“When the war breaks out, it seems we should first kill the Emperor and the Empress Dowager who issued the imperial edict, elder brother Leanid.”
Teslon spoke with a force as if he would immediately draw his sword from its sheath.
“My magic tower and I will join as well.”
The second son, Mark, took out a crystal ball that could communicate with the magic tower and spoke seriously. Besides them, Baello and Welson began discussing how to catch and kill Ruans.
“Leanid, Mark, and Teslon. You must not kill Emperor Ruans easily. This mother thinks Ruans deserves not even a sip of water or a bowl of food, starving him to the bone and only feeding him dog feces…”
Although Merry spoke in a noble manner, her words were more vicious than anyone else present.
Lorencia only smiled after reading the letter sent by Ruans. She knew it would come to this anyway.
“Everyone, calm down.”
“Lorencia, this old woman cannot calm down.”
Putting down the letter Ruans sent, Lorencia looked at her family’s angry faces.
‘So this is how it feels to have people on your side.’
“Lorencia, our hearts are burning with frustration.”
“Grandmother, isn’t it strange?”
“What do you mean?”
“As far as I know, the imperial edict to become a concubine requires the signature and seal of the noble lady herself, right?”
Ruans would think Lorencia herself could not read or write. So he must have easily found a proxy to establish the edict.
“Of course, but the head of the family acting as a direct proxy…”
Abrelina nodded while looking at Lorencia.
“After Count Brant Pol Heredian signed, sealed, and most importantly, stamped the edict, why did he die?”
“If what Lorencia says is true, Count Brant’s death is suspicious.”
“I think so too, Leanid.”
Lorencia saw the future where Brant desperately cried out for Illina and Anne, drank poison himself, and died coldly on the bed.
Of course, she also watched him sign her own signature and seal on the edict issued by the Empress Dowager before he died. Brant stared at the edict for a long time, and after much deliberation, did not stamp the seal of the Pol Heredian family on it.
And he hid the family seal so that only Illina could find it, and wrote the hiding place in his diary.
“Count Brant gave everything to make Illina the crown princess of Ruans. But upon seeing Emperor Ruans saying he would take me, whom he abused as a bastard child, as a concubine… Well? Would he really have happily signed and sealed that concubine acceptance edict on my behalf?”
Lorencia gently raised the corners of her mouth. With Brant’s death, Illina is released from prison. Returning to the residence, Illina learns the whole truth through Brant’s diary and becomes furious.
Illina, who thinks of Lorencia as no more than a slave, will terribly deny the fact that she is actually of the bloodline of the Duke of Di Glosten.
“Lorencia’s words make sense.”
“The Count Brant I knew would never have been able to stamp the seal on that concubine acceptance edict. He would have thought it better to give up his life than to stamp that seal.”
“Then what do you want to do from now on, Lorencia? Tell me. If there is anything you desire, this grandmother will grant it.”
“Even if more letters come, if we continue to ignore them, Emperor Ruans will send a letter to Her Majesty the Queen of the Polloid Empire, requesting her to repatriate me to the Isuter Empire.”
“Do not worry. No matter how much Emperor Ruans requests to have you returned, Her Majesty the Queen has no intention of sending you, a child of Goddess Ella, away.”
Abrelina spoke in a more relaxed tone than before.
“Grandmother.”
“Yes, Lorencia.”
“I think I will personally write and send a reply to the letter Emperor Ruans sent.”
“Do that, then.”
Lorencia’s lips curled up even more at the thought of Ruans, upon receiving the reply, going mad with frustration to the tips of his hair.
Three days before Brant’s death.
Lorencia saw Brant’s future. So she had one request for Teishar.
“Ter.”
“Yes, Roa.”
“Will you do me a difficult favor?”
“Feel free to ask any difficult or hard favors.”
“Bring me the seal of the Pol Heredian family.”
The family seal is kept secret by the head of the family. Of course, it was difficult to bring or secretly steal a family’s seal without the head’s knowledge.
“Understood. I will bring the seal of the Pol Heredian family.”
But Teishar immediately accepted Lorencia’s difficult request without hesitation.
“I asked you to bring the seal of a family, but you don’t ask me anything?”
“I decided to unconditionally follow whatever Roa says. If you tell me to kill someone, I will kill them without asking why, and if you tell me to bring something, I will naturally bring it.”
Teishar spoke lovingly while stroking Lorencia’s cheek.
“Count Brant will take his own life in his room three days from now.”
“You mean Count Brant?”
“Yes. I saw a future where he drinks poison and ends his own life.”
Lorencia told Teishar the future she had seen. And Teishar trembled like a leaf upon learning that Ruans was forging a concubine acceptance edict to take Lorencia as a concubine.
“Ter.”
Lorencia placed her hand on top of his large, trembling hand.
“Brant will hide the family seal before he dies. I’ll tell you where he hid it. You can bring me the seal of the Pol Heredian family, right?”
“Of course, Roa.”
“Ruans will come find me with the forged concubine acceptance edict.”
Anger flashed in Teishar’s eyes at Lorencia’s words.
“If the family seal is in my hands, Emperor Ruans will be caught for forging the concubine acceptance edict and come to the Isuter Empire to cover it up. And…”
If Lorencia has the Pol Heredian family seal in her possession.
“If he refuses to revoke the Pol Heredian County peerage, I’ll just have to become the head of the Pol Heredian County myself.”
Lorencia spoke with confidence.
“In the Isuter Empire, the head of a family cannot marry royalty, so the concubine acceptance edict issued by the Empress Dowager will automatically be canceled.”
“What are you planning to do with Lady Illina?”
“I think Illina should be punished for the share of Anne and Brant who died so comfortably.”
