Afraid of being caught, she couldn’t help but mutter aloud, but the Emperor remained resolute.
“So… You should have been a bit more cautious, Eljere. If you hadn’t killed the Marquis in such a hurry, if you hadn’t done that, I wouldn’t have had to investigate like this. And I wouldn’t have to send you to the execution grounds. You were a very… foolish woman.”
“Execution grounds? Are you saying you’ll kill me now?”
“Of course. But don’t worry. I’ll also have my brother, the one who had an affair with you, killed.”
“Wait, you’re really going to kill me?”
However, her words fell on deaf ears. No matter how much Eljere denied it, the Emperor didn’t believe her. The more she created a commotion, the more he seemed to find it amusing.
“I will investigate everything, the crime of poisoning your own relatives, implicating Sesenia and turning the blame on me, the Emperor. All of this will lead to your execution.”
That was the end of it. Eljere’s execution happened even faster than Sesenia’s. She didn’t even have a chance to defend herself. Before her execution, the Emperor cut out Eljere’s tongue so that she couldn’t even open her mouth. She died alongside Ian.
And when she opened her eyes again, she was back in this moment.
“I can start again.”
Eljere was happy, thinking that it was finally God giving her a chance.
Now, she could undo everything. In her mind, there was only one thing that went wrong. It was because she didn’t eat the Marquis from the beginning.
From the beginning, the Marquis was hers. So, if she had claimed what was originally hers, everything would have been resolved.
That’s why she bought Hephria Wool, just as Sesenia had done in the past.
“But why… Why did Sesenia come with me?”
Everything was perfect. God had finally given her a chance. A chance to create a perfect future again. But Sesenia was with her.
“No, this time… I can kill her quickly. Or I don’t even need to kill her. I can just do exactly what she did and take everything. I’m smarter than Sesenia, and Father loves me more. So, there’s nothing to worry about.”
Eljere forced a smile, shaking off her anxiety.
“Everything will turn out well. Everything… First, I need to find everything I had.”
Finally regaining her strength, she stepped outside.
Time passed quickly.
Two weeks had passed since that day. The sudden cold snap had cast a tense atmosphere over the Empire. Elizabeth wrapped a shawl around Sesenia’s shoulders as she looked out the window. The weather was freezing.
“It seems the time has come.”
“Now, people will start looking for Hephria Wool, right?”
“Yes. Without us having to do anything, Eljere will probably start promoting Hephria Wool, prepared for the sudden cold.”
In the past, Sesenia didn’t engage in such actions. People seeking Hephria Wool had already surged even without her doing so. It was obvious how much Eljere would want to spread the rumor.
Eljere had already started spreading the word about using Hephria Wool to prepare for the cold weather.
Since Sesenia had all the Hephria Wool that Eljere couldn’t get, it was obvious how much she would want to spread the rumor.
Because of this, she thought Sesenia would prosper as her family did in the past. That’s why she intended to fully eat the Marquis. These were the numbers that were too obvious.
Knowing that, Sesenia looked out the window quietly.
Frost had settled by the window.
Seeing that, Sesenia sat quietly and waited for other news to come. And as expected, Eljere began spreading stories about Hephria Wool throughout the empire.
Thanks to her, demand for Hephria Wool skyrocketed. People rushed to buy Hephria Wool because they couldn’t even buy what was available in the market.
But since the supply was cut off, it became difficult to purchase more.
And then, one more week passed.
Eljere came to Sesenia. Very angry.
“You did that!!”
Sesenia, who was sitting at the table drinking tea, raised her head and looked at her with a puzzled expression.
“Sister, what’s wrong? Why are you so angry and running over like this?”
“You did that, right!? You did!!”
“What did I do? Did something happen?”
“Don’t pretend you don’t know. You did it!! You played a prank on my wool!!”
Hearing this, Sesenia raised her eyebrows with a genuinely puzzled expression.
“A prank? I didn’t do anything. Did something happen? Oh, maybe it got moldy?”
“Look at you. You did that, right? So you do know!!”
Watching Eljere shouting so loudly that her ears hurt, Sesenia shrugged.
“Do I know? I didn’t do anything. Did something happen? Ah, maybe it got moldy?”
“See? You did that. So you do know!!”
Eljere’s face turned red. Sesenia had already anticipated this when she heard that Eljere had bought Hephria Wool, or rather, when she heard that Eljere had returned in time and planned to copy what Sesenia had done in the past.
It was clear that something like this would happen. She was too busy copying what she did without bothering to investigate properly. Eljere had always been like that. Although people around her helped, she was actually foolish. She still was.
When scheming men desperately battle for her favor in the male harem
This one’s also on my reread list! The rivalry, scheming between the men in the imperial harem are just as intense and thrilling as in classic palace drama novels, where concubines fight to the death. Give it a read, girls! I promise you won’t be disappointed.
Synopsis:
“I am not worthy of her… but I still want to be by her side, even if only as a loyal dog…”
Those were the painful whispers of Yue Guanyi – the proud Crown Prince of the Great Qi, who was torn between deep love and a guilty conscience. Despite holding the supreme power of the Imperial Guard, he still could not forget the dark past when he was sold into a brothel.
Fate played a cruel twist when Qiu Shuzhi – a young female official who had just passed the imperial examinations with top honors – stepped into his life. She did not know that she was the one who had saved him from a tragic fate many years ago. And now, her heart was the target of pursuit for both Yue Guanyi and the powerful Empress Dowager Qin Qing.
While Yue Guanyi only dared to silently care for and protect the one he loved from afar, the Empress Dowager Qin Qing openly expressed his feelings and did not hesitate to take advantage of his power to approach Qiu Shuzhi. The covert struggle between the two most powerful forces in the imperial court began…
Trigger warning: All men in this novel are yandere style.
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