Hertian becomes the Crown Prince.
In a way, it is true.
It was like taking away the position of Serdis, which I had never been sure of until now. Most likely, everyone would think that way. After all, Hertian is not of royal blood. It’s a family I hadn’t even considered until now.
“If Hertian becomes the Crown Prince, not only the territorial issue but also avoiding the Empress’s restraint would be possible.”
Just becoming the Crown Prince would make him an untouchable entity.
Attacking the Crown Prince itself would be considered treason.
Among the nobles currently in the Empress’s favor, how many would dare to plot a conspiracy? Probably none.
“Of course, there are more than one or two problems with this assumption.”
I sat alone in the room where Betty had left, pondering the original content.
In the original work, Hertian never became the Grand Duke. Since he failed to establish his own power, he didn’t even aspire to the position of Crown Prince. He was just a person who quietly lived in the north like a dead mouse.
That means the Empress didn’t torment him until the end. It was different from now.
“Maybe the marriage with me changed the original.”
A shallow sigh escaped.
I thought it would be a beneficial marriage for him, but it seemed to have a poisonous aspect as well.
‘Is there a way to persuade him positively?’
The path for Hertian to become the Crown Prince is thorny. Pushing out Serdis involves entangling with Violet. Convincing the Empress that he is not threatening is unreasonable.
I thought of the two people I didn’t want to lose.
Hertian and Violet.
Then a vague episode came to mind.
‘They’ve met before.’
A scene unfolded awkwardly, almost as if my memory was wrong.
There was a time when Hertian helped Serdis, thanks to Violet’s persuasion.
Violet turned him into an ally, helping Serdis in crisis, and she became Serdis’s supporter and partner.
The details of why he helped were not covered. This book is just a love story between Serdis and Violet, and Hertian, a supporting character, was merely a tool to nurture their love.
“Should I ask Hertian to help Serdis avoid restraint?”
It is the best way that does not harm each other. Of course, entangling with Serdis is not pleasant. But I didn’t want to put Hertian in danger because of my problems.
‘Besides, I don’t want to lose Violet, who loves Serdis.’
I didn’t even have the confidence to turn the protagonist into an enemy, let alone the heroine.
The problem is that I don’t know how to persuade Hertian like Violet. Even though I went as far as contracting a marriage to avoid Serdis, will I have credibility telling him to join forces now?
No.
He’ll treat me like a crazy person.
“…… Then what should I do?”
Meeting Violet to ask for answers?
If anyone knows, it would be her as the protagonist.
“Let’s ask Hertian’s opinion first.”
Even if he dislikes Serdis, there wouldn’t be as much deep resentment as the Empress. So, in the original, he might have helped.
With a bit of hope, I left the room.
The corridor was now filled with the shadows of dusk.
‘He probably hasn’t finished talking with Father yet.’
Turning away from the last reception room and heading to the couple’s room, prepared by Mother, not far from my room. Opening the door adorned with flowers personally arranged by Mother, I entered. As I did, I saw Hertian sitting on the couch.
I knocked on the door a couple of times to signal my presence before stepping inside.
“Hertian, it’s me.”
Even with my call, he didn’t show any reaction.
‘Is he perhaps sleeping?’
It could be exhausting. After all, he couldn’t let his guard down for a moment during his stay here.
I carefully looked around the room and quietly brought a neatly folded blanket to cover him, taking careful steps so as not to wake him from his short nap.
How tired must he have been to fall asleep in a sitting position?
It was when I approached him, sitting on the couch with a sense of pity.
I heard rough breathing accompanied by a warm sensation. It was the sound emanating from Hertian’s mouth.
“Hertian?”
His condition was strange.
Not only was he sweating profusely all over his body, but his face was also flushed, and he couldn’t open his eyes properly while struggling to breathe.
“Snap out of it!”
What happened all of a sudden?
Why is a healthy person acting like this?
I gently laid him down and took a handkerchief from my pocket to wipe his forehead. However, his fever did not subside.
In haste, I poured water from the table onto the handkerchief and wiped his face again. Only then did he slowly open his eyes, looking at me with a sluggish gaze.
“……Annette?”
He called my name.
His eyes shook as if my name was unfamiliar to him.
“No, sir.”
Even if briefly. After inhaling a few breaths, he changed his address to the original title.
“Yes, it’s me. Are you coming to your senses?”
He made a groaning sound, lightly closing and opening his eyes.
“What suddenly happened?”
“That… ”
His voice, filled with hesitation, made the answer obvious even without hearing it.
Male lead is a Destined Young Husband (Female-dominant)
One-sentence summary: Wife-master, listen to my explanation!
Li Ruantang, a young lady from a prestigious family, stumbled and fell. When she woke up, she saw a noble and beautiful young man sitting by her bedside, wiping away tears.
The young master had slightly reddened eyes, and his every move exuded charm.
The sight made Li Ruantang’s eyes hot and her heart flutter. After all, she had made a bet with the young master Meng from the neighboring family. If she couldn’t marry a husband before the end of the year, she would have to admit defeat and give up the jade she had worked so hard to obtain.
Outside the window, the flowers were in full bloom.
Rather than losing the bet, the jade, and her face, Li Ruantang calculated that it would be better to seek marriage with the young master in front of her, killing three birds with one stone.
…
Meng Jun never thought that an accident during a spring outing would lead to them rolling down a cliff and into a river, yet still survive.
Now they were trapped in an unknown village, and Meng Jun had overheard that the family who had rescued them had their own intentions.
After all, it was Li Ruantang who had lost her mind and sought marriage first. He was only trying to protect himself!
Glancing at Li Ruantang, who was listing her own merits, the young husband’s voice softened, and he blushed as he lied, “W-wife-master, Wife-master, don’t you remember me?”
The young husband’s voice was clear and handsome, coaxing Li Ruantang’s heart to be soft and sweet, and she spared no effort to protect him.
It wasn’t until they returned to the capital that Li Ruantang suddenly remembered.
When they had fallen off the cliff, in order not to implicate Wei Yunruo, whom he secretly admired, the young husband had instead pulled her, who was slightly farther away, down the cliff with him…
Short summary by Yuushi L: Initially, the male lead (ML) liked another girl, while the female lead (FL) liked the ML. Both fell off a cliff. The FL temporarily lost her memory, and the ML, fearing others might take advantage of him, claimed FL was his wife while they were staying in a village. Later, when they returned home, the FL regained her memories and remembered that the ML liked someone else, so she kept her distance from him. However, during their time living together in the countryside, the ML’s view of the FL had completely changed. From this point, his pursuit of the FL begins.
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