“His Majesty the King seems to be in deep thought as well.”
A faint smile was always present on Ariadne’s face. It was the confidence of someone who had understood the unfolding situation.
“How unexpected, King Leo III decided to execute the clown immediately. It appears he doesn’t want to widely spread the fact that Prince Alfonso is involved. You prioritize avoiding damaging your son’s, pardon the expression, marketability over formalizing the marriage alliance with the Kingdom of Gallico. This means the alliance isn’t a mustdo. It seems it’s less regrettable than a son with a tarnished reputation.”
Ariadne asked,
“Is it paternal love?”
“No.”
Queen Marguerite answered crisply. Ariadne replied with a laugh,
“How about King Philip IV? He seems to have a great interest in the successful establishment of this marriage alliance.”
Queen Marguerite answered honestly,
“It’s not like Philip. Actually, the proposal of this marriage discussion was strange from the beginning.”
“The King of Gallico seemed to pretend otherwise, but he conceded too much. It’s like a trap deliberately set.”
“However, from the Etruscan Kingdom’s point of view, it was a cup of poison that couldn’t be refused.”
Ariadne said confidently,
“How about we make King Philip IV have no choice but to break off this marriage discussion?”
The eyes of Queen Marguerite and Lady Carla widened. They had never considered meddling with King Philip IV who was beyond the Prinoal Mountain Range, instead of persuading Leo III who was right next to the palace.
“How would that be possible?”
Ariadne held up a finger.
“Firstly, by stimulating insecurity and anger. King Philip IV is still a young king in his late 20s.”
She continued to explain bluntly,
“Send a ‘secret’ letter to someone in the Kingdom of Gallico who has a direct relationship with King Philip IV, and who can spread rumors. ‘Duke Mireiyu is dead, but the Etruscan Kingdom is adding unsavory stories to the Duke’s cause of death to lead the marriage alliance in their favor.'”
Queen Marguerite seemed to roughly understand, but Lady Carla looked at Ariadne with a face full of confusion. She kindly added an explanation.
“Once King Philip IV is enraged, there will be no choice but to spread rumors in the Gallico court that this is a policy the Etruscan royal family will soon adopt. Public opinion in Gallico will inevitably spread. ‘It’s a shame for Gallico to accept such a marriage alliance. Why should we have to make such an alliance?’ is the atmosphere we need to create.”
“Then what’s the second?”
“The second is to shake the surroundings. King Philip IV is in the third year of his reign, and he is a king who ascended the throne with blood on his hands. Physical restructuring of the surroundings cannot have been completed yet.”
Ariadne’s green eyes were sparkling. Queen Marguerite was impressed with the cleverness of the fifteenyearold girl who seemed to be looking into the internal affairs of the Kingdom of Gallico.
“Who do you think would be the most shocked if they find out the predicament of Princess Lariesa, I mean, the existence of the letter, and the fact that she might be detained in Etruscan immediately?”
Lady Carla interjected,
“Isn’t it Princess Lariesa herself?”
But Queen Marguerite gestured for Lady Carla to be quiet and then said,
“… Duke Ode of Valoa.”
“You’re wise, Your Majesty. Give a hint to the person who would be most worried. But in fact,”
Ariadne looked out at the palace’s main gate in the distance through the window in the queen’s room.
“Even if we don’t do anything, the close aides of Princess Lariesa must have already sent a quick dispatch to Gallico.”
In fact, Count Levian sent a junior diplomat to Duke Ode on a fast horse.
“The Duke of Oed should be ready to leap at any opportunity to bring his daughter back from Etruscan, as long as there’s a torch for guidance,”
“He needs an excuse, you mean.”
“Yes, your Majesty. The first letter will provide the Duke of Oed with a pretext to act. The second letter, you may send it or not. If you do, it will make things a bit more certain.”
Queen Marguerite contemplated for a moment.
“Let’s write both.”
Upon hearing her decision, Lady Carla looked at Queen Marguerite in surprise.
“Your Majesty, it’s too dangerous!”
The last time Queen Marguerite wrote a political letter to Gallico, it haunted her for a long time.
“I know. But who else will save my son if not me?”
Lady Carla, too, held great concern for Prince Alfonso’s safety. However, she did everything to dissuade her master.
“Then, just write the first letter! The second one is optional, isn’t it!”
But the Queen was resolute.
“If I’m going to do it, I might as well do it properly. Ariadne de Mare, how would you calculate the odds of success if I write the second letter or not?”
In truth, no such thing as exact probabilities existed in the world, but the Crown Prince always needed a guideline for judgment. Ariadne gave her best guess.
“Even if you don’t write it, I think there’s a 70% chance of success.”
“And if I write it?”
“90%.”
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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