“I will prepare a fast horse, a token for changing horses, gold coins for you to use, and an identity card to enter the city gates. I’ll arrange clothes and food with the Ministry of Internal Affairs. However.”
He looked up at Alfonso.
“You absolutely cannot go alone. Please take ten of your direct royal guards.”
There were ten young knights who were closer to playmates than royal guards for Alfonso. They were mostly of humble origin, chosen solely for their swordsmanship, but their skills and loyalty were impeccable.
At Bernardino’s suggestion, Alfonso chuckled.
“I thought you were going to say ‘You shouldn’t go alone’, and thought you would follow me.”
Bernardino laughed dryly.
“Do you intend to make an old man lie down on the street?”
Then he hardened his expression.
“Besides, I have to take care of the aftermath here. You’ll be absent from the schedule in Taranto for a week, what should we say the reason is?”
Alfonso answered without hesitation.
“Say I visited Bianca for three days, and that I was sick in bed for the remaining four days.”
“I’ll make it a light cold, turning into a fever later. At the Prince’s Palace in San Carlo, my deputy Matthias is there, so you can leave the administrative issues to him.”
Bernardino quickly confirmed the way to handle things and after a moment of hesitation, asked carefully.
“But, Your Highness, what about the letter that comes every morning. What should we do about the reply?”
For the first time, Alfonso showed annoyance on his face.
“You write something.”
“I will do so, Your Highness.”
[This is the time separator]Epolito’s words were not false that there was no important person among those who stayed in San Carlo instead of going down to Taranto.
“Poor Arabella……”
The nun in charge of the San Ercole Cathedral wiped her eyes.
Those who were seeing off Arabella now were Arabella’s home tutors, the lady of the clothing store, the nun, and so on, mainly people around her.
The rest were either merchants trying to somehow curry favor with the Cardinal, lower nobility, or clergymen aiming for promotion.
Tired of the flatterers without substance, Cardinal de Mare gave up on guarding the wake for 14 days and showed her face for about an hour a day, leaving the rest of the management to the rest of the family.
However, it wasn’t like Arabella’s fullblooded relatives sincerely guarded her funeral. Isabella found it awkward to stay next to her younger sister’s funeral, whom she had killed with her own hands.
She quickly left the place under the pretext of exhaustion from crying. Lucrezia, who was afraid of her indifference interfering with Arabella’s death, was the same.
The only one left was her halfsister. Naturally, the role of the chief mourner fell to Ariadne.
Eight days after Arabella’s death, she was in the process of individually greeting and shaking hands with the visitors.
“May the Lord’s blessing be with you……”
“Amen……”
After sending off the nun, the wake, where Arabella’s body was laid, became quiet.
Taking a moment to rest while looking around the empty wake, Ariadne noticed someone new at the entrance.
After receiving visitors for twice the usual duration of 14 days, all the influential people had come, and now there were only middlemen, hawkers, or those who took time to arrive.
By the eighth day of the wake, most of the visitors were either women or the elderly.
However, the person standing at the door was a young man with a fur hood on, tall and sturdy.
‘Did Arabella have such a visitor……?’
‘They could be the gamekeeper of Bergamo estate,’ Ariadne thought, adjusting her dress of black velvet as she looked at the approaching visitor and straightened her posture.
She planned to reply, ‘Thank you for your effort in coming from afar,’ if the other party said, ‘I express my condolences.’ However, the other party reached out and held her hand without saying a word.
“Ariadne……!”
It was a voice she was familiar with. Ariadne was surprised at the touch of the hand and the sound of her name being called, and she lifted her head.
Prince Alfonso, who had ridden his horse day and night for three days to reach here, was standing there.
Male lead is a clingy little husband
One-line summary: The male lead is initially an arrogant, noble, love-deprived brat, later a cute, clingy, scheming little jealous one.
Introduction:
One day, Lu Yuner’s soul transmigrates into a female-dominant world. She enters the Imperial Academy and takes up the position of a doctoral instructor, teaching classes and grading schoolwork.
One day, she encounters the young prince Su Qingwan secretly skipping class from the male academy.
As a result, Su Qingwan is punished.
From then on, Su Qingwan sees Lu Yuner as a “thorn in his side”.
But before long, this “thorn” becomes the person he cherishes most, and he goes to great lengths to win Lu Yuner’s affection.
Mini scene 1:
One day, the sun is high in the sky but Su Qingwan still hasn’t gotten up for class.
Servant Xiaoyuan: “Young prince, it’s time for class. You’ll be late otherwise.”
Su Qingwan says arrogantly: “I’m not going. I am the esteemed prince, my status is so noble, why should I suffer this hardship? Besides, isn’t learning all this just to please women? Hmph, they’re not worthy!”
Mini scene 2:
After Su Qingwan falls for someone, he completely changes. He no longer skips class and diligently learns how to be a good husband and father. But he discovers that Sister Yuner is always surrounded by admirers.
Drunk and overcome with jealousy one day, he clings to Lu Yuner, crying beautifully like a pear blossom in the rain.
Su Qingwan: “Qingwan likes Sister Yuner.”
Lu Yuner: “Young prince, you’re drunk.”
Su Qingwan: “Qingwan isn’t drunk. Qingwan likes Sister Yuner, likes you so much, likes you to bits…” Before he can finish, Lu Yuner’s eyes flash with emotion and she leans in closer.
[Reading Guide]
1. The female lead is gentle, gracious, humble and polite but not weak. The male lead is initially an arrogant, noble, love-deprived brat, later a cute, clingy, scheming little jealous one.
2. 1v1, a bit torturous in the beginning but definitely sweet later on.
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