“The Mercenary King suddenly fled in the name of love, while Guesta received favor from the Emperor. Ranamun lay down saying he was sick to avoid His Majesty. And Tasir, as well as the Chancellor, suddenly stopped coming to us, I wondered why.”
As Tasir, who had been walking around saying he wanted to take a walk, suddenly started mumbling strange words in front of strange scribbles, attendant Hiellan frowned.
“Chancellor, if you murmur to yourself while staring at a wall, it scares the people next to you. And why did you leave out Prince Klein? Is he being neglected?”
Hiellan didn’t know that this scribble was a secret symbol of the Black Forest, so he had no choice but to react this way.
But to Tasir, this scribble looked like ‘Black market, flatfish, Ice Tasir with cream’. And the only person who could put these words together was… the real Emperor.
“No, I don’t know how it turned out this way.”
As Tasir murmured, Hiellan did the same.
“Exactly. I don’t know how you ended up like this.”
He thought he got along well with the Emperor. Suddenly, the Emperor cut off visits to Tasir and often called Guesta to walk or dine together. He didn’t come at night, but it was enough to say that the scale of favoritism had changed.
But the Chancellor, instead of using his head, calmly looked at the wall and mumbled unnecessary words, making Hiellan feel frustrated.
Tasir, seeing this, chuckled and patted Hiellan on the back.
“Crisis is an opportunity. Not my crisis, but an opportunity has come anyway.”
“What are you talking about?”
“The current Emperor is a fake.”
Tasir, after throwing out this bombshell, turned around and strode away, leaving Hiellan standing there in a daze.
It was such a shocking statement that he couldn’t understand it immediately. It was only after Tasir had gone far ahead that Hiellan sprang up. He rushed to Tasir’s side and lowered his voice.
“Is it really?”
“Yes. He is in the capital of Karisen.”
“You figured that out by looking at that scribble? But, where are you going now? This isn’t the way to your quarters?”
If the current Emperor really is a fake, shouldn’t he immediately inform the High Priest and devise a strategy? You should gather all the smart people from the High Priest’s office and prepare. The place Tasir was going to was…
“Why are you going to Ranamun’s room?”
It was Ranamun’s room.
“Hiellan.”
“Yes, Chancellor.”
“Bring the Chancellor.”
“What?”
[This is the time separator]Hiellan, who had called the Chancellor and gone to Ranamun’s room, was able to hear why Tasir had asked him to bring the two people.
“The current Emperor is a fake. And I suspect that our Ranamun and the Chancellor also know this fact. I think we should do something with the people who know the truth, so I want to have a conversation with you two.”
Tasir seemed to guess that Ranamun’s sudden avoidance of the Emperor was because he knew the truth.
No, no matter what, how can he proceed like this? How can he be sure whether Ranamun is truly sick or avoiding the Emperor because he knows he’s a fake?
Hiellan glanced at Ranamun, half amazed and half flustered by the Chancellor’s powerful drive.
Fortunately, Ranamun was as expressionless as usual. Since he wasn’t surprised at all, it seemed that Tasir’s words were true.
Then, did the Chancellor also know about it already? Surprised, Hiellan looked at the Chancellor and found that his expression was almost identical to his own.
The deputy minister seemed to open his mouth as if it was the first time he had heard the story, but quickly closed it when his eyes met with Hylan.
‘He didn’t know about it.’
Well, there were no rumors circulating about the deputy minister. So why did the young master specifically ask the deputy minister to come?
If the deputy minister didn’t know about this, it would be dangerous to involve him in this situation, even if Ranamun was okay with it, wouldn’t it?
Unable to understand the young master’s intentions, Hylan frowned. Meanwhile, Tasir comfortably took a seat at the table, casually putting his fingers together.
Soon, the three men sat facing each other around the round table.
Hylan looked anxiously at Tasir, wondering what the young master was going to say. Ranamun, possibly sharing the same concerns, asked coldly.
“Do you happen to know Her Majesty’s whereabouts? Is that why you came looking for me?”
Tasir raised an eyebrow.
“No way. I don’t know that much either.”
And a natural lie followed. If Hylan hadn’t heard about the capital of Karisen earlier, he would have thought it was the truth due to how calm the lie was.
Hylan was even more puzzled. No, looking at him now, it doesn’t seem like the young master is honestly trying to resolve the matter. What is the young master trying to do by bringing the deputy minister and Ranamun here?
[This is the time separator]Having heard directly from Carlein, a stranger, that he didn’t know, Ainy still came looking for him again.
By this point, Latil was starting to suspect that Ainy was forcing himself on Carlein out of infatuation.
“Are you by any chance not human?”
Moreover, this time she came and asked an even stranger question.
As Carlein made an uncomfortable expression, Ainy turned away with a pained look. However, this time, Latil felt a little more severe than pity.
‘Why does she keep doing that when he said he’s not?’
Eventually, Latil ordered Carlein to do something else, and she followed Ainy who had gone outside.
“Your Majesty the Empress. I hope you’ll excuse me.”
When Latil called out from behind, Ainy, who had been lost in thought, stopped walking.
“What’s the matter?”
Although their relationship was objectively awkward, Latil still liked Ainy. That’s why Latil had been ignoring Ainy’s strange questions to Carlein.
But if Ainy continued like this, it would not only harm her own reputation, but also cause trouble for Carlein.
If Ainy didn’t care about the public’s eye and approached Carlein, it was only her reputation at stake. But for Carlein, he had to respond to the Empress out of necessity, and it was too much if his reputation fell because of it.
“I came to ask a favor. I hope you won’t take my words too harshly.”
At Latil’s words, Ainy nodded as if to tell her to speak.
Latil hesitated for a moment because she felt sorry to say it directly even though she was upset. But if she didn’t clearly draw a line, both Ainy and Carlein would be caught in false rumors. With her mind made up, Latil made her request.
“You seem to visit quite often, Your Majesty the Empress. Carlein is uncomfortable, so if you have no other business, I’d appreciate it if you didn’t come by anymore.”
When scheming men desperately battle for her favor in the male harem
This one’s also on my reread list! The rivalry, scheming between the men in the imperial harem are just as intense and thrilling as in classic palace drama novels, where concubines fight to the death. Give it a read, girls! I promise you won’t be disappointed.
Synopsis:
“I am not worthy of her… but I still want to be by her side, even if only as a loyal dog…”
Those were the painful whispers of Yue Guanyi – the proud Crown Prince of the Great Qi, who was torn between deep love and a guilty conscience. Despite holding the supreme power of the Imperial Guard, he still could not forget the dark past when he was sold into a brothel.
Fate played a cruel twist when Qiu Shuzhi – a young female official who had just passed the imperial examinations with top honors – stepped into his life. She did not know that she was the one who had saved him from a tragic fate many years ago. And now, her heart was the target of pursuit for both Yue Guanyi and the powerful Empress Dowager Qin Qing.
While Yue Guanyi only dared to silently care for and protect the one he loved from afar, the Empress Dowager Qin Qing openly expressed his feelings and did not hesitate to take advantage of his power to approach Qiu Shuzhi. The covert struggle between the two most powerful forces in the imperial court began…
Trigger warning: All men in this novel are yandere style.
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