It was no ordinary thing to exchange gold coins of the Kaleita Empire, which he had never seen before and which had been warring for hundreds of years, for Fersecta Empire’s gold coins.
The bank manager who jumped out immediately started whipping the Kaleita Empire’s currency unit, and Lu and Aldwin decided to exchange the gold bars they had brought with them for money.
Even then, they had to suffer under the gaze that looked at them with contempt as if they were disgusting rats, questioning the purity of the gold bars. They are funny guys who invade and laugh.
“What can we do? We must be prepared. The people of this country will all see us as an enemy nation.”
And the diplomats who went from Fersecta to Kaleita would be in the same situation.
“Are you alright?”
Aldwin, whose face had turned red from the beating he received for the first time in his life, was surprised to see Lu making a surprisingly calm expression, leaning back on the bench.
“I’m used to it. It’s been over 4 years since I’ve been treated like this.”
She wondered what the black pillars, rising thin between the road where the carriages travel and the sidewalk where people walk, were, and got up from her seat.
“Anyway, it’s fortunate that we know gold works here.”
She knows the white eyes staring at her well and knows how to gain something from those eyes. Maybe that’s why Emperor Carlos of Kaleita sent Lu.
“Yes. It’s fortunate that we got two bags of gold coins.”
Aldwin is optimistic. But in Lu’s eyes, they could have gotten four bags of gold coins, but it was clear that the bank manager had forcefully whipped them.
Well, now she’s used to it, so she smiled with a tired look. For now, I have to cram the negotiation of exchange rates into the schedule that is so free that there’s nothing.
She was suddenly annoyed at the thought that this much should have been done in advance, but it was obvious when she looked at the reluctant reaction of Fersecta and the Kaleita Emperor who had made her an envoy.
Lu is just a puppet that sits quietly and keeps her place, and Fersecta only keeps form without thinking about dealing with Kaleita. Oh my, I’ve been hit everywhere.
Somehow, I’ll stubbornly get the work done. It’s better if no one expects it.
“Shall we buy something delicious with that?”
“That’s good. There was a store over there where people were buying something. Let’s go.”
Sure enough, there was a store where people lined up all the way to the door.
With colorful packaging, people either excitedly took out goods, or they unwrapped and ate them on the spot, showing that it was no ordinary tasty shop.
Not wanting to be crowded by people anymore, Riga momentarily let Aldwin in to stand in line and waited outside.
A delighted girl came out, putting dessert in her mouth with white powder smeared on her lips.
Is it that delicious? Watching the girl’s blue ribbon fluttering as she passed by, Riga discovered a stall at the end.
“Welcome.”
There were various newspapers and magazines, each with different names, tightly packed on the newsstand.
“Mister, are all of these new releases?”
“Of course they’re new releases. Did you come up from the countryside?”
The owner of the newsstand treated her like a country bumpkin. There was no helping it.
She had only seen two types of newspapers until now. One was a gazette issued by the country, and the other was a newspaper that copied the news from the gazette, only singing praises of the emperor. But here, the newspapers and magazines were very diverse.
Thieves’ country, finally yielding to diplomacy!
Sly Carlos, ultimately retreating from His Majesty the Emperor’s move…
Should the ‘Claimed’ empire of Perseta really establish diplomatic relations with the socalled ‘SelfProclaimed’ empire?
And the headlines, written in large and bold letters, were blatantly and aggressively apparent to anyone.
“Wow, wow…….”
Riga unknowingly began to pick up newspapers that had significant articles about the Kaletta Empire. Buy it. Buy them all. Just buy them.
“That’s too much of a thirdrate magazine selection.”
At first, Riga ignored the comment and picked up another newspaper criticizing the Kaletta Empire in a rather polite manner.
“That one’s a bit of a decent newspaper company.”
Ignoring that as well, Riga this time picked up a newspaper that dared to criticize the Perseta Emperor, questioning his sanity for establishing relations with Kaletta. This one particularly appealed to her.
“They only listen to the nobles and don’t listen to me.”
Is this being said to her right now? Riga only then raised her head to look up.
Standing among people who just handed over coins and took a newspaper each, he who had been eagerly lecturing her smiled.
The more Riga’s face contorted, the more brightly his face shone.
It was the Emperor of the Perseta Empire, who had nonchalantly given her permission at the Imperial Palace a few hours earlier.
The Male lead Always Seduces Her with His Beauty (Matriarchy)
Xin Jiao Zhou is the leader of the world’s premier sect. She has just experienced betrayal from all sides, was poisoned in an assassination attempt, and faced death squad attacks while the poison was taking effect. After finally clearing out the scum from her sect, she was drugged again while trying to detoxify.
After waking up from a night of unconsciousness, she gained a “beautiful and kind-hearted” husband.
Xin Jiao Zhou: “???”
He fell ill.
She came to see him, bringing breakfast.
As she put down the breakfast and was about to leave, his hand slipped while holding the spoon. “Clank!”
She turned around upon hearing the noise.
He looked up at her, his eyebrows drooping: “My hand… has no strength.”
“Shall I… feed you?” she asked tentatively.
He opened his mouth cheerfully: “Ah—”
Thinking she was drowning, he jumped in without hesitation to save her, but nearly drowned himself. In the end, it was she who swam over to rescue him, giving him air underwater.
After emerging from the water, his ear tips turned red. He lightly brushed his cheek, tucking his sideburns behind his ear, revealing delicate, pink-tinged ear tips. He lowered his gaze, too embarrassed to look at her.
Xin Jiao Zhou: He’s truly beautiful, kind-hearted, and adorable.
A certain someone when disciplining subordinates behind the scenes: “If they don’t obey, just kill them.”
What’s that? She might already have someone she cares about in her heart? A certain someone: Find out who it is, kill them, and then there won’t be anyone.
What? She met a man by the riverside? What? That man even hurt her? A certain someone: Whichever hand hurt her, chop off his entire arm.
Love at first sight without realizing it, gradually falling in love, slowly getting closer…
Family and national grudges, schemes and desires, good and evil, crime and punishment, she and he face the future together, seeking justice with passion!
A naturally dark female lead who could accidentally destroy the world but is actually an honest person VS a weak, pitiful, and helpless but skilled fighter, beautiful white-cut black male lead
My heart is not of stone, how steadfast is your love? — Tao Yuanming “Imitating the Ancients (No. 3)”
— Reading Guide —
Cold female lead & dramatic black lotus with hidden yandere traits male lead
