Do you all know the future?

Chapter 65 Discovering the truth
Her Majesty's boudoir was filled with a rich and gentle fragrance, a blend of rare magnolia, dried rose petals, and a faint hint of ambergris, which calmed and soothed the senses.

Besides the silk wallpaper, several paintings also hung on the walls. They were not grand historical scenes or serious portraits, but rather delicate landscapes and still lifes, making the room look peaceful and harmonious.

"Something's wrong, something's wrong..."

Sitting in a chair at the reception table, the Queen met the gaze of her doppelganger beside the dressing table, murmuring to herself, her face filled with doubt.

"How could I say such a thing! I absolutely cannot accept it!"

After coldly seeing Diane off, Her Majesty the Queen, now having a moment to think, reached out and touched her own heart, lost in thought. Why was this happening?

There is no barrier between the clone and the original body; the flow of thought is unimpeded; the other is her, and she is the other.

Even if the Queen wanted to retract her clone, it would only be a matter of a thought, but she simply didn't dare.

She feared that if she withdrew her clone and it merged back into her body, she would also become like this, developing a great fondness for Diane, finding her pleasing to the eye no matter how she looked at her.

There's nothing wrong with that, after all, she has given herself to Diane, who was the husband she chose. There's nothing wrong with loving Diane a little.

But the Queen felt terrified because this situation was almost like brainwashing. She didn't resist liking Diane, but she resisted this way of changing her perception.

"It's obvious that Emperor Andi used the blessing of the God of Love on your clone, which is why your clone sees Emperor Andi differently from your original self."

On the side of the chair, Uti, holding a gilded bone china teacup, looked at the Queen's troubled expression with a helpless smile.

Perhaps because her prophecy was successful, she gained the Queen's trust, which reduced the restrictions on her and allowed her to obtain things that were unattainable before her time travel.

She gave up hope and settled down to be the Queen's dog and advisor, enjoying the feudal lifestyle.

"I know, I was wondering why he used it all on my clones and didn't use it on me?"

The Queen picked up a pastry from the silver pastry stand, took a bite, and tried to soothe her agitated heart with the sweetness. She could clearly feel that her clone's feelings for Diane had become even stronger.

In the eyes of the clone, Diane is radiant and magnificent, and can find all the good qualities in Diane, which is what she recognizes. However, from the perspective of the original body, Diane is just ordinary and unremarkable.

If Diane used it on her, wouldn't she be powerless to fight back, just like Bridget, letting Diane abuse her?

She felt a great sense of crisis; the thought of becoming love-obsessed was terrifying for the queen.

"Isn't that a good thing? After all, if it were actually useful to you, you wouldn't be happy!"

Uti whispered that she roughly understood the Queen's temper; no matter what she did, she could never get a good response, for the Queen never saw anything good.

"No, if we actually used it on Your Majesty, you might not be angry anymore, and instead, you'd only have eyes for Emperor An!"

Uti sighed. If Andy had really used Cupid's blessing on the Queen, perhaps this wouldn't have happened. The Queen is now discussing with her how to marry Diane as soon as possible.

"This is no good thing! Now I live in constant fear, afraid that he will suddenly use it on me. Help me think of a way to deal with this. I don't want to be brainwashed!"

The Queen angrily took a bite of the pastry, the sweetness filling her mouth. Suddenly, she thought of Diane, and kissing Diane seemed sweet too. She shook her head, trying to banish the image from her mind.

"You're asking me? I don't know either, Your Majesty. Why don't you ask the Church? They have a lot of dealings with the gods, perhaps they can help."

Uti said that the Queen's request was really asking too much of her, and even if later generations did not fully understand the blessings of the gods, she could not offer any constructive advice.

"If I could ask them, I would have done so already! Why would I need to consult you?"

If the Queen were to seek information from the church about such matters, the church would ask why, and given her considerable theological knowledge, she had never heard of the Goddess of Beauty bestowing such a blessing.

The blessing of the goddess of beauty is more like what Uti said before, which enhances the benefactor's goodwill towards a certain type of person, rather than being used directly on a person to make that person feel good.

"Then let's review this carefully. How did Andi use Cupid's blessing on your clone, and when did the clone start to feel this way?"

Uti suggested a review, saying that too little is known now, and such things wouldn't be recorded in history books, leaving her completely baffled.

