But I couldn’t leave her in the capital either. If this continued, His Majesty’s wrath could soon reach her. She is at home now, using my illness as an excuse, but if it drags on, even that could become an excuse.
Therefore, there was only one choice left for me: to die in my daughter’s place.
As long as I am alive, even if His Majesty forgives me, that favor will return to me. But if I die, then His Majesty might forgive my daughter instead.
So, I have been calculating the best time to die since I was confined. Too early is not good, as dying when His Majesty’s anger is at its peak would mean passing on the anger instead of favor.
Too late is also not good, as dying after His Majesty’s anger has subsided would not earn his pity for my daughter.
After thorough calculation, now is the time. For this, I have even stopped eating these past few days. All that’s left is to end it swiftly.
“The last thing will be…”
My gaze settled on the letter I was still holding. Yes, this would be the best item to mark the end. The memories from that time are too precious to end with something I received during those good days.
I deeply bowed toward the last royal edict.
“May you enjoy a long, unbroken reign, Your Majesty.”
My only wish is that there will be no more victims like me in His Majesty’s reign.
All the love, hatred, anger, I will carry them to the afterlife. Thus, may they never brush even the hem of your robe again, not in life, nor in death.
That is my earnest prayer.
“…Having sighed and reached her end, she was sixty-five years old. After the death of Yi Baek Yeon, the Jin Empire began to walk the path of ruin.”
I closed the book after reading the last line with emphasis.
What I was reading was “The Chronicles of Yi Baek Yeon,” a biographical account of a figure from the Jin Empire, which perished fifteen hundred years ago.
And it was my past life.
“There’s no way it could have been so simple…”
‘Yi Baek Yeon’ was my past life, but my actual death differed from the recorded version.
The records depicted a death due to illness, but in reality, I had taken my own life.
It was not surprising that the record did not remain true to the facts. It wasn’t my fault, and if a person of immense power, second in command, was dismissed and committed suicide after merely suggesting a proper selection of a successor, that would be a matter to be hushed.
I was curious about how many truly knew the reason for my real death.
My daughter must have known since she took care of my body. And since she couldn’t have done it alone, maybe two or three servants knew as well.
“But what about you?”
What about His Majesty? That was harder to be certain of.
Usually, he would have definitely known. He would have come to my funeral and seen my body. But what about then? At that time, when his uncollected favor, baseless anger, and irrational reprimands were all mixed up.
Did you, at that time, come to see me? Or did you turn away from me until the moment I was buried in the ground?
“……Ah, who knows.”
I shook my head to clear my thoughts. After all, it wasn’t important who knew about my death now.
Those who knew and those who didn’t have all equally returned to the earth. It’s been a time when even the empire has fallen and fifteen hundred years have passed.
Now, it really didn’t matter anymore. Even though the fervent wishes for His Majesty’s long life and the empire’s eternity were both unfulfilled.
I just hope that His Majesty’s last moments were peaceful, without any regrets or remorse.
Having checked what I wanted to, offered my late prayers, I was about to get up when I encountered a very big problem.
“I have to wait until someone comes…….(I have to wait until someone comes…….)”
I realized my feet didn’t touch the ground. When I first came to the library, the nanny helped me pick books and sit down, so I only realized it now.
Yes, that’s right. The unbeatable commander, the loyal minister of the century, the renowned prime minister, recorded as ‘Yi Baek Yeon,’ now had the form of a three-year-old child. Unable even to get down from the chair on my own.
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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