I Won’t Have the Emperor’s Child

“If you cannot bear the emperor’s child, kill the emperor. If you fail to do even one of those, you will die.”

Viate is adopted by the former grand duke’s wife, trained to ensnare the emperor, and enters the palace as a close attendant maid, only to meet an untimely death twice.

On her third life, the young Viate realizes that getting entangled with the emperor will only lead to death, so she runs away from the orphanage in order not to be adopted by the grand ducal house.

She secretly hides in the luggage compartment of a carriage and arrives at the Marquis of Baiton’s household, which happens to be pro-emperor.

After narrowly being adopted by the marquis’s family, Viate gradually becomes a true family member as she eases the sorrow and shadows left by the death of the youngest daughter.

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Then, she becomes entangled early with Prince Gis, who has not yet become emperor, and unexpectedly captures his heart in this life.

Viate is determined not to repeat her past life, but in the end she is faced with a choice in a situation similar to the one before her regression.

“Marry me, Viate.”

The emperor, who in her previous life kept away from women and remained single, proposes with sincerity.

And Ezra, the marquis’s son and the emperor’s aide, who had always been wary of and cold toward Viate,

“To protect you, I might even bend my beliefs.”

also becomes her most reliable older brother and stands on her side.

In this life, if she gets involved with the emperor, can she survive, bear his child, and become happy together with him?