If the number of her supporters increased, she could go to the palace and boldly challenge the fake. Of course, even if she brought her supporters, the fake……her mother and brother might deny her, but she was confident that she would not be onesidedly attacked.
Then, Latil noticed a faint image emanating from Carlein and looked at him.
Carlein was having a nightmare, even though he hadn’t collapsed this time, and seemed to have weakened in spirit.
Latil approached the bed where he lay, sat down spreading her legs in front of it. Resting her head on the bed and looking at Carlein’s long fingers, a vague image appeared in her head, a different sensation from seeing with her eyes.
There were numerous red gems scattered on the floor, and on them was the woman ‘Domis’ lying. Her face couldn’t be seen, but it was probably that woman. And next to her was the lying Carlein……
‘He must have loved her a lot. It’s always this woman in his dreams.’
Latil was about to press Carlein’s fingertips with her nails, but pulled back for fear of waking him up. As she did, she heard a voice.
[I won’t make you love me in the next life.]It was a woman’s voice, choked with sadness. Domis? Was it her voice? But that woman is lying over there? Then who said this?
Just as she was beginning to feel puzzled, the vision was cut off. Latil looked at Carlein’s firm chin, got up, and walked to her own bed.
Although it was strange that the voice was cut off and she was curious about who said it, it wasn’t really important.
If she didn’t get some sleep soon, she might slip up at tomorrow’s breakfast, which would include even the Empress and children. So she should really get some sleep……
‘Huh?’
Latil felt a strange air seeping in through the crack in the window. She laid down on the bed, then stood up again. Pulling the curtain halfway, she looked outside to see a man in lavish clothes walking with smoke billowing from his feet.
‘What’s that?’
Where was the smoke coming from? She didn’t know what it was, but it seemed a bit suspicious, so Latil quietly opened the door and headed in the direction where the man had passed.
The figure of the man wasn’t visible, but smoke remained like a lump at the place where the man had passed by, so it wasn’t difficult to follow.
“He’s over there.”
The man was standing at the fountain. Upon hearing Latil’s footstep, he quickly turned his head, and his eyes opened wide as if he hadn’t intentionally left the smoke behind.
“Who are you?”
However, his expression soon turned fierce, and the man opened his mouth wide and charged at Latil at an incredible speed.
“Is that not a human?”
Latil, seeing the mouth opened about three times the size of an average person’s and the densely grown teeth in it, made a ‘euk’ sound and stepped back half a step.
While doing so, she quickly reached for her sword with her hand, but there was no sword.
“Damn it.”
At the moment when Latil, surprised by this, tried to kick him and roll her body to the side.
That bizarre man, as if suddenly obstructed by something, as if hitting an invisible wall, stepped back a few steps, trembled his head, and looked at Latil.
Latil had no understanding why that monster was doing that on his own.
But strangely enough, that monster of a man asked her with an even more surprised expression.
“You… monster. Who are you?”
After Being Cheated On, She Picked Up a Treasure (Female-dominant)
One-line summary: The husband I married on a whim had been secretly in love with me for a long time.
On the day when Jun Shao finally obtained the imperial decree for her marriage, Lan Qu, the person she had admired for six years, defied the decree and ran away.
Her gentleness and devotion, her promise of a lifetime together, were all disregarded by him. Instead, he dreamed of entering the palace to serve the Emperor’s sister as a sixth-rank attendant.
News of this incident spread throughout the capital, and the alleys in front of and behind the Lan mansion were crowded with people who came to watch the commotion.
Jun Shao should have been embarrassed and angry.
But someone stepped in to protect her dignity.
The figure was in a miserable state, yet still possessed an undeniable elegance and handsomeness.
The young lord struggled to climb the wall of the Lan mansion and shouted to her, “If he won’t marry you, I will!”
So, Jun Shao took advantage of the situation and married the person.
She thought the young lord did it to save the Lan family from the crime of defying the imperial decree, but never imagined that from beginning to end, what he coveted was her.
*
After the wedding, Jun Shao felt like she was living in a dream.
Her Wife-master was as beautiful as a fairy in a painting, skilled in the six arts, well-versed in poetry and literature, capable of being gentle and attentive, and also grand and dignified. Most importantly, she was the only one in his heart and eyes.
Jun Shao didn’t know how Lan Shiwu, as a illegitimate son without a father and blessed with beauty, had managed to preserve his purity, recklessly escape, and use his last ounce of strength to ruin his own reputation, all because of his love for her, just to stand before her.
She could only see him gazing at her with eyes full of love, and when she bestowed a name upon him, his eyes shone like stars.
“You have come to me like a weary bird perching on a branch. I shall call you A Qi.”
