lips, "Good."

As soon as she entered the hall, she saw that Helena was cuddling and crying in the arms of her biological mother, Mrs. Bennett, Corrine Taylor, while she was complaining something. Seeing Caroline coming in, Helena cried louder, and was almost out of breath: "Mother, oh ... it's Caroline ..."

Caroline paused, her expression indifferent: "What's the great mother want?"

Corrine froze for a moment because of the change in Caroline's temperament, and then glanced gloomily: "Caroline, don't you feel ashamed? How dare you seduce your brother-in-law! Are you not afraid of gossips of others?"

Caroline picked up the corners of her lips and gave out a slightly ironic smile, "If Prince could be seduced by me, it means that he does not belong to the older sister. Just as he could be taken away by the older sister in the first place, which means that he did not belong to me. So, why should I waste my time trying to seduce him? "

"You ..." Corrine was dumbfounded at first, and she bit her teeth for a long time before she snorted heavily. "Don't talk nonsense! When did Helena seduce Prince Nicholas? They are meant to be a match made in heaven and earth, you are a handicapped ..."

Caroline's gaze was cold, and Corrine Taylor, who was able to speak, was so scared that he was stunned, and the words behind him immediately went back, uncomfortable. With a slight smile, she spit words like ice: "Aunt and sister, rest assured, I'm not interested in Prince Louis, just take it if you want, don't need to. A man like him is not qualified to make me jealous of him."

Caroline glared coldly, and Corrine, who was talking with excitement, shivered and immediately choked back her words, feeling quiet uncomfortable. With a light smile, Caroline spat out her words like ice: ''Great mother and the elder Sister, don't worry, I'm not interested in Prince Nicholas, just take him if you want. No need to be. Like this. A man like him is not qualified enough to make me jealous for him."

Looking at Caroline's beautiful and delicate figure, Helena felt only embarrassed and angry. Her grievance was hard to describe with words! If Caroline became crazy for losing Prince Nicholas and would fight with her desperately for Prince Nicholas, she would be conceited, and very happy to appreciate her agony.

But now the attitude of looking at Caroline is as if she just picked up a rag that was discarded! How ironic is a man who doesn't even look at a disabled person, she is so precious?

But now, look at Caroline's attitude. It's as if she's just picked up a rag that's been discarded by her! How ironic was it that a man whom a disabled woman can't even look up to should be held in high esteem by her?

"There's really wrong about Caroline ..." Corrine frowned, and a faint anxiety swept up, "No wonder Prince Nicholas would suddenly be interested in her. It is ..."