# WebtoonLib — The Villainess Lives Again #35

## Series
- title: The Villainess Lives Again
- slug: the-villainess-lives-again-ba0a55

## Chapter
- number: 35
- release_date: 2025-03-13

### Summary
The chapter centers on the wedding of Artezia and Cedric, which Artezia masterfully transforms into a significant political event. She makes a stunning entrance escorted by the Empress, who is making her first public appearance in eighteen years, a calculated power move that shocks the entire court. While attendees are reeling from the Empress’s presence, Grand Duke Cedric is completely captivated by Artezia, his adoring, "sparkling" expression a stark contrast to her own stoic and purposeful demeanor. The tension escalates with the arrival of the pretentious Emperor Gregor, whose audacious and hypocritical pleasantries toward the Empress—the wife whose children and family he had murdered—are met with her cold disdain. The Empress serves as a powerful maternal ally to Artezia, walking her down the aisle and reacting with a deadpan expression to both Cedric's overt infatuation and her husband's gall. With Artezia's treacherous half-brother Laurence also in attendance, the atmosphere is primed for an explosive confrontation, framing the wedding not as a romantic union but as another of Artezia's brilliant, high-stakes political gambits.
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### Key events
- The Grand Wedding occurs; the Empress shocks the court by escorting Artezia down the aisle.

## Spoiler
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### Safe teaser
The chapter centers on the wedding of Artezia and Cedric, which Artezia masterfully transforms into a significant political event.

### Spoiler summary
The chapter centers on the wedding of Artezia and Cedric, which Artezia masterfully transforms into a significant political event. She makes a stunning entrance escorted by the Empress, who is making her first public appearance in eighteen years, a calculated power move that shocks the entire court. While attendees are reeling from the Empress’s presence, Grand Duke Cedric is completely captivated by Artezia, his adoring, "sparkling" expression a stark contrast to her own stoic and purposeful demeanor. The tension escalates with the arrival of the pretentious Emperor Gregor, whose audacious and hypocritical pleasantries toward the Empress—the wife whose children and family he had murdered—are met with her cold disdain. The Empress serves as a powerful maternal ally to Artezia, walking her down the aisle and reacting with a deadpan expression to both Cedric's overt infatuation and her husband's gall. With Artezia's treacherous half-brother Laurence also in attendance, the atmosphere is primed for an explosive confrontation, framing the wedding not as a romantic union but as another of Artezia's brilliant, high-stakes political gambits.

## Status
- data_status: complete
- summary_status: generated
- transcript: Hardsub chapter — image-only

## See also
- [WebtoonLib — The Villainess Lives Again #35](/series/the-villainess-lives-again-ba0a55/chapter-35)
- for_series_detail: /llms-series/the-villainess-lives-again-ba0a55

## Usage
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