“Your Majesty, where are you heading?”
The chief of the guards, Antonio, followed and asked, but there was no response.
Parnes’s hurried steps, quicker than usual, signified that his mood was twisted beyond easy recovery.
He stopped at the headquarters of the Imperial Knights.
The trainee knights, wrapping up their day and leisurely tidying up, were startled to the point of fainting by the unexpected arrival.
“Your Imperial Majesty! What brings you to such a modest place?”
“Bring me the four knights who escorted Casaline during the hunting competition.”
“What? Wh-What do you mean…”
Used to menial tasks and not often having the chance to speak directly with the Emperor, the naive trainee knights, too flustered to respond, elicited a grimace from Antonio standing behind.
Parnes despised those who couldn’t understand his words at once and dawdled.
Therefore, one had to be all ears in his presence, ready for anything.
But today, those knights were fortunate.
Casaline had recently regained consciousness in a much-improved condition, and Parnes had just seen her laughing brightly.
If Casaline had not awakened today, those knights would have been beheaded the moment they replied with “What?”
“I’ll repeat myself just once out of mercy. Bring me the four knights who escorted Casaline during the hunting competition.”
“Y-Yes, Your Majesty!”
The trainee knights stumbled and dashed upstairs. Soon, four other knights rushed down, panting.
Unlike the trainees, these knights, well aware of Parnes’s temperament, immediately prostrated themselves at his feet, hoping to save their lives.
“Your Imperial Majesty!”
“I’ll ask you straight. Why didn’t you escort Casaline to the end that day?”
“We, we left her because she said we could go ahead as we were nearing the lodge.”
“Didn’t I specifically order you to escort her to the lodge? Are you saying it was her fault she went missing and nearly died that day?”
“That’s impossible!”
As they prostrated themselves, one of the knights cautiously crawled forward.
“Your Majesty, there’s something that’s been bothering me.”
“Speak.”
“Before Casaline disappeared, I saw her with the Queen of the Khan Kingdom. They were walking down the trail behind the lodge, and the atmosphere didn’t seem very pleasant.”
“…With whom?”
“I, I’m not certain, but it looked like the Queen, and they disappeared down the path.”
As the sunlight, which had brightly illuminated the fresh greenery, hid behind clouds, a deep shadow fell across Parnes’s face.
“Is that so… That’s what happened.”
He muttered softly and then leisurely left the headquarters.
The knights, relieved that the situation had passed without major incident, secretly sighed in relief.
Just then, Parnes paused at the doorway.
“Antonio.”
“Yes, Your Majesty. Your command?”
“Confine those knights for a week and keep them on standby, ready to be summoned when needed. You know what I mean without further explanation.”
“Of course, Your Majesty.”
As Antonio bowed quietly to Parnes’s departing figure, Parnes arrived at his office and saw Duke Ludwig, unusually restless and unable to sit still.
Upon spotting Parnes, Duke Ludwig quickly crossed the spacious room.
Parnes sat down at his desk, looking quizzically at him.
“What’s the matter?”
“Your Majesty, about the detailed investigation you ordered regarding Queen Rose Ricci and King Chalen Ricci.”
“Yes, have you found out anything?”
“Yes. I couldn’t find anything particularly noteworthy about King Chalen Ricci, but the issue is with Queen Rose Ricci. In the process of investigating her, I stumbled upon a startling fact.”
Parnes, who was reviewing reports from various regions, shifted his attention to Ludwig.
“What is so significant that it needed such delay?”
“It turns out, Queen Rose has a different biological father.”
Parnes’s eyes narrowed silently.
“He was even a low-born mercenary with a criminal record.”
The air in the office turned into a cold silence.
Parnes’s narrowing eyes expressed confusion.
“Are you saying that Rose Ricci, the queen, has a different father, meaning she isn’t related by blood to Casaline?”
“Yes, surprisingly.”
A cynical chuckle slipped through Parnes’s slightly parted lips.
“Even though they are half-sisters, there was nothing similar in appearance or personality.”
“Perhaps it’s not deception, and she herself might not know this fact.”
“Right. She might have believed she was the daughter of a renowned professor and a duke.”
“If this becomes public, it will cause a tremendous uproar in the Khan Kingdom. She will certainly be dethroned, especially since King Chalen won’t stand for it.”
“That seems likely.”
Parnes, with a hint of pleasure in his voice, muttered and stood by the window, coffee cup in hand, looking at the detached palace in the vast garden.
The balcony of her room was still dark, curtains closed even as the day darkened.
“Ludwig, give me your thoughts. What should I do with this information?”
Before Ludwig could respond, Parnes continued.
Male lead is reincarnated to save his wife
I’ve also read this one twice already. The female lead is kinda soft and gets embarrassed easily—not really my type, but the plot is definitely worth reading. Hurry up and read it, y’all!
Intro
When Shen Yuan encountered Su Jin again in his previous life, she had already become the Prime Minister of the current dynasty. As for him, the former top young master of the capital, he had long since fallen into the abyss, becoming a singer on a pleasure boat.
After a song ended, he was redeemed and sent to the Su Residence.
Su Jin respected and cherished him, gave him a roof over his head, and bestowed him with warmth. Shen Yuan fell deeper and deeper, but before he could express his feelings, Su Jin passed away.
Shen Yuan died to follow her in death, but instead, he returned to when he was fifteen years old.
At that time, he was not yet engaged, and Su Jin was just a poor scholar.
Shen Yuan gritted his teeth, casting aside all his pride, and thought of ways to coax and entice her every day.
The colder and more indifferent Su Jin was towards him, the more proactive Shen Yuan became.
He was not afraid of being mocked by the world, only wanting to marry his Wife-master early, to hold her hand and never let go for a lifetime.
[Note: This story will not specifically point out the male lead’s reincarnation time point; it’s all in the details. Whenever you feel that the male lead is acting strangely, he has most likely been reincarnated.]
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