“Do you think I wouldn’t have figured out such things?”
Of course, I hadn’t figured it out.
Karithos had finished all the investigations. The princess had indeed been confirmed to have spent time there under the name ‘Rehel,’ as we had thought, but they couldn’t find out where she currently was. It was the report he brought back after the investigation was completed.
She might have been abducted on that day. On the very day the investigation began. Even so, she confidently spoke as if she knew everything.
“…Still…”
As if hope was the only thing, she looked quite troubled.
“There is hope.”
“Yes? What is it?”
“Your background wasn’t just that one thing, right? Well, it seems like you were rejected there too, but in the end, thanks to that, you found a way to survive.”
She nodded, seeming to understand for a moment.
“Yes, that’s right. Whether you like it or not, there was one more person.”
“Beatrice, didn’t she already know about these things and try to blackmail you?”
The matron, as if struck to the core, couldn’t close her mouth.
‘Evan Duke must have spilled everything.’
So, he would have been able to manipulate as he pleased, holding her in his hands. A tool he could use without any danger. How convenient and comfortable it must have been.
‘That’s probably how they proved it.’
Evan knew more than I thought. Perhaps because he was the leader of the noble faction, he kept certain information to himself without telling Lian, even though they were friends.
From the death of the emperor, who was Lian’s brother, to the fact that the Empress kidnapped my daughter.
‘So, that’s why he was so confident.’
He couldn’t become the emperor, but he tried to act as he pleased with the human who tried to put the emperor in his hands. How would Lian have appeared in that person’s eyes? From Empress Rahl to Emperor Rahl, and then Lian.
‘It’s really absurd.’
Perhaps Lian was supposed to face such a death in the novel, not as part of Evan Duke’s big picture.
Because he wasn’t a person who would leave the emperor alone.
‘Lian might be in danger.’
Lian had already announced Radelo as the crown prince. However, on the child’s birthday, he said he would officially announce him as the heir.
If that happened, Lian would become unnecessary for Duke Evan. As the bloodline became the crown prince, and he was ready to become the emperor.
‘Maybe Duke Evan worked hard for that.’
Everything seemed to start from Radelo’s birthday.
“Empress Mama…?”
“Huh? Yes?”
“Oh… I mentioned that, but you didn’t answer, so I was wondering…”
“I’m thinking. Anyway, she blackmailed you with that and made you falsely confess about Radelo’s affairs, right?”
“Oh, did you hear that too?”
I didn’t hear all of that, but I responded because it was too obvious.
“I’ll protect you.”
“Yes…?”
“I’ll talk to Lian and make sure to protect him well. Of course… Lian might still punish you, but you won’t die.”
“Thank you…”
“You’ve already experienced death, haven’t you?”
People like her were seen through very well. When unfavorable situations arise, people tend to cut ties starting from the tail.
And inevitably, the first to be cut off is the person who knows a lot but becomes dangerous once exposed.
Beatrice’s side probably knew that the Emperor would kill the matron without them having to step forward.
And the Emperor will actively try to kill her. Now that he has become an Emperor without any power, if this fact is revealed, it will be a significant blow.
“Yes… If Lord Dae-sin didn’t protect me…”
“I’ll do more in the future.”
“What should I do now? Can I go back?”
“First, where is the princess?”
“That… you don’t need to worry. She’s in a safe place…”
“All your actions will be investigated. Do you think there’s a safe place?”
Her complexion hardened.
“If the princess’s safety is ever compromised, even if it’s a country, I won’t be able to save you.”
Only then did she awkwardly smile.
“I’ll check… on it.”
“Wait here. Karitos will come soon, so go with him. It will be safer for you to go with him than to move alone. The princess’s safety will be entrusted to the temple.”
“But… If that happens, I, I…”
“You will also go together.”
“Yes?”
“Your safety will also be entrusted to the temple. It will be safer there than in the palace.”
It was not for her sake. The matron would become a witness later. Even if she didn’t want to, she would inevitably become a witness. And she was only protecting her for that day. There was no other intention.
“Th… Thank you.”
She seemed moved and smiled.
“You don’t need to be moved or grateful. When the princess goes wrong, you won’t be able to leave unscathed. Well… You won’t have any way out. It doesn’t matter.”
Smiling, she looked at her. Even if she didn’t know anything, she had countless opportunities to change the situation.
And she wasted those opportunities. It was not that I didn’t understand. Even parents told her to do that, so what power could a child have?
“Anyway, I won’t understand you, and I won’t forgive you by understanding. Just know that.”
“Oh…”
“Then stay here. For now, this place is the safest.”
But as the matron might cause trouble anytime, I couldn’t leave her here. So I left her in the reception room and went outside.
“Cherti, if she tries to come out or go anywhere, find out where she’s going and what she’s looking into.”
“Yes.”
“I’ll be with the children in the garden.”
“Yes.”
As if entrusted with a very important mission, she squeezed her fist and showed her determination. She looked a bit cute.
I spent time in the garden as usual with the children.
And not long after, Karitos came. Overjoyed, I quickly went out and grabbed his hand.
“Come in quickly!”
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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