Then, catching Latil’s eye, Klein protested.
“This servant started it, he came and said awful things to me!”
Latil looked down at Guesta’s servant whose face was swollen like bread. The person had been thoroughly trampled in between, completely beaten to a pulp.
Holding back her tongue at the sight of the sorry state, Guesta rushed over and knelt before Latil.
“I’m sorry, Your Majesty.”
When Latil looked at him, Guesta hugged his servant, whimpering.
“It seems that Tri was angry and dared to say something he shouldn’t have to Prince Klein.”
Even though Guesta was defending Klein despite his servant being unilaterally assaulted, the spectators who saw his kindhearted and pitiful figure sighed in admiration.
Klein stared at Guesta, his face turning red.
“What happened?”
She had heard the situation from the knight, but she still needed to hear it from the people involved. Instead of getting swept away by the atmosphere, Latil asked again.
Klein clenched his fist and grinded his teeth as he spoke.
“Someone from the second floor dumped water on me, and this damn servant named Tri or something came to confront me rudely.”
“What did he say?”
“He poured out all sorts of insults, such as I wouldn’t last long before Your Majesty dumped me, that being from Karisen I was violent, that there were rumors I had nothing in my head and it was just as the rumors said.”
Guesta opened his eyes wide and rebutted.
“Our Tri wouldn’t do that, Your Majesty.”
“No, your damn tree did just that!”
Latil waved her hand in the air. If the servant’s tirade was true, then Klein had reason to be so angry. Usually, rather than venting their anger directly like this, they would impose punishment through their power.
The problem was that even if those words were spoken, there was no way that servant would admit it, so there was no way to verify Klein’s statement. And furthermore…
“Guesta. Why did your servant say that Klein was the one who dumped the water?”
The servant, who had been lying exhausted, somehow managed to lift his body and answered on behalf.
“Just before, Prince Klein made a fuss over Guesta spilling water by accident, so given the circumstances, it could only have been Prince Klein.”
Klein immediately refuted.
“I’ve been here all along!”
However, the servant glared at him and added.
“Anyone could have been ordered to dump the water, it doesn’t necessarily mean Prince Klein had to do it personally.”
Latil pressed her throbbing temples and asked Klein.
“Is it true?”
“No!”
Klein shouted firmly, hesitated for a moment, then confessed.
“I had been thinking of revenge, but I hadn’t acted yet.”
“……Did you even have the intent to do that?”
“A little.”
As Latil opened her mouth and stared, Klein frowned and grumbled.
“That fellow definitely sprayed water in my direction, Your Majesty.”
Latil let out a sigh. She thought it would be okay if the consorts fought amongst themselves to some extent. Surprisingly, it was a headache just being in between them.
Perhaps because their personalities were too individualistic. It was not a quiet underwater struggle, but an outright fistfight and foot fight. This was absolutely…
When did fistfighting become a struggle? This time, Latil looked alternately at Klein and Guesta and asked.
“You both claim different things, but from what I hear, both seem plausible? Among the two of you, did anyone act with evidence rather than suspicion?”
“……”
“……”
Guesta and Klein fell silent. Seeing their response, Latil asked again.
“Choose. We let it slide as it is for both. Or, Klein gets punished for hitting Guesta’s servant, and Guesta’s servant for insulting Klein. Both will be punished.”
The Male lead Always Seduces Her with His Beauty (Matriarchy)
Xin Jiao Zhou is the leader of the world’s premier sect. She has just experienced betrayal from all sides, was poisoned in an assassination attempt, and faced death squad attacks while the poison was taking effect. After finally clearing out the scum from her sect, she was drugged again while trying to detoxify.
After waking up from a night of unconsciousness, she gained a “beautiful and kind-hearted” husband.
Xin Jiao Zhou: “???”
He fell ill.
She came to see him, bringing breakfast.
As she put down the breakfast and was about to leave, his hand slipped while holding the spoon. “Clank!”
She turned around upon hearing the noise.
He looked up at her, his eyebrows drooping: “My hand… has no strength.”
“Shall I… feed you?” she asked tentatively.
He opened his mouth cheerfully: “Ah—”
Thinking she was drowning, he jumped in without hesitation to save her, but nearly drowned himself. In the end, it was she who swam over to rescue him, giving him air underwater.
After emerging from the water, his ear tips turned red. He lightly brushed his cheek, tucking his sideburns behind his ear, revealing delicate, pink-tinged ear tips. He lowered his gaze, too embarrassed to look at her.
Xin Jiao Zhou: He’s truly beautiful, kind-hearted, and adorable.
A certain someone when disciplining subordinates behind the scenes: “If they don’t obey, just kill them.”
What’s that? She might already have someone she cares about in her heart? A certain someone: Find out who it is, kill them, and then there won’t be anyone.
What? She met a man by the riverside? What? That man even hurt her? A certain someone: Whichever hand hurt her, chop off his entire arm.
Love at first sight without realizing it, gradually falling in love, slowly getting closer…
Family and national grudges, schemes and desires, good and evil, crime and punishment, she and he face the future together, seeking justice with passion!
A naturally dark female lead who could accidentally destroy the world but is actually an honest person VS a weak, pitiful, and helpless but skilled fighter, beautiful white-cut black male lead
My heart is not of stone, how steadfast is your love? — Tao Yuanming “Imitating the Ancients (No. 3)”
— Reading Guide —
Cold female lead & dramatic black lotus with hidden yandere traits male lead
