Ikarus was quick to notice.
“Is that the plan?”
“Absolutely not.”
No sooner had Reneb finished speaking than Ikarus objected.
“There are various reasons I can’t say who’s trying to harm me. Furthermore, we can’t punish them under imperial law just for planning a crime.”
Leaving out the story before the regression was also problematic when saying that Ashika was trying to harm him.
Though fake, Ashika currently held the status of Solti’s princess.
If Ashika were to be punished, it could also affect the peace treaty between Bashuker and Solti.
So bringing up Ashika’s name was only going to make Ikarus more anxious, which is why Reneb couldn’t speak freely either.
“Your Highness, how about hearing Her Grace’s side before making a decision?”
Upon Dhan’s suggestion, Ikarus furrowed his brow. He openly displayed his discomfort, but did not object.
“Do you trust the abilities of your secret guards?”
“Is that even a question? They’re Bashuker’s elite warriors. In terms of skill, they can’t be surpassed by anyone in the empire.”
“Then how about trusting them?”
“Ha…”
Ikarus let out a hollow laugh.
If Reneb continued to object to the decoy strategy presented, it would prove that Ikarus did not trust his secret guards.
“Truly, Your Grace is cunning.”
Isn’t it about time to execute the plan?
Ashika thought as she looked at Count Chalz.
“Princess, look over there.”
Count Chalz pointed to the imperial garden. Servants were busy moving something packed on carts.
“It seems they will start soon.”
Upon Ashika’s comment, several nobles who were chatting at a distance approached the window.
“It looks like they’re going to set off fireworks.”
A noblewoman spoke while looking at the hall. The nobles murmured and flocked toward the window.
Ashika quickly scanned the hall looking for Reneb.
‘Huh? He was there just a moment ago… where did he go?’
But she still couldn’t spot Reneb and became slightly uneasy.
As Ashika was moving restlessly inside the hall, Count Chalz whispered to her.
“Don’t worry. I’ve left the task to capable hands. All you have to do is enjoy the beautiful fireworks that will decorate the night sky.”
“That’s comforting to hear.”
Ashika smiled and stared out the large window.
Boom!
A firework shot up into the night sky, followed by another that beautifully decorated the sky.
“Wow…!”
Exclamations poured from everywhere.
Now was the perfect opportunity, as everyone was engrossed in looking at the night sky.
Boom!
People were startled by the sudden sound of fireworks and moved toward the window.
A servant passing near Reneb jerked his shoulder, causing the plate he was holding to wobble dangerously.
“….!”
The sauce spilling from the plate stained Reneb’s dress.
Sighing, Reneb looked down at her now-stained dress.
The servant kept bowing in an apology. He was rambling on, but his words were drowned out by the ongoing fireworks.
“Your Grace, we’ve prepared a spare dress for times like this, so please don’t be too upset.”
Dhan shouted near Reneb’s ear.
Reneb gave the servant a faint smile and gestured for him to go away.
After Dhan gave some instructions to a passing maid, she nodded and gracefully signaled toward the hallway.
Reneb walked out of the great hall and along a long corridor. The maid guided her to a guest room in the corridor, bowed, and left.
“It’s quieter here.”
It felt as if the ongoing fireworks sounds were more distant, perhaps because of the soundproofing.
Reneb approached the large window and looked up at the night sky.
The night sky flickered for a moment, embroidered with flowers and butterflies, before plunging into darkness.
Boom!
Fireworks lighting up the sky with shifting colors and shapes were quite beautiful, to the point where she stood with her mouth slightly open in awe.
“……?”
Just then, she sensed a presence in the room that should have been empty. Instead of turning around, Reneb looked at the room reflected in the window.
Someone was there.
As the launched fireworks disappeared, the room darkened.
‘How many are there?’
Reneb focused her senses, trying to read the presence of the others in the darkness.
Then.
Boom! Along with the sound, the dim room brightened. The figures reflected in the window had moved closer than before.
Boom!
As if taking that sound as a signal, the intruders in the room charged toward Reneb.
It was at the moment when Reneb, clutching her dress tightly, was about to run towards the door.
The door flung open.
“Your Highness!”
Icar immediately shouted. Behind him were Dohan and Vain.
“What, what is this?!”
The sudden appearance of the three men threw the intruders into confusion. Whether to seize Reneb first or to deal with them was unclear.
However, their dilemma was irrelevant.
Because the elite warriors of Basheker, Icar’s secret guards, had joined the fray.
One of the intruders near Reneb lunged at her, likely planning to use her as a hostage to escape.
“……!”
But Reneb quickly dodged, ducking out of the intruder’s grasp.
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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