All eyes have been on the Hayes duchy as they have become a show for the empire, especially the capital. The duke hayes had an affair after a year of marriage to duchess hayes. He then impregnated that woman and married her into the duchy as his second wife.
These rumors have been flying up and about, around the entire empire and many had different reactions.
Many felt the duke was too much, as he had such a faithful, gentle, and beautiful wife, yet he dared cheat on her. Did he not fear the grand duke?
Others felt the duke was not wrong as the duchess had not given him a child, so he went to look for another woman who could give him one.
Of course, insults poured on annalise for going after a married nobleman. The unmarried noble ladies hated that she had the nerve to seduce the only duke in the empire when they had been trying even before he got married and yet he did not glance in their direction.
