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While Rojas is moved by her words and unable to focus on his work, a state marriage with Bellot is discussed at the palace, and at their meeting in the tea salon, Ms. Diaz questions whether the Emperor has feelings for the Crown Princess.","summary_language":"en","summary_source":"chapter_translation","summary_status":"editorial","summary_verification":"verified"},"summary":"In Chapter 23 of Unbeknownst to Me, I’m Secretly Dating the Emperor, Ms. Diaz suggests to Sir Rojas that they do what he enjoys on their future dates. While Rojas is moved by her words and unable to focus on his work, a state marriage with Bellot is discussed at the palace, and at their meeting in the tea salon, Ms. Diaz questions whether the Emperor has feelings for the Crown Princess.","key_events":["The Emperor as Rojas is distracted and unable to work, recalling Ms. Diaz's words with unfamiliar fluttering feeling.","Palace discusses renewed state marriage proposal with Bellot; third prince candidate deemed unsuitable due to low rank and age.","Ms. Diaz suggests prioritizing Sir Rojas's preferences next time to learn what makes his eyes light up.","Ms. Diaz asks Rojas to talk about himself; he reports second round compensation negotiations with Bellot stalled.","Ms. Diaz and Rojas meet at popular tea salon; he hasn't touched dessert, saying he chose it for her enjoyment.","Ms. Diaz asks about marriage rumor between Empire and Bellot and whether His Majesty has feelings for the Crown Princess."],"characters_involved":[],"transcript":{"available":true,"format":"plain-text","language":"en","content":"SIR ROJAS, THERE'S ONE THING\nI'D LIKE TO PROPOSE.\nA PROPOSAL?\n...WHAT KIND OF PROPOSAL IS IT?\n\nYOU'VE ALWAYS PUT THE THINGS I LIKE FIRST UNTIL NOW, HAVEN'T YOU?\nTHE FESTIVAL,\nTHEN THE RESTAURANT,\n\nAND NOW THIS EXHIBITION WAS THE SAME.\nSO NEXT TIME,\nLET'S DO SOMETHING YOU LIKE FIRST, SIR ROJAS.\n\nUNTIL I LEARN WHAT IT IS THAT MAKES YOUR EYES SPARKLE.\nAND AFTER THAT,\nAND THE TIME AFTER THAT AS WELL--\nTOGETHER, FROM NOW ON!\n\n...OF COURSE.\n\nSUPREME COURT\n\nSO NEXT TIME, LET'S DO SOMETHING YOU LIKE FIRST, SIR ROJAS.\nUNTIL I LEARN WHAT IT IS THAT MAKES YOUR EYES SPARKLE-\nTOGETHER, FROM NOW ON!\n\nWHAT SHOULD I DO...?! ONCE I STARTED THINKING ABOUT IT, I COULDN'T CALM DOWN AT ALL...!!!\nMaster.. Please spare me..\n\n...IT'S MY FIRST TIME FEELING SUCH AN EMOTION.\nWHAT ON EARTH IS THIS?\nTHIS FEELING LIKE FEATHERS ARE FILLING UP RIGHT BELOW MY THROAT...\n\n...I CAN'T FOCUS ON WORK AT ALL.\nI'M COMING IN, YOUR MAJESTY.\nI HAVE SOMETHING TO REPO-\n...WHAT'S THIS?\n\nHIS CONDITION IS SO DIFFERENT FROM USUAL...?\nUSUAL EDWIN.\nAH, YESTERDAY...\nIS IT BECAUSE HE WENT ON A DATE WITH MISS DIAZ?\n...THEN THAT'S EVEN WORSE.\n\nIF I GET CAUGHT AT THE WRONG TIME, I'LL HAVE TO LISTEN TO THAT STORY ALL DAY LONG.\nMISS DIAZ\nMISS DIAZ IS\nMISS DIAZ\nMISS DIAZ...\nLET'S QUICKLY BEAT HIM TO THE PUNCH.\nYOUR MAJESTY.\nIT'S ABOUT THE CROWN PRINCESS OF BELLOT...\n\nSHE IS EXPRESSING HER INTENTION REGARDING A STATE MARRIAGE ONCE AGAIN.\nA STATE MARRIAGE WITH BELLOT... IS A DECENT OPTION FROM THE EMPIRE'S PERSPECTIVE AS WELL.