Chapter 1254 - 1194: The Ruse of Self-Sacrifice

Paige Desmond woke up from a nap, finding herself in an unfamiliar room.

Under the dim light of the wall lamp, Kiya was telling Dylan a story, and Dylan who was sleepy, kept yawning in Kiya’s arms.

"...The beautiful queen bullied the poor king, and one day, the king couldn’t bear it anymore and left home.

After a month of the king’s departure, the beautiful queen finally realized the king’s importance. She knew she loved the king deeply, but the king had disappeared.

The queen cried every day... She sent soldiers to find the king, but they could never find him.

The beautiful queen became haggard and eventually fell ill... The king appeared in front of her... The beautiful queen asked the king, ’Who are you?’ The king tore off the mask on his face, revealing his true face...

It turned out the king, who loved the queen deeply, had never left her...

The queen apologized to the king and asked for his forgiveness. The king forgave her, and from then on, the king and queen lived happily ever after..."

Paige Desmond listened with a mixture of emotions, wondering how deep Kiya’s grievances were to make up such a story.

Kiya looked down and saw her son asleep, placed him on the bed, then looked up to see Paige Desmond watching her with open eyes.

"You’re awake?"

"Hmm."

"When did you wake up?"

"...Since the queen angered the poor king away..."

Kiya settled her son in, tucked him in, and asked, "Was the story good?"

"It was awful."

Kiya furrowed her brows, looking at her, asking, "Why was it bad?"

"Since that poor king left home, the beautiful queen shouldn’t have searched for him... What’s all this about crying and becoming haggard? The beautiful queen should just find another man and from then on..."

From then on... The latter was left unsaid as Paige Desmond was fiercely bitten on her lip by Kiya.

The punitive kiss gradually changed, Kiya’s hand slipped into her clothes, caressing her chest made fuller by pregnancy.

...

Abyanabad,

Adrian Desmond arrived in Abyanabad and didn’t even return to the Desmond Family, secretly visiting Minnie.

Minnie knew Adrian Desmond’s identity, the brother of the former princess consort.

A princess consort with poor integrity, one who brought shame to the royal family.

Minnie refused to help Adrian Desmond, no matter what means Adrian Desmond used, with a demeanor that suggested she’d rather die than succumb.

Adrian Desmond couldn’t kill her, because if he did, who would help him find Sienna Johnson?

"What will it take for you to help me?" Adrian Desmond pleaded.

"I won’t help you, you should leave." The chubby Minnie expressed sternly, giving off a serious vibe.

"My wife might be in the imperial palace." Adrian Desmond showed Night Owl’s photo to Minnie, "This man, his current identity is Gulit’s cousin, but in reality, he is Night Owl, a globally wanted criminal..."

Minnie observed the man wearing a silver mask, she frequented the imperial palace and often saw Night Owl.

"How is this possible?"

"Minnie, let me tell you something, how about as an exchange?"

Minnie cautiously watched him, "Tell me what it is first, then I’ll consider helping you."

"Gulit’s son is not Kiya’s."

Minnie’s expression changed drastically, "Nonsense!"

"Why don’t you check for yourself?"

"How could the little sultan not be the former sultan’s son?" Minnie couldn’t understand.

Adrian Desmond wasn’t certain if Gulit’s son was Kiya’s, but Gulit’s son Moir resembled Night Owl slightly, hence the bold suspicion.

"Don’t you think Moir looks a bit like this man?" Adrian Desmond showed Minnie a photo of Night Owl without his mask.

Minnie compared Night Owl’s photo with Moir’s, indeed noticing their noses and mouths are similar, except Night Owl is more perfect while Moir is rather rugged.

"There is indeed some resemblance..."

"Now this man has turned Moir into a puppet, controlling the sultan... Didn’t the Dowager recently suffer an injury? Don’t you think it’s suspicious?"

"How suspicious?"

"The timing of the Dowager’s injury is too sensitive. I remember before the Dowager was injured, she intended to strip away this man’s power, to expel him from the imperial palace, and then the Dowager got injured..."

Minnie said, "Everyone around the Dowager has been replaced... When you put it that way, it does seem off."

"..."

"When the maid went to clean, the Dowager was bedridden, and that unfamiliar maid by the Dowager’s side wouldn’t let anyone near the Dowager."

Minnie felt more and more that something wasn’t right, "Could what you’re saying be true?"

"You can check." Adrian Desmond said.

Adrian Desmond showed the photo of Sienna Johnson to Minnie, "This is my wife, my four children and I are waiting for her to return home, these are my four children... They’re twins, very young, and cry every night searching for their mom..."

Minnie, being kind-hearted, found the four adorable children truly pitiful. Regardless of the adults, the children were innocent.

"Alright, I’ll help you check."

"Thank you."

Adrian Desmond’s handsome face, complimented by a sorrowful expression, looked every bit the devoted good man, immediately winning Minnie’s heart.

"Oh... Poor thing."

"...Who knows if he has abused my wife."

Minnie said, "No way? Your wife is so beautiful, I’ve only seen the photo and I’ve taken a liking."

"The two of us have enmity, he would rather kill me if he could, since he can’t, he’ll take it out on my wife."

Adrian Desmond quickly found Minnie’s weak point, a seemingly cold exterior but actually kind-hearted and soft inside, so Adrian Desmond intentionally acted pitiful in front of Minnie.

"If something happens to my wife, I won’t be able to live... Ah, then my four children would become orphans."

Minnie abandoned her earlier indifference, transformed into a kind Auntie, comforting him, "You shouldn’t think that way, children without parental protection are truly pitiable."

"Hmm."

"I’ll help you look, but I can’t promise anything."

Adrian Desmond gratefully said, "You being willing to help me look, I’m already very thankful. I can’t get into the imperial palace at all."

"The imperial palace is heavily guarded, of course you can’t get in."

"If you do find my wife, please don’t alert anyone, I’m worried Night Owl will hurt my wife."

"Okay, if I find her, I’ll notify you."

"Thank you."

Minnie glanced at Adrian Desmond, gave him a few words of comfort, and immediately went to the imperial palace to help Adrian Desmond search.

She also planned to check Moir and the Dowager’s affair, if that man really set up the Dowager, she would inform the four major families.

Adrian Desmond quietly departed, got into a car.

Marion asked, "Sixth Master, did Minnie agree to help us find Madam?"

"Hmm."