In her anxiousness, the Empress furrowed her brow. Come to think of it, she remembered the conversation she overheard at the banquet earlier. It wouldn’t be easy to leave the position as the representative to entertain the delegation.
Seeing her mother’s uneasy expression, the Princess’s face became even more pitiful.
To calm her daughter, the Empress made an effort to smile brightly. After sending away the Chief Maid, the Empress spoke tenderly.
“It’s okay, Princess. Don’t worry. Maintain your composure.”
“But, Mother.”
“I felt that the Duke who took Olivia with him was harboring ill intentions. I’ve already sent someone to Bicander.”
“If that’s the case…”
“Even if she’s flying under the Duke’s protection right now, do you think she won’t come back to the Prince’s side once we show our cards?”
The Empress said confidently. Only now did the Princess blink her eyes as if somewhat reassured.
Seeing that, the Empress smiled radiantly. In any case, judging by what her brother said, Maria Etel’s actions were undoubtedly going to unfold on the last day of the banquet.
So now was the time to understand the Duke’s intentions and swiftly return Olivia to the Prince’s side.
The Empress relaxed her brow once again. The alluring tips of her lips slid upwards.
The Princess also smiled brightly with a face resembling the Empress.
And on the second morning of the banquet.
Etel Marquis’s dressing room.
With the bright morning sky visible through the window, Maria Etel gazed fixedly at one spot as if mesmerized.
“…I could have handled this so well, Madam. You’ve burdened me with too much time.”
Madam Pluto barely stood up and bit her lips.
Last night, the servants of Etelga, who had knocked loudly on the door of the boutique, almost kidnapped me and the seamstresses, bringing us to the Etel Marquis’s residence to set up a workshop.
Faced with the threat that if Etel Etel’s dress was not completed at the fastest speed, they would not leave us alone, Madam and the seamstresses dedicated all their efforts and finished three days’ worth of work overnight.
However, without paying attention to Madam’s gaze, Maria was engulfed in a blissful mood.
A dazzlingly beautiful white dress, incomparable to the engagement dress Olivia Madeleine wore.
This dress, adorned with pearls and diamond dust generously, was crafted for me with the Duke Elkin and my father’s money. A platinum tiara, and a rich veil sparkling in the sunlight.
Imagining myself in that dress, performing the engagement ceremony in front of all the nobles and the delegation, I wondered how beautiful I would look.
Leopold’s gaze, looking at me like that, would surely return to the way it used to be.
“So, my busy and respected young lady, no longer bothers to send annoying letters. Isn’t that right? Not innocent anymore, understand?”
In the sudden recollection, Maria’s blue eyes shook vigorously.
A letter. Sending a letter to that half-breed was an impossible thing.
Maria shook her head roughly. The Duke’s words rushing into her mind were probably false. A person who would soon become the Crown Princess shouldn’t waver so easily.
Wearing that dress, if only for the engagement…!
Focusing on imagining the engagement ceremony, she felt her heart flutter.
Everything was perfect.
As if responding to the swollen expectations, the maid shouted with an excited voice.
“Today, Miss will become the most beautiful fiancée in the world. It might be called the engagement ceremony of the century.”
The engagement ceremony of the century.
Maria rolled the words around in her mouth. Her heart pounded with excitement.
Well, it was extremely rare for a foreign delegation to be present at an engagement ceremony, not to mention a wedding. So, beyond the Empire, the entire continent might send praise for my engagement.
“Before long, you’ll ascend to the position of Crown Princess, my lady.”
Crown Princess. A dream-like scenario unfolded dazzlingly in front of Maria. Now, all Maria had to do was step lightly on the carpet leading to that path.
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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