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“Apologies, but His Royal Highness, the Crown Prince, said he could not come today due to an urgent matter, My Lady.”
Casian said, looking at her with an unkind gaze.
“Ah, is that so?”
It was definitely supposed to be a meeting between Teresa and Nathaniel in the original work.
But why hasn’t he appeared?
“So instead, Princess Anais will be attending today.”
“That’s a shame. I wanted to meet the Crown Prince, whose beauty is famous.”
“My Lady, don’t focus too much on appearance when judging someone. Even Sir Winters had an outstanding appearance. But, he couldn’t even take care of his woman properly, could he?”
It was a blatant attack on Maximilian, but it was all true. I calmly listened to her words, and it was Teresa who was restless.
I guess both of us having the same personality was worrying in case confusion occurred.
Don’t worry, Teresa. I know our brother is trash too.
Casian, who had been pouring out harsh criticism, suddenly closed her mouth. And she stared somewhere with her burning eyes.
The atmosphere in the room was a bit strange, too.
Like being in the midst of love and war, perhaps?
I turned my body in anxiety to see where her gaze had landed.
There stood our trash, Maximilian.
Escorting Princess Anais.
‘Why is that crazy guy making a fuss?’
For some reason, Maximilian was wearing a ribbon the same light green as Anais’s dress, and they looked exactly like a couple.
My head was spinning. The people around us were all watching us, curious about how this situation would unfold.
I took Teresa’s hand and approached Maximilian. The princess seemed a bit startled.
“It’s an honor to meet you, Princess Anais.”
“Pl… Pleasure to meet you, My Lady.”
Teresa also greeted her with a halfdistracted mind.
Fortunately, knowing that she had behaved meanly, the princess excused herself from the spot to greet Casian.
“Brother, didn’t you say you wouldn’t come to this gathering today?”
“Ah. I thought so, but…”
Maximilian’s words trailed off, and he sneaked a glance at Teresa. Teresa kept her head down and said nothing.
“I only met Princess Anais outside and came in with her.”
Teresa raised her head and forced a smile.
It wasn’t the bright and happy smile from earlier, but one that seemed forced.
Maximilian, having eyes too, tried to cheer her up.
“Have you eaten lunch? It’s past mealtime.”
“Yes.”
But the response was cold. The unusual reaction made Maximilian close his mouth with an irritated look.
“Sister, can I be with Lady Bellisia for a while? I have something to talk to my brother about.”
At my words, Teresa went back to Casian, who was standing far away. As Teresa and Casian completely disappeared inside, I pulled Maximilian towards the garden.
Once we reached a place with a suitable number of people, I vented my pentup frustration.
“Is that head of yours just for decoration?”
“What?”
“Who in the world holds another woman’s hand and enters a ballroom where his fiancée is?”
“The princess and I have no relationship, as I said earlier.”
I closed my eyes quietly.
Oh God, is this really the clueless guy who is the male lead?
“People will think you’re having an affair with the princess, regardless of what you think!”
“We can clear up that misunderstanding.”
“You think a clarification will stop the rumors? Everyone’s already in an uproar about you and Teresa’s strained relationship!”
My words made Maximilian shut his mouth. He was not unaware of that rumor.
But he probably never cared.
The one slandered by that rumor was always Teresa, who had become the fiancée of a duke’s house without anything of her own.
“Do you know? If Teresa finds a kinder and better man, she might just say let’s break off the engagement.”
“Ha, who in this empire would dare to touch the fiancée of the Winters Duke’s House?”
“The Crown Prince is there. Last time I talked to him, he seemed to know Teresa quite well and seemed to like her.”
I never had that conversation, but it was a necessary action to break his groundless confidence.
It seemed to work, as his blue eyes quivered slightly.
“Take it easy, Brother. If you keep this up, even Sister Teresa will soon grow weary of it.”
“Teresa would never do that.”
Maximilian said so but looked uneasy. Yes, you were like that in the original work too.
He absolutely believed that Teresa would never abandon him. But he was unaware of what Teresa had suffered because of Maximilian.
Until Teresa finally succumbed to power and malicious rumors and spoke of divorce.
“If something like this happens again next time, I’ll speak to Father myself. It looks like you may sever ties with the Menisil family, so have a divorce.”
He hung his head low and said nothing.
Maximilian seemed to have realized that I was serious.
I lightly stepped on his foot with my heel and made my exit.
I didn’t want to return to the ballroom just like this, so I sat on a bench by a small pond.
“You sure make things interesting, princess.”
When scheming men desperately battle for her favor in the male harem
This one’s also on my reread list! The rivalry, scheming between the men in the imperial harem are just as intense and thrilling as in classic palace drama novels, where concubines fight to the death. Give it a read, girls! I promise you won’t be disappointed.
Synopsis:
“I am not worthy of her… but I still want to be by her side, even if only as a loyal dog…”
Those were the painful whispers of Yue Guanyi – the proud Crown Prince of the Great Qi, who was torn between deep love and a guilty conscience. Despite holding the supreme power of the Imperial Guard, he still could not forget the dark past when he was sold into a brothel.
Fate played a cruel twist when Qiu Shuzhi – a young female official who had just passed the imperial examinations with top honors – stepped into his life. She did not know that she was the one who had saved him from a tragic fate many years ago. And now, her heart was the target of pursuit for both Yue Guanyi and the powerful Empress Dowager Qin Qing.
While Yue Guanyi only dared to silently care for and protect the one he loved from afar, the Empress Dowager Qin Qing openly expressed his feelings and did not hesitate to take advantage of his power to approach Qiu Shuzhi. The covert struggle between the two most powerful forces in the imperial court began…
Trigger warning: All men in this novel are yandere style.
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