It was all because of the immense greed of Duke Greican. Some nobles judged that if Felena, Duke Greican’s daughter, became the empress, it would be like attaching wings to a lion.
So they ended up making Ines, the daughter of a powerless marquis family that Adolf wanted, the empress.
Ines became pregnant immediately after becoming the empress and gave birth to Adrian.
However, Duke Daniel Greican did not back down. By any means necessary, he succeeded in making Felena a concubine. Adolf had no choice but to accept Felena as a concubine.
Adolf was not fond of Felena. But on the very first night, he had Ruans with her.
“No matter how much the child was born between a forcibly accepted concubine, I tried to cover everything for him because he is my son.”
“Your Majesty.”
Adolf was disgusted by the terrible result of the duel of honor between Ruans and Lorirolls. Ruans had properly disgraced the honor of the imperial family.
“I heard that Concubine Felena is taking Prince Ruans down to the Greican territory for a while anyway.”
“Not knowing that today is the day to punish Countess Pol Heredian.”
Adolf clicked his tongue.
“Ines. I hope the trial is not pushed too hard.”
“I am absolutely not pushing it, so don’t worry.”
It’s no problem to abuse and kill illegitimate children in noble families. So there was no particular reason for Lady Anne to be punished for abusing Lorencia. But the situation changed when Ruans threw the white glove at Lorirolls.
The initial rumors were of a dirty love triangle scandal. Because of that, the image of the imperial family hit rock bottom. Ines pondered to handle the situation. So she met with Felena, whom she really didn’t want to meet, and had a conversation.
Felena said simply.
Ines warned Felena. She was well aware that Ruans regularly met with many courtesans and young ladies. The reason Ruans’ bad rumors didn’t spread was because the Greican ducal family exerted their power.
The more Ines talked with Felena, the more frustrated she became. But recently, there was an incident that made her frustration turn into exhilaration. It was the duel of honor between Lorirolls and Ruans. Although the imperial family’s image hit the ground with Ruans’ defeat, the humiliation Felena would receive was immense.
To leave the palace, she needed permission from herself, the empress.
Ines smiled. Felena would pay the price for thinking easily and speaking simply by receiving humiliation. Just thinking about it greatly satisfied Ines. It was the first thrilling feeling she felt in the turbulent palace.
Even if she was an empress from a powerless marquis family, it’s not that she had no pride. But she lacked the power to assert her pride.
So she waited quietly.
‘A beast quietly waits and approaches before hunting.’
For the flow of high society to change. For that moment when the dynamics could be completely reversed.
And after Princess Charlotte of the Poloid Empire arrived, the dynamics began to change. Those dynamics were what Ines wanted. But she would not hastily entrust herself to them. That was one of the things she learned in the palace.
Ines smiled and said to Adolf.
“There is not a single thing Your Majesty needs to worry about.”
[This is the timeline separator]When a noble woman who committed a crime is put on trial, the imperial family directly decides the punishment. Originally, all members of the imperial family had to participate, but Felena went down to the Greican ducal territory with Ruans. And Adrian was busy with urgent affairs with Adolf.
As a result, the only person presiding over Anne’s trial was Empress Ines.
But Anne was furious at the unexpected situation.
“Why is that filthy illegitimate bitch at the trial? Your Majesty the Empress!”
Anne could understand Charlotte participating in the trial as the future crown princess, but she never imagined that Lorencia, who made her like this, would also participate.
Just kneeling down to Lorencia in front of the knights and bowing her head to her was enough to tear Anne’s pride to shreds. Anne gritted her teeth so hard that grinding noises could be heard.
“Your Majesty the Empress! Making me kneel before an illegitimate child is too much!”
Anne raised her head and glared at Lorencia as if she would kill her. She looked very different from when she last saw her. She was wearing a bright smile, elegant demeanor, and expensive dresses and accessories.
Anne smirked at Lorencia with one corner of her mouth raised crookedly. Once her trial was over, she would soon return to the Pol Heredian estate. Then it was obvious that the miserable Lorencia would return.