\nNOT ONLY CAN WE SOLIDIFY OUR CONTROL OVER BELLOT,\nBUT IT WILL ALSO OPEN UP THE POSSIBILITY OF DEVELOPING A FRIENDLY RELATIONSHIP.\n\nTHE PROBLEM IS THE PARTNER...\nWHO IS BELLOT PUTTING FORWARD?\nTHERE HAS BEEN MENTION OF THE THIRD PRINCE, THE CROWN PRINCESS'S MATERNAL YOUNGER BROTHER.\nA PRINCE WON'T DO. HIS SUCCESSION RIGHT IS TOO LOW AND HE'S TOO YOUNG.\nPLUS, WE DON'T HAVE AN APPROPRIATE PARTNER ON OUR SIDE EITHER.\n\nTHEN AS EXPECTED, THE CROWN PRINCESS HERSELF..?\nI WILL GIVE YOU AN ANSWER SOON, SO TELL THEM TO WAIT FOR NOW.\nUNDERSTOOD.\n\n...A STATE MARRIAGE, HUH.\nA STATE MARRIAGE?\n\nBETWEEN THE BELLOT ROYAL FAMILY AND THE REGENCIA EMPIRE?\nYES, THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING!\nI THOUGHT THE REASON THE CROWN PRINCESS OF BELLOT HAS BEEN STAYING IN THE EMPIRE ALL THIS TIME\nWAS BECAUSE OF THE REPARATIONS AGREEMENT,\nBUT IT TURNS OUT IT WAS ACTUALLY BECAUSE OF A STATE MARRIAGE!\n\nHIS MAJESTY IS TWENTY-THREE THIS YEAR, RIGHT?\nIT HAPPENS TO BE JUST THE RIGHT AGE FOR MARRIAGE.\nIT'S A SITUATION WHERE IT WOULDN'T BE STRANGE AT ALL FOR THE TOPIC TO COME UP.\nTHEY MIGHT EVEN BECOME THE COUPLE OF THE CENTURY.\nTHE CROWN PRINCESS ISN'T A BAD PARTNER AT ALL.\nIT COULD BE THE START OF A FANTASTIC ROMANCE, TURNING FROM ENEMIES OF A DEFEATED COUNTRY INTO LOVERS...\n\nEVEN SO, THE EMPEROR IS DESTINED TO MARRY THE SAINTESS.\nTHE EVENT WHERE THE TWO MEET IN THE ORIGINAL STORY IS STILL A LONG WAY OFF...\n...HUH?\nCOME TO THINK OF IT,\nIS THERE ANY GUARANTEE THAT THIS WORLD WILL FLOW EXACTLY LIKE THE ORIGINAL STORY?\n\nIF AN EVENT THAT WASN'T IN THE ORIGINAL STORY OCCURS,\nAND A STATE MARRIAGE ACTUALLY HAPPENS,\nBECAUSE HE FAILED TO MEET THE FEMALE LEAD AND COULDN'T REFORM...\nTHEN, ISN'T IT POSSIBLE THAT THE EMPEROR WILL JUST CONTINUE TO LIVE AS A TYRANT...?\n\nAND THE ORIGINAL STORY'S DESCRIPTION OF THE EMPEROR DURING HIS DAYS AS A TYRANT WAS...\n\"A PRESENCE THAT BROUGHT A BLOODBATH TO THE IMPERIAL PALACE ALMOST EVERY DAY\"...\nAS EXPECTED, A STATE MARRIAGE CANNOT HAPPEN!\n\nI DON'T WANT TO BECOME A VICTIM OF THAT BLOODBATH--!!\nTHE ORIGINAL FEMALE LEAD NEEDS TO APPEAR QUICKLY\nAND COMPLETELY DRAIN THE POISON OUT OF THE TIME-BOMB-LIKE EMPEROR!!\n\n...LOOK AT ME.\n\nTHE TOXICITY HAS COMPLETELY DRAINED OUT.\n...TO THINK I'D COME TO ENJOY THESE REFRESH- MENTS MYSELF.\nIF IT WERE THE PAST ME, I WOULD NEVER HAVE IMAGINED IT...\n\nMMM~~~!\nSo delicious~\n...NOW I FEEL LIKE IT WOULD BE NICE TO COME BACK HERE OVER AND OVER AGAIN.\n\nIt's Really Delicious! It's No Wonder Everyone Is Standing In Line Waiting.\nI'M GLAD IT SUITS YOUR TASTE, MISS DIAZ.\nIf it's not enough, I'll give you mine too.\nBUT SIR ROJAS,\n\nTODAY IS THE DAY WE AGREED TO DO WHAT YOU LIKE.\nYET WE CAME TO A TEA ROOM...\nARE YOU SURE YOU REALLY WANTED TO COME HERE?\nYOU'VE BARELY EVEN TOUCHED THE DESSERT.\n\n...I HEARD THIS PLACE IS VERY POPULAR AMONG YOUNG LADIES LATELY.\nSO I THOUGHT YOU MIGHT LIKE IT, MISS DIAZ.\nI CERTAINLY LIKE IT, BUT...\nIT ONLY HAS MEANING IF YOU ENJOY IT TOGETHER WITH ME.\nSEEING YOU ENJOY YOURSELF IS A JOYFUL THING FOR ME.\n\nUM...\nSAYING THOSE KINDS OF WORDS WITH THAT KIND OF FACE IS JUST TOO UNFAIR, ISN'T IT...?!\n\nMISS DIAZ?\nWHAT ARE YOU THINKING ABOUT SO DEEPLY?\n\nAH, AH...!