Blake’s advice wasn’t all that serious.
In other words, it was almost mocking as always.
Blake was a cynic, and he did not hesitate to bring sarcasm to Lizaina.
So Lizaina, as usual, halfignored Blake’s words and let out a hollow laugh.
“Brother, do you really think she can do that? Seriously?”
“I think it’s possible.”
“Ha, her? How?”
Half of the smile had now disappeared from Lizaina’s lips.
Because she realized that Blake was serious.
“It won’t make any difference even if she luckily manages to take the position of the Duchess of Ertman. Will anything change just because that foolish girl manages to gain a plausible position? She couldn’t even talk back to me when I pushed her into the pond.”
Lizaina was not utterly foolish.
At least she knew that a longfixed hierarchy wouldn’t easily change.
“Will anything change just because a girl who has always bowed her head to us steps out? They will just ignore her there as well.”
“That’s why you are called dull, Lizi.”
Blake clicked his tongue as if he found her pathetic.
“Haven’t you thought about it? That Odette might be acting?”
“……Acting? She might be able to be worldly?”
“Not just worldly. Really acting. Odette might be lying flat voluntarily, pretending to be without any power or ability, hiding a knife underneath her.”
“What are you talking about… Brother, haven’t you become too sensitive lately? Odette, a knife, really?”
Odette really didn’t have any power or ability.
What could Odette, who had been born as an illegitimate child and grew up stuck somewhere in the palace, do?
Lizaina didn’t think that Odette’s submissive faces were sincere.
But the reason Lizaina ignored Odette was simple.
“What does she have? Nothing at all.”
Even if Odette had some scheme, she lacked the ability to carry it out.
Let alone connections, she had no close nobles.
It was because Lizaina and Katarina had continuously blocked Odette from being active in the social circle.
So she had no substantial influence, no place to seek help.
Even within the palace, she needed to have some power.
Those who work in the palace tend to follow money and power.
And Odette had neither.
What could she possibly do?
“Even if she gets married to a decent noble and gains a plausible position, isolating her from the social circle is no big deal. She won’t be able to do anything. There’s no need to be on guard.”
Lizaina shrugged her shoulders as if it were no big deal.
“Besides, what… if today’s plan works, she will never be able to marry a decent noble. She will have to live with a husband as old as her father, who already has older sons.”
“So what if it doesn’t work out?”
“That won’t happen.”
At her nonchalant response, Blake chuckled.
“Really? That’s a relief.”
“What is?”
“That you have such a carefree thought. Even if the plan fails, you won’t be particularly resentful, will you?”
“What?!”
Lizaina’s face turned red in anger, and Blake laughed as if it were a joke.
Of course, he wasn’t laughing inside.
It had been about three months since they had barely driven away Crown Prince Cedric from the capital, the center of power, on the petty excuse of border inspection.
Blake was enjoying the most significant influence since he had entered society.
But that influence was not yet perfectly secure.
[Dash]”Mother, wasn’t it agreed to promote Broy Count as the Palace Chief on my recommendation? The Count is furious about what happened.” [Dash]”Silence Broy Count with appropriate compensation. It was almost done, but suddenly Duke Pavel pushed Albre… Tsk.”While Cedric was away, Katarina and Blake had been working to promote those they had captured to key positions within the palace.
So the influence that can be exercised increases, and it will become their foundation.
The problem is that, as soon as the work is about to begin, interference comes in like a ghost, somehow knowing.
[Dash]Is it Duke Pavel again? No, this time it’s Grimoar. How do they all know so well and interfere like that? [Dash]No matter how I look at it, it’s strange, Your Highness. I’ve blocked all the places that could leak, but… Even if the Crown Prince planted someone, such a quick response is not possible. [Dash]…There must be a spy in the lumbar region. Otherwise, it doesn’t make sense.It takes at least a week for contact to travel from where Cedric is at the border to here.
So, to respond in time, one must grasp the information faster than anyone else and convey it, and people in a position to do that were rare.
‘It’s difficult if it’s not Odette.’
Someone who can access the rumors circulating in the palace faster than anyone else, and who doesn’t feel suspicious just by inquiring about the rumors.
Odette was almost the only person who met that condition.
Only no one dared to think that she was Cedric’s spy because she kept herself so low.
‘But it’s a plausible story.’
Blake was already halfconvinced.
I don’t know how they managed to convey the story so quickly, but Odette was Cedric’s spy, conveying the affairs of the palace.
Male lead is a Destined Young Husband (Female-dominant)
One-sentence summary: Wife-master, listen to my explanation!
Li Ruantang, a young lady from a prestigious family, stumbled and fell. When she woke up, she saw a noble and beautiful young man sitting by her bedside, wiping away tears.
The young master had slightly reddened eyes, and his every move exuded charm.
The sight made Li Ruantang’s eyes hot and her heart flutter. After all, she had made a bet with the young master Meng from the neighboring family. If she couldn’t marry a husband before the end of the year, she would have to admit defeat and give up the jade she had worked so hard to obtain.
Outside the window, the flowers were in full bloom.
Rather than losing the bet, the jade, and her face, Li Ruantang calculated that it would be better to seek marriage with the young master in front of her, killing three birds with one stone.
…
Meng Jun never thought that an accident during a spring outing would lead to them rolling down a cliff and into a river, yet still survive.
Now they were trapped in an unknown village, and Meng Jun had overheard that the family who had rescued them had their own intentions.
After all, it was Li Ruantang who had lost her mind and sought marriage first. He was only trying to protect himself!
Glancing at Li Ruantang, who was listing her own merits, the young husband’s voice softened, and he blushed as he lied, “W-wife-master, Wife-master, don’t you remember me?”
The young husband’s voice was clear and handsome, coaxing Li Ruantang’s heart to be soft and sweet, and she spared no effort to protect him.
It wasn’t until they returned to the capital that Li Ruantang suddenly remembered.
When they had fallen off the cliff, in order not to implicate Wei Yunruo, whom he secretly admired, the young husband had instead pulled her, who was slightly farther away, down the cliff with him…
Short summary by Yuushi L: Initially, the male lead (ML) liked another girl, while the female lead (FL) liked the ML. Both fell off a cliff. The FL temporarily lost her memory, and the ML, fearing others might take advantage of him, claimed FL was his wife while they were staying in a village. Later, when they returned home, the FL regained her memories and remembered that the ML liked someone else, so she kept her distance from him. However, during their time living together in the countryside, the ML’s view of the FL had completely changed. From this point, his pursuit of the FL begins.
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