“Lady Lorencia.”
“Yes. Your Majesty the Empress.”
“Lady Anne seems to be curious about many things. I will allow you to speak on my behalf.”
“Thank you for allowing me to speak. Your Majesty the Empress.”
The knights took a step back. Lorencia approached Anne. She bent her waist and whispered lowly into her ear so only she could hear.
“You must have wished for Illina to become a happy crown princess.”
Lorencia’s tone evoked curiosity. As if what Anne wanted most would not come true. Anne trembled as she looked up at Lorencia, who had slowly approached her.
She really hated seeing Lorencia smiling brightly like that. The illegitimate Lorencia, who was confined to her room and beaten, should always have a crying face. She shouldn’t be smiling so happily like that!
“You filthy illegitimate child. What do you want to say to me? I already became the worst villainess as you wanted!”
“It seems that was not enough for me.”
“Lorencia!”
Seeing Anne’s bloodshot eyes, Lorencia gave a deep smile.
“You heard the story of how a robber broke into Young Master Lorirolls’ residence and brutally murdered him, right?”
“What does Young Master Lorirolls being murdered have to do with a filthy illegitimate child like you being in this sacred trial place?”
The deeper Lorencia’s smile became, the more Anne’s insides twisted. Hot anger boiled up from her heart.
“It has a lot to do with it. Lady Anne.”
Lorirolls bet all his money and jewelry that he would win the wager in the duel of honor against Ruans. As a result, he made a lot of money. Of course, money wasn’t the only thing he gained. By winning the duel, he also regained his honor.
Lorirolls not only won the duel against Ruans, but he even attributed that glory to Lorencia.
The people who watched their duel, which was embarrassing even to the onlookers, mocked Ruans’ defeat. It was the ultimate humiliation. Naturally, the image of the imperial family was damaged.
“Why was Young Master Lorirolls murdered?”
“Why are you asking me that?”
Ruans left the training grounds, trembling all over and glaring at Lorirolls as if he would kill him. Knowing his temper, Lorencia had a premonition that something would happen.
And when she heard that Lorirolls had been brutally murdered, the person who naturally came to mind was Ruans.
“What does his death have to do with our Illina?”
“While investigating the murdered Lorirolls’ residence, I discovered something very interesting. Of course, it won’t be fun for Lady Anne to hear the story.”
“Lorencia! You filthy monster! What do you want to say!”
“You must be curious. Right?”
Lorencia sighed leisurely like someone who recalled many forgotten things after much thought.
“Young Master Lorirolls was keeping letters that smelled of jasmine.”
“Le…Letters?”
Anne remembered that Illina used to spray jasmine perfume on stationery when sending letters to people. An ominous premonition flashed through Anne’s mind.
“Are you pretending not to know? The letters Illina sent to Young Master Lorirolls.”
Anne lowered her head once, then slowly raised it towards Lorencia. Unlike before, Lorencia was coldly looking down at her without any expression.
“Lady Anne, you never sent a single letter to Young Master Lorirolls.”
Anne’s eyes widened as if they would tear.
“Let me explain so you remember. Who was the person who sent letters to him telling him to insult the illegitimate child of the Pol Heredian family? Lady Anne.”
“No. Those letters must not be revealed!”
“It seems you finally remembered.”
Anne’s complexion turned pale blue. Come to think of it, she remembered that Illina had sent letters to Lorirolls. If those letters were revealed, it would be the end of Illina’s life as both the crown princess and a young lady in high society. There was no point in her going to the convent.
“I was the one who sent the letters to Young Master Lorirolls! I sent them, not our Illina!”
Anne started screaming.
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Ex-husband Wants Reconciliation (Female-dominant)
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.
Synopsis:
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.
He even had his eyes on another woman.
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.
Su Mu expressed her disdain.
This life’s kindness was enough. If there was a next life, she would definitely kick Yan Jiyue away.
She also wanted to embrace Xie Yi, who had silently stayed by her side in her previous life and committed suicide by taking poison after her death.
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.”
[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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