“Enough with the greetings. I need you to substitute for this kid’s quilt.”
As Casa sat at the head of Evelia’s bed and raised the surrounding temperature, the satisfied Water King, Elraim, stroked Evelia’s head.
“Call me, Evelia. I’ll be waiting.”
In the place where the man left, the faint moonlight filled the room as if no one had ever visited.
[Star Icon][Star Icon][Star Icon]Evelia was growing up robustly, basking in the excessive love of the Artila Ducal family and their servants.
The memories of her previous life were almost faint now. She was no longer ashamed of fully enjoying the privileges of being a baby.
It was about a month before Evelia’s first birthday, the early spring, about eight months after Arkani’s return.
Duke Hugo Artina requested an audience with Emperor Calleil of the Arcadia Empire to solve the problem of a lifetime.
Emperor Calleil and Hugo were comrades who had bled and sweated together in many wars, trusted each other without a moment’s hesitation, and were friends who had practiced swordsmanship together from a very young age, even putting everything aside.
However, after Calleil became the emperor, he always thought it was inappropriate for a sovereign and his servant to be too informal, because it could undermine the emperor’s authority. Therefore, he maintained a certain distance, but Hugo had been frequently visiting Calleil’s office for about a year.
Most of the conversations were like ‘Our baby is waiting, I will leave work a bit early today.’ or ‘Eve finally called me daddy yesterday.’ Though these visits were purely to brag about his daughter, Calleil was satisfied with it.
“Your Majesty, Duke Artina is here!”
What does he want to brag about today?
“Let him in!”
Emperor Calleil, who always looked forward to meeting his only friend, accepted the audience request without a moment’s hesitation.
The heavy office door opened, and Duke Artina, who seemed to receive all the sun’s rays alone, entered and bowed his head.
That guy doesn’t age at all. Such an unfortunate child.
“Sun of Arcadia, I greet His Majesty the Emperor.”
“Oh How formal you are. It’s just the two of us. What etiquette are you talking about? Sit down, Duke.”
Calleil waved his hand and pushed the silver tableware towards Hugo.
“Take this. This time, from the Kingdom of Geos, a fruit called Citri ([Star Icon] a mix of orange and lime, sour but surprisingly high in sugar) was introduced, and I thought of the Duke, so I stocked it up.”
Though it was not a tone suitable for the status of the Emperor, Calleil was skilled in keeping the balance between dignity and lightheartedness. Hugo casually picked up the Citri with satisfaction and opened his mouth.
“Your Majesty, I have a request.”
“A request? What can you possibly lack? Speak whatever it is. I will listen to anything unless it’s a request to leave my public duties.”
“Lend me the imperial palace ballroom. Twice.”
Huh? Is it time to crown the crown prince already? I must be hearing nonsense.
“What did you say, Duke? I think I heard wrong.”
“If you heard that I’m asking for the ballroom, then you heard correctly.”
“The ballroom?!”
There was a reason why the Emperor was so surprised.
The imperial palace ballroom could be used by anyone with the Emperor’s permission, but it was customary to use it only for the national founding festival or the Emperor’s birthday for hundreds of years.
It was surprising to hear Hugo, as stubborn as he was, breaking convention to ask for the ballroom… It was as astonishing as a fairy and a demon falling in love.
“No, um… Lending my palace’s ballroom is not a problem. Any sane nobles would know well that this empire is maintained by the blood of which family, so there would be none who would object to the generous favor I grant you.”
Just like his usually jovial personality, Emperor Carlysle readily agreed to Hugo’s request.
However, unable to curb his curiosity, he leaned toward Hugo, his eyes sparkling as he asked,
“But why the sudden need for a ballroom? Is Arkhan already planning an engagement ceremony?”
The Emperor thought, to rent my palace’s ballroom, it should at least be the future duke’s wedding or perhaps an engagement ceremony!
“If it was Arkhan’s engagement ceremony, why would we rent the ballroom. We would just do it at the duke’s residence.”
Hugo tilted his head, answering as if he was saying something incomprehensible,
“It’s our Eve’s first birthday in a month.”
This time, he spoke in a tone as if it was only natural to borrow the palace’s ballroom.
…Using my ballroom for not the future duke’s wedding, nor even an engagement ceremony, but for the princess’s first birthday party?
“Duke,”
The emperor, about to say ‘have you gone mad?’, saw the unwavering gaze of Hugo and abruptly changed what he was about to say.
“But why twice?”
“Reservation for our Eve’s social debut in the future. We’re just booking in advance.”
“…..”
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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