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At the victory banquet, the Queen Mother, Roselyn Quinn, smiled and asked what reward I wanted, yet her eyes glinted with mischief as she glanced at Edward Grant, the promising official. In my previous life, I bashfully asked the Queen Mother to grant me a marriage with Edward. Edward's expression instantly turned cold, and he swept out of the hall, making me the laughingstock of the whole palace. Later, he came to apologize, saying he'd had too much to drink that night and acted without thinking. I brushed it off and forgave him, letting the past go. Later, I finally married Edward, but on our wedding night, I was left all alone in our wedding room. Edward spent the whole night next door, holding and comforting his sickly cousin, Lydia Swan. He said, "Lydia is in poor health. She's very sensitive to emotional shocks. Charlotte, since you love me, you should be generous. "Don't worry. All she'll get is a title, but my body and heart are yours." I swallowed my pride and endured the shame, sharing Edward with Lydia, but in the end, she ended my life with a poisoned cup of wine. She leaned in close and laughed in my ear, "Charlotte, you're really too naive. If Ed truly loved you, would he ever let you suffer at all?" Now, with a second chance at life, I faced the Queen Mother's kind eyes and stood straight. I replied, "I have no other requests, Your Majesty. I only ask that you take back that casual comment from years ago and let me call off my engagement to the Grant family."