The Duke laughed gently. It was a good sign. The Emperor, who had been staring at the Duke as if probing for something, looked away and smiled back.
“Good to hear. Duke. In the future, just like that,”
“If Your Majesty refers to that precious position, someone precious is already sitting there.”
“……What?”
“When Your Majesty mentions that precious position, should it be treated as leftovers eaten and treated like crumbs?”
The Duke’s eyes narrowed cunningly. The Emperor, who was staring blankly at that appearance, slowly began to blush. He mentioned the precious position now treated as leftovers, and the one who said that…!
The Emperor stood up from his seat. The tea cup that was precariously hanging at the edge of the table fell onto the carpet, but no one paid any attention.
“You, how dare this insolent bastard!”
The thunderous roar made the attendant lower his head in embarrassment. However, the Duke still smiled coolly.
“Sit down, Your Majesty. The calculation is not yet complete.”
In an instant, the Emperor made a choking sound. The force pressing down on his shoulders was oppressive. Unbearable anger flashed in the Emperor’s eyes.
“How dare you, in this palace, challenge me…”
“The Baeksoojeong mine originally belongs to Lowell. But how can Your Majesty permit an intrusion?”
“You, how can that mine be Lowell’s…!”
The Emperor, who had been thundering with his body stiff and his voice like thunder, suddenly stopped talking.
An uncertain aspect became apparent.
The one who always coveted the mine suddenly stopped paying attention to it. At first, he thought it was due to temporary satisfaction from having a woman resembling his mother by his side.
But really, was that all?
Looking at the Emperor, who couldn’t continue speaking, the Duke shrugged as if amused.
“Now, let’s talk about something that should have been rightfully mine, not Lowell’s anymore.”
“…Rightfully? How dare you claim something of yours from me.”
When the tired voice stopped, the Duke widened his eyes for a moment. Soon after, haha, the sound of a delightful laugh echoed in the office and abruptly ceased.
With captivating red eyes, he looked at the Emperor, the laughter tinged with a deep smile.
“As Your Majesty’s dog on the battlefield, I’ve overcome countless close calls with death. Some among them,”
The Duke intentionally knocked over a cup that hadn’t been touched. The cup falling onto the carpet made a dull sound.
“…something like this also happened. Thanks to that, everything bestowed upon me by Your Majesty ended up being wasted like this. In the valuable battlefield.”
“So, am I still poisoning the Duke even now?”
The Emperor denied with veins popping on his neck.
Of course, it was true that he had poisoned the Duke in the past. Even if he went back to that time, the Emperor would have done the same. His dog had to be perfect above all. So, he trained him.
But in this situation, the truth was not in favor of the Emperor. Moreover, he left no evidence of what happened in the past. So, he could act more confidently.
However, the Duke shook his head as if it were regrettable.
“It seems you don’t grasp the point.”
“…”
“I’m talking about the present, not the past.”
“The present…?”
“When you proudly allowed the dog I trained so hard to enter through the main gate of the palace.”
At that moment, the Emperor couldn’t even breathe. Chills ran down his spine.
A beautiful face resembling the princess smiled slyly. The red eyes sparkled, observing the Emperor.
“…At least, you were prepared to pay a fitting price, weren’t you?”
It was as if the face just before severing the prey’s breath.
The door closed with a thud. The Emperor, who had been watching the Duke’s departure, collapsed weakly.
“Your Majesty!”
The startled attendant rushed forward and knelt in front of the Emperor, but even that seemed distant.
“Well, then, we’ll see each other at the banquet.”
Smirking, the guy who slowly lowered his eyes and left the office with a perfect demeanor kept repeating in the Emperor’s mind. After several repetitions, the Emperor finally erupted with anger along with a heavy breath.
“How dare you, how dare!”
The surging anger couldn’t be quelled. The Emperor suddenly stood up and swept the table away. With one firm kick from the powerful Emperor, the heavy table toppled over.
Crash. The sound of shattering thick glass echoed, but the Emperor still couldn’t control his rage.
Simultaneously, a deep sense of shame and a chilling feeling crawled up his spine.
There had been several acts of rebellion so far, but tearing off the leash like this was the first.
Could there be a separate reason why Vycander could expose himself like that?
The Emperor bit his lip. Now, all he had was the Baeksoojeong Mine.
He needed to quickly hear from the princess about Baeksoojeong Mine and the days spent in Vycander.
“…Chamberlain, Chamberlain!”
“Yes, Your Majesty! Please command.”
“Quickly, bring the princess.”
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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