It wasn’t a feeling of aftermath from the child’s illness, not speaking as if affected by it. Rather, it was a desire to speak but with a sense of being cautious about something.
“But why?”
As soon as he stood up, it seemed different from the usual emotions a child would display when in pain, tired, or crying. “Reldoro?” Quickly scanning the room, Reldoro soon wore an expression that seemed to give up.
“Oh, I… I woke up…?”
Then it happened. When Reldoro finally opened his mouth after a while, he seemed like a different child. It was as if he didn’t want to get up, yet he said he did.
“Well, did you sleep well? Did you have a lot of scary dreams?”
“Ah…”
I casually smiled, gently stroking Reldoro’s sweaty head.
“It’s okay. I’m here.”
“Mom… Oh, no… Empress Mama…”
As expected, it seemed appropriate to watch someone. Seeing Reldoro about to throw a tantrum like a child but abruptly stopping, it was clear.
‘Who could it be?’
It definitely wasn’t Lianadro or me observing him. He seemed reassured with us around. However, there was someone around Reldoro who was undoubtedly keeping an eye on the child.
Someone who would be right by his side as soon as he woke up.
Of course, Reldoro wouldn’t have thought that we would be right by his side. His pupils trembled because unexpected people were around him.
‘Could it be a lady-in-waiting?’
Reldoro always used to come to the separate palace alone. Since he had never been accompanied by a maid, it was impossible to identify who the lady-in-waiting could be… But it was possible to find out immediately.
A woman who was looking at Reldoro as if she could pierce holes through his face. Although her age couldn’t be estimated, she seemed a bit older than the other maids and wore a very uncomfortable expression.
Then it happened.
“Piggy! You scared me, acting like something was wrong!”
“Uh…?”
“What’s wrong? Did you forget because you slept too much?”
Does Shasha know? About Reldoro looking at that woman. Shasha, who had precisely delved into the relationship between that woman and Reldoro, pressed her round face against Reldoro.
“Huh? Why aren’t you looking at me? Did you become a silly pig?”
“Ah… No. Bunny…”
“Okay. Now we’re like pigs. Aigo, so cute.”
Shasha affectionately patted Reldoro’s head soaked in sweat.
“Um… Your Majesty. What about the examination?”
The doctor, who had been watching from behind, finally spoke, unable to withstand the pressure from those around.
“Ah, examination… We should probably have one.”
Lianadro came over, seeming to gauge my reaction.
“Yes. Let’s have one. Reldoro, are you okay?”
“Yes…”
Only then did the child slowly get up from his seat. However, Shasha seemed not to have any intention of moving away from Reldoro. Instead, she looked like she was trying to show that she was in front of him.
Shasha was acting strangely. Normally, she wouldn’t behave like this, but today, she clung to Reldoro as if she had to be by his side.
Fortunately, the doctor’s examination didn’t take long.
“There doesn’t seem to be any significant problems, fortunately. Aside from feeling a bit dizzy, everything else seems fine.”
“That’s a relief, but…”
He looked at Reldoro with a regretful expression.
“If you eat well and rest well, you should be fine.”
In conclusion, there seemed to be no problems except for the temporary shock he experienced on the day they went to the lake.
“What about the nightmare?”
“Well, about that…”
“Will you be okay in the future?”
“We’ll have to see.”
The doctor seemed quite troubled, scanning the surroundings in a hurry, as if looking for someone to help.
“If you’re worried, how about burning incense like before? Since you’ve seen the effects when using incense.”
“If you don’t like this incense, shall I get a different one? It seems to have the most significant effect.”
“Incense, huh…”
The gazes of some people around him were unusual.
“Do we really need to do that?”
“Huh?”
“Isn’t it enough to take good care of him by his side?”
It was a very brief moment, but a maid who seemed to be a lady-in-waiting sneered. It was a small laugh that only I noticed, quickly disappearing so others didn’t see it.
“Some people may not think that way.”
“…I find that hard to believe. But we have gathered enough opinions.”
“Lian, what do you think?”
“Bella, your thoughts are mine. If you were lacking, then you were lacking.”
“Of course, I don’t mean to criticize the efforts of those here. It’s just a suggestion to take better care of him so that he can sleep comfortably.”
I let go of Shasha, who had been struggling in my arms. Then Shasha stuck to Reldoro like a magnet.
“Since Shasha is also worried about Reldoro, how about taking care of him in the separate palace for a while?”
For a moment, everyone’s expressions froze. Lianadro, the maids, and even Reldoro’s face stiffened.
Considering the suspicious looks from the attendants and others in the room, it seemed necessary to separate the child.
“What do you think?”
Male lead is a Divorced Husband
She said to him: “Tell me, what makes you like me? I’ll change it!”
Liu Changning transmigrated into a female cannon fodder character in a female-dominant novel.
After reading the first half of the novel’s plot, the first thing she did upon transmigration was to divorce the Pan Jinlian-style male protagonist she had just married.
She indulged herself, pretending to be ugly and poor.
But as time passed, the way that man looked at her became more and more unusual…
Liu Changning was dumbfounded: Tell me, what makes you like me? I’ll change!
――
This lifetime, Pei Yuanshao was rejected by the same woman twice!
The first time, she drove him away. Forced by the situation, he endured the waves of anger in his heart, yielding and humbling himself.
That person lay slanted on a rocking chair, her sallow face emotionless: “If you don’t want a divorce, go cook!”
Pei Yuanshao’s face was dark and gloomy: “You!”
The second time, after the crisis in Jinling City was resolved, the new emperor sent someone to pick him up. He turned around, stammering: “I… I have to go. If you keep me…”
That person lay on the kang bed, her back to him, as if she had long anticipated this day, crisp and clear: “Goodbye!”
Pei Yuanshao was so angry his fingers trembled: “You… you!”
The mission of family and country made him restrain himself, averting his eyes and turning to leave this broken household.
Two years later, they met again. Seeing her ethereal face, his body shook like a sieve.
“She was originally a ‘she’!”
At the Qionglin Banquet, the top scholar of the imperial examination, a talented person with exceptional speech and conduct, all the unmarried young gentlemen from aristocratic families looked at her with shy and timid eyes.
The peerless imperial official Pei Yuanshao felt the anger in his heart erupt. He pointed at the woman surrounded by the crowd at the Qionglin Banquet, his thin lips slightly curled: “Little sister, I wants that person to be the wife-master of my Mingde Prince Manor.”
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