Then, Liviana was not just suspicious. She knew that there was no dylan in the tea. It was something she couldn’t have known if she hadn’t conspired with the emperor.
“Of course, I know you were surprised by this incident. But you shouldn’t say such things. You could be accused of blasphemy if you’re not careful.”
“……”
“Excitement is not good for the baby either.”
“Sigh……”
Retreating as if genuinely worried, Liviana’s soft words made Margaret step back.
Though she was annoyed by Liviana’s attitude, acting as if nothing had happened while being vocal in the palace, she thought she couldn’t let this continue.
“For now, rest. Both the emperor and Bake said they would do their best to help, so if you rest for a while, the rumors will subside.”
“Ah, so that’s your aim. You’re trying to get rid of me from the maid’s position.”
“Margaret, please.”
“No matter what, it’s no use. You’ve already shown your true colors to me.”
“……Whether to choose a maid or not is my freedom. I could have done it at any time, even without such an event.”
“So you’re showing your true colors now?”
Finally catching the tail, Margaret gritted her lips.
But contrary to her expectations, Liviana just touched her forehead with a kind face this time.
“It’s not that, I didn’t need to create such a fuss to drive you away.”
“What?”
“The palace, especially from the first backstabbing position, creating such a fuss would have damaged my reputation, why would I do that in that place.”
“That’s, you……”
Margaret couldn’t finish her words and just bit her lip.
Although she hated to admit it, Liviana was right. There was no reason to attract so many eyes just to drive her out of the maid’s position.
But wasn’t there clear circumstantial evidence that the emperor and Liviana had not conspired?
As her thoughts reached that far, Margaret couldn’t open her mouth again, just licking her lips.
No matter how much she thought about it, she couldn’t get rid of the feeling that she was being fooled by Liviana’s tactics.
“I won’t discuss it any further now, it seems like it would stress you. You still need to calm down more, I feel like I came for no reason.”
“……”
“Just rest for now. I’ve had someone waiting outside, call them whenever you need.”
“Ah……”
When Liviana’s gaze landed on one place, Margaret finally covered her mouth.
She couldn’t say exactly when, but the door had been slightly open.
If someone was waiting outside, they must have overheard the conversation so far. And, the story would have been passed on to Bake.
The suspicious man always had the house’s servants acting as his eyes and ears.
Yet she hadn’t been bothered because she wasn’t the target of suspicion.
At least until now.
Gulp.
In the quiet room, only a small echo resonated.
[This is the time separator]“Liviana is trying to break us apart.”
“What?”
“I was right. Liviana.”
“You took the time to come here, and that’s all you have to say?”
Bake, unable to hide his annoyance, shook off Margaret’s hand.
Only then did Margaret snap back to her senses and carefully grasped Bake’s hem. She shouldn’t have been hasty, but when she saw Bake’s face, her tears flowed out at once. Perhaps because of the pregnancy, she had become more sensitive these days.
Moreover, it had been over a week since the incident that Bake came to see her. All this while, she hadn’t seen him and had been virtually confined to the outbuilding, so her heart had unknowingly raced ahead.
“I know you might have misunderstood something. You must have heard the conversation between Liviana and me then. But that’s all a misunderstanding.”
“Conversation?”
“Liviana knew that your man was eavesdropping on our conversation. So.”
“What nonsense are you suddenly saying? What’s this about conversation, and eavesdropping?”
“What do you mean? That day, when there was an incident in the palace, you were secretly listening to my conversation with Livianna…”
Margaret swallowed her words at Bake, who frowned as if he didn’t understand.
Looking back, she had confirmed that the door was slightly open and that there was someone else’s presence when Livianna left.
But she hadn’t actually seen the face of the person who was waiting outside.
What she saw that day was the doctor who had come while she was in a daze.
Margaret blankly stared at the door and only repeated a hollow laugh.
The door of the Craiton mansion was relatively heavy, so it didn’t show much even if the door was closed with the lock on.
Thanks to this, eavesdropping through a slight gap made by closing the door with the lock on was a method often used by Bake.
But, Livianna knew about that method.
“It’s not about deception, it’s about showing off. Livianna knows more than we expected.”
“What nonsense have you been talking about since a while ago?”
“It’s not nonsense. It’s true. We shouldn’t be doing this, we need to plan against him.”
Margaret desperately whispered and grabbed Bake’s coat. However, the man she looked up to had only a lukewarm expression.
Margaret recognized the meaning of that expression and stepped back. The fine fabric slipped through Margaret’s fingers.
“……You can’t possibly, not believe what I’m saying?”
The Male lead Always Seduces Her with His Beauty (Matriarchy)
Xin Jiao Zhou is the leader of the world’s premier sect. She has just experienced betrayal from all sides, was poisoned in an assassination attempt, and faced death squad attacks while the poison was taking effect. After finally clearing out the scum from her sect, she was drugged again while trying to detoxify.
After waking up from a night of unconsciousness, she gained a “beautiful and kind-hearted” husband.
Xin Jiao Zhou: “???”
He fell ill.
She came to see him, bringing breakfast.
As she put down the breakfast and was about to leave, his hand slipped while holding the spoon. “Clank!”
She turned around upon hearing the noise.
He looked up at her, his eyebrows drooping: “My hand… has no strength.”
“Shall I… feed you?” she asked tentatively.
He opened his mouth cheerfully: “Ah—”
Thinking she was drowning, he jumped in without hesitation to save her, but nearly drowned himself. In the end, it was she who swam over to rescue him, giving him air underwater.
After emerging from the water, his ear tips turned red. He lightly brushed his cheek, tucking his sideburns behind his ear, revealing delicate, pink-tinged ear tips. He lowered his gaze, too embarrassed to look at her.
Xin Jiao Zhou: He’s truly beautiful, kind-hearted, and adorable.
A certain someone when disciplining subordinates behind the scenes: “If they don’t obey, just kill them.”
What’s that? She might already have someone she cares about in her heart? A certain someone: Find out who it is, kill them, and then there won’t be anyone.
What? She met a man by the riverside? What? That man even hurt her? A certain someone: Whichever hand hurt her, chop off his entire arm.
Love at first sight without realizing it, gradually falling in love, slowly getting closer…
Family and national grudges, schemes and desires, good and evil, crime and punishment, she and he face the future together, seeking justice with passion!
A naturally dark female lead who could accidentally destroy the world but is actually an honest person VS a weak, pitiful, and helpless but skilled fighter, beautiful white-cut black male lead
My heart is not of stone, how steadfast is your love? — Tao Yuanming “Imitating the Ancients (No. 3)”
— Reading Guide —
Cold female lead & dramatic black lotus with hidden yandere traits male lead
