Our quarrel fortunately came to a halt when Jaerim appeared, looking for Levanfell. Jaerim let out a sigh upon seeing us bicker like children.
“Many eyes are upon us, everyone.”
Jaerim slowly swept his gaze over us, calmly advising.
“Your Highness. The palace is in turmoil over last night’s events. You should know better than anyone that rumors spread quickly from the palace. Why are you behaving like this?”
“It’s better if the rumors spread. That way, I can take my sister back.”
“Don’t you know that the position of Empress of the Empire can’t be easily settled with just a word of divorce? Besides, if the rumor spreads that the Empress’s brother crossed the border without warning and tried to attack the Emperor with a spirit, the one in trouble will be Empress. Why don’t you understand that?”
At Jaerim’s sharp words, Karayan looked at me hastily, his face filled with realization. Following Karayan’s gaze, Jaerim also turned to me.
“Your Majesty. If the two of you fight, there’s no one else to stop you but Your Majesty. If you join the fight, I really have nowhere else to turn.”
“Ah, I’ve stopped it well so far.”
“It’s the Emperor of the Empire and the Prince of the kingdom. Don’t forget that without the Empress, there’s really no one who can stop it.”
I turned my face away, embarrassed by Jaerim’s advice, and coughed awkwardly. Jaerim turned his head to Levanfell for the last time.
“……Your Majesty.”
“Don’t call me. Jaerim. Your nagging is already making my ears ache.”
“Then you shouldn’t have. He is a guest from the kingdom and the Empress’s brother. You should welcome him warmly with your magnanimity.”
“I am by nature a cold person.”
“It’s for the sake of the Empress. You don’t want the Empress to be criticized, do you?”
At Jaerim’s rebuke, Levanfell could not help but nod in agreement, without argument.
“Fighting inside the palace is forbidden. Threatening with spirits is also forbidden.”
Jaerim warned, pressing down on his throbbing temple. Complaining that it seemed like he had another child to raise, Jaerim dragged Levanfell away, saying he had more work to do.
The Emperor of a foreign country had sent a request for a visit, and time was of the essence.
Thanks to that, I was suddenly left alone with my brother Karayan. It was the first time the atmosphere had been so awkward when we were alone.
“Teri.”
He called me as if the time for thinking was over.
I could have caught him when he was fleeing yesterday, but I let him go to give myself time to think and decide.
But…
‘I haven’t even figured out what to say to Levanfell yet!’
If Emperor Levanfell says he knows about my divine power, he’ll ask how he found out. Then I’ll have to reveal that I’ve been treating him every night. There’s no way Karayan would fall for some halfhearted excuse!
For the first time since I was born, I stealthily moved away from my brother Karayan. Seeing me trying to escape, my brother’s face turned into a shocked expression.
“……Teri. Are you running away from me?”
“No, no, no. There’s a bug next to you……”
Just then.
“Your Majesty! Your Majesty!”
My savior appeared. My name echoed loudly throughout the palace.
Who would have thought I’d be so glad to hear this voice?
“Elihu!”
I greeted Elihu, who was looking for me, with a smile brighter than the sun. Elihu seemed to be holding something in both hands and ran joyfully towards me when he found me.
“Your Majesty!”
Since he found out I was a saint, Elihu had followed me with blind faith, as if he were serving a deity.
“Elihu. What brings you to the palace so early in the morning?”
“Ah. I was summoned by His Majesty regarding the incident at the substitute temple.”
One of the captured remnants had survived, he had said.
“Did they find out anything else?”
“No, he’s keeping his mouth shut.”
It wouldn’t be easy to get him to talk about the experiment. If we don’t kill him and keep him alive for a while, his wornout mind may eventually spill everything.
There was no other evidence we could seize for now.
“But Your Majesty.”
“Yes?”
“I found it!”
“……Me?”
“No! Not that I found Your Majesty, but……”
Elihu stretched out his hands, tightly clenched, and slowly opened them. A small arm suddenly popped out.
‘Could it be.’
Gray ears twitched, and a small head popped out soon after.
Certainly! Here’s the translated passage:
“Squeak. Squeak. (This Elihu guy. How dare he catch me and bring me here?)”
“Your Majesty’s hamster! It was praying at the altar and sat in front of me, showing affection. I remembered that it was the hamster you were raising last time, so I quickly caught it and brought it!”
“Squeak! Squeak squeak! (This kid! I asked for food and he caught me and offered me up?!)”
I thought he went for a walk because he was full, but he went to the altar to get something to eat? Truly a worldly god.
“I rushed here in case the Empress was looking for you.”
“Thanks for finding him, Elihu.”
“Hehehe.”
When scheming men desperately battle for her favor in the male harem
This one’s also on my reread list! The rivalry, scheming between the men in the imperial harem are just as intense and thrilling as in classic palace drama novels, where concubines fight to the death. Give it a read, girls! I promise you won’t be disappointed.
Synopsis:
“I am not worthy of her… but I still want to be by her side, even if only as a loyal dog…”
Those were the painful whispers of Yue Guanyi – the proud Crown Prince of the Great Qi, who was torn between deep love and a guilty conscience. Despite holding the supreme power of the Imperial Guard, he still could not forget the dark past when he was sold into a brothel.
Fate played a cruel twist when Qiu Shuzhi – a young female official who had just passed the imperial examinations with top honors – stepped into his life. She did not know that she was the one who had saved him from a tragic fate many years ago. And now, her heart was the target of pursuit for both Yue Guanyi and the powerful Empress Dowager Qin Qing.
While Yue Guanyi only dared to silently care for and protect the one he loved from afar, the Empress Dowager Qin Qing openly expressed his feelings and did not hesitate to take advantage of his power to approach Qiu Shuzhi. The covert struggle between the two most powerful forces in the imperial court began…
Trigger warning: All men in this novel are yandere style.
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