If it were now, he could completely ignore their opinions and push forward with his intentions like a dictator. However, at that time, he had to be cautious of their reactions.
He wasn’t an emperor in practice; his will didn’t always prevail…
And so, the Emperor had to welcome a woman from a powerful family among the Paradium nobility as his consort.
That was the current Empress.
Even in such a situation, the Empress never blamed the Emperor.
‘If it is Your Majesty’s will… I will accept it.’
Touched by her devoted love, the Emperor gave her a position higher than the Empress.
Until now, the Emperor had revered her more than the Empress.
“But… did she betray me?”
Occasionally, the thought crossed the Emperor’s mind that Lucius might not be his son.
However, seeing the unchanged appearance of the Empress, who was the same as when they first fell in love, made him feel that such suspicions were groundless.
‘But…’
The Emperor gritted his teeth, a sense of betrayal settling in.
Making decisions in the grip of anger is nothing but foolish.
However, once the evidence is out, there was no patience to leave them be, openly wandering around.
It’s best not to delay the decision.
The Emperor nodded slightly. He decided to reveal the truth unequivocally, leaving no room for even the slightest suspicion.
“Chancellor! Are you outside?”
At the Emperor’s shout, the chancellor promptly entered the study, bowing deeply.
“Yes, Your Majesty.”
“Detain the Grand Duke, the Empress, and the southern nobles.”
The chancellor, surprised by the Emperor’s order, looked up at the Emperor. However, he quickly bowed.
“…Yes, Your Majesty.”
Because there was no hesitation in the Emperor’s gaze.
As the Emperor left his study, the Empress suddenly stopped and turned toward Reneve.
“I will apologize in your stead. It seems Your Majesty reacted a bit sensitively due to great disappointment. I hope you didn’t take it too much to heart.”
Reneve thought the Empress handled the situation wisely.
Especially when you reach the pinnacle of the social hierarchy, you should know when to be humble rather than arrogant to avoid falling into the abyss.
After the death of the first and second princes before the regency, and even the Emperor, the Empress held sway over the social scene.
Naturally, the Empress aimed to eliminate the Empress, who had been a thorn in her side.
However, even after Lucius ascended to the throne, the Empress survived for a while, skillfully evading the Empress’s plans.
Of course, it didn’t end well in the end.
Anyway, in the Paradium palace, the treatment of Reneve as the queen of another country seemed to be reserved for the Empress alone.
“I’m fine. You must be greatly shocked. It’s like those you trusted stabbed you in the back.”
The Empress’s response seemed to please Reneve, and she smiled faintly. However, she coughed lightly and continued.
“How about having a meal together? I suggest we accompany it with some precious wine.”
Though Reneve understood the intention behind raising the glass, she judged that it was not the right time yet.
“I appreciate the offer, but I have some plans after this. I hope we can dine together next time.”
Reneve chose her words carefully, suggesting that they could postpone the celebration until everything was neatly resolved.
“Well, I suppose there’s nothing to be done.”
“If Your Majesty was hurt by my accusation, I believe Empress will comfort your heart. Of course.”
Reneve dropped a hint that the strained relationship with the Empress was an opportunity.
“Of course. Don’t worry about such things. Then.”
The Empress sent a glance to the chancellor and turned away.
“I will escort you by carriage, Your Grace.”
Reneve nodded and turned in the opposite direction of the Empress. As she walked down the corridor, she speculated about the Emperor’s state of mind.
“Is he pretending not to know even though he knows… or does he really not know?”
It wasn’t easy to understand.
“Did the burden of not being able to make a beloved lover the Empress for so long make him lenient to her?”
She pondered for a moment, but soon leaned towards the thought that the Emperor really didn’t know.
The Empress was a cunning person.
“She probably maintained the mask of a deeply loving lover in front of the Emperor.”
While the truth may never be known, one thing was certain.
The seed of suspicion planted in the Emperor’s mind was growing, ready to swallow both the Empress and Lucius whole.
Even in the previous life, it was a well-known fact that after the Emperor’s death and Lucius became the Emperor, the Empress and the Grand Duke secretly joined hands.
Of course, that was a future event, and now, merely igniting a small spark of suspicion in the Emperor was sufficient.
After all, in this world, there was no way to determine who Lucius’s real father was.
Before getting on the carriage, Reneve looked up at the Paradium palace.
That child is not your child.
The method used to plant such seeds of doubt in the child’s father was something the past Empress had employed.
To make Reneve suspect that Carai was not Lucius’s child but a result of her infidelity.
The truth was not important.
What mattered was what one believed.
‘With this, I’ve repaid one debt from the past…’
With an indifferent expression, Reneve gazed at the palace landscape beyond the carriage window as it moved away.
That evening, the Empress visited the Emperor, who was consoling his lonely heart with alcohol.
Adapting to the Emperor’s preferences or temper was not in line with her personality, but she had an intuition that the end was near.
‘Once this matter is resolved, the tiresome Emperor and Empress won’t cross paths in the palace anymore.’
By eliminating the most powerful rival and making her son the Emperor, she would secure the supreme power in the empire.
“…”
As they entered the bedroom, the scent of alcohol lingered. The Empress had to carefully suppress the expression that naturally wanted to frown.
“Aren’t you… the Empress? To come looking for me at this late hour.”
With hazy eyes indicating how much he had drunk, the Emperor looked at her.
‘Disgusting.’
The Empress had such thoughts, but outwardly, she smoothly took the bottle from his hand.
“How much have you had, exactly…”
“Ah, so you came to lecture me now?”
The Empress managed to part her lips that didn’t seem to want to separate easily.
“Just… came to see how Your Majesty is, in case you were upset about the daytime affairs.”
“Oh? Living, one encounters all sorts of things. You, the Empress, worrying about me.”
He said so, but the corner of the Emperor’s mouth subtly curled up, feeling pleased.
When yandere male lead believes she loves him — but she never did
“How dare you!”
“How dare you make me love you, only to cast me aside as nothing more than a friend?!?
“I will never accept that.”
“I will never let you return to him.”
“Even if I have to burn myself to ashes.”
“Even if I must shatter my purity, my dignity, my very soul.”
“I will never let you escape me!”
This was the first novel that introduced me to the matriarchal genre. I’ve read it three times already!
At first, the male lead despised the female lead. Later, he misunderstood that she liked him, so he condescendingly and reluctantly reciprocated her feelings.
Then, he suddenly discovered that she was kind to everyone in the same way, and there was already someone she cherished in her heart, and that person was not him.
The male lead couldn’t believe it, he became angry and crazy. He was determined to capture her body and heart by any means necessary.
Synopsis:
Want to see how a green tea bitch male lead falls in love with the female lead?
Want to see how he flirtatiously pursues the female lead?
Want to see how he gets slapped in the face repeatedly?
The male lead is a green tea bitch, a poisonous lotus, jealous, ruthless, unscrupulous, with a venomous heart, and he’s also a delusional maniac.
The female lead is righteous, positive energy-filled, kind, a holy mother.
Let’s see how two people with extreme personalities come together~
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