“Do you think I know? What on earth happened with the lady? You went to greet her. Was there any issue?”
Something happened. Maeyana repeated Ventie’s words in her mind. Something indeed did happen. The lady didn’t seem usual. She wasn’t sure why.
“Miss Maeyana…”
It was Ivy’s voice. Maeyana finally looked across the now-empty corridor. Swan must have gone to find Ariante. Where could Ariante have hidden?
“Lady looked a bit strange.”
Maeyana finally spoke, but the other three didn’t seem satisfied. In fact, that wasn’t helpful at all.
When Ariante rushed into the room, Ventie had a premonition that something was wrong even before greeting him.
His face turned pale, and he tightly bit his lips, a sight not seen for a while, although it was becoming familiar. In fact, the last time Ventie saw Ariante’s expression like that was when Ariante threw mud up the stairs.
[Lady…]In a belated moment when Ivy was about to call Ariante, a loud crash! was heard, and the flower vase beside the door, thrown by Ariante, shattered. Ariante flipped the small decorative table where the vase was placed, and scattered flowers were ruthlessly trampled on the floor.
[Lady! Why are you doing this!]Ventie tried to stop him, but it was in vain. Ariante didn’t even respond, tossing everything within reach, tearing apart tiny doll clothes, and gruesomely tearing down the curtains. The room now looked like a disaster.
Even when Ivy tried to chase after Swan, who had run to the other end of the corridor, it was insufficient. Besides, at this moment, it was challenging to stand properly due to the shock.
When Maeyana looked at Ventie and asked again, “Ventie, what happened
Ventie tried to stop it, but it was in vain. Ariante didn’t respond and ruthlessly threw, shattered, and stepped on anything within reach. Upon entering the room, she tore apart all the doll clothes she had played with and ripped them as they were. Thin fabric, like the wings of a butterfly, scattered everywhere.
Not satisfied with that, she forcefully pulled the curtain, leaving her footprints. When the curtain made a loud noise as it was pulled from the rod, Ventie and Bridget screamed and rushed in, while Ariante shouted as she slipped out between the two.
“You’re all liars too! All of you! All of you!”
That was all. Ariante’s only words to them after returning were nothing but screams.
Maeyana, hearing Ventie’s words, realized once again that something serious was happening. It would be good to know what happened at the Alt mansion right away…
“Let’s clean this up for now. Bridget, Ivy, help me tidy up this place.”
“What about me?”
Ventie said.
“You come with me to find the lady. Young Master Swan too.”
As if urging Maeyana to come out quickly, she took off her apron and hurriedly ran out. Ventie hesitated for a moment, then followed Maeyana.
“Ariante! Where are you?”
Swan’s voice echoed thinly in the long corridor. Passing employees glanced at him, but perhaps they thought he was playing hide-and-seek, as they didn’t say anything.
“Ariante!”
Swan shouted again. Turning a corner, his body collided with someone, causing him to stumble backward.
“Oh, young master!”
Startled by the deep voice, Swan quickly stood up, feeling the pain in his buttocks. He momentarily thought he had collided with Jocelyn, given the elderly woman’s voice.
However, Swan had bumped into Kosha, the housekeeper. Seeing the significant difference between them, it was almost laughable how he could have made such a mistake.
“Oh my, my goodness. Are you okay? Are you hurt anywhere? No, what’s happening with our usually well-behaved young master? Are you playing hide-and-seek with the lady?”
Swan, with a slightly reddened face, patted his buttocks.
“Um, Ariante… Have you seen her?”
Kosha blinked her eyes.
“Lady has disappeared again?”
“Oh, it’s not that she’s gone… ”
Swan hesitated for a moment in his made-up story. He didn’t want to make others think that Ariante, the troublemaker, was playing tricks. Although Jocelyn said so, Swan no longer trusted her. Her words wouldn’t affect him.
“Ariante and… I were playing hide-and-seek together. But I can’t see where she went at all.”
Since it was a fabricated story that came to mind, Swan was a little nervous. He had never openly lied to others before. Although there were many things he could say about Ariante ‘running away,’ he was afraid that Kosha would immediately see through his insignificant lie. However, that didn’t happen.
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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