“It might give the Empire a pretext to attack our kingdom.”
“They could overthrow the Fifth Prince and completely subjugate our kingdom.”
“However, this could also be an opportunity. If we can gain the Empire’s mighty army, our kingdom couldn’t ask for more.”
Watching the heated debate, King Hermonon, calmed down, leaned on the armrest and fell into deep thought.
“We can’t just refuse outright. Refusing without a reason will offend them. With their temper, they’ll find some pretext.”
The Empire of Dobelacan was the undisputed powerhouse of the continent, notoriously belligerent.
Currently focused on internal unity due to the Khan’s health issues, once the succession is settled, their blades will turn outward.
The King and the nobles were wary of those blades turning towards Liorza.
As everyone pondered, a young minister stepped forward. The King’s gaze shifted to him.
“Do you have something to say?”
“Your Majesty is right. We can’t refuse without a reason. But, we don’t necessarily have to refuse.”
“What do you mean?”
The minister carefully chose his words under the King’s impatient gaze.
“We have a better option than finding a reason to refuse.”
“….”
“The Crown Prince specifically mentioned matrimony with Prince Giovanni.”
“That’s why we’re here. Why repeat what we already know?”
“But he didn’t specify with whom.”
“Huh?”
The King’s eyes lit up. The minister nodded vigorously as if to say, ‘Yes, that’s it.’
“We don’t have to nominate Princess Laratu.”
The King’s face brightened for the first time.
“How? You seem to have a plan.”
“Yes. If the Empire wants a matrimonial alliance, let’s give them one. With a new princess.”
“The meaning of your words? A new princess? Just so you know, besides Laratu, I have not fathered any other children. I don’t have a secret child hidden in some commoner’s house.”
The King preemptively addressed any insinuations about his illegitimate children. Undeterred by his response, the minister continued with a smile.
“Your Majesty, have you perused the kingdom’s ancient legal codes?”
The King didn’t respond. His aversion to studies was well-known among his ministers.
The minister anticipated this and continued.
“Article 259, the procedure for ennobling a princess.”
“The procedure for ennobling a princess?”
“Yes, Your Majesty. In the past, when the kingdom’s power was weak, the royal family would sometimes bestow the title of princess on noble daughters to strengthen bonds with the nobility. It’s a law regarding that.”
“Ah, such a method exists!”
Realizing the solution, the King murmured to himself and then asked promptly.
“Who would be suitable?”
As he looked around at the nobles, those with daughters instinctively avoided his gaze. Their reaction made the King’s eyebrows twitch.
As his gaze grew colder, Hubert Lorenst, who had been standing calmly, caught the King’s attention.
Suddenly, a glint of inspiration appeared in the King’s eyes.
“Count Lorenst.”
“Yes, Your Majesty.”
“Who do you suggest?”
Hubert closed his eyes briefly before opening them with a calm look.
“I’ve heard the Fifth Prince of the Empire is a barbarian seasoned in warfare.”
“That’s right.”
“He must be a man of great valor. The lady must be suitable for such a man.”
“So?”
“The daughter of the Demestia family is known to be quite a warrior.”
At his words, several ministers made displeased faces.
Technically, she’s a warrior, but more like a wild girl who causes trouble wherever she goes.
It was no secret that her father, Baron Demestia, was desperately trying to marry her off.
A clever idea, but the baron had a different opinion.
“That’s out of the question!”
Baron Demestia, seated at the back, protested loudly.
He had been sending out matchmakers, but marrying his daughter to a barbarian was unthinkable.
The King’s sharp gaze fell upon him.
“What do you mean, Baron?”
It was like an eagle protecting its young.
Under the King’s questioning, the baron sweated profusely. Marrying his daughter to a barbarian was unacceptable, but earning the King’s disfavor was also problematic.
However, the baron soon thought of an excuse. He bowed deeply and explained.
“My daughter is indeed a warrior, but her recklessness is too much even for me to handle. Your Majesty might have heard about the incident where young Lord Torn’s nose was broken.”
“Ah, I know of it. A ridiculous affair. Was it…?”
“It’s embarrassing to admit, but it was my daughter’s doing.”
The baron’s face turned red with shame, exposing his daughter’s flaws.
‘Better than marrying her off to the Fifth Prince and ruining her life.’
Grinding his teeth, Demestia sneaked a glare at Hubert and then looked at the King with a realization.
“Oh, come to think of it, isn’t there a suitable young lady in the Lorenst family?”
This time, it was Hubert who widened his eyes in surprise.
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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