Please Kill My Husband (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 104

The Imperial Capital, now steeped in summer’s warmth, buzzed with excitement as the approaching Founding Day festival loomed ever closer.

The inner palace gates, normally sealed shut, had been opened, and waves of nobles and envoys from neighboring kingdoms announced their arrivals one after another.

The Empire’s grandest and most sacred celebration.

At this time, awaiting the opening of the grand imperial banquet hall erected amid gardens bursting with cornflowers, the palace grounds were packed with people and filled with noise—everywhere, that is, except one place.

“Your Highness, you summoned me?”

Jeffrey turned his head, having just watched through the window as people freely wandered through the Crown Prince’s garden.

Kedilen, who had just entered, offered a brief bow in response to Jeffrey’s gaze. Jeffrey, who had been intently watching him, seemed about to move his dry lips—then curved them into a faint smile.

As that dryness vanished and a smooth smile appeared, Kedilen swallowed hard.

Jeffrey nodded and turned his body, then gestured for Kedilen to take a seat before picking up the teapot and walking over.

“It feels like I haven’t seen you in ages. Has it really been three months?”

“Yes, that’s correct.”

Sitting down, he tilted the teapot into his teacup and glanced sideways at Kedilen.

Jeffrey noticed the flush of prosperity on Kedilen’s cheeks—so different from the lost, hollow man he’d been over the past months after his wife disappeared.

Even though news had reached them that Ludmila had fled, and the war that had nearly broken out had fizzled into nothing, Kedilen remained calm.

After all, his most fundamental reason for wanting Ludmila had always been pragmatic:

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