She had already quietly requested multiple times from the one bringing her meals to allow her to meet the Emperor, but only repetitive responses came back.
‘This is all at the Emperor’s will.’
Hwangbi pushed away the maid who was shaking her dress and sat down by the bed.
‘I need to find out why this is happening to come up with a plan.’
An involuntary sigh escaped. It was frustrating not to know the reason.
At that moment, footsteps echoed.
“Is this the place?”
Soon, a familiar voice was heard. Hwangbi frowned, turning her forehead.
“Yes, Empress.”
Under the dim light illuminating the underground prison, stood the Empress.
“It seems one person is missing?”
The Empress said, counting the number of people in the prison.
Hwangbi sensed it.
The person who put her in this filthy dungeon was none other than the Empress.
Hwangbi scoffed openly, revealing her twisted emotions.
“Huh? Does Her Majesty the Empress visit such a humble place? I wonder if it’s a rare event for someone as precious as you?”
Then, beyond the iron bars, the red lips of the Empress slightly curled up.
“I heard the news and was worried, so I came to see. But… It seems you’ve become quite miserable in a few days.”
The disdainful gaze that looked at her with a sense of distaste was quite repulsive.
“You’re not here to speak for the one who ordered me to be confined, are you?”
“Confined? You? …Is that me you’re talking about?”
The Empress pretended to be surprised, widening her eyes.
‘Is she playing dumb?’
Unable to contain the boiling anger, Hwangbi twisted her lips.
“Are you going to play innocent?”
“…….”
“Do you find it so unjust that I was deprived of my husband?”
“Deprived? No, no. Hwangbi, you’re misunderstanding.”
The Empress shook her head slowly, saying,
“If you’re from the Paradisium Empire, you should know the fact everyone knows. Are you trying to avoid it?”
“Hwangbi.”
“……”
“Do you know why you call him a husband?”
The Empress shrugged and continued.
“My maids used to joke like that. They said because he’s on someone else’s side, they call him a husband. It’s not originally mine, so how can it be taken away?”
Hwangbi, speechless, glared at the Empress with narrowed eyes.
“Ah, now I understand. You seem to be preoccupied with past events that have already passed.”
This time, the Empress did not respond immediately. She simply stared at Hwangbi with silent eyes.
“The culprit who ordered the assassination of the Crown Prince has not been caught yet. Perhaps Her Majesty the Empress thinks it’s me….”
Hwangbi paused for a moment, keenly observing the Empress’s reaction.
To draw out emotional fluctuations from the other party and obtain what she wanted. Hwangbi was skilled at using this technique.
‘She took the bait.’
As expected, the Empress’s Adam’s apple trembled.
Her expression also noticeably hardened compared to a moment ago.
“Do you have evidence?”
Hwangbi smiled as brightly as possible, trying to touch the Empress’s feelings gently.
That way, she would come out emotionally. Hwangbi was determined to get useful information from the excited Empress.
“Evidence. Right… Evidence. Hwangbi, your words are correct.”
“…”
“If there is no evidence, you shouldn’t raise the issue. I know that very well, even if you don’t teach me.”
…Huh?
Unexpectedly, seeing the Empress easily affirming my words, Hwangbi raised an eyebrow.
“Since I’ve seen your face, it’s settled. I’ll be going now.”
As if she was really about to leave, the Empress turned her body.
‘She can’t really be leaving like this, can she?’
If she came to mock her in this situation, it wasn’t enough yet.
“Oh, by the way…”
While having such thoughts, as if the Empress had just remembered something, she turned her body again.
‘Well, I suppose so.’
Hwangbi brightened her eyes and waited for the Empress’s next words.
“I don’t know the exact reason, but it seems someone harbors strong resentment toward you.”
‘The one harboring resentment towards me must be you, Empress.’
Hwangbi swallowed the words that rose to her throat.
“I only refrained from intervening because of that person. That’s all.”
The Empress smiled, her eyes narrowing, looking at Hwangbi.
“…That person? What kind of scheme is this again?”
Hwangbi asked, but the Empress waved her hand in the air and turned away.
Soon, her figure disappeared from sight.
