章 63: The Real Orchestrator

"You mean to say that you married the emperor to take revenge on him?" Vyan asked, his eyebrows shooting up in genuine surprise.

"Yes, I thought I was going to end it all on our first night," Celeste said, staring at her wrinkled hands that were kept on the round table. 

Vyan also couldn't help but take notice of the condition of her hands. She was supposed to be in her-thirties, yet she looked like in her late forties with her sunken eyes and her ghastly skin that looked like dying.

She continued, "I was so blinded by revenge that I overlooked the most important person I should have been keeping an eye on."

It didn't take Vyan even a second to put two and two together as he asked, "Empress Jade?"

Celeste's lip trembled as she nodded. "I neglected the fact Jade was furious over our marriage and she would try to do anything to sabotage me."

"So she was the one who single-handedly wrecked your grand master plan?"