Being slapped on the cheek, why would the wounds on my back flare up?
In truth, I wasn’t even slapped on the cheek, so why?
I looked at Susan with startled eyes.
Susan winked one eye at me.
“I thought you were just a gentle deer, but you’ve grown!”
A strong sense of camaraderie washed over me.
Even if I had a younger sibling, I wouldn’t be this proud.
“Are they mocking me?”
Rose huffed loudly through her nose.
“Madam, please calm down!”
Rose’s maid tried to calm her unsettled mistress.
Worried that the ‘Emperor’s Lover’ praised by poets might get hurt.
And afraid that it might rebound on her.
Her fears were entirely warranted.
“What’s the commotion?”
A cold baritone voice captivated the room.
I glanced briefly at Nikolai with my left eyelid lifted.
“Preparing for a Grim Reaper meeting, he’s donned his uniform. What a presence.”
Nikolai, in his black uniform from head to toe, scattered an aura of light merely by standing still.
His perfectly arranged black hair exuded a charm both ascetic and sensual.
The golden tassels adorning his shoulders.
The red band crossing his chest.
Even the gold buttons on his sleeves highlighted his beauty.
Of course, I couldn’t guess why he appeared in the Crown Prince’s palace during the time for the Grim Reaper meeting.
“In the presence of His Imperial Majesty the Emperor.”
Rose fluttered her skirt as she bowed.
Her cheeks were burning.
The wild boar that was trying to corner Susan and me now blushed like a shy rose, making me nauseous.
“So there are still three empresses like this? And countless others? That’s why one should not get involved with a man with complicated female relations.”
Nikolai completely ignored Rose’s greeting.
He approached me.
His familiar scent also accompanied him.
When he knelt on one knee before me, soft moans erupted around us.
“Elizabeth, are you alright?”
His voice was as gentle as petals floating in a spring breeze and as sweet as freshly spun cotton candy.
Honey seemed to drip from the gaze he fixed on me.
I was momentarily dazzled by that intoxicating sweetness.
“I heard your scream.”
“I was just startled.”
“Why were you startled?”
“Well…”
“You weren’t assaulted by someone, were you?”
Nikolai asked, as if he had witnessed everything.
The honey in his green pupils disappeared.
A dreadful aura filled the empty space.
It was a menacing atmosphere, enough to make Rose and Susan shrug their shoulders.
“Speak, Elizabeth. If someone has tried to harm you, I will not let them live.”
“I’m fine, Your Majesty.”
“I’m not fine.”
“I wasn’t hurt.”
“Injury includes threats and intimidation.”
“I’m afraid you might be caught up in unnecessary rumors, Your Majesty.”
I lowered my gaze as if frightened.
Nikolai spoke forcefully.
“Assault is a grave crime. If punishment is lax, crimes will escalate.”
“But Madam Rose is…”
“Highranking individuals committing misdeeds should be disciplined even more strictly.”
Rose stood there, unable to say anything.
Rose’s maid bowed her head and trembled.
That’s when Susan fell to her knees.
“Your Majesty, I will tell you what I saw.”
“Aren’t you the sister of the Duke of Nettleton?”
“I am, but I am currently working as a pharmacist in the royal palace.”
“I’ve heard you are a promising talent. Tell me everything you saw.”
Nikolai commanded sternly.
Wiping away her tears, Susan answered crisply, as if reading from a script prepared in advance.
“Madam Rose threatened and assaulted my sister Elizabeth.”
“That’s a baseless accusation! Your Majesty!”
Rose’s voice was tinged with desperation.
Nikolai raised one hand to silence her.
“Continue speaking.”
“I can tolerate the insults to our Nettleton family. But I can’t bear my sister being beaten and degraded.”
“…She was beaten?”
“Not only me, Madam Rose’s maid saw it too. Elizabeth was so severely whipped that she could barely stand.”
Nikolai’s gaze turned to me.
Thanks to my rolling around, there were grass stains all over my body.
Rose found herself cornered and fell flat on the ground.
“I barely touched her! That wretched woman dared to insult me, the empress!”
“A confession?”
“Call my father! He will vindicate me!”
“Why are you here in the Crown Prince’s palace?”
“I, I was just passing by…!”
Rose stuttered, hesitating.
Nikolai had no intention of entertaining her flimsy excuses.
He gestured with his chin.
The guards at standby seized Rose’s maid with forceful hands.
The maid blurted out unsolicited words.
“I saw the empress hitting Miss Elizabeth. Miss Elizabeth rolled three and a half times to the right.”
“And?”
“The empress didn’t come here by chance. I heard her say clearly that she would trample Miss Elizabeth.”
Rose’s eyes widened with fury.
“You ungrateful wretch! You used to wag your tail in front of me!”
“I never wanted to serve the empress. I was dragged here right after graduating from the academy because of the debts to the Duke of Brenden.”
“Can’t you keep quiet?”
Was Rose thinking it was over?
Did she want to seize the opportunity to escape from Rose?
Cold Male Lead Became My Clingy Husband (Female-Dominant)
Feng Bai Su transmigrated into a matriarchal novel, becoming the sister of the female protagonist and the Seventh Princess of the Feng Ling Kingdom.
After working herself to death in her previous life, finally reincarnating as a princess, she only wanted to be a lazy fish who could eat, sleep, and play.
Until she met the male protagonist from the book, Wei Jing Mo, and he took a liking to her!
Wei Jing Mo is the top young man in Feng Ling City, talented in both appearance and ability, from a prestigious family, with a cold and otherworldly appearance, a figure like the bright moon in the hearts of noble ladies. It was thought that only the most powerful and talented noble lady in Feng Ling City would be worthy of such a brilliant young man. Who knew that this young gentleman would secretly admire the infamous Seventh Princess?
Short scene 1:
Feng Bai Su looked at the young man crying like a pear blossom in the rain before her, and couldn’t help but doubt her life.
Wasn’t the male lead described as a cold and otherworldly figure in the book?
Then who was this poor little thing crying with swollen red eyes and tear-stained face?
Short scene 2:
Wei Jing Mo stared intently at Feng Bai Su who was about to go out, wanting to say, “Be careful on the road.”
Before he could speak, Feng Bai Su suddenly bent down and bit his cheek.
Her peach blossom eyes were full of disdain: “Tsk! You’re so clingy!”
Wei Jing Mo: “…”
A talented fox spirit female lead with a flirtatious appearance but actually abstinent VS A cold-looking but actually naive and clingy little jealous male lead
