“If Princess Velia is identified as the mastermind, what will happen?”
“The princess may escape execution, but it would be quite miserable. She will be banished to the most dangerous region of the border without carrying anything on her body.”
“What about the boy?”
“If it’s revealed that he was merely an executor, wouldn’t he avoid execution? He would be imprisoned for life, though.”
Logically, abandoning the boy is the right thing to do.
However, Ermedillin’s heart, unlike her head, could not make the decision easily.
“Hesitating? Your father is nothing but a hollow count now. Do you really want to sever ties completely with the Illenian royal family under these circumstances?”
“Don’t they hate me enough to want to kill me anyway?”
“That’s before you were caught in a weak spot. Purchasing illegal drugs and attempting to assassinate the empress directly are not the same level of crime, are they?”
Although it seemed like he was leaving the choice to her, Henri was subtly forcing Ermedillin to choose the Illenian royal family.
If Ermedillin chooses the count according to Henri’s will, she can demand anything from him, and also form a united front with Henri.
Ferdant would continue to be well cared for, just like now.
‘Sigh. What does he want me to do?’
The next morning, Ermedillin summoned Pellio to the palace early.
“Are you in your right mind?”
Pellio’s neat face crumpled terribly, as if he had heard something unbelievable.
“Completely sane.”
“Didn’t you get hit by a poisoned knife just yesterday? I heard you fell down?”
“What, I did fall, but I got up as you can see, being so sturdy.”
That’s right.
Having been a tough person all her life, she could not have survived with a weak body.
She must be able to digest a triangle kimbap that has been expired for more than two days without trouble to not fall behind in this harsh world.
When Ermedillin flashed both hands to show off her wellbeing, Pellio was taken aback and burst into laughter.
His face was usually expressionless, so she didn’t notice, but when he smiled, a pure, boyish aspect came out.
‘Smile more often. This side looks much better.’
“I’m glad Her Majesty is sturdy, but it was a poison that would have killed a normal person. Do you really want to defend the boy who almost killed you because of it?”
“You know very well that the poison and the knife are something that an ordinary boy could not get, right?”
“Of course, but if that’s the case, the mastermind behind handing the poisoned knife to the boy must be revealed.”
Henri said he would respect Ermedillin’s choice, but in reality, he didn’t want to miss the opportunity to seize the weakness of the Illenian count.
He proposed a negotiation to Ermedillin, who was trying to choose the boy instead of the princess.
“Let’s do this. Attach a competent lawyer to the girl to avoid execution. And let’s not find out who’s behind it.”
“What about the maid?”
“Huh? Empress, you seem to be more compassionate than I thought? Don’t worry. The maid is only useful if she’s alive, so I plan to hide her where the count can’t see her.”
“I understand.”
“However, you must find the lawyer. Even if your lawyer is incompetent and the boy receives execution, he must die according to the law, so accept it.”
“Let’s do that.”
After ending her reminiscence, Ermedillin looked at Pellio and sighed deeply.
“You can’t reveal the mastermind?”
It seems that the saying that he is the top talent of the empire is not a lie.
‘He’s really quickwitted.’
“That’s right. I can’t reveal the mastermind, but I want to save the boy.”
“Why? It seems you’ve struck quite a favorable deal with those behind this?”
‘Ah, here it comes again. Mockery. Shall I really slap her?’
Holding back her rising hand, Ermedillin forced a bitter smile.
“If you really wanted to make a profitable deal, wouldn’t it be more beneficial to conduct a moderate trial and kill the boy?”
In fact, Henri had told Ermedillin that he would take care of any evidence related to the Count’s house.
In other words, if she finally chose to save the boy, it meant that ‘you’ could not demand anything from the Count’s house.
“Ah? Indeed, it would be advantageous to quickly kill him and silence him, regardless of who is behind it.”
“That’s right. I really just want to save the boy. But the only lawyer I know is the Count himself……”
“Anyway, if you’re looking for the best, you’ll eventually come to me. Without being at that level, you wouldn’t be able to avoid execution in a trial like this.”
‘What’s this? Why is she so confident?’
Pellio’s slightly arrogant expression, nodding his head, seemed a bit unfamiliar.
When they first met, he was either cold and expressionless or filled with contempt, but lately, Pellio had become more talkative, and his expressions had diversified.
Perhaps more shameless than expected, Pellio showed no intention of retracting his statement, even at the sight of Ermedillin’s sour face.
“It’s fortunate that the only lawyer I know is the most competent lawyer.”
Male lead is a Divorced Husband
She said to him: “Tell me, what makes you like me? I’ll change it!”
Liu Changning transmigrated into a female cannon fodder character in a female-dominant novel.
After reading the first half of the novel’s plot, the first thing she did upon transmigration was to divorce the Pan Jinlian-style male protagonist she had just married.
She indulged herself, pretending to be ugly and poor.
But as time passed, the way that man looked at her became more and more unusual…
Liu Changning was dumbfounded: Tell me, what makes you like me? I’ll change!
――
This lifetime, Pei Yuanshao was rejected by the same woman twice!
The first time, she drove him away. Forced by the situation, he endured the waves of anger in his heart, yielding and humbling himself.
That person lay slanted on a rocking chair, her sallow face emotionless: “If you don’t want a divorce, go cook!”
Pei Yuanshao’s face was dark and gloomy: “You!”
The second time, after the crisis in Jinling City was resolved, the new emperor sent someone to pick him up. He turned around, stammering: “I… I have to go. If you keep me…”
That person lay on the kang bed, her back to him, as if she had long anticipated this day, crisp and clear: “Goodbye!”
Pei Yuanshao was so angry his fingers trembled: “You… you!”
The mission of family and country made him restrain himself, averting his eyes and turning to leave this broken household.
Two years later, they met again. Seeing her ethereal face, his body shook like a sieve.
“She was originally a ‘she’!”
At the Qionglin Banquet, the top scholar of the imperial examination, a talented person with exceptional speech and conduct, all the unmarried young gentlemen from aristocratic families looked at her with shy and timid eyes.
The peerless imperial official Pei Yuanshao felt the anger in his heart erupt. He pointed at the woman surrounded by the crowd at the Qionglin Banquet, his thin lips slightly curled: “Little sister, I wants that person to be the wife-master of my Mingde Prince Manor.”
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