Is it because of the banquet? If you find it inappropriate to think about the 1,000-kroon support project, I’ll explain anything further.
My family, the Mecklinger House, has always been loyal to the royal family.
“Hmm…”
For Lady Elfrida, known for being tactless and indifferent, there seemed to be quite a bit of thought put into it.
To be honest, it was surprising.
Elfrida had apparently thought deeply enough to speculate that Klaus might misunderstand the purpose of the 1,000-kroon project.
He had thought he would only know her for the rest of his life, but who would have known she could do something like this?
“She might be worth getting to know.”
Elfrida had changed, and wasn’t that interesting?
Indeed, he wondered how she, without the presence of Duke Mecklinger, would handle Klaus’s questioning onslaught alone.
And one more thing.
“…….”.
Klaus glanced at Muzel beyond the wall.
Watching Muzel getting close to Roots, he realized something.
When you sincerely love someone, you naturally want to possess them.
He had experienced jealousy to the point of being crazy himself. At the same time, he thought that Muzel should never be taken away.
Although he had asserted to Muzel the night before that she wasn’t precious to him, he didn’t truly wish for her not to value Klaus.
Up until now, Klaus had kept a strict distance from noble ladies.
It was because he disliked being followed by all sorts of speculations and gossip from just a simple word or action.
“But now it might be good for a little change.”
Just like Muzel, he would show himself being intimate with another woman in front of her.
Then, he would surely feel jealousy. Because that was an emotion that couldn’t be done with reason.
It would be better if he felt strong jealousy. Hoping that Klaus wouldn’t want to lose her, even if he had to suffer.
Even if he got slapped by her later, Klaus didn’t mind. He would gladly take it with a smile.
He felt sorry for Lady Elfrida.
Being infatuated with Klaus as it is, even if she gave him a little room, she would quickly turn red.
Come to think of it, Klaus and Elfrida were in similar situations.
“[Colin. You shouldn’t treat those who love you so ruthlessly. You will receive the same treatment later. It’s the mysterious nature of the world.]”
This was what the Empress said when Klaus rejected Elfrida.
Ultimately, the Empress was right. Klaus indeed received exactly what he had done to Elfrida.
In that sense, Elfrida was truly an impressive person.
To ask for a partnership again from someone who had rejected her, and even though she received a cold response, she didn’t give up.
“I have a lot to learn from the Lady.”
Klaus chuckled bitterly.
He picked up his pen and wrote a reply to Elfrida.
As planned, to provoke jealousy in Muzel, he needed Elfrida to be near when Muzel and Klaus met.
Klaus handed the letter to the servant and called Muzel. She immediately came.
“Muzel. The Lady is requesting an opportunity to explain her relief efforts.”
“Duke Mecklinger will prepare a script. Lady Elfrida alone may not be able to properly respond to Prince Klaus’s questions.”
“I did respond to come as soon as possible. Will they be prepared in such a short time?”
Klaus tried to speak dryly as usual, looking a bit at Muzel’s face.
Muzel also responded in a very businesslike manner.
“If it’s necessary, even tonight would be possible, wouldn’t it? The Lady will never miss this opportunity as a noble.”
Klaus became a bit uneasy.
Why was Muzel so indifferent? Even though she was going to do this to shake him.
“In Lady Elfrida’s position, it’s urgent to restore the relationship with His Highness. She still hopes to be His Highness’s companion.”
Muzel said the words ‘His Highness’s companion’ with her expression unchanged.
Klaus’s heart quietly crumbled. Was it really right to say that she loved him? If it was true, how could she be so indifferent?
“I see. It’s urgent, then…”
Then, is Muzel ‘less’ urgent than Elfrida?
How can he draw out ‘urgency’ from Muzel? If he makes Elfrida jealous, will Klaus be more desired by her than now?
Nothing could be guaranteed.
Klaus firmly closed his mouth and stared at Muzel.
He had to try, even if he was prepared for failure.
Male lead is a Divorced Husband
She said to him: “Tell me, what makes you like me? I’ll change it!”
Liu Changning transmigrated into a female cannon fodder character in a female-dominant novel.
After reading the first half of the novel’s plot, the first thing she did upon transmigration was to divorce the Pan Jinlian-style male protagonist she had just married.
She indulged herself, pretending to be ugly and poor.
But as time passed, the way that man looked at her became more and more unusual…
Liu Changning was dumbfounded: Tell me, what makes you like me? I’ll change!
――
This lifetime, Pei Yuanshao was rejected by the same woman twice!
The first time, she drove him away. Forced by the situation, he endured the waves of anger in his heart, yielding and humbling himself.
That person lay slanted on a rocking chair, her sallow face emotionless: “If you don’t want a divorce, go cook!”
Pei Yuanshao’s face was dark and gloomy: “You!”
The second time, after the crisis in Jinling City was resolved, the new emperor sent someone to pick him up. He turned around, stammering: “I… I have to go. If you keep me…”
That person lay on the kang bed, her back to him, as if she had long anticipated this day, crisp and clear: “Goodbye!”
Pei Yuanshao was so angry his fingers trembled: “You… you!”
The mission of family and country made him restrain himself, averting his eyes and turning to leave this broken household.
Two years later, they met again. Seeing her ethereal face, his body shook like a sieve.
“She was originally a ‘she’!”
At the Qionglin Banquet, the top scholar of the imperial examination, a talented person with exceptional speech and conduct, all the unmarried young gentlemen from aristocratic families looked at her with shy and timid eyes.
The peerless imperial official Pei Yuanshao felt the anger in his heart erupt. He pointed at the woman surrounded by the crowd at the Qionglin Banquet, his thin lips slightly curled: “Little sister, I wants that person to be the wife-master of my Mingde Prince Manor.”
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