He no longer had a murderous intent but seemed uninterested.
‘Not a good sign.’
“Fine. I have no intention of having any kind of relationship with you.”
“…….”
“But my brother might think differently.”
His eagle-like eyes stared directly at me.
“And you are a princess in name.”
My mouth went dry.
‘Why is he telling me this?’
What’s his intention?
I chose my words carefully, not wanting to offend him.
“Even so, it doesn’t matter to me. Use me. Even if we have to marry under duress, I will step aside whenever you wish. I can even be a shield.”
“A shield?”
“If you have a same-sex partner, use me as a shield…”
“Enough.”
Embarrassed by his swift response, I closed my mouth.
I carefully watched the prince’s reaction.
It was ambiguous, hard to read.
A chilling sound made me flinch.
Regardless of whether I was watching, the Fifth Prince casually hung his weapon on the wall.
I watched his every move closely.
“What do you gain by doing all this?”
The conversation quickly reached its core.
I took a deep breath and said quickly.
“A connection with His Highness.”
“What do you want from me?”
“Citizenship in the empire.”
The prince furrowed his brow, surprised.
“Why would a Liorian want citizenship in the empire? The empire may be big, but the kingdom is better for living.”
“…….”
“Not gold or power, but mere citizenship.”
I shook my head.
“It’s not mere. What I want isn’t so easy.”
“…….”
“I want citizenship that makes me untouchable, even if the kingdom tries to kill me. For example, even if I’m accused of being an imperial spy or even if the king tries to kill me, a citizenship that makes it impossible.”
Desperation was in my words.
If I had the empire’s citizenship, and the empire, wary of the kingdom, guaranteed my safety, I wouldn’t die unjustly accused of treason.
“Ha ha.”
Startled, I looked up.
The prince was laughing. He looked straight at me, his black eyes sparkling. It was the first time I saw interest in his eyes.
“Yes. That can’t be called ‘mere.'”
“…….”
“Seeking extraterritorial rights, do you wish to become royalty?”
I was startled by the excessive term.
But after a moment’s thought, it was true. The rights I wanted were those only available to the imperial royalty.
It was excessive.
‘But necessary.’
In a royal state, falling out of favor with the king meant death.
I was destined to be sentenced to death by the king himself in the near future.
To defy the king’s orders, I needed the promise of a higher authority, the Emperor.
He was right.
Extraterritorial rights.
That was why I wanted citizenship in the empire.
Mrs. Emerun spoke coldly.
“It’s obvious. She lied.”
“Lied?”
“Are you still trying to feign ignorance after being caught?”
Such a cunning creature.
Mrs. Emerun, with a look as if she was seeing a maid who had stolen her jewels, trembled with her fan-clutching hand.
“She said she had never met the prince, but she was up to something else behind our backs!”
“…….”
“How skilled must she have been in her nocturnal activities that the prince sent someone after her in just a few days.”
“……Excuse me?”
My tension melted away like snow.
My face flushed red.
Does this woman even know what she’s saying?
Considering she’s unaware of how her husband views her, she likely has no idea.
“Let’s hear it then. What were you thinking when you lied? What do you stand to gain by deceiving us? You exist because of our family.”
Aris, who had been itching to speak, nodded.
“That’s right, sister. You shouldn’t do that.”
‘Just waiting for a chance to add her two cents.’
But it wasn’t just a single remark.
“You said you hadn’t met the prince, sister. I don’t know what you’re thinking, but don’t do that. You should be grateful to the family that has taken you to their heart.”
“…….”
The atmosphere was turning weird.
Suddenly, I was portrayed as someone who seduced the prince behind the scenes for my own well-being.
‘Though it’s true I met the prince separately.’
“Nothing to say?”
I looked at Hubert. His eyes lacked warmth.
He wasn’t swayed by Mrs. Emerun and Aris’s baseless convictions, but his gaze held suspicion.
‘I mustn’t answer wrongly here.’
Pretending not to understand, as I did before, won’t work this time.
I chose my words carefully.
“I’ve thought about it too. Why the prince would send a letter. I’m not sure if my guess is right, but…….”
“What is it?”
Mrs. Emerun’s eyes widened in curiosity, her head leaning forward eagerly. Aris also subtly leaned towards me.
The men didn’t move, but their gaze was firmly on me.
In the escalating tension, I deliberately spoke more slowly.
“About the gift I sent to the prince.”
I also showed an uneasy expression, not hiding my bewilderment.
Mrs. Emerun looked as if she was running out of breath.
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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