“In the east, they seem to be laundering the royal budget, and in the west, demons are not gathering… It’s a headache.”
Suppressing his frustration and exhaling deeply, Shailo chuckled as if he understood. Then, he generously scooped a forkful of strawberry cake and offered it unexpectedly.
“Oh, try it. Lord Artie.”
“Are you feeding me?”
“Yes. And somehow, it seems like you might have a favor to ask, so I thought I’d offer it in return.”
At times like this, he really seems like a fox.
Opening my mouth obediently, Shailo fed me the cake. Then, with a very satisfied expression, he adjusted his posture.
“Do you know? Her Majesty is truly sexy.”
“All of a sudden?”
“You don’t seem to be afraid of the increasing enemies. There were already many who wanted Her Majesty’s life.”
Those who want my life.
Seems like they’ve already investigated up to that point.
I elegantly lifted the teacup and took a sip.
“Have you found out who my enemies are by any chance?”
“Yes. I want the woman I’ve fallen for to live a long life, you see.”
“What to do about this. I have the talent to summon death, you know.”
Exchanging such jokes is enjoyable.
But deep down, I knew.
In front of Merem, I couldn’t lightly discuss matters concerning life and death.
Because it was Shailo, born with many things from the beginning. My life and death would not carry much weight, so I could say such things.
That was the difference between Shailo and Merem.
“The fact that there are many enemies means that you are threatening. To be a presence that threatens someone. How enchanting that is.”
“Your taste seems unique if you look closely.”
“If possible, say that you’re attracted to strong things. I’ve liked playing with demons since I was young.”
In that case, it’s a truly consistent taste.
Not only demons, but now he seems to have fallen for demons as well.
With that kind of taste, I wondered if he could ever get married.
“Well then… Your Majesty. If I can solve at least one of the two troubles, will you treat me a little more favorably?”
“I will. If you immediately go to the east. It seems like the investigators I already sent are having a hard time.”
“Understood. If you write a delegation letter, I will quickly go and shake off the majesty of the Empress of the East.”
I’m relieved that Shailo fulfilled the request. It eased my worries a bit.
“Instead, Your Majesty. When I return from the east, please allow me to take charge of the escort for this autumn’s banquet.”
“Where did you hear that the autumn banquet is taking place?”
“I stopped by the temple before coming here. They asked me to escort the saint, but I declined.”
Helene seems to be in a hurry. Now that the opportunity to step forward has come.
“Fine. But the condition is that you return before the autumn banquet. How about that? Can you do it?”
I purposely provoked Shailo. As he smiled in response, a strange sensation of blue waves rising behind him made it seem like a water shadow was cast over his face.
“Before the autumn banquet… It’s a tight schedule, but I hate saying I can’t even if I die.”
“Do you naturally have a competitive spirit?”
“Yes. I really hate losing.”
Shailo, who hastily stood up, approached me. Taking my extended hand and standing up, he once again kissed the back of my hand.
Lightly, affectionately.
“Until we meet again, please take care.”
Several days passed since then.
“Damn dreams.”
The health Shailo wished for seemed meaningless, and my condition on the morning of the autumn banquet was the worst.
Pressing my forehead and waking up, I felt the discomfort of an upset stomach for the first time in a long time.
“Do you have a migraine?”
“Oh, Susan.”
“I’ll bring the medicine. I heard there’s something good for migraines among the medicines the Emperor gave me before….”
Lady Bertholdt stopped speaking when she saw my expression.
I narrowed my eyes even though I didn’t say a word. I didn’t want to hear about Enrique after listening to the story about him and feeling bad.
“I misspoke. Lately, Her Majesty seems to have become brighter… I dared to tease without thinking.”
“It’s fine. More importantly, when I appear at the banquet today, make sure to thoroughly search the officials’ bedrooms. Dreams can be ominous.”
“Yes, Your Majesty.”
Even though there is a limit to what my tongue can express, I will not use the remedies Enrique gave me to make medicine. I expressed my irritation, but I couldn’t get up right away and sighed heavily.
In fact, my body has been unwell since Shailo visited.
As the seasons changed, I felt a slight cold or flu-like symptoms, but it wasn’t so severe that I needed to rest. Today, however, my condition was ambiguous enough to be neither healthy nor unwell.
‘I should have just rested without looking at the documents yesterday.’
I have to prepare for the banquet, but I have no energy.
While leaning on a cushion, the smell of something delicious wafted in from somewhere. Eventually, the door opened, revealing Merem holding a tray with breakfast.
“Leo, are you okay?”
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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