“Isn’t Lady Gillette too young to hear such talk?”
Lady Merdi’s face reddened.
“Please… Please…”
Gillette didn’t want to believe the reality of his father pleading on his knees in front of Lishi.
Who does that woman think she is? She’s just earning the honor of the ‘Green Family’ because she married well.
Despite living so recklessly, she made me a laughingstock because she married well.
But Gillette couldn’t budge. He knew that if he made a move here, the situation would only worsen.
On top of that, Lady Merdi, who had barely come to her senses, was gripping Gillette’s wrist as if she would snap it.
Only then did Gillette realize what he had done.
There were families in the world that one should not mess with.
The Green Family, who received the blessings of the holy kingdom, was one such family. Even the Emperor couldn’t easily interfere with the Green Family.
Gillette knew this as well.
He just couldn’t accept that Lishi had become part of the Green Family from the moment she married Kevrant.
Gillette squeezed his eyes shut, then opened them again. He hated it terribly, but there was nothing he could do.
At this moment, what Lishi wanted was clear.
Gillette’s apology.
Gillette’s submission.
As Gillette tried to approach Lishi, Lady Merdi glared at him as if to say, ‘don’t do something stupid.’
Gillette said, “It’s okay,” in a whisper, and headed towards Lishi.
Everyone’s gaze followed Gillette.
Eventually, Gillette, standing in front of Lishi, calmly knelt down next to Lady Merdi.
“I spread false rumors.”
Actually, it was Alford who had brought up that story. But Alford would never admit that, and the maids present wouldn’t tell the truth either.
“I’ve done wrong, Lady Green. I’ve committed a great sin. Please punish me.”
Now, people’s eyes were directed towards Lishi’s lips.
The sin of spreading rumors about the Lady, which reached other countries, was significant. Moreover, it was not just any Lady, but the Lady of the Green Family, and the beloved of Duke Wittle. Everyone was curious about the terrible punishment that Lishi would impose.
‘She’ll at least be exiled.’
But Lishi said something contrary to everyone’s expectations.
“There will be no punishment.”
Lishi spoke plainly.
“Since you’ve spoken honestly and apologized, I’ll forgive you. This matter ends here.”
Most of the commoners and nobles present thought,
‘She’s so generous. The flower of the Duke’s family, she must have grown so gracefully because of that, right?’
And a few of the nobles present thought,
‘I thought the flower of the Duke’s family would be naive, but she’s not. I need to be careful.’
Lishi had forgiven Gillette, and the reporters present would widely spread this fact in their articles.
The generous Lady Green who forgave the young noble who spread false rumors about her.
But a few present knew that in reality, it wasn’t forgiveness. If she really intended to forgive, she wouldn’t have exposed the truth in such a public place. She would have quietly found out later, and then spoken and forgiven him in private.
Since everything has come out in this place, neither Gillette nor the Merdi family will be able to escape the fact that they tried to tarnish the name of the Green family with false rumors.
The Merdi family will be shunned by the nobility and will become a laughingstock wherever they go. This incident will follow every business the Merdi family conducts, and it is certain that the businesses under the name of the Merdi family will soon fail.
But Lishi has forgiven Gillette, so whatever treatment the Merdi family receives in the future, it has nothing to do with Lishi.
No one can say that Lishi went too far.
Even the reporter from Wittingk of Elerbo noticed the reason Lishi had forgiven Gillette.
Usually, Wittingk would have written, ‘The flower of the Duke Wittle family had sharp thorns.’ as the lead of the article, but he didn’t intend to do so this time.
‘Lady Green. What an interesting person.’
The new official who came to see Kevrant was also watching this spectacle.
As the situation progressed, the official’s face became more and more pale.
When Gillette finally knelt down in front of Lishi, the official himself wanted to kneel.
‘God, what should I do?’
+++
Lishi was reading the newspaper while soaking in a bathtub filled with warm and fragrant water.
This morning’s issue of Elerbo.
On the first page, there was an article related to Lishi.
The article written by Wittink was favorable to Lissie.
‘If it was Wittink, he would have noticed why I forgave Gillette. But he didn’t mention it.’
That meant, Wittink had a favorable view of Lissie.
At a time when the power of nobility was not absolute as before, it was important to gain the favor of the reporter.
‘However…’
[The flower of the Duke of Wittlelo’s house still had bright petals.]Lissie stared at the last part of the article.
The flower of the Duke of Wittlelo’s house.
A title that always followed her when describing Lissie.
Lissie wanted to get away from that title.
‘It won’t be easy.’
Male lead is a Destined Young Husband (Female-dominant)
One-sentence summary: Wife-master, listen to my explanation!
Li Ruantang, a young lady from a prestigious family, stumbled and fell. When she woke up, she saw a noble and beautiful young man sitting by her bedside, wiping away tears.
The young master had slightly reddened eyes, and his every move exuded charm.
The sight made Li Ruantang’s eyes hot and her heart flutter. After all, she had made a bet with the young master Meng from the neighboring family. If she couldn’t marry a husband before the end of the year, she would have to admit defeat and give up the jade she had worked so hard to obtain.
Outside the window, the flowers were in full bloom.
Rather than losing the bet, the jade, and her face, Li Ruantang calculated that it would be better to seek marriage with the young master in front of her, killing three birds with one stone.
…
Meng Jun never thought that an accident during a spring outing would lead to them rolling down a cliff and into a river, yet still survive.
Now they were trapped in an unknown village, and Meng Jun had overheard that the family who had rescued them had their own intentions.
After all, it was Li Ruantang who had lost her mind and sought marriage first. He was only trying to protect himself!
Glancing at Li Ruantang, who was listing her own merits, the young husband’s voice softened, and he blushed as he lied, “W-wife-master, Wife-master, don’t you remember me?”
The young husband’s voice was clear and handsome, coaxing Li Ruantang’s heart to be soft and sweet, and she spared no effort to protect him.
It wasn’t until they returned to the capital that Li Ruantang suddenly remembered.
When they had fallen off the cliff, in order not to implicate Wei Yunruo, whom he secretly admired, the young husband had instead pulled her, who was slightly farther away, down the cliff with him…
Short summary by Yuushi L: Initially, the male lead (ML) liked another girl, while the female lead (FL) liked the ML. Both fell off a cliff. The FL temporarily lost her memory, and the ML, fearing others might take advantage of him, claimed FL was his wife while they were staying in a village. Later, when they returned home, the FL regained her memories and remembered that the ML liked someone else, so she kept her distance from him. However, during their time living together in the countryside, the ML’s view of the FL had completely changed. From this point, his pursuit of the FL begins.
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