In the early morning, the weather was unusually clear. Phaelin, who had come out of her chamber at an early hour, headed towards Evelia with a lighter step than usual.
Recently, my mistress’s complexion had only darkened with each passing day. It was understandable. With the absurd rumors circulating within the palace about her, how could her heart be at ease?
Moreover, the malicious rumors targeted not only Evelia but also her sole husband. Somehow, this seemed to make Evelia even more troubled.
Ever since she became the imperial crown princess, Evelia had always been troubled, so seeing her brighter recently had been incredibly joyful. But the tragedy that arrived was too swift compared to the time of hardship, weighing down even Phaelin’s heart.
Phaelin sighed heavily, tilting her head to look at the sky. The cloudless blue sky seemed to momentarily relieve her stifling emotions, but on the other hand, it also weighed down her heart even more.
“It’s too clear, ignorant of my feelings.”
Phaelin mumbled, casting a resentful gaze at the innocent sky. It would at least serve as a good excuse.
An excuse good enough to get her reclusive mistress to step out into the garden.
Phaelin entered the crown princess’s chamber as she usually would. Initially, she would have checked the condition of her insomnia-plagued mistress first, but recently, her first task had become opening the window.
Today was no exception; she stretched her legs towards the window. However, as she was about to pass by the bedside, a strange silhouette caught her eye through the closed canopy.
Startled for a moment, Phaelin stopped heading towards the window and quickly moved towards the bed. As she cautiously lifted the canopy, the identity of the unfamiliar silhouette was immediately revealed.
“Your, Your Highness!”
Phaelin covered her mouth with a surprised look as she saw Evelia, who she thought would be asleep, hunched over with her back against the head of the bed.
Only when she responded to Phaelin’s call did her face emerge from between her knees, and it was even more shocking. Her face was so swollen that, compared to the face Phaelin had seen last night, she looked like an entirely different person.
She looked like someone who had spent the entire night crying, not sleeping a wink.
“Your Highness, why, why does your face look like this? Was there something wrong last night?”
Faelin couldn’t hide her surprise as she quickly grabbed Evelia’s hand. Just as quickly, she was shocked again. Evelia’s skin was too cold to the touch. There was no warmth to be found.
Wondering if she might have caught a cold, Faelin hurriedly touched her forehead. She knew she should ask for permission first, but there was no time for such formalities.
A cold would be serious. Evelia had been frail since childhood, and although she had gotten much healthier after some time in a sanatorium, she still occasionally fell severely ill.
“Your Majesty, do you feel unwell anywhere? Do you feel heavy or feverish? Please speak up if there’s even a minor discomfort.”
Faelin tried to make eye contact with Evelia, her face full of concern. She was ready to rush to the imperial physician at a moment’s notice.
However, Evelia only let out a deep sigh and gave no response. Faelin could only conclude that her mistress was not in good condition.
Faelin examined Evelia’s body thoroughly. She cautiously touched her neck, feeling for any heat that wasn’t apparent on her forehead, and scanned the skin hidden beneath her nightgown. But she found nothing amiss.
Finally, Evelia, who had been sighing throughout, moved her dry lips.
“…Faelin.”
“Yes, Your Majesty!”
Faelin responded instantly, almost reflexively. Still, Evelia continued to stare blankly into the void.
“I’m sorry, but… I want to be alone.”
The voice that finally emerged was not only lifeless but also cracked as if about to break.
Only then was Faelin certain. Something unusual had happened to her mistress.
“Your Majesty, what happened? Something happened last night, didn’t it?”
Holding Evelia’s hand tightly, Faelin looked at her with eyes filled with a different kind of concern. She had been withering day by day as it was, and now she looked almost skeletal overnight.
What on earth had happened? Faelin sent a look urging her to speak, but Evelia only shook her head wearily.
“I’ll explain later… later, Faelin. So, for now… leave me alone.”
She seemed to struggle even to utter a few short words, taking two laborious breaths. How could anyone leave her alone seeing her like this?
Pailin gripped Evelia’s hand more tightly, silently holding on. By doing so, he conveyed his wish to ask nothing more of her as long as she stayed by his side.
But Evelia would not even allow him that.
“Please, Pailin…….”
“…….”
“….I’m begging you.”
Once again, she mustered the strength to speak and drew a deep breath, her eyes narrowing slightly. It was a decisive rejection.
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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