If the beautiful Isabella knew what Maleta had said, she would never have taken Maleta’s side.
However, Maleta left out what she had done and only complained to Isabella that ‘Miss Ariadne hit me,’ and Isabella, who could not refuse to play the role of a righteous savior, immediately reported it to Lucrezia.
Having held a grudge against Ariadne because of a previous tutor incident, Lucrezia accepted Maleta’s side and rushed into Ariadne’s residence with great momentum.
The hallway leading to Ariadne’s small threestory attic room became noisy with the sound of six people stomping around, and the old oak door opened abruptly.
“Where is the girl who has been careless in her actions and indiscriminately raising her hand to others!”
Lucrezia appeared, dressed in a dress that exposed a lot of skin, along with Isabella, Maleta, and the maids who were always with them.
In front of Lucrezia, Maleta showed her swollen cheek and complained about the injustice.
“I was arranging the clothes for the lady to wear, and suddenly Miss Ariadne hit me.”
Lucrezia nodded to Maleta’s words and railed at her.
“It is the role of the superior to govern the inferior with virtue, but you indiscriminately raise your hand first, showing a violent temperament. This is serious!”
She has arrived.
Ariadne, without any confusion, bowed her head politely.
“Mother, it is the responsibility of the superior to correct the mistakes of the inferior. When Maleta insulted Father and Mother, I had no choice but to do so.”
“What did you say?”
“Maleta said that because my father shamelessly raises all of his illegitimate children like noble offspring, she doesn’t need to be polite to me, who is nothing more than a bastard.”
Maleta’s face turned pale. She looked at Isabella, pleading for help with her eyes.
Isabella was utterly taken aback. She had brought her mother here to take Maleta’s side, saying that Miss Ariadne had been violent, not knowing that Maleta had made such a bombshell remark about Cardinal de Mare!
Lucrezia’s face turned ashen as she looked at Maleta.
“Is this true?”
“No! No! On the contrary, I told Miss Ariadne that she shouldn’t be equal to Miss Isabella and Miss Arabella, who are both noble!”
Ariadne threw another bait.
What Maleta would say to Lucrezia, what she should argue about, she had simulated more than ten times lying in the small threestory attic room.
“Specifically, she said that only the blood of the mother is precious and noble, so she doesn’t need to be polite to me, who is nothing more than a maid like her, since I was born from the blood of my mother, while Isabella and Arabella, who were born from my mother’s bloodline, are noble.”
While this may have been satisfactory to Lucrezia and Isabella, it was something they could never openly affirm.
The fact that the origin of Cardinal de Mare was a destitute orphan whose parents were unknown, and that he had started as a priest without a chance to choose a profession in the Holy See, which had raised him since he was a child, was the shame of Cardinal de Mare.
There was no doubt that if these words reached the Cardinal’s ears, it would cause an uproar.
Ariadne threw the last ace she had been holding in front of Lucrezia, who had turned pale.
“She also said that since she would give birth to a child in the eyes of my father, the child would have the same status as me, so she doesn’t need to be polite to me.”
Suddenly, flames burst out of Lucrezia’s eyes. This was a different story.
“What?”
Only then did Maleta realize that she was in big trouble and she trembled like a poplar tree.
Lucrezia, like a black leopard, turned her head and glared at Maleta. Although it wasn’t a long time, Maleta felt that the time when her gaze slowly moved towards her was heavy, so she knelt down on the floor.
“No, ma’am! How could I possibly do that! It’s all lies made up by Miss Ariadne!”
Lucrezia had looked up and down Maletta to decide whom she should trust between Ariadne and Maletta.
The maid was not a beauty, but she had a plump and sensual figure.
The most admirable part about Maletta was her body, which had full and sensual breasts and arms, and a cinched waist. Despite her short and thick limbs and average face, she was fairly noticeable.
‘What would my husband think if he saw this maid?’
Maletta, knowing her own advantage well, had tailored her maid’s outfit to fit her body. It was similar to the dress Lucrezia was wearing.
Upon realizing this, Lucrezia’s eyes sparkled and she yelled out in anger.
“How dare this lowly wench covet another’s husband!”
She swiftly turned her head and gave an order to the maid who had been standing behind her.
“Give this foolish woman ten lashes!”
It was a severe punishment for a simple mistake. Many older servants would often die from twenty lashes.
“Yes, madam!”
“Ah! No, it’s not true! It’s all a lie! Please spare me, madam!”
A few other maids under Lucrezia’s direct command, including the head maid, swarmed over Maletta, who was writhing, and quickly took her to the servants’ quarters on the third floor.
Male lead is a Destined Young Husband (Female-dominant)
One-sentence summary: Wife-master, listen to my explanation!
Li Ruantang, a young lady from a prestigious family, stumbled and fell. When she woke up, she saw a noble and beautiful young man sitting by her bedside, wiping away tears.
The young master had slightly reddened eyes, and his every move exuded charm.
The sight made Li Ruantang’s eyes hot and her heart flutter. After all, she had made a bet with the young master Meng from the neighboring family. If she couldn’t marry a husband before the end of the year, she would have to admit defeat and give up the jade she had worked so hard to obtain.
Outside the window, the flowers were in full bloom.
Rather than losing the bet, the jade, and her face, Li Ruantang calculated that it would be better to seek marriage with the young master in front of her, killing three birds with one stone.
…
Meng Jun never thought that an accident during a spring outing would lead to them rolling down a cliff and into a river, yet still survive.
Now they were trapped in an unknown village, and Meng Jun had overheard that the family who had rescued them had their own intentions.
After all, it was Li Ruantang who had lost her mind and sought marriage first. He was only trying to protect himself!
Glancing at Li Ruantang, who was listing her own merits, the young husband’s voice softened, and he blushed as he lied, “W-wife-master, Wife-master, don’t you remember me?”
The young husband’s voice was clear and handsome, coaxing Li Ruantang’s heart to be soft and sweet, and she spared no effort to protect him.
It wasn’t until they returned to the capital that Li Ruantang suddenly remembered.
When they had fallen off the cliff, in order not to implicate Wei Yunruo, whom he secretly admired, the young husband had instead pulled her, who was slightly farther away, down the cliff with him…
Short summary by Yuushi L: Initially, the male lead (ML) liked another girl, while the female lead (FL) liked the ML. Both fell off a cliff. The FL temporarily lost her memory, and the ML, fearing others might take advantage of him, claimed FL was his wife while they were staying in a village. Later, when they returned home, the FL regained her memories and remembered that the ML liked someone else, so she kept her distance from him. However, during their time living together in the countryside, the ML’s view of the FL had completely changed. From this point, his pursuit of the FL begins.
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