I Ended Up Living Next Door to My Ex-Husband (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 73
An hour later, inside the Emperor’s private reception room.
“Henry Bart…….”
Emperor Retz muttered, pouring whiskey into a crystal glass.
“Yes, I do recall him. As the head of a noble house, he didn’t seem particularly trustworthy—but his appearance alone was rather presentable, I suppose.”
Tch. A soft click of his tongue resonated quietly through the hushed room.
“…It’s truly pitiful. To think that fine face met such a wretched end.”
The Emperor shook his head slowly and personally poured whiskey into glasses.
“Have a drink, each of you. This one’s for our Cedric, this for Deputy Minister Diart, and… ah, is this whiskey perhaps too strong for Her Highness the Grand Duchess?”
Emperor Retz turned toward me, seated on the opposite sofa, offering a glass.
Due to that unfortunate incident, the imperial banquet had ended earlier than scheduled.
Afterward, Emperor Retz summoned us here to his private reception room to ease his lingering distress.
I shook my head and accepted the glass he extended.
“Not at all. Thank you, Your Majesty. I’ll gladly drink it.”
At that moment, nothing felt more necessary than a strong liquor.
Henry Bart.
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
So after their divorce goes public they have to wait another 6 months to be able to marry again…
Awww! I think someone fell at first sight for Mina!
I don’t know but I couldn’t pity Adrian. Maybe because Cedric is the male lead.