“Really?”
“……”
“Are you really the father of the child that Margaret carries?”
Tears hanging at the corners of his eyes finally wet the floor.
Beyk was suddenly brought to his senses by the sound of his wife’s tears falling like glass beads.
Right now, the content of the letter was not the problem.
The fact that Liviana knew who the bloodline of the child in Margaret’s belly belonged to was the biggest issue. Somehow, he had to deal with the situation.
“It’s a misunderstanding.”
“……Misunderstanding?”
Beyk pulled up his lips, pretending not to notice his mouth getting dry.
There was no reason why all truths should be revealed. There were secrets that sometimes needed to be hidden.
“I would never do such a thing. You’re not really believing this, are you?”
The corner of his mouth that he had worked hard to lift quivered. It was supposed to be a smile, but due to the more tensed muscles around his mouth than usual, it turned into an awkward smile.
However, Beyk was too anxious to realize that fact. In the end, he couldn’t beat the silence of his wife getting longer and reached out.
“Do you think I can’t recognize a friend’s handwriting?”
Liviana stepped back before his hand could even reach.
Beyk was more flustered and leaned more towards Liviana.
“Anyone can imitate handwriting.”
“Imitate? Who?”
“Well, it must be Duke Pieren, or the Emperor……!”
He hastily covered his mouth with his hand, but it was too late to take back the words that had been spoken. Beyk bit his lips slightly. He felt like he knew what question Liviana would ask next without even asking.
“Why would they?”
“That, that is……”
“It’s true that I had a past connection with Duke Pieren, but that’s all in the past.”
“……”
What should he say, and what should he not say?
Beyk licked his lips and couldn’t say a word. He had to bring up past matters to explain why the Emperor and Duke Pieren targeted Liviana.
“Don’t think about passing over this without a proper explanation. If what’s written in this letter is true, then I”
“No! Absolutely not! This is all to defame me. They’re playing tricks to separate you and me.”
His mind was in a mess, but he couldn’t just stand still.
Beyk stretched out his hand again and grabbed Liviana’s shoulder tightly. This time, she couldn’t run away.
“The Emperor hates me. And so does Duke Pieren.”
“……They hate you?”
“Yes. They’re not as good as you think. They’re rather wicked.”
“Such words won’t explain anything.”
“I’ll explain! Then it’ll be okay! I can explain everything!”
In case he missed something, when Liviana tried to get away, Beyk gave more strength. He wasn’t good at physical tasks, but he wasn’t so weak that he couldn’t even control a frail woman.
“There was a dispute over the throne in the past. And at that time, I took the side of a prince other than the current Emperor. That’s when the Emperor began to dislike me.”
“……”
“Duke Pieren still has you in his heart. The Emperor knows this better than anyone. That’s why he’s trying to interfere between us.”
“……”
“You’ve lost your memory, so he thinks this is the time to do something unnecessary.”
Once he opened his mouth, the excuses poured out like a flood.
Beyk looked at Liviana, who was still closing her mouth tightly, with desperate eyes and lowered his head.
“Do you, don’t you trust me?”
“……I want to trust.”
“Then”
“But I can’t just blindly trust.”
Liviana turned her head.
At the fallen gaze, Beyk hastily leaned his upper body to follow her.
“Liviana.”
“If there was a problem with the Emperor’s side, you should have told me in advance. But you didn’t say anything to me till the end.”
“I just didn’t want to worry you. You know. I’ve always put your health first.”
“Worry?”
“There was an accident. And as a result of that, you even forgot all the past time.”
He did his best to soothe her, but Liviana didn’t smile. She just had a cold expression like the frost in December.
Beyk licked his drying lips with his tongue, wondering what else he should say.
“It was all for you.”
“……”
“Actually, I was quite anxious! Knowing how much you loved Duke Pieren in the past……”
“……”
“I can explain everything. So please, just listen to me. Please trust me.”
His last words were closer to crying than pleading. Beyk couldn’t look at his wife’s cold eyes anymore, and weakly buried his face in her shoulder.
“Whatever you’re curious about, I’ll tell you. So please don’t look at me with those eyes. When you look at me with those eyes, I feel like my heart is torn into thousands, tens of thousands of pieces.”
“…Is it really not you?”
Did it get through?
Suddenly, Beke lifted his head.
It was a subtle change, but it was definitely shaking. His eyes, which had been icy, were softer than before.
Then he couldn’t delay any longer.
Beke hurriedly made the next remark.
“Just give me a little time. Then I can solve everything. If you wait for me, I will definitely find evidence that you can accept.”
“……”
When scheming men desperately battle for her favor in the male harem
This one’s also on my reread list! The rivalry, scheming between the men in the imperial harem are just as intense and thrilling as in classic palace drama novels, where concubines fight to the death. Give it a read, girls! I promise you won’t be disappointed.
Synopsis:
“I am not worthy of her… but I still want to be by her side, even if only as a loyal dog…”
Those were the painful whispers of Yue Guanyi – the proud Crown Prince of the Great Qi, who was torn between deep love and a guilty conscience. Despite holding the supreme power of the Imperial Guard, he still could not forget the dark past when he was sold into a brothel.
Fate played a cruel twist when Qiu Shuzhi – a young female official who had just passed the imperial examinations with top honors – stepped into his life. She did not know that she was the one who had saved him from a tragic fate many years ago. And now, her heart was the target of pursuit for both Yue Guanyi and the powerful Empress Dowager Qin Qing.
While Yue Guanyi only dared to silently care for and protect the one he loved from afar, the Empress Dowager Qin Qing openly expressed his feelings and did not hesitate to take advantage of his power to approach Qiu Shuzhi. The covert struggle between the two most powerful forces in the imperial court began…
Trigger warning: All men in this novel are yandere style.
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