“After checking the journal, it is noted that around 10 o’clock, a maid brought simple bread and tea instead of a meal.”
“Bring that maid… here.”
“I’ve already had her waiting outside the door.”
The spread knife that should have been placed next to the bread was stuck right on top of those blueprints. The non-sharp knife, sticking into the wooden desk, seemed to have been forcefully thrust down by someone with intent.
Carson closed his eyes tightly and then opened them again, feeling a dry sensation. The scene of someone wielding a knife with the intention of attacking Ines unfolded before his eyes.
Carson lifted the tea cup Ines had drunk from and took a whiff. His hands trembled, and he had to take a few breaths.
Soon, the maid who had last seen Ines entered the study.
She prostrated herself on the floor as soon as she entered.
“Your Majesty.”
“Tell me what happened with the empress last night.”
“Uh, last night, a court lady came, saying I needed to listen to the empress’s command.”
“…”
“I came to the empress’s study with what had been prepared in advance. That’s all.”
Carson approached the maid slowly. He knelt in front of the prostrated maid, and as he grasped her chin with his large hand, her trembling eyes met his.
The maid couldn’t look straight at the emperor’s imposing golden gaze and lowered her eyes.
“What was the empress doing at that time?”
“She was standing in front of the window.”
The maid’s face turned pale as if she were about to faint.
“And?”
“After I brought the food, she told me to put it on the table… That’s what she said.”
As the maid struggled to breathe, Carson sniffed the cup and took several deep breaths.
The maid who last saw Ines entered the study.
She prostrated herself on the floor as soon as she entered.
“Your Majesty.”
“Tell me what happened with the empress last night.”
“Uh, last night, a court lady came, saying I needed to listen to the empress’s command.”
“…”
“I came to the empress’s study with what had been prepared in advance. That’s all.”
Carson approached the maid slowly. He knelt in front of the prostrated maid, and as he grasped her
“Ah, black hair, yes, that’s right. Black hair like the night, slightly tall… Blue eyes, perhaps? Probably blue irises. Other than that, I don’t remember anything.”
The sudden fever of Emma, the death of the Southern Knight guarding, the appearance of a unfamiliar court lady.
Ines has been kidnapped.
Carson laughed hollowly at the unbelievable fact. He felt his judgment becoming clouded. What should he do? It was a perplexity akin to frustration that he had never felt before in his life.
The fear that he might lose Ines, or perhaps he had already lost her, made his mind dizzy.
“Yes, that’s right.”
At that moment, Noah approached Ines’s desk. It was to investigate the remains of the tea for any traces.
“Huh?”
Noah tightly pressed his lips at the sound that unintentionally burst out. As Carson’s gaze naturally followed, Noah straightened his body from bending over the desk and stood upright.
“What’s going on?”
“That… Noah had never admitted uncertain things to Carson. However, there was no time to hesitate in such a tense situation.
“If you say this knife is placed here by chance…”
Unable to conclude the words, Noah blurred the end of the sentence without giving a clear answer.
“Speak plainly.”
At Carson’s urging, Noah let out a deep breath.
“Yesterday, I brought this blueprint to the empress. She asked if all the land for the school had been acquired, and I told her that all except one place had been bought.”
“But?”
“But the only land not purchased… is exactly where this knife is stuck.”
Carson lifted the knee that had been kneeling in front of the maid and stood up. Then, hobbling, he walked to Ines’s desk. He pulled out the knife and unfolded the blueprint.
“Here, what’s here now?”
“Exact details need to be checked, but there might be a building that used to be a casino.”
“Casino?”
“Ah!”
This time, Casey seemed to remember something, making a sound. At the sound, Carson turned to her quickly.
“Why is that?”
“Yesterday, after meeting Noah, the empress immediately met Marcus as well.”
“Why are you telling me this now!”
When the emperor couldn’t hold back and raised his voice, Casey bowed her head sharply.
“Keep talking.”
Carson barely suppressed his anger. Casey was too tense to figure out what to say first. However, soon, she calmed her mind, wet her dry lips with her tongue.
“I brought this blueprint to the empress just now. She inquired about the owner of the land you mentioned, and I assume it might be… Martin Blake.”
“Blake.”
Noah helped Casey and provided the name.
“That’s correct. Martin Blake. I’m not sure if it’s the same person, but the name is the same as the courtier who died three years ago in the empress’s palace.”
“How do you know that…?”
The emperor’s head tilted involuntarily.
“Marcus Knights, in fact, was secretly assisting the Empress in investigating the mastermind behind the embezzlement case that happened some time ago.”
“But?”
My Ex-Girlfriend Is The Regent In The Female-dominant World (Male lead transmigrates to the matriarchal world)
Two years ago, Gu Sui picked up a homeless woman in ancient costume from the street.
Apart from occasionally claiming to be a princess from a female-dominant country due to illness, her figure, appearance, intelligence, and martial arts skills were impeccable.
Naturally evolving from roommates to girlfriends, as time went on, Gu Sui found it increasingly difficult to tolerate her queen syndrome.
“Mu Jiulu, can you stop controlling me inside and out? Let’s break up.”
Gu Sui made a breakup call, and since then, he couldn’t find any trace of her.
A year later, Gu Sui, who was planning to move, woke up the next day and found himself in a different place.
“Young Master, today is the day you choose your Wife-master through martial arts competition at Jade Dew Pavilion. Please get up quickly.”
Gu Sui: Who am I? Where am I? What am I doing?
As the only son of a general’s mansion in a female-dominant dynasty, the young empress personally issued a decree allowing Gu Sui to select his Wife-master through martial arts competition. Whoever could defeat him could marry him.
Gu Sui: “……”
He didn’t inherit the original owner’s martial prowess, so anyone could defeat him! And what the hell is a Wife-master?
Forced to come to Jade Dew Pavilion, the densely packed women below made Gu Sui’s agoraphobia act up, and his face was full of resistance.
Until he saw the Regent sitting on the second floor, with a smile on the corner of her lips, her eyes wicked and nonchalant.
Hmm… she looked a little familiar.
It turned out that the Regent also found him a little familiar.
Mu Jiulu fiddled with her bone clasp, her deep gaze locked on the man who was out of place in this world.
“Finally, I found you.”
Male transmigrates into female-dominant world
One-sentence summary: What goes around comes around, taking turns in the crematorium
