Lost in thought, Izar snapped back to reality at an unexpected voice.
“Mother, what brings you here?”
Pasietra was in his office.
He hadn’t heard her come in.
Even if he hadn’t heard her shouting outside, Salvar would have informed him.
“I sent the lieutenant on an errand.”
Of course.
Izar twisted his lips without showing it.
“I wanted to talk with you alone.”
“Of course. If you had mentioned it, I would have come to you.”
“Who would dare order the master of Kartan to come and go?”
Pasietra added with a youthful smile.
“It may be better if this mother comes to you.”
A perfect submissive king.
Izar remembered Pasietra, who had meticulously calculated even a single audience.
Today’s visit would not be meaningless.
How tedious.
“What is it you wish?”
“It’s not really a matter. I came because there is no issue.”
“…”
Ah.
She came to rush Bianca Termina.
Pasietra Karhan had a hasty and venomous side.
Hidden by her pretty face and gentle speech, always smiling.
Her true nature was not so generous.
“It hasn’t been a month yet.”
“It’s already been a month. The princess is already in Barlock territory. The more time passes, the more unfavorable it is for us.”
“There’s a process to everything.”
“There’s no such thing as living a straightforward life. Sometimes you have to take the road less traveled.”
“Please understand that that road needs time. Mother.”
“Does this matter require time?”
Her once soft tone had evaporated.
Sitting upright, with hands clasped on her knees, Pasietra had an unapproachable beauty and nobility even in her old age.
It wasn’t just because of the name ‘former queen.’
That was the arrogance emanating from one who had wielded power.
Now, Pasietra had the eyes of a ‘submissive king’ who once ruled over Kartan, the Great Plains.
And with those eyes, she was now demeaning the master of Kartan.
Boiling up.
A searing sensation surged.
‘Shall I kill her?’
Izar heard someone murmuring.
‘Why not execute this arrogant thing who still thinks she’s the owner of this Kartan in the name of the king?’
‘This is my throne. Mine. My seat for me. And who dares command me, sitting in this noble place?’
The voice roaring in his head might have been the crushed pride of a king.
“Answer me. Is this worth delaying?”
The increasingly stern voice of Pasietra made it more and more difficult for him to bear.
“Just a woman. Does it take a whole month to bring her?”
‘How dare she lecture me?’
‘The era of the Seopjeong King is over.’
Pasietra’s voice tangled with the voice ringing in his head, making it increasingly difficult for Izar to maintain his composure.
He had a feeling that if this continued, something would inevitably happen today.
Izar pressed his temples hard.
“Stop it.”
“Stop? Aren’t these words given for your own good?”
Had Pasietra forgotten?
That her words were ‘out of line’ for a king?
His head felt like it was about to explode any minute.
“So, should I start a war and commit plunder?”
“Get a grip!”
“Mother should get a grip! If we’re not going to war, we need to persuade. To do that, we need to plant someone in Barlock…”
“Why plant someone?”
“Mother!”
“Why are you wasting time planting someone?”
“What are you saying!”
“Why do you need persuasion?”
Suddenly, the room fell silent.
Pasietra twisted her red lips mockingly.
“Bring her. I told you to bring her. The dowry was paid a year ago, and the gold has not been returned. The princess is Karhan’s share.”
“In Barlock…”
“The beasts of Termina should be dealt with by Termina. You killed an obedient dog for no reason; wouldn’t it be justified for the owner to bite back?”
Pasietra suddenly let out a deep sigh.
A sigh so big her shoulders twitched.
“Really, always so upright and virtuous… I’ve put up with it and cleaned up for ten years. Now I think I should’ve even brought a bride.”
It was not the tone of the Seopjeong King who had always used honorifics for the ‘king.’
Pasietra was speaking entirely as Izar’s mother now.
“Don’t get caught up in procedures or methods. The princess is Karhan’s, so go bring her.”
“If we’re neither sneaking someone in nor starting a war, then what exactly?”
“Just bring her over.”
Pasietra, who had casually mentioned kidnapping, whispered with a small smile towards the horrified Izar.
“My king, wouldn’t you be more attracted to the owner of the gold than a tamed beast?”
“Bianca?”
Jillian, leaning on his chair, couldn’t hide his surprise as he saw Bianca enter his office.
This was the first time she had sought him out.
No, the first time she had ever sought anyone out.
Pleasant and excited, Jillian found it difficult to speak smoothly as usual.
“I thought we could have some tea.”
‘We still have unfinished conversations.’
Jillian’s eyes were fixed on the barely mouthed words from Bianca’s lips.
His eyes wouldn’t part from her red lips coming together then parting.
Isn’t this a bit risky?
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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