“Still, she said she’ll persist with me!”
“Ugh… Unni! Is it true? Persist with me too.”
Shasha, looking shocked, opened her mouth and, in a hurry, urged me. I hugged both children at the same time.
“Yeah. Unni, Mom will persist with you guys. So, both of you shouldn’t go anywhere. Always stay by Mom’s side.”
“Yeah!”
“Yes!”
I held the children like that for a while and then let them go.
“But it’s raining today, so I can’t play with my friends.”
It was an unusually warm morning, but after Sehelus left, raindrops suddenly began to fall one by one. It was such a sudden rain that I stared blankly out the window.
“Yeah. Let’s play in the room today!”
“Sure. Although I told the kids not to come when it rains from the past…”
In the meantime, the children approached me, holding a long blanket.
“Yeah…?”
“Because Unni said to stay by her side! We’re not going to play here, are we?”
“No, no. Staying by my side means when we need to decide something, stay by my side.”
“Oh, I see. But I want to stay by your side!”
“I want to stay by your side…”
The children’s eyes sparkled, but shook anxiously. I sat on the sofa, patting both sides with my hands.
“Yeah, stay here. Since it’s raining and all, let’s play together here today.”
“Yeah!”
“Yes!”
The two children leaned on me simultaneously. I don’t know how burdensome and happy it is for the children to trust me completely and rely on me.
As the rain gradually subsided, around the time the children fell asleep, Rian came to find us.
Comforting the children sleeping against me, I asked Aina and Chelty to take them to the bedroom when he appeared.
Sitting naturally on the sofa where we had just been, Rian smiled happily when he appeared.
“Bella, we finally have some time alone.”
“It’s just a brief time when the kids are asleep. Inside that one door, there are kids too…”
“Still.”
“Has anything happened lately?”
As I sat down next to him, his hand naturally rested on top of mine. With the other hand on my waist, he looked at my face once and then at his hand, repeating the process.
“Nothing special.”
“Is it quiet on the Emperor’s side?”
“Oh, Bella. What you did to the Emperor was well received. I hadn’t even thought about it. Still, I’m grateful for the proper treatment.”
“Does Rian… know about the child born to the Emperor?”
“Of course. It was openly ignored when they asked. There’s nothing to do for that child.”
I involuntarily shook my head.
“You’re firm.”
“It has to be.”
“I’ve never seen that child, but… Is he really the Emperor’s child? Is he Rian’s brother?”
He answered without any emotion in his story, making me curious. Even if he hated the Emperor, could he be so firm about a child who might be his brother?
“No.”
“Oh…?”
“Ruedello already confirmed if he had the royal bloodline. The result came out precisely negative.”
“But why don’t you say anything?”
“Firstly, because she has never harmed me before. However, now that she has caused harm to you, and has harmed you to that extent, I can’t just stand by.”
Come to think of it, that day was quite excessive. She belittled me while flaunting her status.
“Secondly, I already mentioned it. You didn’t believe it. You were so infatuated with the child you had in your old age that you couldn’t come to your senses, so I just let it be. How long do you think you can live? I just left you alone to act as you pleased, like an old fool.”
“Well.”
“But now, I won’t just stand by. To treat you and Ruedello like that while mentioning you… It’s unacceptable.”
“It’s okay. Let it be for now. I’ll handle this matter on my own.”
Lian’s gaze, filled with doubt, met mine.
“It would be a shame if Lian takes care of it. If Lian handles it, people might think it’s because you, the Emperor, were vehemently displeased with the child. But if you do it, wouldn’t it create even more of that perception?”
“So let’s create even more of that perception. Drag out the matter that could end in one go, show them that no matter what they do, the Crown Prince is Ruedello. And in the end… I’m sorry for the child, but reveal that he is not of the imperial bloodline.”
“Ah.”
Lian smirked, as if my thoughts were quite pleasing to him.
“The mistake was made by that mother. She must have done it out of the desire to elevate her son to the Crown Prince and then to the Emperor. We need to make her come to her senses.”
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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