After sweeping her gaze across the audience, she raised her head slightly. Even the slight gesture was enough to overwhelm those who were watching. The clenched fist hidden between the folds of her voluminous dress trembled sweetly. Only Carson could see this.
“So, will you agree now?”
Even the lips of those clearly hostile closed tightly in the confident smile.
“I mean, I will become the Empress.”
At Carson’s final words, he raised both hands as if declaring surrender. Then, with a throbbing chest, he burst into hearty laughter, his head tilted back, thoroughly soaking his chest.
“You come to me like this. Without taking even a single step, without being dragged down a single stair, you come to stand by my side all on your own, using only your own strength.”
Like spring flowers, and like a blue butterfly fluttering around, you come to me. Like the spring sunshine that doesn’t hurt anything but colors everything around.
You come, creating a bright light that naturally squints the eyes.
The moment he first met her flashed in Carson’s mind. Ines Swenden, who jumped under the hooves without hesitation, a beautiful woman carrying his younger brother.
Then, the moment he met her again at the temple came to mind. Ines Swenden, who saved people in pouring rain, walking confidently. A strong woman who shone brightly in drenched clothes.
And recently, in the deep night of the palace, the seductive figure of her who came to ask for the necklace, turning it around, passed through his sight in sequence.
A beautiful figure that could stop his breath for a moment and then took a long time to approach him.
Carson once again realized something.
Right at this moment, Ines Swenden, who brightly smiled like the sun, declaring that she no longer had any sins, would forever remain unforgettable in his memory.
Even amidst the infuriated substitutes, she would rush in like a tidal wave, capturing him in an instant, leaving an indelible impression that would linger in his heart throughout his life, causing him inner turmoil.
The sound of Manusott shouting angrily amidst the infuriated substitutes didn’t reach his ears at all.
It seemed like he vaguely heard words suggesting that the Emperor and Ines had conspired on this matter… but it didn’t matter.
Among the substitutes fuming with anger, it seemed like some were trying to calm Manusott down.
But what now?
Even if the Emperor and Ines had conspired in the end, even if an enormous disaster befell the empire as Manusott claimed, nothing would change now.
Just like a bird riding the wind could never change its direction, and no matter how sadly and loudly a frog cried, the deep blue dawn would inevitably come.
Carson stood up from his seat. As he pushed the chair back, the noisy surroundings quickly quieted down.
Ines, who stood facing him, also seemed to be thinking similar thoughts.
In Carson’s eyes, tuned to meet him, there was still a gaze of reverence as a god, but beyond that, there was also the stubborn faith of a woman who believed in her unique man.
So, the two of them remained silent throughout the tumultuous storm.
Carson reached out his hand to Ines.
He didn’t say anything, but it seemed like he was saying, “Come here, Ines.” In response to his gentle voice, a smile naturally appeared on Ines’s face.
Whenever she heard those words, her heart always pounded, but it was the first time the excitement was this tumultuous.
When Carson extended his hand, Ines, as if entranced, approached him halfway.
She always proclaimed that she would go to him, but it was never easy.
Yet he always waited for her and, like an unwavering tree, provided her a place to rest.
As Ines approached, he reached out his arm and led her to his side.
She turned the table around, approaching him boldly.
“I’ve told you I would go anywhere, haven’t I?”
Smiling brightly, Ines whispered softly.
With a voice that didn’t quite fit the atmosphere and a slightly flushed face that only Carson knew, he couldn’t help but smile. Looking around in a gloomy mood, he noticed that Manusott was gazing at the two of them with a tired face.
He wrapped his arm around Ines’ waist and replied to her ear.
“I didn’t know your final destination was inside the Emperor’s palace.”
Instead of replying, she gently intertwined her fingers with his outstretched hand. Smiling slyly, she met Carson’s eyes again, and he turned his gaze towards the audience.
“Hmm.”
Clearing his throat, Carson produced the most brilliant smile he could offer to the substitutes. It was a beautiful smile that momentarily set aside the events that had unfolded.
“In such a situation, my dear subjects should undoubtedly heed the words of the Emperor.”
“…….”
“I, the Emperor of the Kanez Empire, will welcome Ines… Countess Monderay Swenden, as the Empress of the Kanez Empire. There should be no further objections as I have decided.”
After a moment of silence, the stillness was quickly broken by Voniface.
“Yes, Your Majesty. We accept the engagement.”
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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