\nI CAN ABSOLUTELY NEVER TELL HIM THAT I WAS STARING BLANKLY BECAUSE HE'S SO HANDSOME...!\nC-COME TO THINK OF IT, SIR ROJAS!\nHOW DID YOU SPEND THIS PAST WEEK?\nTHIS PAST WEEK...\n...NOTHING SPECIAL HAPPENED.\n\nPARDON? BUT...\nSURELY AT LEAST ONE MINOR THING MUST HAVE HAPPENED.\nHMM...\n...NOT REALLY?\nHOW ABOUT YOU?\nHOW DID YOU SPEND THIS PAST WEEK?\n\nNOTHING SPECIAL HAPPENED TO ME EITHER.\n...?!\nI-IS THAT SO?\nUSUALLY, YOU WOULD TELL ME ALL SORTS OF STORIES.\nLIKE STORIES ABOUT YOUR OFFICE OR YOUR FRIEND CONNIE...\n\nI TOLD YOU, NOTHING SPECIAL HAPPENED.\nDO YOU THINK I'D HAVE AN ABUNDANCE OF THINGS TO TALK ABOUT EVERY SINGLE TIME?\n...BE IT LIKE LAST TIME AT THE RESTAURANT, OR DURING THE EXHIBITION.\nWHENEVER I ASK HOW YOU'VE BEEN, YOU ALWAYS JUST SAY NOTHING SPECIAL HAPPENED.\n\nI THINK IT WOULD BE FUN IF YOU TOLD ME THINGS ABOUT YOURSELF, SIR ROJAS.\nDO YOU REALLY NOT HAVE ANYTHING YOU WANT TO SAY TO ME?\nOR IS...\n...TALKING WITH ME NOT FUN?\n\n—ABSO— LUTELY!\nABSOLUTELY NOT, MISS DIAZ!\n\nI JUST, I MEAN...\nWELL...\nAhem\n...NO, I'M SORRY.\nCOME TO THINK OF IT, THERE'S NO SUCH THING AS A DAY WHERE ABSOLUTELY NOTHING HAPPENS.\n\nThen, Will You Tell Me About It Now?\nALL RIGHT. IT'S NOT ANYTHING GRAND,\nBUT IF IT'S ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED THIS WEEK...\nTHE SECOND ROUND OF REPARATIONS ADJUSTMENT NEGOTIATIONS WITH BELLOT TOOK PLACE, BUT IT BROKE DOWN.\n\nTH-THIS WASN'T THE KIND OF CONVERSATION I WAS HOPING FOR, THOUGH?!\nI-ISN'T THAT CLASSIFIED INFORMATION OF THE IMPERIAL PALACE?!\n\nWHAT IF SOMEONE HEARS YOU...!\nAH, IT'S FINE.\nEVERYONE WORKING IN THE INNER PALACE ALREADY KNOWS ABOUT IT.\nIT'S NO SECRET.\nIF THAT'S THE CASE, THEN IT'S A RELIEF, BUT...!\nI just want to live a long, and peaceful life.\n\nRIGHT, WHILE I'M AT IT...\nI SHOULD ASK ABOUT \"THAT RUMOR\" TOO.\nSIR ROJAS, IS THAT TRUE AS WELL?\nI HEARD THAT TALK OF A MARRIAGE PROPOSAL IS GOING BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN THE EMPIRE AND THE KINGDOM OF BELLOT.\n\nSIR ROJAS, YOU'RE HIS MAJESTY'S AIDE, SO YOU MUST'VE SEEN FROM UP CLOSE, RIGHT?\nHOW WAS IT?\nDID HIS MAJESTY...\n...SEEM TO HAVE FEELINGS FOR THE CROWN PRINCESS OF BELLOT?","bubble_count":157,"pages_count":42,"source":"community"},"spoiler":{"level":"auto","safe_teaser":"In Chapter 23 of Unbeknownst to Me, I’m Secretly Dating the Emperor, Ms.","spoiler_summary":"In Chapter 23 of Unbeknownst to Me, I’m Secretly Dating the Emperor, Ms. Diaz suggests to Sir Rojas that they do what he enjoys on their future dates. While Rojas is moved by her words and unable to focus on his work, a state marriage with Bellot is discussed at the palace, and at their meeting in the tea salon, Ms. Diaz questions whether the Emperor has feelings for the Crown Princess."},"source":{"canonical_path":"/series/unbeknownst-to-me-i-m-secretly-dating-the-emperor-hr359apd/chapter-23-vfpy9v","citation_title":"WebtoonLib — Unbeknownst to Me, I’m Secretly Dating the Emperor #23","content_type":"chapter_summary","last_updated":"2026-10-31T12:41:18.931Z"},"data_status":"complete"},"untrusted":{"user_comments":[]},"see_also":{"for_series_detail":"/llms-series/unbeknownst-to-me-i-m-secretly-dating-the-emperor-hr359apd"}}