“Exactly, Isabella. Doesn’t it seem like this precious gem has arrived exactly where it should be?”
Isabella looked at Ariadne and gave a meaningful smile.
“It’s just perfect to become our family’s treasure! It would look good on Hippolytus brother’s ashcolored hair.”
Cardinal de Mare did not necessarily dissuade Isabella’s words and spoke to Ariadne, closing the lid of the ebony box containing the ‘Heart of the Blue Deep’ with a thud.
“Ariadne, you don’t have a separate safe for your necklace, how about your father keeps it in his study safe, what do you think?”
“Father, about that…”
Ariadne anxiously tore at the hem of her dress. He said he would send it right away, why hasn’t it arrived yet?
“Your Grace!”
A servant opened the entrance door with a jolt and reported in surprise.
“A guest has arrived.”
The person following the servant was the steward of the queen, wearing a golden emblem.
It was the carriage that Cardinal de Mare had been anxious about ‘following’. It wasn’t following. It had the same destination.
“Delivering the order of Queen Marguerite!”
In front of Cardinal de Mare and the kneeling family members, the steward of the queen recited the content of the decree, holding it in his hand.
“Today, the king’s excessive gift was bestowed on the second daughter of the de Mare family. For easy storage, a safe is also sent under the name of the queen. It shall be installed in the residence of the second daughter.”
The steward approached Cardinal de Mare and handed him a contract.
“Just sign here. It’s a contract for installation with the safe maker. The cost is all covered by the queen.”
In surprise, the cardinal signed the contract.
Four workers carrying a safe as large as a bookshelf up to their waist crossed the threshold of the entrance, groaning.
“Your Grace, where shall we install it?”
Ariadne replied.
“My room is the attic on the 3rd floor…”
The expression of Cardinal de Mare was distorted. He could not show the queen’s steward that the second daughter’s room was the attic in the corner of the third floor, especially since there were rumors that he was favoring the second daughter.
Also, there were too many servant quarters around on the way to that room.
“No! No! The furthest room on the 2nd floor!”
Now it was Lucrezia’s turn to be surprised.
“Dear! Isn’t that Hippolytus’ room?”
“Watch your tone!”
At the sound of Cardinal de Mare’s outburst, Lucrezia tucked her head into her shoulders like a turtle.
Although Cardinal de Mare was known to be quite irritable, he usually refrained from raising his voice in front of others, but this time, he seemed genuinely angry.
“A young girl’s bedroom is no place for a safe! Shouldn’t there be at least a study to keep the safe!”
He walked right next to Lucrezia and whispered fiercely in her ear.
“If you had properly taken care of things from the beginning, we wouldn’t be in this situation! I trusted and entrusted the domestic affairs to you because I respect it as your domain, and this is the result?”
“Yes, Your Grace…”
“I’ve given you several chances already. Yet you’re not improving at all and repeatedly tarnishing my reputation in front of others! Be aware that I will take action!”
Ariadne picked up the queen’s receipt that Lucretia crumpled and threw away amidst the chaos of the couples arguing and the servants setting up the safe. She straightened it out before tucking it back into her bosom.
After tightly hugging the ‘Heart of the Blue Abyss’ jewelry box and handing the queen’s jewelry box to Sancha who came down from the upper floor, all the preparations for the evacuation were complete.
“Let’s quickly go up while we have this chance. We can go to the new room. That’s a relief.”
[This is the time separator]“Your Majesty, please write a receipt that I have donated 50 ducats of condolence money to the Lambue Relief Foundation. However, I will take it out when I need it later. If I take it home, it won’t be my money anymore. The first use of that money will be to purchase my personal safe and install it in my room. Please order the installation of the safe, Your Majesty.”
Ariadne’s request to Queen Marguerite was as above. It was a story about using the Lambue Relief Foundation like a bank. It was a favor she could make because she trusted the queen.
She wondered if it was necessary to install a safe.
She had only brought 15 ducats, and she thought that if she handed over the ‘Heart of the Blue Abyss’ to Cardinal de Mare, it might lessen the burden.
If the control of that object was in Cardinal de Mare, those who coveted the ‘Heart of the Blue Abyss’ would target the cardinal or contact him, and they would not bother Ariadne.
However, she decided to change her mind. Regardless of whether the ‘Heart of the Blue Abyss’ was in Cardinal de Mare’s safe, it was ultimately a gift given to Ariadne personally by Leo III.
Because it was nominally her property, it was difficult to move completely separated from her.
And Cardinal de Mare was capable of trickery like including the ‘Heart of the Blue Abyss’ in the list of dowries while negotiating the marriage, and then omitting the ‘Heart of the Blue Abyss’ from the list of dowries when actually sending the bride.
He wouldn’t worry about Ariadne, who would receive all sorts of blame, going emptyhanded.
As a child, she resented and was jealous of Isabella, whom she thought her father truly loved.
She also felt somewhat inferior. But now it wasn’t. She knew very well that if it was related to core interests, Cardinal de Mare would discard even Isabella like a knife.
She would make good use of the item she had obtained. It was challenging and tricky, but it was an excellent card.
The wind was changing from her previous life.
And that evening, Ariadne received a parcel from the palace. It was a product brought directly by a palace servant.
‘If it’s an item from the palace, why didn’t they bring it with them during the day?’
Ariadne’s question was answered when she opened the box inside the wrapper.
It was a large golden hairpin in the shape of a flower, made with about a dozen deep pink tourmalines in marquise cut, each weighing approximately 3 carats. The engraving showed that it was an item sold at a highend jewelry store on the banks of the Tiber River.
The sender of the item was the Prince’s Palace.
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
