The next day, Lucius’s schedule was unusually light. He only had to attend a brief tea gathering at the neighboring Nirva embassy at three in the afternoon.
After a dinner with Hayden the previous night, he returned home completely exhausted. He wanted to take advantage of this brief rest to work diligently. He wanted to work, that was what he thought.
“From the first day of her arrival in Shalea, Ambassador Kaleta spent three days in the palace and met with His Majesty the Emperor. Every time the meeting ended, she came out staggering with a pale face…….”
Lucius objected to the newspaper article Aldwin was reading.
“I never staggered out!”
“You staggered when you arrived at the embassy. You did it yesterday too. Anyway, I’ll keep reading. …Yesterday, judging from the fact that the clothes worn entering and leaving the palace were different, some opinions even suggest that His Majesty the Emperor did something in front of her that caused blood to spurt. Is this true?”
Lucius responded with an expression that indicated he had heard all sorts of absurd things. Blood? He had danced until he sweated, became hungry, and then ate delicious food to his heart’s content.
“You were especially diligent in reading .”
“Ah, this one criticizes the Emperor the best. It blatantly dislikes the Emperor. But the articles about you are all similar. Isn’t that right, Eliza?”
Eliza Barkova, sitting across from them, nodded as she flipped through a newspaper.
“What’s wrong with Emperor Persecta’s reputation? I thought I would be heavily criticized because I’m Ambassador Kaleta.”
Lucius shook his head with a puzzled expression as he spread a generous amount of butter on his bread.
Even Martin, who looked terribly sorry, had prepared an especially sumptuous meal for him. Lucius asked a question and then sighed.
“I’m dragged to the palace every day, so I don’t have time to understand the situation. To even ask about this…”
As Ambassador Kaleta, he should have known about Emperor Persecta’s reputation first. Not only that, he should have been busy arranging several negotiations and running around.
“The Ambassador goes to the palace, and that’s something we find out. The current Emperor of Persecta, in a word, is a madman. Especially.”
Aldwin tapped the he was reading.
“He’s disliked and feared in the East.”
“Why, did he do something in the East?”
“No, he hasn’t done anything recently.”
What then? Lucius asked, biting into his bread, puzzled.
“Before the Emperor ascended the throne, this country was controlled by the Eastern nobles.”
Ah. I see what happened. Lucius nodded as he chewed his bread.
“But then suddenly the Emperor appeared and started shifting the balance of power.”
Hayden was no ordinary Emperor. It was like a tiger had appeared in a mountain where a fox was king.
“But, I heard that the Emperor didn’t have a crown prince period? The Emperor told me himself.”
“So they say.”
The answer came not from Aldwin but from Eliza.
“He appeared suddenly and was accepted based on lineage, so his position is quite unstable, and his personality…….”
Eliza showed another newspaper she was holding.
“It’s quite something. So there’s an article here too. …Considering the experiences of the Eastern United Nobles in the past, it’s assumed that His Majesty the Emperor gave Ambassador Kaleta an unforgettable, unique experience.”
The newspaper implied that Kaleta had been delighted and satisfied by what the Emperor had done to her.
Anyway, everyone was convinced that Ambassador Kaleta, who was being dragged to the palace every day, was not in a good situation.
[Star icon]“Are you all right?”
The reaction at the Nirva embassy, where Martin visited with a box of cookies he baked and the Kaleta Empire’s fountain pen, was the same.
The chief official from Nirva, Sir Felix Keika, greeted him with a face full of concern. The neat and cleanlooking young man seemed to wonder if he was still alive.
“It’s better not to go today.”
Poor thing. Felix Keika hurriedly seated Lucius upon hearing his response.
“Emperor Persecta is someone we simply cannot get close to.”
So far, the most moderate praise I’ve seen and heard. Even the newspapers were cautious about the Emperor.”
Lu handed a wellwrapped gift to Duke Keika.
“Excluding the newspapers from the eastern regions such as . Thank you. Cookies, huh. This is…….”
“Caletta is famous for its fountain pens.”
It was an item hastily taken out of the baggage separately carried as a gift when coming to Perseita. A flush came over Duke Felix’s face as he opened the box. He seemed quite pleased.
“Oh, the touch doesn’t wobble, and it feels good to hold. Thank you.”
“I should be the one thanking you for the invitation. It gave me a breather.”
And building rapport among fellow diplomats is very important. Lu’s words caused Duke Felix to fail at hiding a sour expression.
“He’s quite famous. The fact that the young Emperor has held his own against crafty old nobles to this extent is because of his disposition.”
Male lead is a Destined Young Husband (Female-dominant)
One-sentence summary: Wife-master, listen to my explanation!
Li Ruantang, a young lady from a prestigious family, stumbled and fell. When she woke up, she saw a noble and beautiful young man sitting by her bedside, wiping away tears.
The young master had slightly reddened eyes, and his every move exuded charm.
The sight made Li Ruantang’s eyes hot and her heart flutter. After all, she had made a bet with the young master Meng from the neighboring family. If she couldn’t marry a husband before the end of the year, she would have to admit defeat and give up the jade she had worked so hard to obtain.
Outside the window, the flowers were in full bloom.
Rather than losing the bet, the jade, and her face, Li Ruantang calculated that it would be better to seek marriage with the young master in front of her, killing three birds with one stone.
…
Meng Jun never thought that an accident during a spring outing would lead to them rolling down a cliff and into a river, yet still survive.
Now they were trapped in an unknown village, and Meng Jun had overheard that the family who had rescued them had their own intentions.
After all, it was Li Ruantang who had lost her mind and sought marriage first. He was only trying to protect himself!
Glancing at Li Ruantang, who was listing her own merits, the young husband’s voice softened, and he blushed as he lied, “W-wife-master, Wife-master, don’t you remember me?”
The young husband’s voice was clear and handsome, coaxing Li Ruantang’s heart to be soft and sweet, and she spared no effort to protect him.
It wasn’t until they returned to the capital that Li Ruantang suddenly remembered.
When they had fallen off the cliff, in order not to implicate Wei Yunruo, whom he secretly admired, the young husband had instead pulled her, who was slightly farther away, down the cliff with him…
Short summary by Yuushi L: Initially, the male lead (ML) liked another girl, while the female lead (FL) liked the ML. Both fell off a cliff. The FL temporarily lost her memory, and the ML, fearing others might take advantage of him, claimed FL was his wife while they were staying in a village. Later, when they returned home, the FL regained her memories and remembered that the ML liked someone else, so she kept her distance from him. However, during their time living together in the countryside, the ML’s view of the FL had completely changed. From this point, his pursuit of the FL begins.
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