“So, when the Duke returns, I’ll mention it. Saying that you want to make friends and have a tea party. He will probably allow it, won’t he?”
“Maybe…”
Her voice sounded unsure. When Maiana was about to encourage her again, a waiter brought the food.
Ariante’s eyes widened at the sight of the plate. Having always seen luxurious tableware in the Duke’s mansion, she was amazed to see plates with faded patterns and spoons and forks with scratches and dents.
Ariante casually bent her knees and stared at the departing waiter for a long time. Then, she looked down at her own plate. Afterward, she glanced at the fork, lowered her voice, and called Maiana.
“Maiana, there’s something wrong with this plate.”
Having said that, Ariante turned her head abruptly and looked towards where the waiter had gone. There seemed to be some concern.
“Is there something wrong with this plate…? Is it old?”
Maiana tried to suppress the laughter that was about to burst out and bit her lip.
“It’s not that old… Your Ladyship.”
“I’ve seen this kind of thing in the warehouse.”
With her head bowed suddenly, Maiana made a sobbing sound. Still, Ariante, with her narrow expression—eyes inspecting the plate as if questioning how such a thing could exist—kept turning her head to inspect the plate.
“Your Ladyship, this isn’t… a plate from the warehouse. So, don’t worry.”
“Who bent the fork?”
That was indeed true. The tip of the fork that Ariante was holding was slightly bent.
“I’ll replace it with mine. Now, try it. Shall I cut the pie for you?”
“I can eat. But who bent this fork?”
“Well, I guess someone with teeth made of steel did that. Or maybe they were too hungry. They probably tried to eat the fork too.”
Ariante laughed heartily. Due to her laughter, the paper balloon almost touched the salad bowl, and the table was about to become a mess, but Maiana’s quick hands caught the bowl, preventing a disaster. It was reminiscent of the agility she displayed when grabbing the leash while a bathed dog rolled on the grass yesterday.
“It’s delicious!”
Ariante, carefully putting the edge of the pie into her mouth, exclaimed with wide-open eyes. The sincere reaction of the child was cute, and the surrounding people made a faint laughing sound.
While Maiana was happily watching Ariante eat, a shadow suddenly crossed her face. It was because the events of yesterday evening came back to her mind.
Grette… She must still be trapped in the warehouse. Jocelyn probably wants to get rid of Grette before Cedric returns. How can she reveal the connection between Jocelyn and Grette?
A cool sense of unease brushed through her chest. Like cutting her hand on thin, sharp paper, Maiana shuddered for a moment at the sudden eeriness.
As in the Duke’s mansion, Cedric’s schedule in the royal palace was almost constant.
He performed official duties at designated times, occasionally assisted the Elmerath king, and held discussions with ambassadors from other countries according to the Elmerath king’s orders.
The ambassadors from Osraphen, who were expected to arrive within a day, had reached the capital, El Lautica, two days earlier than planned. However, the Elmerath king, who heard the news, did not seem surprised.
“It seems like you thought I would be flustered for just two or three days. It’s an idea that could only come out of the head of Zenz, who is so crude. ”
Zenz was the king of Osraphen, and going further up, he had the same lineage as Elmerath, the king of Elbuen. However, it couldn’t be said that they were on friendly terms…
“Osraphen, Paxen, and our Elbuen are countries that separated from the same empire. The invited kings were all descendants of the last emperor, and the bloodline of the royal family has not been severed, whether it’s Zenz of Osraphen, Paxen’s Nomad, or even our Elbuen’s Nakka. The three of us can never be unrelated. If the empire had been thriving, the three of us might have had exchanges as distant relatives, maybe as cousins or distant cousins.”
Cedric nodded at Elmerath’s words. He had welcomed the envoys of Osraphen on behalf of the king and had dinner with them, exploring the atmosphere once.
He was pleased to hear that they showed a positive attitude toward expanding trade with Elbuen. A satisfying smile appeared on Elmerath’s face.
“The problem is always hidden in the deepest place. I heard that the bureaucrats in Osraphen underwent a turnover, and it seems to be the influence. King Zenz is thin-skinned and has a short temper, easily swayed by others’ words. The old man who served as the grand chancellor for Zenz, the king of Osraphen, was an elderly person with no way in or out. It seems that the air hole that the old man was blocking has finally opened.”
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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