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As the Duke heads to the palace, he receives an anonymous letter, while the Duchess, back at the mansion, wavers between last night's passionate intimacy and today's cold distance and is shaken to learn that the Duke will not be returning home. Meanwhile, in the slums outside the capital, a mysterious lord hatches a new plot involving Joshua and Theodora, using photographs and letters in the Duchess's handwriting.","summary_language":"en","summary_source":"chapter_translation","summary_status":"editorial","summary_verification":"verified"},"summary":"Chapter 11 of I Had an Arranged Marriage With My Unrequited Love opens with the Duke questioning the marriage imposed by imperial decree and confessing that he cannot give up his wife. As the Duke heads to the palace, he receives an anonymous letter, while the Duchess, back at the mansion, wavers between last night's passionate intimacy and today's cold distance and is shaken to learn that the Duke will not be returning home. Meanwhile, in the slums outside the capital, a mysterious lord hatches a new plot involving Joshua and Theodora, using photographs and letters in the Duchess's handwriting.","key_events":["In slums, informant and lord discuss Duke buying photos and plan using Joshua and Theodora.","Duchess feels relieved recalling passionate night but excluded over Duke's closeness to Marquis's daughter.","Duchess is told Duke will not return home and will stay at Imperial Palace for work.","Lord mentions plague five years ago and fall of previous Imperial Family, then calls it a joke.","Duke admits marriage was imposed by Imperial Decree but vows never to give up his wife.","Servants massage Duchess and prepare favorite soup, pleased by affectionate couple.","Duke orders preparations to go to Imperial Palace and receives an anonymous letter."],"characters_involved":[],"transcript":{"available":true,"format":"plain-text","language":"en","content":"A REPORTER'S VISIT.\nYOUR EXPRESSION, GROWING GRADUALLY DARKER.\n\nAND... THE DISTANCE THAT GREW BETWEEN US BECAUSE OF MY MISTAKE.\nPRESENT, THE DUKE'S OFFICE.\nEVERYTHING HAPPENED IN AN INSTANT.\n\nI HAD ASKED ALEXA TO CLEAR MY SCHEDULE BY FORCE SO I COULD SPEND TIME WITH YOU...\nBUT EVEN THAT WAS IN VAIN.\nBEFORE OUR MARRIAGE, YOU DIDN'T SHOW EVEN A HINT OF AVERSION.\nIF YOU HAD, I WOULD HAVE KNELT AND BEGGED TO HAVE THIS IMPERIAL DECREE OVERTURNED.\n\nYOU LOOKED HAPPY, AND I WAS REASSURED BY THAT SIGHT, BUT...\n\nIT WAS ALL MY ARROGANT DELUSION.\nIF MY ACTIONS IN ANY WAY WOUNDED YOU,\n\nTHEN I...\n\n...RIGHT, EVERYTHING IS THE RESULT OF ME PUSHING THROUGH WITH THE IMPERIAL DECREE.\nBUT NO MATTER HOW MUCH I THINK ABOUT IT,\n\nI CANNOT LET YOU GO.