He was caught. However, the first dance at a debutante ball didn’t have the tender significance it usually carried. Moreover, being the only daughter of the Duke, she provocatively approached him, disregarding all the imperial nobles. The simple reason for holding out her hand and accepting hers was to gain more than she lost. The trophy role between them had been truly huge.
But why did that day’s events feel so invalidated at this moment?
Unable to speak the truth or deny the falsehood, the Emperor diverted the conversation.
“So, what kind of conversation did you have to reach such a conclusion?”
Seeing wrinkles of distress on his forehead, Ines smiled slightly.
As if saying she understood everything about why he was rambling about such useless things.
Ines broke the small disturbance that had come between them, stood up straight, and looked at him with serious eyes.
“Your Majesty, I must go now.”
“What?”
Even in the Emperor’s confused golden eyes, the moment of doubt was breathtakingly beautiful. He wanted to just dive into her embrace, but there were things that couldn’t be delayed.
“As you know, I am very busy now.”
Ines, mischievously, reached out both hands and touched his cheek. His cheek, which he always wanted to touch, was much softer than he remembered. Carson’s eyes, caught off guard as her face was captured, sparkled with interest. Ines, who aligned her lips to make a sound, smiled widely, and his lips also drew a perfect curve.
“So, now, stop questioning who the partner for the debutante ball’s first dance of the Lady-in-Waiting will be and leave.”
“Yes, right away.”
“Are you going to do laundry again this time?”
“No.”
Ines, standing in the sunlight still at its zenith, laughed heartily. Her radiant blonde hair, bathed in sunlight, filled the space between the two with light.
“Because I have to become the Empress.”
Carson extended his arm as if guiding her, just like he did in Monstera’s office back in the day. In response, Ines lifted her skirt slightly, showing the proper etiquette a maid would offer to the Emperor.
Ines approached the door and grabbed the handle. Seeing her like that, Carson suddenly burst into laughter. The woman who seemed to be leaving as if she would stop and turn around to look at him. A moment later, she would exactly turn around to look at Carson and smile, just like she did back then.
“I’ll come soon. Wherever you are, Your Majesty.”
Carson also smiled at Ines as if responding. It was the same as that day, but also completely different. Now, Carson just had to wait for her to come to him in the way he desired.
“Yes, I’ll wait quietly. Without causing trouble.”
This time too, Carson couldn’t take his eyes off Ines until the door she left through was completely closed. He didn’t know what awaited the two who left through that door. However, he was convinced that regardless of the outcome, this would undoubtedly be Carson’s last time waiting for her.
Carson stood up and dusted off his clothes.
It was time to prepare for another war, even if it meant preparing for a war for the woman who was working hard to come to him.
Carson couldn’t concentrate throughout the meeting.
The figure of a courtier whose face turned pale and was shouting loudly was faintly visible and disappeared. The enraged voices of the courtiers from somewhere also couldn’t be heard well.
Only the fading image of Ines, gripping his collar and turning white, remained.
“Damn it.”
For a moment, silence filled the meeting room.
“Oh, no. Continue what you want to say. I won’t listen anyway.”
The Imperial Council had just agreed to appoint Lord Landhill as the new governor of Sweden. The Emperor, who had the support of the entire empire, carrying a temple on his back, could not be opposed at the moment.
Carson also knows it well. He can’t persist in ignoring them forever. Of course, he had no intention of tolerating their resorting to evil just because their prosperous territories were somewhat unsatisfactory.
The problem was the support base.
Currently, Keynes was facing an unprecedented crisis.
It was an unparalleled economic panic. Although immediate relief measures had been taken to prevent the ship from sinking, the number of people unable to find work increased every day. Filling the royal treasury with revenue from Monstera and Landhill helped to some extent, but it was still limited.
Although the Empress had taken action to create jobs, it was impossible to catch the tail of whether she was receiving help from someone.
Capturing her wouldn’t improve the economic problems. The railway still wasn’t fully operational, and utilizing many resources in Monstera would take several years.
Carson focused his mind and carefully examined the delegates.
Among them, some seemed to know that gauging those who would stand by his side was happening inwardly, while others avoided eye contact, and a few others had unreadable expressions.
However, no matter how he looked, there were no supporters for him. The high-ranking nobles were all busy taking care of their own interests, and none would dare to oppose the words of the Marquis.
Then, Manisuth, who had been silent throughout the meeting, spoke up.
“We need to implement currency reform.”
“Currency reform?”
For the first time, Carson showed interest, prompting the financial officer to stand up.
“At present, not only the system but also the function of the saboteurs has been lost throughout the entire Keynes Empire.”
“So?”
“We need to change the unit of sabotage from 100 to 1 and lower the currency unit.”
“And that’s the solution?”
Ex-husband Wants Reconciliation
One-line summary: Chasing the wife to the crematorium (making an effort to attract someone who has become indifferent), the female lead doesn’t look back, the second male lead takes the position.
Intro:
To repay the kindness of the older generation, Su Mu crossed into a female-dominated world and became a live-in daughter-in-law of the Yan family, single-handedly saving the Yan family from fire and water.
But her husband, Yan Jiyue, the eldest son of the Yan family, treated her with sarcasm and never showed her a good face.
It wasn’t until after Su Mu’s death that this pampered and arrogant young master shed a few fake tears and pretended to want to die for love.
This life’s kindness was enough. If there was a next life, she would definitely kick Yan Jiyue away.
Who knew that the heavens would be so kind as to allow her to be reborn, returning to the time when she had just married into the Yan family.
Su Mu glanced at the Yan eldest son, who still spoke coldly to her, and threw a divorce letter in front of him.
“Let’s divorce!”
***
Yan Jiyue never imagined that he would be reborn. He happily went to find Su Mu, wanting to make up for the mistakes he had made in his ignorant youth.
Wasn’t the reason the heavens allowed him to be reborn to let him reconcile with Su Mu?
But when he pushed open the door to Su Mu’s room, the person lying on the bed was another man.
Su Mu’s personal attendant, Xie Yi.
Yan Jiyue hated him so much that his teeth itched. In front of Su Mu, Xie Yi was a gentle and considerate whisperer of sweet nothings, but in reality, he was vicious-hearted and deliberately sabotaged their husband and wife relationship.
In the previous life, it was he who secretly hid in Su Mu’s coffin and committed suicide, stealing a step ahead of him to be buried with Su Mu.
Yan Jiyue’s eyes were filled with hatred as he cursed, “What kind of thing are you? Your background is lowly, what right do you have to occupy Su Mu?”
Xie Yi looked at the sleeping Su Mu and no longer pretended to be a whisperer of sweet nothings.
He proudly stuck out his belly, “I have the right because my belly is capable of giving the Wife-master a daughter.”
***
Yan Jiyue was consumed with jealousy. He spread rumors that Xie Yi had once been branded with the mark of a “harlot” on his chest.
But on the night Xie Yi cut off the flesh bearing that mark, Su Mu suddenly realized something was amiss.
“How did you know the exact moment I was poisoned? And why did you show up a month early?”
Xie Yi remained silent, blood from his wound soaking through his robes. His sapphire eyes brimmed with anguish – or was it just a flawless act?
Between a once-arrogant husband now seeking redemption, and a gentle soul willing to die for her – who truly held the darkest secrets? And could it be that Su Mu and Yan Jiyue weren’t the only ones given a second chance at life…?
[Reading Guide]
1. True divorce, chasing the wife to the crematorium, the female lead doesn’t look back, the male lead is Xie Yi.
2. The ex-husband did not cheat, he just realized too late and didn’t realize that he liked the female lead.
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