“To achieve that, having a close relationship with the Princess Consort is an inevitable element, isn’t it? Even if it’s just a performance, that’s what I mean.”
Despite recalling his words several times just to be sure, the conclusion did not change.
The intention to make everyone look up to him by having a close relationship with the Princess Consort, to distance himself more and more from Relia, was, in other words, the meaning of his words.
When you think about it, it was the right thing to do. Just look at recent events. Wasn’t it the case? Relia, blinded by jealousy, acted recklessly, if not foolishly, and caused trouble for the Crown Prince.
This was the first time this happened, so the usually gentle Princess Consort didn’t make a big deal out of it. However, if the same situation were to be repeated, it would be a different story.
The Crown Prince, in anticipation of that, asked me to do something about it.
Dwayne looked at Relia with eyes focused on the issue. Relia flinched just from his gaze. In an instant, Dwayne’s forehead wrinkled.
As expected, the child had many shortcomings as a pawn to be used in the grand plan to seize the empire. Of course, when only considering Net, there was no better pawn than Relia, but it was clear that there were visible limitations.
On the other hand, the Crown Prince’s plan was perfect, assuming that it smoothly continued toward the goal he had set. Moreover, the fact that he confided in me about his plan meant that there was a clear place for himself in the grand picture he painted.
If I could use that well, I might be able to place the Crown Prince, who claimed he would place everyone under his feet, under my feet.
Dwayne squinted his eyes and carefully pondered. Then, at that moment, Relia, who had been observing, cautiously spoke to Yustia.
“Your Majesty, I have something I’d like to discuss. May I speak?”
“Something you’d like to discuss? Go ahead and speak freely, my dear.”
“Since I’m in the palace, what do you think about meeting His Highness the Crown Prince… I thought it might be good to apologize and greet him for the inconvenience caused by me.”
“Ah…”
Yustia let out a perplexed sigh for a moment. She knew Relia’s feelings about finding Rio-Lian, but it didn’t seem pleasant to meet Rio.
Wasn’t he the son who opposed Relia’s release until the end? If it weren’t for Ivelia, Relia would still be imprisoned. However, if I honestly spoke about it, it was clear that Relia would cling to me, crying and begging.
Yustia’s head throbbed with pain. Since I couldn’t easily provide an answer in either direction, I was in a difficult situation.
Still, an answer had to be given. Rolling my already dulled mind vigorously, an unexpected voice echoed in the reception room.
“Let’s conclude the meeting now.”
Suddenly changing the atmosphere in the reception room was Dwayne. Yustia looked at him with a surprised expression.
“What? Father, are you saying you’ll leave now?”
His words were quite bewildering. He had been immersed in his conscience until now, suddenly saying he would leave? However, looking at Dwayne, he seemed to have no intention of leaving, but rather, he stubbornly stared at Relia.
“I’m in the middle of discussing whether it would be better for her to leave now.”
“Your Excellency, I’d like to briefly meet His Highness the Crown Prince before leaving the palace…”
“Does my suggestion that it would be better for you to leave not reach your ears, Your Grace?”
“Your Excellency.”
“The Princess Consort’s complexion is still not good, so leaving the seat for too long would only add more worries to the Marquess, who is already burdened with a heavy heart.”
So stop with the idle talk and leave now.
Dwayne’s attitude was so firm that it could be considered harsh. With a face expressing clear displeasure, Relia stood up from her seat. She barely greeted Yustia.
She exited, showing a pitiful back view. Only then did Yustia look at Dwayne with eyes filled with incomprehension.
“Summoning Relia deliberately because of her imprisonment, isn’t that what you did? You seemed immersed in your thoughts all along, so why suddenly this?”
The question that had been suppressed burst out like a hidden arrow. Even after hearing it, Dwayne didn’t respond. He nonchalantly ignored her with a very familiar manner.
Yustia clenched her hands tightly beneath the table. It was an altogether unsurprising attitude, but that didn’t mean she could get used to the sense of disgrace.
She looked at the air as if in anger, chewing on her lips. At that moment, Dwayne gracefully stood up from his seat.
She raised her head somewhat automatically to look at him. She always thought she would naturally see his back. However, surprisingly, he was looking down at her. What was even more astonishing was that it didn’t end there.
Male lead is a Divorced Husband
She said to him: “Tell me, what makes you like me? I’ll change it!”
Liu Changning transmigrated into a female cannon fodder character in a female-dominant novel.
After reading the first half of the novel’s plot, the first thing she did upon transmigration was to divorce the Pan Jinlian-style male protagonist she had just married.
She indulged herself, pretending to be ugly and poor.
But as time passed, the way that man looked at her became more and more unusual…
Liu Changning was dumbfounded: Tell me, what makes you like me? I’ll change!
――
This lifetime, Pei Yuanshao was rejected by the same woman twice!
The first time, she drove him away. Forced by the situation, he endured the waves of anger in his heart, yielding and humbling himself.
That person lay slanted on a rocking chair, her sallow face emotionless: “If you don’t want a divorce, go cook!”
Pei Yuanshao’s face was dark and gloomy: “You!”
The second time, after the crisis in Jinling City was resolved, the new emperor sent someone to pick him up. He turned around, stammering: “I… I have to go. If you keep me…”
That person lay on the kang bed, her back to him, as if she had long anticipated this day, crisp and clear: “Goodbye!”
Pei Yuanshao was so angry his fingers trembled: “You… you!”
The mission of family and country made him restrain himself, averting his eyes and turning to leave this broken household.
Two years later, they met again. Seeing her ethereal face, his body shook like a sieve.
“She was originally a ‘she’!”
At the Qionglin Banquet, the top scholar of the imperial examination, a talented person with exceptional speech and conduct, all the unmarried young gentlemen from aristocratic families looked at her with shy and timid eyes.
The peerless imperial official Pei Yuanshao felt the anger in his heart erupt. He pointed at the woman surrounded by the crowd at the Qionglin Banquet, his thin lips slightly curled: “Little sister, I wants that person to be the wife-master of my Mingde Prince Manor.”
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