“You can’t go personally. I don’t want to see my daughter in a ridiculous situation. Go as the representative of the wedding and crumple that guy’s face. You must show him that ‘I don’t care about a guy like you!'”
The snorting Emperor asked the chief eunuch, grumbling that he wouldn’t have allowed Hyacinth’s study abroad if he had known this would happen.
“Isn’t it?”
“Yes, I think the same way.”
The chief eunuch responded with a wise smile on his lips. Latil sighed while alternating her gaze between her father and the chief eunuch.
“Okay. I’ll do it that way.”
[This is the time separator]About 3 weeks from then. Latil, as the representative of the wedding delegation, gave various orders.
‘Why am I preparing this with my own hands, when my fiancé is getting married to another woman?’
Of course, it wasn’t smooth. She often got frustrated while working. The gift prepared for Hyacinth made her want to stomp it on the ground every time she saw it.
The wooden gift symbolizing a harmonious couple was almost halfbroken. Harmonious indeed.
But Latil managed to suppress all those urges.
‘Calm down. I am not going as a delegation for Hyacinth, this is a delegation sent by the representative of the empire to another country’s representative. Doing such a thing will only feel good momentarily. It will only cost more to deal with it later.’
The Emperor proudly watched from a distance as Latil calmly led the work.
“I wish Latil wouldn’t go far even after getting married.”
“Yes. I hope she grows proudly as the pillar of the Tarium Empire after learning a lot by your side.”
However, not everyone looked at Latil’s patience calmly.
“It’s too cruel, father. Sending your daughter to her exfiancé’s wedding!”
Knowing the relationship between his sister and Hyacinth, Prince Leane protested to his father several times. He said Latil should not be sent as a wedding representative. However, his small rebellion didn’t last long.
“It would be better to see it with my own eyes once if it cannot be realized. It’s someone who I loved for years, and even missed. I spent two years at the shrine praying for that son of a bitch Hyacinth’s safety. We have to put an end to it.”
And finally, the day for the wedding delegation to leave for Karisen approached.
Latil firmly grasped the reins of her white horse. As she liked sports from a young age and practiced various martial arts, Latil was familiar with horse riding.
The delegation looked up proudly at the princess, who looked confident even on a large white horse.
“I’ll be back.”
After bidding farewell to her family, Latil signaled her party to depart.
During the long journey of 15 days, the party traveled smoothly. There were no bandits or robbers because of the large procession, and thanks to the capable manager’s perfect calculation of distance, there was no need to camp.
The group peacefully proceeded towards Karisen at a fast pace.
[This is the time separator]When they finally arrived in the capital of Karisen, Latil felt overwhelmed with sorrow. She knew she would come here one day, but not in this way.
She had naturally thought that she would go to the capital of Karisen to marry Hyacinth. She thought she would ride a golden carriage in a dazzling marriage procession, receiving the cheers of the people of Karisen.
“Hyacinth…”
However, everything had completely changed. She did indeed come with a marriage procession, but it wasn’t for her wedding. It was a delegation sent to celebrate someone else’s.
The abundant gifts in the carriage were not prepared by her father for her, but by Latil for the woman who would become Hyacinth’s bride.
Feeling her heart being torn, Latil held the reins tightly and gritted her teeth for a moment.
“Princess. Are you alright?”
The knight who was responsible for escorting the procession asked worryingly, but she didn’t have the strength to answer.
If she answered now, it would probably be a string of curses. The knight, who had grown up like a flower in a greenhouse, would find it hard to handle.
Latil stood still for a long time, then took a deep breath, slapped her cheeks with both hands, and gave an order.
“I’m fine. Let’s go now.”
Of course, she wasn’t fine at all. Upon arrival at the palace, she exchanged greetings with the person in charge of Karisen as the representative of the Tarium Empire delegation, but her mind was elsewhere.
“I didn’t expect the Princess herself to come.”
Even the kind words of the person in charge sounded like provocations to her, and she almost grabbed the poor man by the collar and scolded him.
‘Why? Are you uncomfortable because I, the exlover of the groom, came as part of the wedding delegation?’ she thought.
‘No, I shouldn’t. These people probably don’t even know that I had a relationship with Hyacinth.’
Latil controlled her restless fist, and fortunately, she succeeded.
“I have known His Majesty Hyacinth since we were in the Tarium Empire. I thought he would be glad that I came in person.”
“Of course. He would be very pleased to know that you have come as the head of the delegation.”
‘Bullshit.’
The person in charge of Karisen led Latil, who was the head of the delegation, and a few others to meet Hyacinth, while the rest of the party went in another direction to take care of the luggage and people.
“It’s chaotic right now as delegations from various countries are arriving. However, it would probably be better for foreign guests. The palace is usually desolate, but now it’s full of guests.”
Throughout the walk along the yellow corridor, the person in charge of Karisen told various stories, but Latil halflistened and halfignored, just swallowing her dry saliva.
With each step, her feet grew heavier. She suddenly regretted coming here and felt at a loss for what to say when she met Hyacinth.
Congratulations? But why did you change your mind arbitrarily? If you were going to change your mind, why didn’t you do it before I waited for so long? Was the time I spent with you a waste?
First of all, she decided to tread on his foot as the prince had suggested. With that determination, Latil glared at the back of the head of the Karisen’s person in charge.
Finally, the person in charge stopped in front of a certain door. Apparently, it had been prearranged, and instead of knocking, he just opened the door for her.
“Thank you.”
Straightening her shoulders, Latil walked into the room.
It seemed to be used for state affairs. There was a throne at the top of the room and long tables arranged below it. However, unlike other state affairs rooms, it had a more private feel to it.
Having looked around the room enough, Latil realized that she could no longer delay.
When did it start? Hyacinth had been standing dumbly, staring at her.
She almost ran to him and hugged him out of habit, but Latil restrained herself. She didn’t want to show any lingering feelings to the man who had left her.
“Latil… you came.”
However, as soon as the door closed, Hyacinth rushed over and hugged her. Nestled comfortably in his large arms, in his solid embrace, Latil froze. A faint hope surged foolishly.
But Latil raised her hand and pushed him away. She abruptly cut off Hyacinth’s attempt to caress her face with both hands and said,
“I’ll give you five minutes from now. Explain. Why did you ask me to come?”
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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