\nNO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS,\nBY ANY MEANS, I WILL STAY BY YOUR SIDE...\n\nPREPARE YOURSELVES. WE ARE HEADING STRAIGHT TO THE IMPERIAL PALACE.\nYES, YOUR GRACE.\nAH, YOUR GRACE! AND...\nAN ANONYMOUS LETTER HAS JUST ARRIVED.\n\nI BELIEVE YOU SHOULD TAKE A LOOK AT IT.\n\nTHE DUKE'S ESTATE.\n\n...EVEN SO, MY MIND FEELS MUCH LIGHTER.\n\nTRUE, I HEARD THAT COLD REMARK ABOUT BEING HIS \"COOLING WIFE,\" BUT...\nAFTER ALL, HE PASSIONATELY DESIRED ME LAST NIGHT.\nI'VE HEARD THAT HE AND THE MARQUIS'S DAUGHTER HAVE BEEN CLOSE FOR A LONG TIME, SO\n\nIT'S ONLY NATURAL THAT I FEEL LIKE AN OUTSIDER AS A SUDDEN INTERLOPER.\nSTILL, FOR NOW, THE POSITION OF \"WIFE\" IS MINE,\nAND HE WON'T BE ABLE TO DEFY THE IMPERIAL DECREE, EITHER....\n\nMADAM.\nMIGHT YOU PERHAPS NEED A MASSAGE?\nAH...\n\nYES, PLEASE.\nIF THINGS JUST STAY LIKE THIS,\nEVERYTHING WILL... SLOWLY START TO GET BETTER.\n\nI HAVE PREPARED THE SOUP YOU ENJOYED LAST TIME ONCE MORE, MADAM.\nIT SEEMS THE DUKE TOOK NOTE OF HOW DELICIOUSLY YOU WERE EATING IT.\nTHANK YOU...\n\nSOMEHOW...\nBETWEEN THE MAIDS LOOKING SO PLEASED DURING THE MASSAGE AND ALL,\nEVERYONE LOOKS SATISFIED WITH HOW AFFECTIONATE THE DUKE AND DUCHESS ARE.\n\nTHEN, PLEASE ENJOY YOUR MEAL.\nAH, EXCUSE ME...\nIS THE DUKE RUNNING LATE TODAY?\nAH...\n\nWORD CAME FROM THE DUKE THAT HE WILL NOT BE RETURNING HOME TODAY,\nAND THAT YOU SHOULD RETIRE TO YOUR BEDCHAMBER EARLY TONIGHT.\nHE'S NOT COMING BACK TONIGHT...?\n\nYES, THEY SAY HER MAJESTY HAS GIVEN HIM A GREAT DEAL OF WORK.\nIT SEEMS HE WILL BE STAYING AT THE IMPERIAL PALACE FOR A WHILE.\nIT SEEMS HER MAJESTY WAS DISPLEASED BECAUSE THE DUKE LEFT WORK EARLY LAST TIME.\nPLEASE DO NOT WORRY ABOUT IT UNDULY...\n\n...IS HE REALLY NOT COMING BECAUSE OF WORK?\nCOME TO THINK OF IT, HIS EXPRESSION WAS STIFF AND HARDENED THIS MORNING.\n\nBUT LAST NIGHT, HE CLEARLY WANTED ME.\nTHE GAZE HE LOOKED AT ME WITH WAS SO DESPERATE.\nYET NOW HE WON'T BE RETURNING TO THE ESTATE?\nSURELY... WAS LAST NIGHT A MISTAKE?\n\n...WHAT ON EARTH AM I SUPPOSED TO DO?\nYOUR FEELINGS, AND THIS CURRENT SITUATION AS WELL.\nI SIMPLY DON'T UNDERSTAND ANYMORE...\n\nTHE SLUMS ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF THE CAPITAL.\n\nSO, THE DUKE BOUGHT UP ALL THE PHOTOGRAPHS?\nYES, YES! AS EXPECTED, HE TRULY CHERISHES HIS WIFE.\nTHANKS TO THAT, I MADE A TIDY PROFIT, MY LORD.\nWH-WHEN IS THE NEXT JOB, THEN...\n\nTHIS TIME AS WELL, LET'S USE \"JOSHUA\" AND \"THEODORA\" SIMULTANEOUSLY.\nIT SEEMS THE EFFECT IS QUITE GOOD.\nTHIS IS...\n\nIS THIS NOT THE PERSONAL HANDWRITTEN LETTER OF THE DUCHESS?\nHOW ON EARTH DID YOU EVEN GET SOMETHING LIKE THIS...\nTHE DEBTS HAVE ALL BEEN PAID OFF, BUT THE VISCOUNT MUBER FAMILY IS STILL STARVED FOR MONEY.\nTO THINK THEY'RE STILL LIKE THIS EVEN AFTER FORMING TIES WITH THE DUCHY, THEY MUST HAVE ABSOLUTE ZERO LUCK WITH WEALTH.