‘Maybe that’s why they don’t resent him even if he lives indulgently.’
It must be because I was in that position. A ruler who governs, not a downtrodden people.
Putting aside such thoughts, I asked, “How did you come here?”
“I was curious about what the kingdom’s festival would look like.”
“Later, the priests will offer prayers. You can also see the rain of blessing.”
“Did you prepare all this?”
Nodding, Giovanni stroked his chin. I felt a bit nervous.
“Why?”
“You’re good at this kind of thing.”
A rather ordinary compliment came out unexpectedly.
“It would be useful in the Empire too.”
I nodded. It sounded strangely meaningful.
I asked, “Is this a compliment?”
“To be honest. When I leave, you won’t come with me to the Empire, will you?”
Giovanni spoke as he looked at the altar.
“Your abilities will be useful in the Empire too.”
I chuckled unconsciously.
“The ability to snatch things sneakily?”
“I also have a hidden ability.”
“Although you haven’t shown that ability yet.”
“Even if you don’t, it doesn’t matter.”
“…….,”
“You’ve never failed to bring me what I want. Quick-witted, quick-handed, and capable of carrying out orders excellently.”
It seems sincere. When I didn’t say anything, his head tilted towards me.
“By the way, I’m quite a merciful superior. You can ask the chef to confirm.”
“That person will explain it quite kindly.”
I sighed, thinking about Chef, who still couldn’t hide the uncomfortable look whenever he saw me.
I hesitated for a moment. Even though it was overwhelming for the prince himself to make a recruitment proposal to the Empire, and even directly, going to the Empire would mean entrusting my fate to him, which is risky.
In the kingdom, even if he goes wrong, I can survive, and I still have things to do here.
I still haven’t figured out what Leo’s words mean.
Giovanni said bluntly, “My position as a deputy is surely not worse than that of a noble’s daughter.”
“That might not matter if the deal goes wrong.”
“…….,”
“If you’re the prince’s deputy, you have to share both the fate and treatment. You can’t risk your life just to get better treatment.”
“…Your tongue is quite sharp.”
I burst into laughter at his sarcastic expression.
Suddenly, he blurted out, “But is the festival already over?”
“What?”
Stopping my laughter, I turned my head to the altar where the ceremony was taking place. My face stiffened.
On the empty altar where everyone offering prayers had disappeared, there was no one.
“Didn’t they say it would rain?”
“The priests haven’t offered prayers yet.”
Aris should appear at this timing in the order. She likes attention. Has that stubborn protagonist syndrome kicked in?
“We have to wait a little longer.”
However, even as time passed, Aris did not appear.
“Summon Aris, Jenny.”
“I already sent someone.”
Shortly afterward, a maid who had delivered the message returned. An uneasy feeling rushed over me as I saw her bewildered face.
The servant timidly bowed with a fearful face.
“Aris is nowhere to be found.”
“Ha.”
I swept my hair up.
I was dumbfounded because it was absurd.
‘Something felt uneasy.’
I thought she might be embarrassed after being humiliated at the princess’s tea party, so I expected some revenge, but I never imagined such a massive incident.
“It seems like a problem has occurred.”
Giovanni, who had been watching, asked, then added a word immediately.
“If she gets fired from the viscount’s house, I can take her in.”
“I’m fired? There are no such plans.”
“The king looks angry. It seems like I might become unemployed.”
“Please don’t let me harbor disrespectful feelings towards the prince.”
People are buzzing. Before the confusion escalates, I grabbed the hem of my dress and walked towards the altar.
Someone blocked my way then. It was Lady Emelun.
“Madam, please step aside. Right now, Aris is…”
Crack!
Before the words could finish, a fierce flame struck my cheek.
Lady Emelun erupted in anger with a suppressed voice.
“What on earth did you do!”
“…”
“Aris is missing. What are you doing without protecting that child?”
“…”
“I knew it from the moment you called that famous performing priest and did useless things. The most important thing is Aris’s safety! I knew something like this would happen when you blindly acted arrogantly, trusting your pitiful position.”
“…”
“Find Aris right away! Something must have happened!”
She lightly stroked my cheek with her wide palm. It was scorching and stinging.
I touched the inside of my cheek with my tongue. It felt like it had been torn.
I turned my head slightly. Giovanni was still there. Due to the ridiculous clothes, I couldn’t see his expression, but his fist was unclenched.
Was he slightly surprised?
‘Ah, how embarrassing.’
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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