I unraveled the bandages tightly wrapped around my legs and rushed to the place where the envoy of the dead was, guided by Raven.
Bang!
Without a chance to knock, the door opened, and as I entered the reception room, I saw the envoy from the Lupion Kingdom sitting across from Rivanfell.
“Oh, Princess… No, I should call you Empress now.”
“Minister.”
Seeing the bandages wrapped around my arm, the minister frowned. It seemed as if he was reproaching me for what an empress was doing.
As always, there was no concern in his greetings.
“Report on Karaan’s condition.”
“He is currently in conversation with Her Majesty, the Empress.”
Instead of answering my question, the minister smiled. I knew what was hidden behind that smile.
It meant, “You shouldn’t be here. Boldly. Don’t stay here; go back and guard your position.”
“…”
In the Lupion Kingdom, I couldn’t retort a single word.
But not now.
“You should be careful with your words. Although you were once a princess of the Lupion Kingdom, you are now the great empress of the Leonharta Empire.”
It’s different now.
Reprimanding him with a cold look, I scolded. Raven and Clint, who came with me, were standing behind me, threatening the minister.
“Hmm. I did not mean to disregard the Empress. I just felt that this place might not be the right place for the Empress at the moment.”
“…Not the right place?”
Rivanfell, tapping his fingers, raised his right eyebrow.
“The Empress never studied politics, alliances, or military power when she was in the Lupion Kingdom. So, I thought she might feel bored if she stays here without understanding the meaning.”
It was a subtly insulting tone. The minister, as if caring for me, smiled politely.
“Oh, how unfortunate. Hasn’t the Empress learned anything about politics?”
“Yes, Your Majesty. She did not study relevant subjects while in the kingdom.”
Nodding at the minister’s words, Rivanfell turned towards me, raising his right eyebrow.
“Empress, did you not study political matters?”
Rubbing his right eyebrow with his thumb, Rivanfell spoke.
“…Empress.”
Revanfell, who crossed his fingers, frowned as he looked at the bandages around my legs.
“Empress, even though you did not study politics when you were in the kingdom, you have been handling everything perfectly now. Empress, you are a genius.”
Unexpected praise from Rivanfell. The minister, bewildered, quickly turned his gaze away from me.
“Oh, what a shame. Did the Empress not even hear the rumors that she could make two knees kneel with just one word? Your Majesty, did you not learn that?”
Facing the unexpected compliment from Rivanfell, the minister couldn’t hide his bewildered eyes.
He couldn’t help it. If the Empress of the Leonharta Empire, known as the worst tyrant, said one word, how could he stay calm? How could he maintain composure even while calling me a dog?
“Therefore, Minister, be careful not to mock her.”
“…”
“Dare not to ridicule the woman I love and respect.”
“Your Majesty…”
“I am in a very angry state right now. If there’s anyone other than you who dares to disrespect the woman I love, I want to trample them.”
“I, I came as an envoy from the Lupion Kingdom. I, I…”
“Disparaging you is equivalent to ignoring the entire Lupion Kingdom.”
Rivanfell shrugged his shoulders as if he had nothing to worry about.
“But what’s the big deal?”
“…”
“If I ignore the entire Lupion Kingdom? Will Lupion Kingdom declare war on me? Can they handle it?”
“W-What are you talking about!”
“Or perhaps, are you going to threaten to cut off the supplies? Oh, that won’t work. Lupion Kingdom doesn’t supply anything to my empire.”
The minister’s old face turned red and blue. He tightly clenched his wrinkled fist, but he couldn’t take any further action.
He couldn’t wage war, and he couldn’t even threaten the Leonharta Empire, let alone the tyrant emperor.
“So, shut up and answer the empress’s question.”
“Ahem.”
Rivanfell, with a face full of pride, glared at me briefly. However, soon he had to lower his gaze again when he saw the massive figure of Clint standing behind me.
“Prince Karaan is in critical condition.”
“That was already conveyed when you came. Tell me the details, minister. Who attacked Prince Karaan?”
“He has been exposed to an epidemic.”
“…!”
Everything before my eyes faded away.
“At first, his fingers and toes were decaying… gradually spreading throughout his body, and now it has reached his elbows and knees.”
“What?”
“We might have to amputate his hands and feet… Hm, the wound on his abdomen is also severe.”
“Why are you telling me this now!!!”
Seeing me react with a loud voice, Minister recoiled in astonishment but quickly looked away from me.
“His Majesty, Karaan, is exposed to a contagious disease.”
“……!”
I was shocked.
“He is currently undergoing a thorough investigation to determine if there were intruders in the royal palace. Although nothing has been confirmed yet, this is an internal matter of the Lupion Kingdom. Even if the results come out, there is no reason to inform Empress.”
“Wha… traitor…”
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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