"Let me think, that time when he and Loran went to rescue me and Lady Isabella, yes, that was the time, suddenly I found Diane much more pleasing to the eye."

The Queen reflected that she hadn't felt this way before, only that she was moved by Diane's courage, but now the more she thought about it, the more wrong it seemed.

"And just now, probably because we had sex, I felt that the other person was even better, and I even developed feelings of love."

The Queen clutched her chest, still shaken. If she hadn't had another body, she probably would have already succumbed. From Bridget's perspective, everything about Diane was perfect, so perfect that there was no room for criticism.

"Tell me in detail about how he saved you. Such a powerful blessing must have come with stringent conditions, otherwise he would have no reason not to use it on Her Majesty the Queen. Emperor An's ambitions are as vast as the stars and the sea!"

Uti felt she had found a clue and hurriedly pressed the Queen for an answer. Diane's blessing must have had great limitations, otherwise there would be no reason for Diane not to use it on the Queen.

"Let me recount what happened. When news of the attack on the new warship arrived..."

When the Queen recounted the situation, she seemed quite relaxed, since she was an avatar and her death wouldn't be a loss.

Isabella and she were not allies, so whether she lived or died was not a big deal; the main thing was that she wanted to severely damage the cultists.

"...I used the laws of my body to create a huge ice pillar to defend against the siren's attack. At the same time, I fell into a coma because of the fel energy entering my body. When I woke up, my body had recovered, and I was on their rescue carpet. Could it be that I was unconscious? What did he do?"

The Queen recounted what had happened and gradually began to have doubts. During that time, she thought her clone was ruined and even prepared to dispel the spell to make the clone disappear. She never thought there was a possibility of it waking up.

"That's for sure. This means that if Emperor An wants to use this blessing, it must be when you are completely unprepared and unable to resist. Now you can rest assured!"

Uti guessed that the Queen's expression softened. She just wanted some psychological comfort. She had already gone all in on Diane and had no choice but to accept it, but she still wanted a way that she could accept more easily.

"But that can't explain the clone's strange behavior today. It seems to be seeing Diane even better than before. I was involved in almost the entire process today and didn't faint. What's going on here!"

The Queen gritted her teeth and said that today was the reason she broke down, because she spoke out of her own accord. He understood her thought process, but she could not accept it.

"Perhaps it was a seed planted before, which blossomed and bore fruit today after being watered. His Majesty was not planted with a seed by Diane before, so he did not feel anything."

Uti couldn't find a reason, so he could only follow the conclusion of his previous reasoning. The Queen frowned, finding it hard to accept this statement.

Thinking about what had happened between her and Diane, and comparing it with Uti's deductions, suddenly her eyes lit up, as if she understood something. "I get it, that must be it..."

The Queen's furrowed brows relaxed, and her deep blue eyes revealed understanding. Now it was Uti's turn to be curious.

"Your Majesty, what have you understood?"

Uti asked in a low voice, and the Queen was about to answer when she stopped, her face suddenly turning red.

She realized that Diane had brainwashed people through some kind of method—blood essence—but how could she possibly tell Uti such a thing?

Bridget, in her clone, suddenly raised her hand and touched the swan's neck, as if recalling something she had swallowed.

"Nothing, nothing..."

The Queen is covering up the truth; she can't let anyone know, or she'll die of shame. And Diane is such a bastard for daring to feed her this stuff while she's unconscious.

Suddenly everything made sense. Diane's essence blood had been given to her clone Bridget, not to her, so she was unaffected now.

Moreover, the blessing of the God of beauty and love perfectly embodies the divine role in this aspect, and everything can be explained.

"What is it? It's so mysterious..."

Uti was unaware of what had happened between Diane and the Queen in bed, and did not understand that the Queen had deduced that she was heading in a slutty direction. Now she was cursing Diane for feeding her (Bridget) her essence while she was unconscious.

"Alright, at least he has some conscience this time!"

Diane must have known about this effect, otherwise she wouldn't have kept avoiding her, but there's no way to explain why Diane gave Bridget her blood essence in the first place.

"Your Majesty, what conscience? Wasn't Emperor An always very conscientious? He was good to the people and to his family..."

Although Uti wasn't a staunch supporter of Diane, Diane's achievements were undeniable, and she had a good impression of her.

