Anyway, she had been given an opportunity, so she had to make the most of it. Afraid that Klein might sober up, she poured another glass of alcohol and tried one of the questions she had prepared.
“What do you think of me?”
[Her Majesty is smitten with me.]“Me? Really?”
[Yes. Her Majesty loves me. She longs for me. It would be better if she expressed this. It feels like I’m the only one in love.]‘What is he saying?’
Latil, hearing Klein’s overly confident inner thoughts, laughed before asking again.
“What do you think about the death of the former Emperor?”
This time, it was a more serious and heavy topic, one that she wanted to ask her consorts while formulating this plan.
However, Klein didn’t answer right away.
‘Did he wake up?’
Latil lightly pressed the drooping face of the drunk Klein to check if he had sobered up in the meantime.
Luckily, he wasn’t awake, and his inner thoughts came through.
[I know how sad Her Majesty must have been when her father passed away.]“!”
[My brother didn’t have a chance to grieve properly when our father died because it was such a sudden situation. When I tried to console him, asking if he was okay, he refused, saying the emperor didn’t need such consolation. Bastard. Do I look so competent?]‘Didn’t Hyacinth get along with him?’
[……I can’t console Her Majesty either, for fear she would feel the same.]“!”
[It must be hard if she can’t even show her sadness when she’s grieving.]Latil looked down at Klein with a complicated gaze. Klein had stopped thinking and was just breathing heavily, and then he ended up laying his face on the table.
Watching his cheek flatten out like a glutinous rice cake against the table, Latil sighed and patted his shoulder.
Something she hadn’t thought of before came to her after hearing Klein’s words just now. That she wasn’t by Hyacinth’s side in his most difficult moments.
That even Hyacinth, whom she had only seen as a traitor, must have had moments of suffering every night, crying.
And Klein. She had suspected that he might be a spy sent by Hyacinth, but Klein seemed to treat Latil more sincerely and seriously than anyone else.
‘You are definitely not the culprit, are you?’
Could there be such a strange thing? That the younger brother of her exboyfriend, who had backstabbed her, turned out to be the most trustworthy person.
Latil stood up from her seat after patting Klein’s shoulder. She told Klein’s servant to take care of him, and was about to return to her room.
“Your Majesty.”
But when Klein called Latil in his sleepy voice and reached out, asking her not to leave, she couldn’t just leave him there.
Even though the hand that caught her had no strength, she couldn’t flinch.
“You weirdo.”
Unable to do anything, she held him in her arms and patted his back.
“You really are a strange person, you know?”
[This is the time separator]‘At least Klein definitely has nothing to do with the grave or the letter. He just thinks about wanting to comfort me.’
The next day.
Latil found Klein, who had been the only one to show her his inner thoughts, charming, so she asked him for a favor when she visited him to test the earrings.
“Can you make something like a charm?”
“Of course.”
“Could you make me one? There was a child named Klein in the harem who cherished your amulet very much. But, he lost it after coming here.”
The prime minister happily agreed and quickly made two amulets and offered them.
“I only need one.”
As Latil murmured this while accepting the amulet, the prime minister directly hung one of them around Latil’s neck like a necklace.
“You should keep one too, Your Majesty. They are said to be quite effective.”
“Thank you.”
As Latil said this while tucking the amulet into her clothes, the prime minister smiled happily and waved his hand.
“It’s no trouble at all. But why did you bring alcohol?”
“Huh? Ah, let’s drink together.”
“The clergy are forbidden from drinking.”
“What are you talking about? Didn’t you want to sleep with me after stripping naked? Didn’t you also work as a dealer at the casino?”
“There is no law that says I can’t sleep with the emperor, or that I can’t deal at the casino. But it does say that I shouldn’t drink.”
Latil thought this was absurd, but the prime minister was surprisingly adamant about this issue.
“I can entertain you while you drink.”
“Do I look like a fool….”
“Ah. What should I do if you try to seduce me while you are drunk? Should I accept it as your will or should I knock you out thinking it’s the alcohol’s influence?”
Even as he asked this, the prime minister started unbuttoning his clothes.
Upon seeing his muscular arms, Latil remembered the scene where he knocked out the attackers and quickly stood up.
“I won’t drink with you.”
[This is the time separator]After that, Latil went straight to find Klein.
“Klein. Can we drink together?”
“Master. Of course.”
Klein did not refuse. Rather, he smiled faintly and came closer, burying his face in Latil’s neck and whispered as if pleased.
“I was thinking when you would come to me after hearing that you were touring the harem.”
Just as Latil was about to pat his back at those words…
“Klein?”
Klein, who was fine until a moment ago, suddenly collapsed.
“Klein!”
What’s more, the fallen Klein’s already pale face turned even paler, as if he was about to die any moment. All of this happened in the blink of an eye.
Surprised, Latil picked up Klein and shouted towards the door.
“Get the royal doctor! Quickly!”
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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