69. A Sweet Lie

After there were only mother and child in the place, Queen Dowager Melisa finally smiled again, even though her smile was slowly getting weirder.

“Honey, you should know why Ariana got poisoned in the first place. After the Alison family lost its power, people started to become dissatisfied with your engagement with Ariana. If you keep pushing to keep your engagement with Ariana, even if Ariana recovers, in the end, you just would put her in danger again at this rate.”

Queen Dowager Melisa saw Emilio's dissatisfied face, so she immediately continued with caution.

“However, the story will be different if Princess Elle becomes your queen while Ariana becomes your concubine. A concubine will not have political power, so Ariana can live comfortably with you after she's okay. I also know that Princess Elle is not an unreasonable girl. As long as you marry her and make her a queen, there won't be a problem, even if you spend all your love just for Ariana.”

Emilio hesitated a little when he