The physician, as haggard as Casalyn, rushed in. After all, she was a woman the Emperor himself had brought in for treatment.
“If she hadn’t been saved, death was the only other outcome.”
Ironically, while it was the physician who saved Casalyn’s life, it was also Casalyn who saved the physician’s life.
“The injuries at the time of the accident were severe: fractures and bleeding in arms, legs, and ribs. Thanks to divine intervention, there was no head trauma, but you’ll face difficulties in daily activities for some time.”
The physician wiped sweat with a handkerchief as he spoke.
“When can I walk again?”
“With crutches, perhaps in a month or two. Without them, it’ll take more than four months. To move freely like before, it’ll be at least six months of careful observation.”
In short, she couldn’t even hold a spoon by herself for a while. At least the prognosis for a full recovery was good.
“Your Majesty. How long have I been unconscious?”
“Two weeks.”
“Already that long… Did the Khan Royal Family not look for me?”
Casalyn asked half in disbelief.
Just as she thought Challen might have considered her dead, Parnes hesitated but then shook his head decisively.
“They didn’t look for you. If they had intended to, they would have contacted me.”
Parnes confirmed Casalyn’s suspicions, adding another scar to her already deeply wounded heart.
Casalyn smiled bitterly.
“I see.”
“…….”
“Anyway, I will never forget your kindness today. As soon as I can walk, I will leave the palace. Unfortunately, I must impose on you for a while due to my condition. Is that alright?”
Casalyn suppressed her surging sadness as she spoke politely.
Parnes sighed heavily and playfully flicked her forehead.
“Ouch.”
“When have you ever asked for my permission to impose on me? Just be your usual shameless self.”
“Are you calling me shameless?”
“You’re usually so clever, but at times like this, you’re unbelievably foolish. I’m not so heartless as to cruelly cast out a patient who can’t even walk a step on her own.”
“Does that mean…”
Parnes pulled a thick winter blanket around her, wrapping her up like a snowman.
“Get some more rest. It’s best not to even think about leaving this room until you can walk and run about like a newborn fawn.”
“Forgive me for asking, but did you ever learn to speak kindly at the royal court?”
“Seeing you climb up with backtalk, you must be feeling better.”
Parnes retorted gruffly and left the room without looking back.
Was it kindness or a threat?
Casalyn repeated his not-so-displeasing scolding in her mind several times and spent the day rolling aimlessly on the bed.
“You finally look a bit relieved,” said Duke Ludwick, striding behind Parnes through the corridor.
Parnes ignored his comment and reviewed the backlog of reports.
‘His Majesty, always so inarticulate with his feelings.’
Casalyn probably didn’t dream that he had stayed by her side, not sleeping or eating, so worried about her. And Parnes would probably never admit it, justifying it as merely dealing with a nuisance, like a petulant teenager.
‘Both of you are so awkward with your emotions. When will you ever date or marry?’
Duke Ludwick smiled silently, imagining a pleasant future. However, his leisure was short-lived.
“But Your Majesty, are you really not going to inform the Khan Kingdom?”
There was no response, just the soft sound of turning pages.
“Regardless, the Khan Kingdom is Casalyn’s home. She will have to return someday…”
“She almost died.”
Parnes stopped abruptly.
“That worthless man nearly cost that fragile woman her life multiple times.”
Could you send her back?
In Parnes’s grip, the paper crumpled mercilessly.
Male lead is a Divorced Husband
She said to him: “Tell me, what makes you like me? I’ll change it!”
Liu Changning transmigrated into a female cannon fodder character in a female-dominant novel.
After reading the first half of the novel’s plot, the first thing she did upon transmigration was to divorce the Pan Jinlian-style male protagonist she had just married.
She indulged herself, pretending to be ugly and poor.
But as time passed, the way that man looked at her became more and more unusual…
Liu Changning was dumbfounded: Tell me, what makes you like me? I’ll change!
――
This lifetime, Pei Yuanshao was rejected by the same woman twice!
The first time, she drove him away. Forced by the situation, he endured the waves of anger in his heart, yielding and humbling himself.
That person lay slanted on a rocking chair, her sallow face emotionless: “If you don’t want a divorce, go cook!”
Pei Yuanshao’s face was dark and gloomy: “You!”
The second time, after the crisis in Jinling City was resolved, the new emperor sent someone to pick him up. He turned around, stammering: “I… I have to go. If you keep me…”
That person lay on the kang bed, her back to him, as if she had long anticipated this day, crisp and clear: “Goodbye!”
Pei Yuanshao was so angry his fingers trembled: “You… you!”
The mission of family and country made him restrain himself, averting his eyes and turning to leave this broken household.
Two years later, they met again. Seeing her ethereal face, his body shook like a sieve.
“She was originally a ‘she’!”
At the Qionglin Banquet, the top scholar of the imperial examination, a talented person with exceptional speech and conduct, all the unmarried young gentlemen from aristocratic families looked at her with shy and timid eyes.
The peerless imperial official Pei Yuanshao felt the anger in his heart erupt. He pointed at the woman surrounded by the crowd at the Qionglin Banquet, his thin lips slightly curled: “Little sister, I wants that person to be the wife-master of my Mingde Prince Manor.”
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