Laughter spread throughout the empire after a long time. People’s faces brightened at the rumor that Baron Adresa, who had been famous for his wickedness, was dragged away without a fight.
“Heh heh heh. Suddenly, the taxes have returned to normal from this week.”
“Ha ha ha. You paid off all the overdue debts, right?!”
“In our village, they suddenly distributed a bundle of potatoes each!”
The laughter flower bloomed on people’s faces. Thanks to the widespread laughter flower, the streets were fragrant for the first time in a while.
“It’s all thanks to the Empress.”
“When did His Majesty ever care about us when he was alone? The Empress has had a positive influence on him. The Empress is truly amazing.”
“The Empress is our savior.”
“Thanks to the Empress, my husband received all his delayed salary. The child was starving, but yesterday we finally could feed him something… sob sob. I was worried that we might die like this.”
“I hear there are many in other countries who covet our Empress.”
“Heh! These thieves! How dare they look down on our Empress?! If anyone touches our Empress! I will chase them with a hoe!”
The goodwill towards the Empress did not stop in the hearts of the people of the Leonharta Empire.
The rumor that Empress Eteria’s illness was cured spread rapidly across the continent. Additionally, it was also said that Empress Eteria was close with the Empress of Leonharta.
It was also said that showing favor to her, who was under the protection of God, was the same as receiving God’s favor.
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I was on my way to meet Count Tenen today, riding a carriage as usual.
Had the news of me scolding Baron Adresa a few days ago spread? People poured out from every village we passed.
Sometimes they thanked me, saying that they were relieved, and sometimes they insisted on feeding me, so it was quite exhausting.
“What kind of person is Count Tenen?”
I asked, lifting my exhausted body inside the carriage. If I didn’t engage in some conversation, I felt like I would just melt away in lethargy.
“Count Tenen is….”
Levanfell, who was checking the report on Baron Adresa’s wicked deeds, tilted his head. Then he carefully said,
“…Count Tenen is a person.”
“What?”
Of course, he’s a person. Why would you say something so obvious?
I questioned with a dumbfounded expression, but Levanfell was serious.
“Count Tenen is a person, so don’t be surprised when you see him.”
“What are you teaching me?”
“You’ll know what I mean when you see him. When I was young, I was surprised to see Count Tenen, thinking he was a wild bear.”
What kind of person is Count Tenen? The more I thought about it, the less I understood him.
‘But we’ll arrive soon… I’ll understand when I meet him in person.’
(This is a time separator.)
The end of the long journey was in sight. Finally, the end of Tenen’s mansion began to appear from the carriage window. Thinking that they only had to run a little more, the knights spurred their horses.
The carriage speed increased, and the hidden Tenen mansion gradually revealed itself. As its outskirts were exposed, the anticipation on people’s faces gradually faded.
“This is….”
I felt the same. Tenen’s mansion looked like a ruin, with unattended rusty gates and mosscovered stone walls making me squint.
“People really live in such a place?”
There seemed to be no gardener, as the garden was full of rotten plants, and the fallen leaves had accumulated thickly without anyone sweeping them away.
Levanfell, who was also frowning, opened the carriage window widely and asked Jerim, who was riding a horse next to us.
“Didn’t we send a letter to Count Tenen saying we were coming?”
“We did, of course. I sent ten letters, worrying that he might ignore them.”
“Did Count Tenen move his residence?”
“No, no. When I sent a letter to the mansion requesting the Empress’s escort, I certainly received a reply.”
“…Have only the elite knights go with us, and let the rest stay and find lodging.”
“Yes, I will do as you say, Your Majesty.”
Levanfell divided the knights, half went with him, and the other half headed towards their accommodation.
The mansion became more eerie as they approached. Cobwebs were thick, and dry trees were cut off at the base and fallen over. The large mansion’s windows were so covered in dust that one couldn’t see inside, and some windows were even broken, with filthy curtains fluttering.
No sign of life was felt no matter how much they looked.
The carriage had to stop in front due to the unkempt garden.
“I think I need to check it out first. Will you wait here for a moment?”
“No. I’ll go with you. It seems scarier to be alone in the carriage.”
Levanfell agreed and escorted me. The mansion seemed even more daunting as we got out of the carriage.
“Do you think they moved somewhere else since we’re coming?”
It didn’t look habitable at all. Levanfell stared at the mansion for a moment before nodding to my question.
“I hope so.”
It’s better if they ran away. Rather than living in a place like this.
Ex-husband Wants Reconciliation
One-line summary: Chasing the wife to the crematorium (making an effort to attract someone who has become indifferent), the female lead doesn’t look back, the second male lead takes the position.
Intro:
To repay the kindness of the older generation, Su Mu crossed into a female-dominated world and became a live-in daughter-in-law of the Yan family, single-handedly saving the Yan family from fire and water.
But her husband, Yan Jiyue, the eldest son of the Yan family, treated her with sarcasm and never showed her a good face.
It wasn’t until after Su Mu’s death that this pampered and arrogant young master shed a few fake tears and pretended to want to die for love.
This life’s kindness was enough. If there was a next life, she would definitely kick Yan Jiyue away.
Who knew that the heavens would be so kind as to allow her to be reborn, returning to the time when she had just married into the Yan family.
Su Mu glanced at the Yan eldest son, who still spoke coldly to her, and threw a divorce letter in front of him.
“Let’s divorce!”
***
Yan Jiyue never imagined that he would be reborn. He happily went to find Su Mu, wanting to make up for the mistakes he had made in his ignorant youth.
Wasn’t the reason the heavens allowed him to be reborn to let him reconcile with Su Mu?
But when he pushed open the door to Su Mu’s room, the person lying on the bed was another man.
Su Mu’s personal attendant, Xie Yi.
Yan Jiyue hated him so much that his teeth itched. In front of Su Mu, Xie Yi was a gentle and considerate whisperer of sweet nothings, but in reality, he was vicious-hearted and deliberately sabotaged their husband and wife relationship.
In the previous life, it was he who secretly hid in Su Mu’s coffin and committed suicide, stealing a step ahead of him to be buried with Su Mu.
Yan Jiyue’s eyes were filled with hatred as he cursed, “What kind of thing are you? Your background is lowly, what right do you have to occupy Su Mu?”
Xie Yi looked at the sleeping Su Mu and no longer pretended to be a whisperer of sweet nothings.
He proudly stuck out his belly, “I have the right because my belly is capable of giving the Wife-master a daughter.”
***
Yan Jiyue was consumed with jealousy. He spread rumors that Xie Yi had once been branded with the mark of a “harlot” on his chest.
But on the night Xie Yi cut off the flesh bearing that mark, Su Mu suddenly realized something was amiss.
“How did you know the exact moment I was poisoned? And why did you show up a month early?”
Xie Yi remained silent, blood from his wound soaking through his robes. His sapphire eyes brimmed with anguish – or was it just a flawless act?
Between a once-arrogant husband now seeking redemption, and a gentle soul willing to die for her – who truly held the darkest secrets? And could it be that Su Mu and Yan Jiyue weren’t the only ones given a second chance at life…?
[Reading Guide]
1. True divorce, chasing the wife to the crematorium, the female lead doesn’t look back, the male lead is Xie Yi.
2. The ex-husband did not cheat, he just realized too late and didn’t realize that he liked the female lead.
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