Awaiting Stella was a soft cloth, a loom, along with needles and thread.
“What’s all this?”
At Stella’s puzzled question, Mila pushed a basket filled with sewing materials forward and explained.
“Shortly, His Majesty the Emperor will embark on a monster hunt for the hunting festival.”
“So?”
Stella’s expression clearly showed her lack of understanding, causing Mila to be momentarily flustered before calmly continuing. There was a lot to explain.
Stella, Princess, was likely to receive the lowest score on the evaluation sheet coming out tomorrow. Consequently, Mila’s rating would also drop.
Mila, hiding her rising irritation behind a calm voice, continued.
“Princesses are to embroider handkerchiefs to present to His Majesty.”
Mila recalled reading about the hunting festival in a notebook she had received from Stella not long ago. The owner of the handkerchief chosen by the Emperor is titled “Lady of the Hunt.”
However, Stella had no desire to obtain such a title.
“Do I have to do it?”
Mila sighed in response.
“The princess who embroiders the handkerchief chosen by His Majesty receives the title of ‘Lady of the Hunt,’ along with a substantial reward.”
This was an unexpected development. Stella’s eyes sparkled.
“What kind of reward?”
“It varies, but so far, it’s been gold coins, horses, dresses, or jewels.”
All were items that could be converted into money. It was a reward from the Emperor, so it would surely be of the highest quality. Stella, now motivated, started searching for a needle in the basket.
“What should I embroider?”
Although Stella hadn’t done much sewing, she didn’t think it would be too hard, especially with a prize at stake. She needed to save every penny to bring Rudina back.
“How about the embroidery? Have you done it before?”
Mila asked, not expecting much.
Stella had always been in the garden whenever Mila saw her. It seemed like she had a hobby in gardening, which would explain hiring someone to fix the messy garden in a day.
If Stella was a princess who enjoyed cultivating beautiful flowers, her drawing skills would be passable. Thinking this way, Mila awaited Stella’s response.
“I’ve tried it a few times.”
Mila had worried about teaching her even the basics, like threading a needle, but thankfully that wasn’t necessary. However, Mila’s relief was premature.
Upon seeing what Stella had practiced embroidering on the handkerchief, Mila struggled to find the right words, eventually managing a strained compliment.
“With a bit more practice, the shape of the rock will be more distinct.”
“Thank you.”
It was supposed to be an eagle, not a rock, but Stella let it slide. Overly disappointing the teacher could crush their enthusiasm.
“Your Highness, it’s getting late. Perhaps you should rest.”
Harmang, seeing Kai sitting motionless at his desk for the fifth hour, asked with concern.
“I’m fine. I can’t sleep anyway. Better to work.”
Harmang sighed deeply. The Emperor’s insomnia had worsened day by day. They had tried the most skilled doctors, priests, and magicians.
Even though he had taken powerful sleeping potions, potent enough to knock out a large elephant, Kai couldn’t sleep. If only they knew the reason, but none of those summoned to the palace could pinpoint the cause.
Kai was up for the third consecutive night. Apart from a slight headache due to the accumulated fatigue, he felt no discomfort and hadn’t taken any medicine.
If he suddenly felt sleepy, he would sleep like the dead for an entire day.
“Shall I bring you some tea?”
Harmang asked. However, Kai, having been intently looking at his documents, abruptly closed them and stood up. Harmang’s face lit up, thinking Kai was finally going to rest.
“Are you going to rest now? Shall I prepare a bath for you?”
“No. I’ll just take Ben out for a round and come back.”
Ben was the horse Kai had been riding since he was ten years old. Having galloped through numerous battlefields, Ben one day could no longer run for long distances or sprint fast.
Normally, a warhorse unable to perform its duties should be put down, but Kai brought Ben to the palace and took great care of him. Fortunately, Ben regained his health, though he couldn’t run as fast as before.
However, Ben always seemed eager to carry Kai, and for Ben’s sake, Kai occasionally trotted slowly within the castle.
Hearing the sound of Ben’s hooves, which matched the beat of his heart, was comforting.
As Harmang tried to follow, Kai gestured to stop him.
“Old man, go and sleep. Don’t bother me.”
“Your Majesty!”
Kai usually didn’t keep guards close within the palace. Of course, there were many knights hidden around, guarding him discreetly.
If a guard was noticed or made noise on a day that wasn’t dangerous, they were immediately stripped of their rank and expelled from the palace.
The opposite situation was even more strict. If caught dozing off or not in their assigned spot, the punishment wasn’t just expulsion.
Kai had already disappeared from Harmang’s sight.
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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