“But we should at least hear Mayana’s opinion about Ariante’s education. In fact, hasn’t she been holding up better than any other maids who have taken care of Ariante so far? Either her patience is extraordinary, or there’s some other trick to it…”
“Duke Your Highness, if I may be so bold…”
“Let’s watch for now. I’d like to be with Ariante all the time, but I can’t, so I hope she can at least enjoy herself. So she’s not lonely.”
Jocelyn looked at Sedilroy with a momentarily cold gaze.
“Lonely, Your Highness? That’s hardly the case. You serve the El Bluen Kingdom day and night, dedicating everything to His Majesty’s command. Her Highness the princess should know this. You can’t be bothered to attend to her.”
“But Jocelyn, children tend to get lonely easily. Especially in a place without their parents. Even if it’s their home, even if it’s more beautiful than heaven.”
As Sedilroy finished speaking, he stood up. Jocelyn still wore a slightly uncomfortable expression but stepped back a few paces very politely.
Still looking at her with an odd expression, Sedilroy said,
“Let’s leave Ariante’s schedule to Mayana for the time being. Of course, if she does anything that might endanger Ariante, I’ll intervene. But I believe she’s not that kind of person. And one more thing.”
Before he could finish his sentence, Jocelyn quickly responded.
“You mean Mistress Bemen’s affair? She was fired this morning.”
Having said all he had to say himself, Sedilroy blinked for a moment and then smiled lightly.
“If you were gone, the Ducal House might vanish as well.”
“I cannot bear such words, Your Highness. The pillar and rock of this house are you, Your Highness.”
“A pillar and rock may exist, but without decorations and tapestries, without people bustling around under command, it’s nothing more than a ruin. My father entrusted you with that, and as I respect my late father’s wishes, I respect you. You know what I mean, don’t you?”
Sedilloi finished speaking and patted Jocelyn’s shoulder as if he were a friend, then left the study. He knew that Jocelyn’s dark and blind eyes were not warm at all, but he pretended not to know and left the study.
Through the window of the corridor, he could see Mayana and Ariante’s retreating figures crossing the Duke’s estate and heading towards the lush forest. He sensed the whispering sounds of the maids who were cleaning the window, as if they had seen it too.
Sedilloi watched the two people recede for a moment, but soon turned away with an indifferent face as if he knew nothing.
(This is a time divider.)
“How are you, princess? Are your shoes uncomfortable?”
“Not uncomfortable at all. It’s fine.”
“But please go a bit slower! You might trip.”
“I won’t trip! I told you I run around like a squirrel!”
Holding a basket filled with snacks and following Ariante with a trot, Mayana looked puzzled.
Ariante’s movements were indeed as swift as a baby squirrel. But was there anyone in the Duke’s house who would say that to her—someone who would give her such a cute nickname?
“Who said you’re like a squirrel, princess?”
Jumping over a thick tree root as if performing acrobatics and landing on her toes, Ariante looked back at Mayana.
Ariante, putting her foot on the next tree root, said, “It’s a secret.”
“A secret? Why?”
“Because it’s a secret.”
What on earth? Mayana felt her curiosity piqued even more. But Ariante’s lips were tightly closed, and she did not seem likely to answer.
‘She must not be ready to spill her secret yet, after all.’
Mayana gave up quickly. If she kept probing, she knew Ariante would become annoyed and dislike it. Even children have secrets they want to keep. …But someday, her lips would itch to speak. If she waited patiently, someday.
“When will we get to the lake?”
Ariante, who had been pulling on both ends of her hat, asked.
“Why, princess? Are you tired?”
“No, but the lake is not visible beyond the forest. You said the forest lake is far away. Shouldn’t we have gone on horseback?”
“Princess, can you ride a horse too?”
“Jocelyn said I couldn’t, so I haven’t learned yet. But I know how.”
Unlicensed driving, no, unauthorized horse riding. Mayana could easily guess the situation. The butler Jocelyn probably stopped Ariante from riding because he thought she was too young and it was still dangerous. But Ariante must have sneakily gotten a horse out of the stable…
“I can’t ride a horse.”
“You can’t ride?”
Ariante looked at Mayana with wide eyes, as if she had heard, ‘I don’t know how to eat bread.’
“Yes, I can’t. I’ve never ridden one.”
“When you were young, you said you lived on a farm?”
Mayana’s eyebrows slightly raised.
“How did you know that?”
“Bainty was nagging? That you’re from the countryside, so you wouldn’t know anything. He even said you must have slept in places like stables.”
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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