Hwangbi frowned while chewing on her lips.
‘That person?’
The Empress, who disappeared leaving only incomprehensible words, was so annoying that Hwangbi was on the verge of going crazy.
In the Paradisium Empire, there weren’t many people who addressed the Empress with that title.
No, except for the Emperor, there was no one else.
“!”
At that moment, for an unknown reason, a scene flashed through Hwangbi’s mind.
The memory of when Siren Viscountess Yeongae, wearing the Emperor’s arm brace, appeared in the palace and exchanged glances with the Empress.
Then, the day after, when Siren Viscountess Yeongae foolishly volunteered to replace the Crown Princess with the Emperor, walking alone with the Empress in the Great Hall.
‘…Was there something between the two?’
She couldn’t explain the exact reason.
But for some reason, scenes from that day kept replaying in her mind.
Since she was young, Hwangbi’s intuition had been exceptional.
Whenever she felt an inexplicable sense of discomfort, there was always a reason for it.
After several incidents like that, Hwangbi began to trust her intuition.
And now, her intuition was telling her this.
‘There was something deeply involved between the Empress and Siren Viscountess Yeongae.’
Ex-husband Wants Reconciliation
One-line summary: Chasing the wife to the crematorium (making an effort to attract someone who has become indifferent), the female lead doesn’t look back, the second male lead takes the position.
Intro:
To repay the kindness of the older generation, Su Mu crossed into a female-dominated world and became a live-in daughter-in-law of the Yan family, single-handedly saving the Yan family from fire and water.
But her husband, Yan Jiyue, the eldest son of the Yan family, treated her with sarcasm and never showed her a good face.
It wasn’t until after Su Mu’s death that this pampered and arrogant young master shed a few fake tears and pretended to want to die for love.
This life’s kindness was enough. If there was a next life, she would definitely kick Yan Jiyue away.
Who knew that the heavens would be so kind as to allow her to be reborn, returning to the time when she had just married into the Yan family.
Su Mu glanced at the Yan eldest son, who still spoke coldly to her, and threw a divorce letter in front of him.
“Let’s divorce!”
***
Yan Jiyue never imagined that he would be reborn. He happily went to find Su Mu, wanting to make up for the mistakes he had made in his ignorant youth.
Wasn’t the reason the heavens allowed him to be reborn to let him reconcile with Su Mu?
But when he pushed open the door to Su Mu’s room, the person lying on the bed was another man.
Su Mu’s personal attendant, Xie Yi.
Yan Jiyue hated him so much that his teeth itched. In front of Su Mu, Xie Yi was a gentle and considerate whisperer of sweet nothings, but in reality, he was vicious-hearted and deliberately sabotaged their husband and wife relationship.
In the previous life, it was he who secretly hid in Su Mu’s coffin and committed suicide, stealing a step ahead of him to be buried with Su Mu.
Yan Jiyue’s eyes were filled with hatred as he cursed, “What kind of thing are you? Your background is lowly, what right do you have to occupy Su Mu?”
Xie Yi looked at the sleeping Su Mu and no longer pretended to be a whisperer of sweet nothings.
He proudly stuck out his belly, “I have the right because my belly is capable of giving the Wife-master a daughter.”
***
Yan Jiyue was consumed with jealousy. He spread rumors that Xie Yi had once been branded with the mark of a “harlot” on his chest.
But on the night Xie Yi cut off the flesh bearing that mark, Su Mu suddenly realized something was amiss.
“How did you know the exact moment I was poisoned? And why did you show up a month early?”
Xie Yi remained silent, blood from his wound soaking through his robes. His sapphire eyes brimmed with anguish – or was it just a flawless act?
Between a once-arrogant husband now seeking redemption, and a gentle soul willing to die for her – who truly held the darkest secrets? And could it be that Su Mu and Yan Jiyue weren’t the only ones given a second chance at life…?
[Reading Guide]
1. True divorce, chasing the wife to the crematorium, the female lead doesn’t look back, the male lead is Xie Yi.
2. The ex-husband did not cheat, he just realized too late and didn’t realize that he liked the female lead.
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