What kind of child was she? Lachia looked down at her with anticipation.
Blanche slowly stroked her teacup with her tiny fingers. After a moment of either thinking or stalling, her small lips parted.
“You don’t wish for me to turn away from Her Majesty the Empress, do you?”
It was a confident statement. Lachia felt a pleasant surprise.
“That’s right. Despite what many think, I don’t want to be at odds with Liana.”
This was a delicate issue.
Lachia did desire power, but not in the way people thought, fighting with the Empress for it. Because, in the end, it would be a battle Liana would win.
Lachia’s reluctance to relinquish power was tolerated because the previous Emperor passed away too early.
If he hadn’t died, Lachia would still have been the reigning Empress. Plus, Liana herself seemed to lack ambition, making it acceptable for Lachia, now the Empress Dowager, to act like the Empress.
But what about in 10 or 20 years? If Liana then claims her rightful power as Empress and Emperor Berken supports her, what justification would Lachia have?
Lachia didn’t want to fight Liana for power. She needed means to check on the Empress, not for power but because the Empress was the Emperor’s vulnerable spot.
The difference between opposing the Empress for power and checking her because of the Emperor’s vulnerability is significant. The former means Lachia herself must confront the Empress, but the latter means any force could keep the Empress in check, not necessarily Lachia.
In fact, it was better for Lachia if the force checking the Empress wasn’t her. Being hostile to someone as influential as Liana was a big risk for the Empress Dowager.
But others couldn’t clearly distinguish between these two matters. They either failed to realize that Lachia was checking on Liana, like Liana herself, or they wrongly assumed that the Empress Dowager was hostile towards the Empress because of power struggles, leading to unnecessary conflicts between supporters of the Empress Dowager and the Empress. It was one or the other.
No one, except for her two sons who share her blood, had ever understood Lachia’s complex feelings in this regard.
To think that this child had discerned this from just a brief conversation was both surprising and pleasing.
“Princess Blanche, if you can serve as a bridge between me and the Empress, I will take care of whatever Liana or Melchizedek have not.”
Currently, there are four direct members of the royal family. To receive the favor of three of them – at this point, it doesn’t matter that Blanche is a princess of a minor country; even if she were a street urchin, no one could object. Moreover, as each of the three has different temperaments, they complement each other.
“Your kindness already overshadows the sea. If you need my help, do not hesitate to ask. I will gladly comply.”
Blanche had earlier used the phrase ‘troublesome matter,’ and her language was remarkably old-fashioned.
Even Melchizedek wasn’t quite like that, making Lachia wonder where Blanche had picked up such expressions. However, it wasn’t a matter of great importance, so Lachia just let Blanche’s manner of speaking pass without much thought.
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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