I lost myself staring at the dishes, then noticed the meat dish and felt my mouth watering uncontrollably.

At this moment, I felt as if I had lived until today just to eat this meat, and I wanted to eat it so quickly. The effect of the meat was indeed extraordinary.

“It’s cold outside. Go get a blanket.”

“Yes, Your Majesty.”

Meanwhile, Jeff warned that the temperature was dropping as it was getting dark, and that I could catch a cold, so I should keep my body warm. He then gave various orders to the maid.

He didn’t let me down right on the chair and hovered around, still holding me, while I kept my eyes fixed on the meat dish on the table.

“Your Majesty, I have brought something to keep Her Highness warm, as you commanded.”

A short while later. The maid who had quickly found something to cover me wrapped me in a blanket in front of Jeff’s eyes.

To prevent the blanket from slipping off while eating, she even secured it with a cute yellow ribbon pin around my neck, giving it the effect of matching with my dress.

“Eat slowly. Otherwise, you might get sick.”

“Yes!”

I had been thinking about eating the meat for a while, so as soon as the meal began, I ate frantically. Of course, I was mindful of my appearance since I had been an emperor in my previous life, so I didn’t eat sloppily.

But my ravenous eating was due to extreme hunger. However, since I was only 3 years old and still looked adorable, it didn’t seem too bad in the eyes of others.

And Jeff was watching me eat heartily, worrying that I might get an upset stomach.

“Do you want to try these honeyglazed potatoes? They will be sweet and delicious.”

Jeff, who had wanted me to eat evenly, requested that I try the potato dish among the others. His eyes shone with an earnest light, as if he really wanted me to eat the dish he had chosen.

I reluctantly shifted my gaze, but I didn’t want the potato dish.

‘Such a potatohead.’

I didn’t like it enough to reach for it, so I pursed my lips with my fork. I intended to refuse with my action.

Swoosh.

At that moment, taking advantage of my hesitation to eat the potato dish, Poppy, who had been still until now, reached for the potato.

Thump!

“No, you can’t eat it. You’re a doll.”

Hey, I said I didn’t like it, not that I was giving it to someone else. I quickly reached out and stopped Poppy.

“Quack….”

Then Poppy, who had been making a strange noise, looked up at me with desperate, sorrowful eyes, as if to say, ‘You still won’t give it to me?’

‘Why is it so urgent?’

I groaned inwardly, taken aback.

“Here, eat it. If something happens to you later, I don’t know about it.”

I grumbled that I wouldn’t take responsibility since I only granted his wish, and with the thought that whatever will be, will be, I stabbed the smallest baked potato with my fork and handed it to Poppy.

“Quack!”

‘From now on, the potatoes are yours, Poppy.’

If there were no problems with Poppy today, I decided to give the potatoes to him whenever Jeff ate.

Thump!

Soon, I thought I’d fill my stomach too and stabbed a piece of meat cut for easy eating with my fork.

“Daddy is happiest when he sees our daughter eating.”

Then Jeff propped his chin with one hand, his face beaming.

“Especially when you taste the meat and make a face as if you’ve owned the world, it reminds me of your mother.”

“Mother?”

“Yes. Your mother loved to tear at meat while looking at the stars.”

I thought my mother was dead since she hadn’t shown up so far, so I cocked my head, wondering what he was talking about at the dinner table.

“Didn’t mother die? Or is she still alive?”

“She’s alive. Daddy was going to tell you when you got a little older.”

Afterwards, Jeff, who suddenly lost his words, stiffened, then shed tears, and I was stunned by the unexpected news.

‘For the past 3 years, I hadn’t seen not only the Empress but even the maids serving her.’

That’s why I naturally thought the Empress was dead.
“But if the Empress is alive as Jeff says, there’s a high probability she’s somewhere other than the Imperial City.”

However, it was strange that the Empress hadn’t shown her face even once.

“Could she… have run away?”

I assumed the worst, as no plausible reason came to mind.

“You’ll be able to see Mom soon, so wait.”

That’s when it happened. Jeff moved his firmly closed lips, his eyes misty.

“It won’t take long. It’s already been 3 years.”

From the way he spoke, it seemed that she hadn’t run away. I considered other possibilities as my prediction was off.

“The Empress of the Empire wouldn’t have been kidnapped.”

Well, I’ll find out soon enough.

“It doesn’t affect my life even if the Empress is gone.”

I decided there’s no need to know, so my mind wasn’t troubled, and I felt good. I watched the sauce dripping from the end of my fork and cleared my thoughts.

“It’s getting late. Let’s go back now.”

A little later. Time passed, the plate was nearly empty, and we were full, so Jeff signaled the end of the meal.

“We, Darjeeling~ Daddy will read you a fairy tale before bed tonight!”

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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