“Are you truly giving your consent?”
It was in his nature to be meticulous until the end.
“Yes!”
Richard yelled at his son, who resembled him too closely.
“If I had known it would be like this, I would have had another son.”
“The look you had earlier wasn’t that of someone who wanted a daughter. Did you hope for Luana to be a son?”
The Emperor sharply jerked his head, as if he had heard something appalling.
“Luana is my love; how dare you!”
One could easily see how much the parents loved their new daughter. Lucas was simply grateful for his sister, who filled the void.
“Has Her Highness agreed to the wedding?”
Richard suddenly recalled the chaos of the engagement ceremony. Although six years had passed, it was not something easily forgotten.
The engagement had been audacious, to say the least, with both parties snickering at each other.
“From what I remember, never…”
“Don’t worry about Her Highness.”
Lucas smirked, a knowing smile on his lips.
“Very suspicious.”
“There will be no problem in holding the wedding ceremony. There’s no need to serenade Serena for a whole year like in Abamama.”
Truly, a cheeky son isn’t cute. Richard scowled and clicked his tongue.
“Fine, but if you teach Luana that cheeky tone, I won’t let you off.”
For Lucas, once he matured to some extent, Richard could let go, but Luana was currently too precious.
If that lovely child were to disrespect the Emperor like Lucas, Richard’s heart would crumble.
“The Empress has missed you terribly; go and talk to her.”
Richard said, waving his hand. Both were parents, yet the affection they had for the Empress differed from that for their fully grown son.
“I apologize for being reckless all this while.”
Lucas finally let out what he had been keeping inside. At this, Richard slowly nodded his head. At this point, he felt that he had raised his successor properly.
“After the wedding, I will fulfill my duties as the Crown Prince.”
“Yes, you should.”
In the end, Lucas had no plans to step back when it came to the marriage issue. And who could blame him? Even Richard in his youth had been stubborn about Adeline and had thereby achieved his current happiness.
“Go to the Empress now.”
“Yes.”
As Lucas saluted and left the royal chamber, Richard’s eyes slightly narrowed.
“Indeed, he is exactly like me in my prime.”
Pride for his matured son was evident in his murmur. Now, no one could deny that the Thern Empire had a strong heir.
Several days later, a newspaper arrived in Astel, detailing how magnificent the Crown Prince’s return had been and how he had captivated the hearts of the people in one go.
“Seems a bit exaggerated.”
The Crown Prince, as portrayed by the portrait artist, was entering the royal palace on horseback, exuding such dignity that one couldn’t help but feel his majesty.
However, her attention was only momentarily captured by the portrait; she grew agitated upon seeing the bold letters that emphasized an impending national crisis.
“I did say I’d accept the outcome, but…”
Serena had never expected that the royal family, the Papal State, and even her father would take the Crown Prince’s side.
“So, do I just take it at face value and let it go?”
Serena still couldn’t forget his appearance at her bedroom window. His gaze had seemed so romantic at the time, but his sudden departure now made it all feel like a lie, which made her even angrier.
“Let’s see who’s going to marry me decently.”
Though it was a statement she couldn’t dare make regarding the Crown Prince, she had already kicked such a noble person’s shin, so there was nothing more to fear.
“Miss, Miss…!”
Anna hurriedly ran toward Serena, who was exhaling frustrated breaths alone.
“What? Don’t tell me there’s more bad news.”
“No, the Duke has just arrived!”
Serena blinked slowly. She wasn’t this surprised even when she heard the Crown Prince had come. Could it really be that the free spirit, Duke of Astel, had returned home?
“It’s true! I was surprised too, but it’s really the Duke!”
“Good, then.”
Indeed, when she listened carefully, the outside was bustling.
“I had something to ask him anyway.”
Quickening her steps, she felt the need to find out what her father was thinking at the moment.
Ex-husband Wants Reconciliation
One-line summary: Chasing the wife to the crematorium (making an effort to attract someone who has become indifferent), the female lead doesn’t look back, the second male lead takes the position.
Intro:
To repay the kindness of the older generation, Su Mu crossed into a female-dominated world and became a live-in daughter-in-law of the Yan family, single-handedly saving the Yan family from fire and water.
But her husband, Yan Jiyue, the eldest son of the Yan family, treated her with sarcasm and never showed her a good face.
It wasn’t until after Su Mu’s death that this pampered and arrogant young master shed a few fake tears and pretended to want to die for love.
This life’s kindness was enough. If there was a next life, she would definitely kick Yan Jiyue away.
Who knew that the heavens would be so kind as to allow her to be reborn, returning to the time when she had just married into the Yan family.
Su Mu glanced at the Yan eldest son, who still spoke coldly to her, and threw a divorce letter in front of him.
“Let’s divorce!”
***
Yan Jiyue never imagined that he would be reborn. He happily went to find Su Mu, wanting to make up for the mistakes he had made in his ignorant youth.
Wasn’t the reason the heavens allowed him to be reborn to let him reconcile with Su Mu?
But when he pushed open the door to Su Mu’s room, the person lying on the bed was another man.
Su Mu’s personal attendant, Xie Yi.
Yan Jiyue hated him so much that his teeth itched. In front of Su Mu, Xie Yi was a gentle and considerate whisperer of sweet nothings, but in reality, he was vicious-hearted and deliberately sabotaged their husband and wife relationship.
In the previous life, it was he who secretly hid in Su Mu’s coffin and committed suicide, stealing a step ahead of him to be buried with Su Mu.
Yan Jiyue’s eyes were filled with hatred as he cursed, “What kind of thing are you? Your background is lowly, what right do you have to occupy Su Mu?”
Xie Yi looked at the sleeping Su Mu and no longer pretended to be a whisperer of sweet nothings.
He proudly stuck out his belly, “I have the right because my belly is capable of giving the Wife-master a daughter.”
***
Yan Jiyue was consumed with jealousy. He spread rumors that Xie Yi had once been branded with the mark of a “harlot” on his chest.
But on the night Xie Yi cut off the flesh bearing that mark, Su Mu suddenly realized something was amiss.
“How did you know the exact moment I was poisoned? And why did you show up a month early?”
Xie Yi remained silent, blood from his wound soaking through his robes. His sapphire eyes brimmed with anguish – or was it just a flawless act?
Between a once-arrogant husband now seeking redemption, and a gentle soul willing to die for her – who truly held the darkest secrets? And could it be that Su Mu and Yan Jiyue weren’t the only ones given a second chance at life…?
[Reading Guide]
1. True divorce, chasing the wife to the crematorium, the female lead doesn’t look back, the male lead is Xie Yi.
2. The ex-husband did not cheat, he just realized too late and didn’t realize that he liked the female lead.
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