“I must have forgotten to mention that this room hasn’t been used for a while. I’ll have it cleaned up quickly.”
“Who is that person?”
Blair asked, looking at the painting. Mason paused for a moment before answering.
“He is the younger brother of the late head of the family.”
So, he was Cashion’s younger brother.
But as far as Blair knew, Cashion only had one half-brother, Esmeralda.
“But I don’t recall seeing him in any family portraits. Not even in the family records…”
“Master Logan was a half-brother to the late head of the family.”
The Ardell Empire follows a system of primogeniture.
Being a government official’s child like Cashion and a half-brother meant that the boy in the portrait was a bastard child of Delmark.
It made sense that there would be no record of a bastard child in the family registry.
“Unfortunately, he passed away early in an accident, so that’s the only remaining portrait.”
“Ah… I see.”
“Pii!”
When Blair didn’t find her even though she was hiding in the fabric, the mischievous PiiPii crawled out and lightly bit Blair’s hand.
Blair petted PiiPii’s head and asked Mason.
“But why did you come to find me?”
“In a week, it will be the memorial day for the late head of the family and his wife. I wanted to ask how you would like to make a donation this year.”
The Delmark Duchy made an annual donation in gratitude to Gerard, who came to conduct the mourning ceremony for the late head of the family and his wife.
Handling family events and special occasions is usually the lady of the house’s role, but with no lady of the house until now, Herdine had been handling it. However, this year, it was Blair’s responsibility.
“This year…”
As Blair, who was about to speak, hesitated, a knock echoed, and Lena’s voice was heard.
“Madam, are you here?”
“What’s the matter?”
Entering the room, Lena delivered the news with an awkward expression.
“Viscount Seldon is here to see you.”
“It seems the work finished early.”
Mason said as he opened the carriage door. Herdine asked with a nod.
“Was everything all right?”
“Viscount Seldon came to see the madam.”
Herdine’s brow narrowed at the unexpected visit from the unpleasant ones.
“When?”
“They are currently in the reception room, having a conversation with the madam.”
The reason they came to Blair was apparent without being said.
Since talking to him directly would likely be in vain, they came to appeal to Blair for Rachel’s clemency during a moment of Herdine’s absence.
Certainly, if it were his tender-hearted wife, she might yield to their earnest pleas for the sake of their child.
‘I should have told her yesterday.’
Although he mentioned that Wesley and Rachel were behind this, he didn’t go into detail about what happened to them.
Since there is a mouth that spreads the news anyway, she would eventually hear about it, but the story wouldn’t be a pleasant one for her fragile heart.
He now felt a slight regret for not explaining and warning her in advance.
“Did Viscountess Youngae come along?”
“Only Viscountess, sir.”
Herdine’s lips twisted.
“Looks like he wants to maintain his pride even in a situation where he’s about to be kicked out.”
Coming here personally, apologizing, and begging for forgiveness would still be insufficient, so they chose to hide behind their parents. Immature or wicked, it could be either.
Well, if he had been smart from the start, he wouldn’t have created such a situation.
Instead of going straight back to his study, Herdine headed to the reception room where Blair and Viscountess Seldon were meeting.
He had no intention of being lenient on this matter.
As he reached the reception room, he heard Blair’s characteristic soft voice through the slightly open door.
“So, what you’re saying is, the husband asked for both of you to be punished?”
“Yeah. His Majesty seems inclined to show mercy to Rachel and grant her clemency, but the duke opposed it.”
“…I see.”
“But if you, the party involved, ask for leniency, won’t the duke change his mind?”
The repertoire he expected from Viscount Seldon came out.
As Herdine tried to intervene, Blair’s voice reached him.
“If that’s what the husband wishes, I believe I have nothing more to say to both of you.”
It was a quiet but firm voice.
“W-What are you talking about? Are you going to stand by and watch Rachel get expelled from the Empire like this?”
“Now that Rachel is no longer a child, she should take responsibility for her own actions. I already warned her once at the banquet.”
“Blair, Rachel is your cousin. Weren’t you two close? I don’t understand why you’re begging so coldheartedly.”
“Just because she’s a relative doesn’t absolve her of her mistakes.”
In response to Blair’s resolute answer, a sigh escaped from Viscountess Seldon.
However, Blair didn’t stop there. If she believed in something, she pursued it steadfastly, unwavering.
“Furthermore, since I am the Duchess, this matter is not just a personal affair for me.”
“…….”
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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