I didn’t realize she could speak so well. No, I did not expect Olivia to look me straight in the eye and calmly talk about the divorce.
The Olivia from before was unfamiliar, like a stranger. When her green eyes that looked at me without falter came to mind, Levanfell’s head throbbed.
Once I remembered, the recent events successively came to mind.
Olivia, who dared to turn her back even when I told her to stop. And the Duke’s face, which was glancing at me as if to guard her by her side. When his face, which seemed to be mocking me, became clear.
“How dare…….”
The voice that burst forth was chillingly heavy. A fierce energy rocked around Levanfell.
It was a nauseating feeling. My chest was churning, feeling sick.
How dare. My father’s dog, who was patrolling the border, coveted my fiancée. My fiancée, who should have been most solemn, was deceived by the Duke’s trick.
Unbelievably.
In the end, Levanfell struck the carriage with a thump. The expensive carriage stopped with enough force to make it ring. But Levanfell did not care and struck the carriage once more.
The knotted churning was undoubtedly anger.
The nature of my emotions was defined, and Levanfell’s eyes deepened like a deep sea.
If anyone was in front of me, they would not be left alone, as a menacing momentum welled up.
The carriage that had stopped for a long time finally started again after some time. Levanfell, who arrived at the palace, had a very sharp face.
The chamberlain greeted Levanfell with a cautious report.
“You have arrived, Your Highness. Her Majesty the Empress has come.”
“……Her Majesty the Empress?”
Everything was bothersome. Levanfell wanted to send his mother, the Empress, back with the excuse of a headache. But the Empress burst into Levanfell’s room as soon as she heard of his arrival.
“Crown Prince!”
“What brings you here, Your Majesty?”
I didn’t want to talk with the Empress for long because I was in a bad mood.
“Crown Prince. I’ve heard the story. How dare that lowly creature!”
But at the Empress’s words, Levanfell’s eyes sharpened.
“Who did you hear it from?”
“Isn’t that not the most important thing, Crown Prince?”
“To me, it is important, Your Majesty.”
Drops of coldness fell from Levanfell’s voice.
The Empress was taken aback.
He had always been the proud crown prince. Unable to tolerate the fact that the divorce request had leaked outside, his high pride was hurt since birth.
“I had a maidservant planted in the princess’s palace, Crown Prince. You don’t have to worry about the words leaking.”
Despite the firm words of the Empress, Levanfell did not smooth his furrowed brows. But that was not important to the Empress.
“How dare that halfwitted princess talk big to the Crown Prince!”
Levanfell swallowed the uncomfortable feeling with difficulty. He couldn’t even pinpoint what was bothering him about the Empress’s words. Meanwhile, the Empress said with mixed anger.
“I just went to Your Majesty to ask for a year’s grace, but it’s not going to work. Drive Olivia Madelleine out and bring in Ashela Madelleine, who is more suited to the position of Crown Princess. Crown Prince.”
“……A year’s grace?”
Levanfell bringing in Estella Madeleine as the crown prince’s wife was a subject of talk, but what caught Leopold’s ear was the term ‘a year’s grace.’
The empress seemed to be at a loss for words.
“Yes. Crown Prince. A woman who was in a marriage relationship with the royal family must not marry another noble for at least a year to clarify the line of succession, right?”
“…….”
“Her birth is humble, but her ability is not bad at all, and I was going to give her a chance!”
The empress’s voice, filled with sudden anger, faded away. Leopold’s head spun quickly.
Something was bothering him. As Leopold was reviewing the earlier conversation, Olivia’s calm voice once again brushed through his mind.
“You also did not observe etiquette by bringing Lady Estella into my palace without my permission, Your Majesty.”
“It’s more like Your Majesty forgot our promise and had a secret meeting in the crown prince’s palace garden, where I was waiting, at that time.”
Ah. That’s it.
The calmness of facing the truth.
A strangely resigned smile, not a forced smile.
Beyond her eloquence, today’s Olivia was truly different from usual. Recognizing that fact made Leopold feel strangely uncomfortable.
“……Ha”
His handsome lips curled up faintly. Meanwhile, the empress spoke in an angry voice.
“Go to His Majesty right away. Crown Prince. Request to promote the marriage with Estella Madeleine.”
“There’s no need, Your Majesty.”
“What are you talking about!”
“As you said, Your Majesty, give Olivia Madeleine a year’s chance.”
Being quite intelligent and knowledgeable, Olivia would know well about the ‘year’s grace’ mentioned in the old books. It was fortunate that Leopold had met his mother now. He didn’t know about the ‘year’s grace’ properly.
Leopold shrugged his shoulders as he spoke, making the empress doubt her ears.
“You’re suggesting giving that insolent woman a chance, Crown Prince?”
“……Isn’t it okay for just once?”
“She even dared to demand a divorce first. Even if she’s uneducated, there are limits!”
“I know, Your Majesty. But wandering once or twice deserves some tolerance.”
Yes. Wandering. Olivia might be lost and wandering now. A generous year would let her realize where her place is.
“Still.”
The empress seemed far from satisfied. Leopold escorted her to the sofa as if in an escort. Only then did they both realize they had been standing while so angry.
“However, Your Majesty, I wish to take Maria Estella as my fiancée during that year’s grace. I cannot easily vacate my fiancée’s position, can I?”
It was an appropriate choice to balance the aristocratic and imperial factions. Maria would be able to fulfill the role of fiancée for a year adequately.
But unlike the confident Leopold, the empress’s face was uncomfortable.
“Wouldn’t Princess Estella Madeleine be better than Lady Estella? The combination with Madeleine is crucial for strengthening the throne.”
What was important to the empress, a princess of the aristocratic faction’s leader Duke Elkin, was the stable throne of the crown prince. She disliked Duke Madeleine, the leader of the imperial faction, but loved Maria Estella’s house, which was slightly inadequate for the crown prince.
But Leopold smiled broadly.
“Don’t worry, Your Majesty. Don’t you know how well I know Olivia?”
Only then did the empress’s eyes soften a little. Leopold nodded as if to say, look at that. The empress must have been thinking the same thing.
Always easy Olivia Madeleine.
She might be acting strangely now, but Olivia was not a person who could leave him. She had to look at him forever.
“The princess will never be able to leave me. In about a year, the princess will come back to my side, begging me.”
After all, it was impossible for her to request a divorce now, having chased after me like that.
The thought of Olivia going to someone else’s side twisted Levanfell’s guts. No matter how much he hated Olivia, it was clear that she was his property.
And Levanfell had never once had his property stolen from him.
Moreover, it was Olivia who had always stood by his side.
So Olivia had to keep hovering by his side, looking only at him.
No matter what, he was going to make it that way again.
“So. Your Majesty. Please tell the Emperor to make everything return to its place a year later. I will visit him and tell him as well.”
“……It’s your last chance. Anyway, the princess is lucky.”
At the confident prince’s voice, the Empress eventually nodded as if she had no choice.
But neither the Empress nor Levanfell realized.
They were both unconsciously thinking of Olivia as the indispensable consort to the prince.
Meanwhile, Olivia, who hadn’t even wished for this opportunity, was blinking at the pouring dresses. What had just happened in the palace was unthinkable.
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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