“Roa, I have the same thought. When I heard that Count Brant was taking his own life, I was dissatisfied that he met his end too easily compared to the evil deeds he had committed.”
When Lorencia looked into his beautiful eyes, Teishar bent down a little to match her eye level.
“Roa can do as she pleases.”
As his face slowly drew very close, Lorencia blushed. Teishar gently stroked her hair. As his fingers slid between her red locks, Lorencia’s whole body tensed.
Teishar’s fingers in her hair slightly tightened. With a deep smile, he got closer and closer to Lorencia’s face.
“I’ll have to receive my reward in advance before I go do the difficult task, Roa.”
“Alright. I’ll give you the reward in advance.”
When Lorencia let out a sweet laugh, Teishar gave a very happy eye smile.
“Close your eyes, Ter.”
Teishar’s approaching face stopped.
“Should I close them myself?”
“The person giving the reward gets to decide. Teishar Spencer, Lord Viscount. Don’t move and please close your eyes.”
“I will obey your orders, Lady Lorencia di Glosten.”
Lorencia looked at Teishar’s handsome face with his eyes closed and lips curled up. She slowly brought her face close and gently kissed his cheek before pulling away.
When her soft lips touched his cheek, Teishar was caught in a dilemma. He wanted to tightly embrace her and kiss her deeply, but the situation of Lorencia initiating a kiss on his cheek and caressing his face felt novel. He unconsciously swallowed.
He could feel Lorencia fidgeting. Heat gradually rose to his face. Feeling a sensation coursing from head to toe that was impossible to bear, Teishar’s fingertips slowly began to wrap around Lorencia’s waist.
“Roa.”
“Yes.”
“I want to get married soon.”
“Huh? Ter, I told you not to move.”
“I understand.”
At Lorencia’s voice, Teishar closed his eyes even tighter. Every time her scent brushed the tip of his nose, a tingling sensation ran down his spine. It was unbearable.
“I wish Roa’s lips would touch my lips.”
As soon as he finished speaking, Lorencia’s arms wrapped around Teishar’s neck. Teishar slowly opened his eyes and saw Lorencia’s face before him.
“Ter, I told you to keep your eyes closed and not move.”
A pretty sigh escaped from her slightly parted lips. In an instant, Teishar smiled with his eyes and forcefully pulled Lorencia into his arms.
“You teased me too much.”
When Lorencia blushed and shyly avoided his gaze, Teishar raised both corners of his mouth high.
“I don’t think I can take it anymore, Roa.”
“What can’t you take?”
“I’ll collect my reward as I see fit.”
“What?”
Teishar’s thumb carefully brushed over Lorencia’s red lips.
“Now it’s your turn to close your eyes, Roa.”
His breath drew close and whispered in her ear. An intensely hot sigh brushed her neck.
She felt like all the strength was draining from her body.
“Close them for me, Roa.”
Teishar rested his cheek on her shoulder and began to pester her sweetly.
“Today, Ter is like a sweet sugar cookie. A cookie with powdered sugar falling off.”
A cookie so extremely sweet that the inside of the mouth tingles and the stomach aches, even sweeter than honey.
“The sugar cookie Roa mentioned is about to get even sweeter from now on.”
Teishar embraced Lorencia and kissed her red hair. Then, holding her chin with one hand, he pecked her lips like a bird pecking at feed.
After tasting Lorencia’s lips sweetly several times, Teishar bent down deeply. He joined their lips as if he would devour her in one bite. With each movement, an unfamiliar sensation and satisfaction swept through his body like the wind.
Male lead is a Destined Young Husband (Female-dominant)
One-sentence summary: Wife-master, listen to my explanation!
Li Ruantang, a young lady from a prestigious family, stumbled and fell. When she woke up, she saw a noble and beautiful young man sitting by her bedside, wiping away tears.
The young master had slightly reddened eyes, and his every move exuded charm.
The sight made Li Ruantang’s eyes hot and her heart flutter. After all, she had made a bet with the young master Meng from the neighboring family. If she couldn’t marry a husband before the end of the year, she would have to admit defeat and give up the jade she had worked so hard to obtain.
Outside the window, the flowers were in full bloom.
Rather than losing the bet, the jade, and her face, Li Ruantang calculated that it would be better to seek marriage with the young master in front of her, killing three birds with one stone.
…
Meng Jun never thought that an accident during a spring outing would lead to them rolling down a cliff and into a river, yet still survive.
Now they were trapped in an unknown village, and Meng Jun had overheard that the family who had rescued them had their own intentions.
After all, it was Li Ruantang who had lost her mind and sought marriage first. He was only trying to protect himself!
Glancing at Li Ruantang, who was listing her own merits, the young husband’s voice softened, and he blushed as he lied, “W-wife-master, Wife-master, don’t you remember me?”
The young husband’s voice was clear and handsome, coaxing Li Ruantang’s heart to be soft and sweet, and she spared no effort to protect him.
It wasn’t until they returned to the capital that Li Ruantang suddenly remembered.
When they had fallen off the cliff, in order not to implicate Wei Yunruo, whom he secretly admired, the young husband had instead pulled her, who was slightly farther away, down the cliff with him…
Short summary by Yuushi L: Initially, the male lead (ML) liked another girl, while the female lead (FL) liked the ML. Both fell off a cliff. The FL temporarily lost her memory, and the ML, fearing others might take advantage of him, claimed FL was his wife while they were staying in a village. Later, when they returned home, the FL regained her memories and remembered that the ML liked someone else, so she kept her distance from him. However, during their time living together in the countryside, the ML’s view of the FL had completely changed. From this point, his pursuit of the FL begins.
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