"Conscience? It shouldn't have been intentional. If it had been intentional, just now..."

The Queen reached out and touched the sapphire necklace on her chest, a token of Diane's gratitude, while Bridget also pinched the sapphire earrings hanging from her earlobes.

"He probably didn't do it on purpose, yes, he was probably trying to save me, that's right..."

Before Brigitte, sitting at her dressing table, lay a half-open jewelry box. Several exquisite pieces of jewelry were scattered on the velvet lining of the lid: a pearl necklace and a pair of ruby ​​earrings, their brilliance shimmering. The Queen and Brigitte still felt that they looked best in their own attire.

Unfortunately, I cleaned myself in the bath. I sensed something spiritual at the time, but I didn't think much of it and just wanted to clean it up quickly. Now there's no way to verify the effects of Diane's blood essence.

“That’s right, that’s right… but this seems different from what you said. He should be an ambitious person, with this opportunity right in front of him.”

She convinced herself, but the Queen felt that Diane was wrong. She was an ambitious woman who had given up an opportunity to control the Tudor Queen, which was unreasonable.

"Your Majesty, what are you saying? I don't understand!"

Uti was stunned. The Queen was startled, sometimes understanding and sometimes not.

"You don't need to know, I've already sorted it out. Sigh, it's too much trouble for Diane to become the king's consort."

The Queen changed the subject; if she continued, she felt she was about to give herself away. There were many ways to verify this; Diane had a lot of affection for Bridget, so a fishing test would suffice.

“Difficult things are rewarding. If I were only to become Your Majesty’s lover, then Emperor An’s empress would be someone else. You reap what you sow.”

Uti comforted her, saying that the Queen was a powerful queen, but Tudor was not a completely centralized court; the Queen's power came from the demigods who established the empire.

The fact that the Tudor Empire had queens, not empresses, speaks volumes. They were true descendants of demigods, not the pseudo-bloodline of gods who received a drop of blood from a god.

However, the ancestor of the demigods obviously wouldn't appear casually. Usually, it's just the queen and the various families arguing. Even if she is a legendary being, her spirituality is useless because she is not a demigod and does not have the power to command the various families.

"I don't believe in that. Those farmers work hard all day long, and most of their income is still taken away!"

The Queen scoffed. As a seasoned ruler and the monarch of a nation, she didn't believe in such things; they were just a way to fool the common people.

"Your Majesty, please stop. I feel a bit unwell. By the way, did Emperor An really agree so easily?"

Uti felt a pang of heartache; she was one of those who believed it, knowing the situation yet still choosing to believe.

"Otherwise what? We've already slept together, the blood is there for all to see. If he doesn't agree, I won't let him off the hook!"

Impulsive as it may have been, the result was not bad. Diane was forced to agree and even agreed to participate in the marriage selection. Diane was not a scumbag and did not renege on her promise after the fact.

At this point, she slammed her hand on the table, making a crisp sound. She had a new idea. She seemed to understand why Diane didn't want to give her her essence blood. Diane didn't want to be with her, so naturally she didn't want her to have any good feelings towards her.

Diane probably never expected that the Queen, after regaining her senses, would not fight to the death, but would calmly put him in charge, which is why Diane was so surprised.

Thinking of Diane's annoyance and grievance at her dislike of her queen, was she really that unappealing to Diane?

This is a misunderstanding of Diane. He acted purely out of kindness and instinct; he hadn't even considered such a long-term perspective.

He instinctively resisted the Holy Blood controlling people, unless the other party was an enemy, in which case he would do whatever was most efficient.

"After all, Your Majesty, there are still quite a few restrictions around you. Although you have great power, it may be a constraint on Emperor An."

Uti explained the possibility, and the Queen's grievances eased slightly. It seemed that it was indeed true; Diane marrying Isabella obviously gave her more freedom.

"He doesn't want this position; plenty of people are eyeing it."

The Queen snorted coldly. If she hadn't known that Diane would rise to great heights and that she would follow Queen Greta's example and remain single for life, she wouldn't have thought anyone was worthy of him.

"Has Her Majesty decided on a test to convince those nobles?"

Uti chuckled, sensing the Queen's displeasure, and stopped pressing the matter. The two then began discussing the details.

(End of this chapter)