Latil trusted Guesta. He was not one to poison someone.
However, Latil did not trust human nature. No matter how good a person is, they do not ignore anger, and no matter how good a person is, they have interests.
Guesta had been insulted by Klein several times, so she didn’t know whether she made this choice with a momentary upset mind, or to defend herself.
“Maybe it’s something someone who follows Guesta did, or another harem who wants to gain favor might have done.”
Depending on the thought, there were many people who could become criminals.
“What the hell.”
At the end of her worry, Latil secretly instructed her chef.
“Cool down the mushroom soup after boiling. Make it look like it was made a few days ago, not just made.”
“Should I make it taste a bit stale then?”
“That would be good. But don’t actually make it spoil.”
“I can make it taste stale without spoiling it, Your Majesty.”
As soon as the chef made the ‘mushroom soup that seemed to have been made a few days ago’, Latil tasted a spoonful and nodded.
“Good. It tastes like a garbage can. That will do.”
Was that a compliment? The chef was a little nervous, but thanked her and left with a bow.
“What are you going to use that for?”
Sonnaught asked because he didn’t understand what Latil was doing, but instead of explaining in detail, Latil just smiled and waved her spoon.
“I just have something to check.”
[This is the time separator]“Did you hear that?”
“The soup story?”
“Yeah. Prince Klein was supposed to eat the soup, but Ranamun ate it, and something was in it.”
“Was it poison?”
“Or a laxative?”
“I don’t know. Anyway, Ranamun seemed to have something wrong with his body after eating it. The poison seemed to be very strong. Luckily he only had a few sips so the soup is mostly left. Her Majesty was so angry when she found out that she took the soup back.”
The palace workers in the harem whispered together whenever they had a little break.
There were so many such people that even the palace workers who did not get along well with others eventually learned about the soup story as they went around.
“But why did Her Majesty take the soup?”
“Wouldn’t it be to investigate what was put in it? She needs to know that to treat Ranamun.”
“Can you know that by investigating the soup?”
Guesta’s servant, Tree, also naturally heard this story.
But unlike others who were only curious about the incident, Tree was enveloped in fear.
‘Ranamun ate poison? And Her Majesty took it?’
Ranamun was the eldest son of the noble Duke Atraxi, and Emperor Latrasil seemed to be lenient with her harem, but she was known to have a terrifying record.
As soon as she ascended the throne, she exiled her father’s favorite harem, and didn’t she immediately execute her halfbrothers who were fighting over the throne?
Emperor Latrasil was often gentle, but if you made a little mistake, she was the type to quickly cut you off.
Knowing that such a person was angry and took the poisoned soup, Tree couldn’t help but be scared.
“It’s okay. There’s no evidence. Even if I find out what kind of poison it is, that’s it.”
[This is the time separator]“Rumors? Did you spread them?”
“Yes. The whole harem is buzzing.”
However, those who talked about Latil, Ranamun, and mushroom soup would probably not know. That the source of that whispering rumor was Latil herself.
“Wouldn’t it have been better to interrogate them one by one?”
The chief servant spread the rumor as per Latil’s command, but she didn’t think it was a good method, so she carefully asked Latil.
She had no choice. Even the chief servant did not know exactly what that ‘medicine’ that Ranamun ate was.
If the chief servant knew the truth, she would have understood why Latil was trying to handle the matter quietly, but Latil did not tell the chief servant about it for Ranamun.
“I can’t make a fuss if the person himself doesn’t want it.”
“But I’m worried that the same thing will happen again if we handle it quietly like this.”
“I’ll think about that then.”
Latil lightly tapped the worried head servant’s shoulder and made a request.
“Please summon the consorts, excluding Ranamun, to the festival room, Count Sable.”
“Yes, Your Majesty.”
“Ah, and one more thing.”
“?”
[This is the time separator]About 30 minutes later. Latil, pondering the reason she would personally visit Karisen, gradually rose from her seat and walked towards the harem as she assumed all the consorts had gathered by then.
As expected, the consorts and their servants were all assembled in the room.
Carlein was as expressionless as usual, while Klein was yawning.
Guesta seemed uncomfortable with the crowd, whereas the regent was cheerfully exchanging jokes with Tasir. The two had quickly become close due to the regent’s assistance in healing Tasir.
And on a long table placed on one side of the room, there was ‘something’ covered with a round silver lid.
After examining the expressions of all the servants, Latil deliberately made her steps heard as she walked towards the head of the room.
“Has Your Majesty arrived?”
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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