A few days ago, Shasha and I briefly contemplated what seemed to be an unattainable connection.
About how to elicit a response from the Emperor. I told Shasha that if she wanted to avoid marrying an old man, we needed to reach out to someone. And the result of our brainstorming was the use of a messenger pigeon.
There was no way the Emperor would receive a letter from a mere countess, and there was no chance he would meet someone sent by me.
Even if a party was held again, the Emperor would not attend, so we thought of using a messenger pigeon.
So I tied my letter to the pigeon’s foot and asked Shasha to send it off.
“Is the pigeon a proposal gift?”
“Well, perhaps it’s part concern that you have forgotten me and part proposal gift!”
Of course, your words about killing people made me quickly dismiss the idea of proposing.
But I still tried to respond to him with the best smile I could, just in case I had offended him.
Then.
“You seem to want to marry me quite a lot.”
“What? What are you talking about…”
As if I would want to marry him. Well, a few days ago, I might have felt that way just a tiny bit, but not now. So I shook my head vigorously, but his next words took me by surprise.
“From the hundreds of pigeons you sent, it seems you were quite desperate.”
“Haha, hundreds… What? Hundreds?”
Hey. Hundreds? I thought of one or two.
“Hundreds… went?”
“That’s right. I have no reason to lie.”
I looked at the Emperor with an awkward smile, and it seemed to be true.
Haha. Indeed. Our Shasha. She’s amazing.
“The pigeons even broke through the window and danced with each other.”
“…Dance…?”
“I watched at first, wondering if it was a courtship dance. They were moving their bodies vigorously.”
“That is…”
From now on, I shouldn’t ask Shasha for anything. I asked her to represent me through pigeons just in case he didn’t recognize me…
“I realized it for sure when I saw that dance. It was exactly like your movements.”
How dare you compare a pigeon’s movements to mine!
“Only you always challenge the Emperor, and the pigeons showed the same movement, so I was sure you sent them.”
“Challenging is not exactly…”
This feels a bit unfair. It’s not that I challenged him; it just happened that way in the situation.
“That is… So… Um…”
“In fact, I had completely forgotten about your existence.”
“Huh…”
“I’m not so idle as to pay attention to someone who talks nonsense. Even when the pigeons arrived, it was the same.”
Somehow, a feeling of disappointment washed over me. I thought I had etched my existence into the Emperor’s mind through lifeanddeath struggles, but it seems I was wrong.
“Is this how you intend to host the Emperor of a nation?”
I wanted to shout, “If I host you standing, where shall I lay you down!” But this man… didn’t he say he had killed all those arrogant people? My body instinctively showed him respect.
“Ah! Allow me to guide you.”
I bowed respectfully. Still standing in front of the imperial carriage was the Emperor, and around him were the countess’s servants, who couldn’t even approach. I looked at them and then turned around.
“There’s a garden not far from here. It’s not comparable to the imperial palace, but it should be fine for our conversation.”
“It doesn’t matter if it’s not fine. It will be fine once I make it so. No one else will be allowed to approach.”
“Ah. Yes.”
Each word was like a precious gem.
He is said to have such a strong aversion to women that he hesitates to speak to them, but he talks just fine. Although very unpleasantly. It doesn’t seem like he’s speaking this way because I’m a woman.
While I was continuing to evaluate him, we arrived at the countess’s garden.
Due to the countess cutting the gardener’s salary, considering it the most useless expenditure, the garden had been in a neglected state for quite some time.
‘I knew she had succumbed to luxury and hadn’t been to the garden, but this is a bit too much.’
Wildly grown hair, no, weeds. They were so strong in character that their expressions were a bit excessive. It was only natural that there were no flowers. There wouldn’t be any flowers that could grow in such an environment.
The disgruntled voice of the following Emperor was heard next.
“Is this a garden? It’s like…….”
“Like…….”
“Like a puppy playground. It’s in its natural state. There’s no maintenance at all.”
“I apologize. But there is a tea table…….”
Clicking his tongue, he shook his head vehemently and approached the tea table. As expected, the tea table’s condition was not good either.
Whether it had been rained on outside or not, rust was forming here and there, and dust had settled down whitely.
The knights quickly approached and wiped the chairs before the Emperor even said anything. Only then did the Emperor sit down.
As soon as the Emperor sat down, the knights quickly surrounded him. Others were not even allowed to approach. Watching the situation unfold in a matter of moments, the Emperor moved his chin.
“Sit down.”
“Yes.”
Why She Is Still Unmoved (Female-dominant)
One-line summary: He uses various methods to seek her affection, but she remains unmoved.
Synopsis:
Si Qingyu is a doctor who has saved countless lives and enjoys tranquility.
Luo Shaoxuan is ruthless, deeply scheming, and the top young master in the capital. He admires Si Qingyu.
Luo Shaoxuan: I want to be the only one in your eyes and heart.
Features a cold and calm female lead vs A noble and scheming male lead.
There will be both sweetness and torture towards the male after their marriage.
