I have translated the paragraph from Korean to English as per your request. Here is the English translation:
“Madam, Lady Sionel, the Marchioness, has arrived.”
She was one of the maidservants in the Duke’s mansion, serving Blair.
Blair raised her eyebrows. The maidservants in the Duke’s mansion were as respectful to their master Herdin as they were wary of Blair, so conveying messages to her had always been Lena’s responsibility.
Having hastily concluded her tea time with Agnes, Blair returned from the greenhouse to the mansion.
The Marchioness Sionel, who was waiting in her bedroom, greeted Blair with her distinctive high-pitched voice.
“Oh my! You’ve become even more beautiful after your marriage, Your Highness. No, I should call you the Duchess now.”
“I wanted to thank you for the wedding dress, but I haven’t been in contact since then.”
“As the Empire’s most beautiful lady, you wearing it is thanks enough. And I should thank you for allowing me the honor of making the first dress after your marriage.”
Blair listened to the flattering words of Marchioness Sionel and glanced around the room. Lena was nowhere to be seen here either.
“I have prepared lightweight and suitable fabrics as you requested, just as the Duke instructed. I was worried you might catch a cold.”
Marchioness Sionel’s words faded from Blair’s mind.
What was important to her right now was that Lena wasn’t in this room.
Lena hadn’t appeared even when Blair was admiring the dress brought by Marchioness Sionel and deciding on the design for the new dress.
After Marchioness Sionel left, Blair asked one of the maidservants nearby about what had been bothering her.
“Where’s Lena?”
The maid hesitated for a moment, avoiding Blair’s gaze, then replied.
“Well, I… I could go and look for her if you’d like?”
“No, just leave it.”
Blair stood up and put back on the fur robe she had taken off.
“Shall I go for a walk?”
“Yes.”
The maid prepared to follow Blair, but Blair stopped her.
“I’ll go alone.”
“Oh, alright.”
Blair left the room. As she passed through the maidservants waiting in front of the room on her way downstairs, she overheard their whispered voices.
“Where did Lena go? Could it be that she’s crying somewhere because she spilled something?”
“Crying? I doubt it. She was just going to wash up. Not very entertaining.”
“Anyway, she’s a little too proud. Even though she’s the Duchess now, she’s just an outsider in this Duke’s mansion.”
Blair clenched the edge of her dress. Her crimson lips trembled slightly.
Her intuition had proven correct once again.
Even if she was disliked as the despised duckling of the Duke’s mansion, Lena was her only sister. Instead of troubling Blair, the maidservants were tormenting Lena.
But one question remained.
Considering Lena’s usual personality, she wouldn’t have endured it. Why did that child keep quiet?
It was only now that Blair realized.
In this mansion, where her reputation as the Duke’s hated outsider duckling could hardly get any worse, Lena endured it to protect Blair.
“Madam?”
Startled by the voice that came from behind her, Blair turned around to find Lena. Lena was dressed in a fresh maid’s uniform, but her damp hair indicated that she had just bathed.
Blair grabbed Lena’s hand, who still seemed unaware of the situation, and led her into the room.
The maidservants, who had been gossiping, were taken aback by Blair’s sudden appearance and bowed their heads in a hurry.
I have translated the paragraph from Korean to English as per your request. Here is the English translation:
Blair approached the maids and spoke.
“Apologize.”
There was a chilling coldness in Blair’s eyes. The maids who met her gaze were startled by her demeanor.
While Blair was cautious in dealing with them, she wasn’t a terrifying mistress. She was always calm and reserved, like a doll, a painting.
But when they met her eyes filled with icy anger, they couldn’t say a word, confused by the unexpected situation.
Blair spoke again to the frozen maids.
“Apologize to Lena.”
“W-what are you suddenly talking about, madam? We don’t know what we did wrong…”
Smack!
Without a moment to react, Blair slapped one of the maids. The maid who was slapped, as well as the other maids who were watching, and Lena herself, were all shocked.
Blair looked down at the maid who had fallen. The hand that had struck the maid throbbed, as if it had been the one hit.
She felt like Katrina. It was an uncomfortable and frightening feeling. Her heart pounded, and her stomach churned, as if she might vomit at any moment.
But to protect Lena, she couldn’t back down.
Blair clenched her trembling hand tightly.
“You should know better than anyone what I’m talking about.”
“I-I’m really okay, Your Highness. Seriously.”
Lena, who belatedly regained her composure, grabbed Blair. In this situation where the people in the Duke’s mansion already disliked Blair, making things worse was not a good idea.
And if Herdin found out…
“…I’m not okay.”
Male lead is reincarnated to save his wife
I’ve also read this one twice already. The female lead is kinda soft and gets embarrassed easily—not really my type, but the plot is definitely worth reading. Hurry up and read it, y’all!
Intro
When Shen Yuan encountered Su Jin again in his previous life, she had already become the Prime Minister of the current dynasty. As for him, the former top young master of the capital, he had long since fallen into the abyss, becoming a singer on a pleasure boat.
After a song ended, he was redeemed and sent to the Su Residence.
Su Jin respected and cherished him, gave him a roof over his head, and bestowed him with warmth. Shen Yuan fell deeper and deeper, but before he could express his feelings, Su Jin passed away.
Shen Yuan died to follow her in death, but instead, he returned to when he was fifteen years old.
At that time, he was not yet engaged, and Su Jin was just a poor scholar.
Shen Yuan gritted his teeth, casting aside all his pride, and thought of ways to coax and entice her every day.
The colder and more indifferent Su Jin was towards him, the more proactive Shen Yuan became.
He was not afraid of being mocked by the world, only wanting to marry his Wife-master early, to hold her hand and never let go for a lifetime.
[Note: This story will not specifically point out the male lead’s reincarnation time point; it’s all in the details. Whenever you feel that the male lead is acting strangely, he has most likely been reincarnated.]
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