\n\nTHEY WENT SO FAR AS TO TRY TO SELL THEIR DAUGHTER, SO LETTERS ARE THE LEAST OF IT.\nTHEN, WHAT SHOULD WE DO WITH THIS NOW...\n\nRIGHT. LEAVE IT AT THE HOTEL, AND CARRY OUT EVERYTHING IN ORDER.\nTHE LETTERS SHOULD HAVE ALREADY ARRIVED FOR JOSHUA AND THE DUKE.\nEXCUSE ME... MY LORD. HOW ON EARTH DO YOU FIND OUT INFORMATION LIKE THIS?\nHONESTLY, ISN'T THIS A BIT DANGEROUS?\n\nIF THE DUKE FINDS OUT WE'RE DOING THIS, NOT ONLY MY LIFE,\nBUT YOU WON'T BE SAFE EITHER, MY LORD...\nWHY ON EARTH ARE YOU GOING THIS FAR...\nYOU,\n\nFIVE YEARS AGO-THAT PLAGUE THAT SWEPT ACROSS THE EMPIRE.\nHOW MUCH DO YOU KNOW ABOUT IT?\n\nHUH? WH-WHY ARE YOU SUDDENLY ASKING THAT...?\nTELL ME.\nUH, UM... BACK THEN, THERE WEREN'T EVEN ANY MEDICINES, SO PEOPLE WERE DYING OFF EVERY DAY.\nEVEN THINKING ABOUT IT NOW SENDS A CHILL DOWN MY SPINE.\n\nTHE DELOISTER DUCHY, WHICH MY LORD IS TARGETING, WAS ALSO QUITE UNSETTLED BY RUMORS THAT THEY HAD NO HEIR.\nB-BUT WHY ARE YOU ASKING THAT?\nTHEN, WHAT IF...\n\nTHE REASON THE PREVIOUS IMPERIAL FAMILY COLLAPSED LIKE THAT—\n\nWOULD YOU BELIEVE ME IF I SAID IT WAS BECAUSE OF \"ME\"?\n\n...PARDON?\nIT'S A JOKE. NO NEED TO LOOK SO TERRIFIED.\nJUST MAKE SURE YOU PREPARE THE NEXT \"DELIVERY\" WITHOUT BEING LATE.\nAND...\nH-HEY, MY LORD...!\n\n...BITE DOWN PROPERLY AND TEAR INTO THEM.\n\nLET'S SEE JUST HOW FAR\n\nTHAT PRETTY FACADE OF THE IMPERIAL FAMILY CAN ENDURE.","bubble_count":104,"pages_count":40,"source":"community"},"spoiler":{"level":"auto","safe_teaser":"Chapter 11 of I Had an Arranged Marriage With My Unrequited Love opens with the Duke questioning the marriage imposed by imperial decree and confessing that he cannot give up his wife.","spoiler_summary":"Chapter 11 of I Had an Arranged Marriage With My Unrequited Love opens with the Duke questioning the marriage imposed by imperial decree and confessing that he cannot give up his wife. As the Duke heads to the palace, he receives an anonymous letter, while the Duchess, back at the mansion, wavers between last night's passionate intimacy and today's cold distance and is shaken to learn that the Duke will not be returning home. Meanwhile, in the slums outside the capital, a mysterious lord hatches a new plot involving Joshua and Theodora, using photographs and letters in the Duchess's handwriting."},"source":{"canonical_path":"/series/i-had-an-arranged-marriage-with-my-unrequited-love-qmpwgz2c/chapter-11-6wdbcp","citation_title":"WebtoonLib — I Had an Arranged Marriage With My Unrequited Love #11","content_type":"chapter_summary","last_updated":"2026-11-05T08:44:31.143Z"},"data_status":"complete"},"untrusted":{"user_comments":[]},"see_also":{"for_series_detail":"/llms-series/i-had-an-arranged-marriage-with-my-unrequited-love-qmpwgz2c"}}