“Your Majesty!”
Anli and Ermedillin, who had just dropped by to check on Valliere, met in front of Valliere’s reception room.
“What brings the Empress here? Is that basket of flowers for Duke Bellian?”
“Yes. It’s to congratulate him on the pregnancy.”
“What? The Empress is congratulating what?”
Upon hearing Ermedillin’s words, Anli’s expression immediately grew cold.
“There is no strange curse on it. I just came from receiving a blessing from Louise so that the life force would last longer. You can check it yourself!”
At Ermedillin’s hurried explanation, Anli faintly smiled and licked his lips.
“Ah, did I look that way? I was just wondering when there had been an empress who sent a basket of flowers to congratulate a concubine on a pregnancy.”
“I see. I misunderstood.”
It wasn’t a complete misunderstanding. Anli had considered the possibility of a curse on the basket and what he had just said.
“Well, let’s go in.”
Entering the room, they were greeted by Valliere, who looked fragile and pure like a flickering candle.
“How are you feeling today? I heard you haven’t been eating well.”
Valliere responded weakly, aware of Ermedillin.
“What kind of feelings would a tool for giving birth have?”
“What?”
At the absurd remark, Anli looked back at Ermedillin, who sighed softly and immediately set things straight.
“I came to apologize and congratulate you today, as it seems I was harsh yesterday. Don’t take it to heart.”
Valliere looked up at Anli, offended by Ermedillin’s straightforward and courteous apology.
“Calling me a ‘tool’ for carrying the Emperor’s child, especially in front of the maids, is an insult not just to me, but to the royal family!”
Ermedillin, who had been listening quietly, only furrowed her brows slightly, but Louni, who was standing behind her, couldn’t contain herself and finally blew up.
“Duke Bellian asked the Empress to congratulate his pregnancy first!”
Everyone’s eyes were fixed on Louni, shocked that a mere maid would shout in front of the Emperor and Empress.
Ermedillin quickly hid Louni behind her and defended her.
“Your Majesty, she’s just inexperienced and”
Anli’s icy gaze shifted toward Valliere, who was hanging on his every word.
“What did you say to the Empress?”
“Pardon?”
“In front of the maids, what did you say to the Empress?”
Anli hated crossing the line.
Among those lines was disrespecting the royal family, even if the target was his disliked Empress.
“Why should the Empress congratulate your pregnancy?”
This time Valliere was left stunned, as she had thought Anli would surely take her side.
Anli was born out of wedlock.
Although his mother was a duchess, which made his birth not as lowly as Valliere’s, he had always been cautious not to offend the Empress during his childhood in the capital.
Many concubines enjoyed the Emperor’s favor and tasted power, but they could never surpass the Empress.
Even the most favored concubine was neither made empress nor granted more power than her.
As a result, the concubines would do anything to have their child become the emperor, but no one dared to touch the Empress.
One dancer, who was immensely favored and even had a magnificent castle built for her, was banished from the country after her tongue was ripped out for mocking the Empress.
Henri thought such an image epitomized the sacred authority of the royal family.
He wanted to hold an unshakeable, absolute power, unaffected by any turbulence.
Knowing well Henri’s disposition, the former Valière, despite her trembling anger towards Ermedillin’s misconduct, never dared to act insolently beyond the authority of the Empress.
She knew all too well that Henri would never tolerate such behavior.
“You seem very different these days?”
It’s not just a change in appearance. He’s doing things he would never have done before.
Although Henri had uttered it merely as a cautionary word, Valière felt her heart drop in that moment.
‘Could he have noticed that I’m different?’
Thinking she could lose her only support, Valière’s hands began to tremble.
Henri gently held Valière’s trembling hands and looked into her eyes.
She felt as though she could fall into the mysterious light emanating from his clear blue eyes.
His touch was so warm that Valière looked up at him with rapturous eyes, expecting comforting words.
But Henri, who had climbed to the throne by eliminating his halfbrothers, was not a lenient person.
Cruel words that pierced Valière’s heart like a sharp sword flowed from his beautiful lips.
“Apologize to the Empress immediately.”
“Is the coronation preparation going well?”
At Leopold’s question, Langen pointed with a displeased expression at a dazzling box stacked with gold and silver treasures.
“Do we really have to go this far?”
“Of course. It’s the first public revelation of my return, it has to be to this extent!!”
“What will you do after publicly revealing your identity? Will the cruel Emperor leave you be?”
Male lead is reincarnated to save his wife
I’ve also read this one twice already. The female lead is kinda soft and gets embarrassed easily—not really my type, but the plot is definitely worth reading. Hurry up and read it, y’all!
Intro
When Shen Yuan encountered Su Jin again in his previous life, she had already become the Prime Minister of the current dynasty. As for him, the former top young master of the capital, he had long since fallen into the abyss, becoming a singer on a pleasure boat.
After a song ended, he was redeemed and sent to the Su Residence.
Su Jin respected and cherished him, gave him a roof over his head, and bestowed him with warmth. Shen Yuan fell deeper and deeper, but before he could express his feelings, Su Jin passed away.
Shen Yuan died to follow her in death, but instead, he returned to when he was fifteen years old.
At that time, he was not yet engaged, and Su Jin was just a poor scholar.
Shen Yuan gritted his teeth, casting aside all his pride, and thought of ways to coax and entice her every day.
The colder and more indifferent Su Jin was towards him, the more proactive Shen Yuan became.
He was not afraid of being mocked by the world, only wanting to marry his Wife-master early, to hold her hand and never let go for a lifetime.
[Note: This story will not specifically point out the male lead’s reincarnation time point; it’s all in the details. Whenever you feel that the male lead is acting strangely, he has most likely been reincarnated.]
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