I Decline the Ex-Boyfriend of the Regretful Male Lead (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 23
“Serdis, even you…?”
At the Empress’s resentful voice, he grinned shamelessly.
“I left the palace long ago, so of course this situation would be uncomfortable for me. Please don’t scold me too harshly.”
“But just look at how he speaks to me!”
“Didn’t Mother first accuse me of poisoning the tea? If she hadn’t, Hertian wouldn’t have argued with her needlessly. Right?”
Serdis even winked at Hertian—as if yesterday’s enemy had suddenly become today’s ally. It wasn’t as if Serdis had suddenly started seeing Hertian as a younger brother; he clearly had ulterior motives.
“Serdis is right. How long will you keep feuding with him? Empress, you know I can only pretend ignorance for so long.”
“Your Imperial Majesty…!”
Under everyone’s reproach, the Empress found herself in an awkward position. Even her own son, Serdis, was urging her to apologize. Her face flushed red, and she bit down hard on her crimson-painted lips. She clearly had no intention of apologizing.
“I’ll have to decline your apology.”
Finally, Hertian, unable to bear it any longer, stopped him.
“Thank you for understanding, generous as you are. But if we leave like this, we’ll only carry lingering discomfort. Let’s just have one more cup of tea before going.”
Hertian didn’t answer Serdis’s question. Instead, he turned his head toward me.
“Anette, you’ll stay for that, won’t you?”
I couldn’t possibly leave in such a tense atmosphere. In the end, I sat back down.
The Male lead Always Seduces Her with His Beauty (Matriarchy)
Xin Jiao Zhou is the leader of the world’s premier sect. She has just experienced betrayal from all sides, was poisoned in an assassination attempt, and faced death squad attacks while the poison was taking effect. After finally clearing out the scum from her sect, she was drugged again while trying to detoxify.
After waking up from a night of unconsciousness, she gained a “beautiful and kind-hearted” husband.
Xin Jiao Zhou: “???”
He fell ill.
She came to see him, bringing breakfast.
As she put down the breakfast and was about to leave, his hand slipped while holding the spoon. “Clank!”
She turned around upon hearing the noise.
He looked up at her, his eyebrows drooping: “My hand… has no strength.”
“Shall I… feed you?” she asked tentatively.
He opened his mouth cheerfully: “Ah—”
Thinking she was drowning, he jumped in without hesitation to save her, but nearly drowned himself. In the end, it was she who swam over to rescue him, giving him air underwater.
After emerging from the water, his ear tips turned red. He lightly brushed his cheek, tucking his sideburns behind his ear, revealing delicate, pink-tinged ear tips. He lowered his gaze, too embarrassed to look at her.
Xin Jiao Zhou: He’s truly beautiful, kind-hearted, and adorable.
A certain someone when disciplining subordinates behind the scenes: “If they don’t obey, just kill them.”
What’s that? She might already have someone she cares about in her heart? A certain someone: Find out who it is, kill them, and then there won’t be anyone.
What? She met a man by the riverside? What? That man even hurt her? A certain someone: Whichever hand hurt her, chop off his entire arm.
Love at first sight without realizing it, gradually falling in love, slowly getting closer…
Family and national grudges, schemes and desires, good and evil, crime and punishment, she and he face the future together, seeking justice with passion!
A naturally dark female lead who could accidentally destroy the world but is actually an honest person VS a weak, pitiful, and helpless but skilled fighter, beautiful white-cut black male lead
My heart is not of stone, how steadfast is your love? — Tao Yuanming “Imitating the Ancients (No. 3)”
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Cold female lead & dramatic black lotus with hidden yandere traits male lead
Wow, are prophetesses so common in this world that there are multiple renowned ones?