It was a scorching afternoon under the descending sun.
Where the Empress’s steps hastened, young attendants who had not yet dispersed were gathered.
It should have been over by now.
Thinking so, but seeing male attendants persistently blocking her path and not retreating easily, the Empress became furious.
“Command. Disperse, all of you!”
She had tried to pass over it generously.
However, facing noble male attendants who clung persistently, making a loud noise, she glared fiercely.
Then, Nox stepped forward, squinting his eyes, and said,
“Your Majesty, such a precious prophetess to you. It seems curiosity is deepening.”
A playful yet pointed remark caused the Empress’s face to crumple. She had to manage her expression as interruptions kept coming, preventing her from controlling her emotions.
Expressing clear displeasure, Nox stepped back first.
“Then, next time, I will come to greet you with Mother.”
As he withdrew, the male attendants turned and followed. Only then did the Empress, who had been tongue-tied at the quietened corridor, turn her attention away from them and forcefully opened the door to the reception room.
Inside, upon hearing the sound of the Empress’s arrival, the caretaker opened the door that the steward had locked before the Empress left for the arena. She had given the order that no one should enter until the prophetess appears.
Now that the door was open, the woman sitting in the elegant chair in the reception room turned her head. As she entered the reception room, filled with the scent of deeply brewed tea, it was as if to prove that she had been waiting for a long time.
As the Empress smelled the fragrance, memories of the events in the arena surged, making her blood boil in reverse.
“We lost! My son said to the Duke.”
She spoke anxiously, grabbing the robe of the prophetess. However, even in such a pressing situation, she did not want to lose her dignity. Therefore, she swallowed the curses that surged up to her throat.
“If there is no change in you, didn’t you say that Serdys would win?”
Resentment filled the Empress’s eyes. However, the prophetess calmly closed her eyes and then opened them. The sight made the Empress feel as if her insides were exploding.
“Say something!”
In the end, she could not overcome her frustration and, shaking hands, grabbed the robe to pull it up, revealing the face hidden inside the dark robe.
The robe came off easily. Along with the rich, violet-colored hair it held. Looking at the hair shining mysteriously in the sunlight near the window, the Empress felt a moment of realization, but she also felt relieved when she looked at the calm face of the woman, who was still unknown.
“What should I do now, Lady.”
The Empress changed her address, looking at the woman’s face. Deep eyes, a delicate nose, and a doll-like pale face. She was the only lady of the Sharpenin family—Violet.
Feeling reassured by the familiar face, the Empress felt strangely at ease. However, the gaze that Violet cast back at her, lifting her eyelids, was endlessly dry.
“If Serdis’s skills had been fully displayed, he would not have lost in any competition.”
Violet spoke the words methodically.
“What’s the difference between a duel and a competition?”
A competition where two people vie for strength.
Even if a duel had taken place, it would have happened in the same place and at the same time. She did not understand the significant meaning of putting a different name on the competition.
“I did not foresee His Highness’s victory in any competition.”
The prophetess said, penetrating the Empress with her eyes. The look made the Empress hold her breath for a moment.
“Did I say that making a little joke would not have influenced the outcome of the match?”
The trap set on the floor of the arena.
A means to disturb Hertian’s center at the crucial moment. If that was the case, Serdis would have had plenty of opportunities to pierce through.
“I didn’t intend to kill the Duke, just to trip him up a bit. Moreover, it didn’t even activate properly. What’s the problem?”
Violet averted her gaze from the Empress.
“I merely mentioned that if the two of you were to compete, His Highness the Crown Prince would win. It is Your Majesty who raised expectations.”
Then she drew a clear line.
The Empress felt frustrated, but upon closer inspection, she couldn’t refute Violet’s words.
The proclamation that Serdis could win had been her own doing, and even though the duel had been canceled, she had created a trap, raising the two of them onto the stage.
The result was defeat.
The image of her son kneeling in front of Hertian was still vivid in her memory.
But she couldn’t reproach Violet. She was the only woman with prophecy abilities comparable to Annette’s.
“So, what should we do from now on?”
The Empress spoke with a softened voice and expression.
“According to the words of the Grand Duchess, if the Duke wins, a new wind will blow. I fear the backlash. Your Majesty.”
“Will you listen to my words straightforwardly this time? Your Majesty.”
Ex-husband Wants Reconciliation
One-line summary: Chasing the wife to the crematorium (making an effort to attract someone who has become indifferent), the female lead doesn’t look back, the second male lead takes the position.
Intro:
To repay the kindness of the older generation, Su Mu crossed into a female-dominated world and became a live-in daughter-in-law of the Yan family, single-handedly saving the Yan family from fire and water.
But her husband, Yan Jiyue, the eldest son of the Yan family, treated her with sarcasm and never showed her a good face.
It wasn’t until after Su Mu’s death that this pampered and arrogant young master shed a few fake tears and pretended to want to die for love.
This life’s kindness was enough. If there was a next life, she would definitely kick Yan Jiyue away.
Who knew that the heavens would be so kind as to allow her to be reborn, returning to the time when she had just married into the Yan family.
Su Mu glanced at the Yan eldest son, who still spoke coldly to her, and threw a divorce letter in front of him.
“Let’s divorce!”
***
Yan Jiyue never imagined that he would be reborn. He happily went to find Su Mu, wanting to make up for the mistakes he had made in his ignorant youth.
Wasn’t the reason the heavens allowed him to be reborn to let him reconcile with Su Mu?
But when he pushed open the door to Su Mu’s room, the person lying on the bed was another man.
Su Mu’s personal attendant, Xie Yi.
Yan Jiyue hated him so much that his teeth itched. In front of Su Mu, Xie Yi was a gentle and considerate whisperer of sweet nothings, but in reality, he was vicious-hearted and deliberately sabotaged their husband and wife relationship.
In the previous life, it was he who secretly hid in Su Mu’s coffin and committed suicide, stealing a step ahead of him to be buried with Su Mu.
Yan Jiyue’s eyes were filled with hatred as he cursed, “What kind of thing are you? Your background is lowly, what right do you have to occupy Su Mu?”
Xie Yi looked at the sleeping Su Mu and no longer pretended to be a whisperer of sweet nothings.
He proudly stuck out his belly, “I have the right because my belly is capable of giving the Wife-master a daughter.”
***
Yan Jiyue was consumed with jealousy. He spread rumors that Xie Yi had once been branded with the mark of a “harlot” on his chest.
But on the night Xie Yi cut off the flesh bearing that mark, Su Mu suddenly realized something was amiss.
“How did you know the exact moment I was poisoned? And why did you show up a month early?”
Xie Yi remained silent, blood from his wound soaking through his robes. His sapphire eyes brimmed with anguish – or was it just a flawless act?
Between a once-arrogant husband now seeking redemption, and a gentle soul willing to die for her – who truly held the darkest secrets? And could it be that Su Mu and Yan Jiyue weren’t the only ones given a second chance at life…?
[Reading Guide]
1. True divorce, chasing the wife to the crematorium, the female lead doesn’t look back, the male lead is Xie Yi.
2. The ex-husband did not cheat, he just realized too late and didn’t realize that he liked the female lead.
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