I waited until he had finished eating and sighed before I asked bluntly.
“So what is the reason you rode here for days to find me?”
“That is…”
Maximilian hesitated in an uncharacteristic way.
He was not like the man who always thought only about himself and spouted nonsense.
I calmly waited for his answer.
“Is Teresa all right?”
“You came all the way from your domain to here just to ask that?”
“No. It’s not just for that.”
Maximilian sighed deeply.
Come to think of it, he had said before that he was worried about Teresa and came secretly to the banquet hall.
I had ignored it, thinking that there was nothing to worry about.
‘In retrospect, it was fortunate that big brother came.’
It was strange.
Who could run that distance simply to check on a loved one’s wellbeing out of anxiety?
There was something about Maximilian that I did not know.
“So? What exactly is it then?”
Maximilian hesitated for a moment and then spoke.
“I had a strange dream.”
“A dream?”
“Yes. It’s a long one, but I don’t remember well. But sometimes some parts are vividly remembered.”
“That was last time.”
“Yes……”
Maximilian said and explained some parts of the dream to me.
All of it was strange and impossible, related to Teresa.
Even events that hadn’t occurred in the original work.
Somehow, I got goosebumps.
It felt like there was a reason he came here today.
I asked him with a trembling heart.
“So why did you come today?”
Maximilian could not say anything for a while.
He furrowed his brow, mumbling as if trying to remember the dream.
“Teresa died of illness in the dream.”
I could not help but be shocked at Maximilian’s words.
[This is the time separator]Phillips checked the documents in my hand again.
“This is……”
“As you see, Your Majesty.”
Phillips checked the documents again.
He chuckled and looked around. What he held was a bill that Duke Trevia had made for his daughter years ago.
It had been quickly annulled when Milla became the empress, but still.
“What’s the reason for passing this bill?”
“The same as before. Is it not good to create a way to increase the royal offspring by one more for the wellbeing of the royal family?”
Phillips stared at Duke Trevia with narrowed eyes.
He clearly saw the intention.
Perhaps he was aiming for the position of Nathaniel’s queen consort, not himself.
The nobles thought of Nathaniel, who had not yet politically stepped forward, merely as an illtempered crown prince.
‘Well, it’s about time to deal with him.’
By taking Jaina as the crown princess, it seemed that the Winter Duke, the de facto leader of the neutral faction, would side with Nathaniel.
Moreover, in anticipation of the time when the power of the Duke of Winters might grow too strong, it didn’t look bad to bring in a consort to balance things.
“Very well. Since you all wish it, I shall pass this motion.”
The faces of the nobles who had brought the proposal were flushed with the Emperor’s declaration.
It was fortunate that it was passed without major opposition, hastily inserted into a hastily arranged meeting.
The nobles exchanged glances and rushed out of the conference room.
[This is the time separator]The nobles, who seemed to scatter in all directions, gathered again at the capital’s club house.
Everyone was holding a glass of liquor, celebrating today’s harvest.
“Well, I had my doubts, but His Majesty readily gave permission.”
“His Majesty likes women, so of course he would welcome them with open arms, wouldn’t he?”
The nobles who were laughing and chatting among themselves noticed the uncomfortable expression on the Duke of Trevia.
If it hadn’t been for him, this bill would have been hard to pass.
The Emperor’s preferences were quite famous, after all.
“Ahem, let’s first consider the reason we gathered here.”
A young noble quieted the atmosphere.
Everyone cleared their throats and sat down properly.
“So, whose daughter would be best to take as the Crown Prince’s consort?”
“What about the eldest daughter of the Dustin family?”
“Isn’t she too much of a lowranking family? She is someone to enter the royal family, if she’s pushed too far back, then…”
A subtle competition began to place their relatives in the royal family.
Watching this, the Duke quietly opened his mouth.
“Her Majesty the Empress has someone in mind.”
“The Empress?”
“Yes. She has already brought her and seen her face, so I don’t think further discussion is necessary.”
Having said that, the Duke rose from his seat.
He bid farewell to the halfstunned nobles and left.
As he left, a subtle air flowed through the room.
“This, can this be true!”
“Hmph! From the start, we were nothing but played upon the palms of the Trevia Duke.”
One by one, voices of dissatisfaction burst forth.
They were all able to conspire in such a short time because they were vying for the position of the next Empress.
But to have already decided on a candidate for the consort from the Duke’s family.
The nobles realized they were no different from minions and trembled with rage.
“What are we to do now! We can’t go to His Majesty the Emperor and ask to be rejected!”
“How about appealing to the Duke of Winters?”
They all put their heads together to somehow secure a place, but there was no clear way.
The fact that it was tangled before it even began made them swallow their groans.
[This is the time separator]Nathaniel looked down at the recommendation letter in front of him.
“What on earth is this?”
“The Emperor has sent it.”
The chief servant barely opened his mouth.
The aura he felt from Nathaniel was such that he was on the verge of seeking refuge.
When the Crown Prince gestured for him to go outside, the chief servant fled at once.
The thick wooden door closed, and with a creaking noise, the door was crumpled.
“Hi, Hiiiiiiik!”
In order to survive, he had to escape from here as soon as possible.
Male lead reborn without memories — but he still falls for her.
The person he finds displeasing in this life turns out to be his cherished wife-master in previous life…
Xie Zhi and Fang Xianxing who had known each other for less than three days through a blind date sat in the same car in front of the civil affairs bureau. They had a disagreement and failed to get married.
Xie Zhi immediately took out his phone, slid through his contacts, and randomly selected the next marriage candidate.
The woman snatched his phone and hung up. Looking at his phone wallpaper, she awkwardly changed the subject: “An ancient painting, eh? It looks pretty good, it’s just that the person in the painting looks a bit like me.”
When he heard this, he sarcastically mocked her for being so delusional, completely unaware that, the person in front of him was the reincarnation of Wen Ru, the famous prime minister of Yuan Shun whom he most admired…
The female CEO who doesn’t want to get married with a divorce agreement in hand × The male archaeological researcher who will only get married if he’s sure he can get divorced
