I didn’t give up on returning as a devil… I just postponed the timing.
“Lydia, are you there?”
“Yes, Your Majesty!”
When I shook the small bell, Lydia hurriedly came in.
I gave Lydia a short command.
“Tell Merem tonight to listen to my poem.”
If I stopped trying not to love, it was time to make an effort to love now.
Nightfall!
With the tremendous impact of those words, that evening, the Empress’s palace quietly stirred under the surface.
Since Charlotte’s death, there hadn’t been a single joyful event in the Empress’s palace. So, people didn’t miss the chance to congratulate and offer advice on Merem’s sincere love that finally received a response.
“No, black underwear is definitely better.”
“Oh, come on, what nonsense! Gold is better!”
In Merem’s residence, Che Def Kyeong and Giovanni Kyeong, gathered together, engaged in a playful argument. Meanwhile, Shofen Kyeong, beside them, simply chuckled without any intention of intervening.
“Are you suggesting going commando in trousers?”
“…Please.”
Merem buried his face in his hands, his ears turning a reddish hue.
Despite being confident that he wouldn’t be embarrassed by most things now, the surrounding chaos upon hearing the news made it unbearable.
“Leo is mischievous. He would probably suggest playing chess if he goes.”
“Oh, Empress, she can be mischievous too. But being alone! Oh, they’re in the bedchamber. Then something could happen.”
Shofen Kyeong patted Merem’s shoulder while making light conversation.
His attitude towards Merem was not that of addressing the leader of Astaroth but rather the demeanor he had maintained since childhood.
“If you knew it would be like this, we should have skipped training during the day.”
As Giovanni Kyeong complained, Che Def Kyeong continued, “I should have asked Lydia to teach you makeup. Make yourself look prettier.”
In the face of their teasing, Merem sighed deeply.
“Just go out.”
The advice was utterly useless.
While appreciating the good intentions, he couldn’t help but feel that Leonardo didn’t genuinely seek such an intimate encounter.
No, he probably didn’t, and thinking otherwise would only lead to less disappointment.
“No, no. Disappointment? What disappointment? Just hearing an official invitation to the bedroom at night makes me happy.”
Ah, no, he wasn’t sure.
Feeling dizzy, Merem abruptly stood up from the bed and pushed the backs of his fellow knights, chasing them out of the bedroom.
“Ha.”
This is crazy.
“Does Leo still see me as a child?”
Doesn’t he feel like a man?
Is that why he casually suggests guarding at night?
“Or… Does he really recognize me as a man?”
Did he call for him?
About this incident, he hadn’t received any comments. That’s why his heart felt like it would burst even more.
Thump.
Thump, thump, thump.
Since earlier, his heart sank, then uncontrollably repeated rapid beats.
Staring at the scattered clothing, Merem… eventually chose the most familiar black.
He felt like he would die if he couldn’t see Leonarda right away.
⭐️⭐️⭐️
Today, the Hwanghu Palace was so quiet that not even the sound of beetles could be heard.
However, beneath this silence lay excitement and enthusiasm.
No one within the Hwanghu Palace was unaware of the long-standing affection of Ichigo Merem.
In fact, even during the selection for concubines, everyone pitied Merem.
However, as there seemed to be no compelling reason for the Empress to choose Merem, the palace staff had no choice but to accept it, even if they didn’t understand the change in her feelings. Merem was ‘selected,’ for reasons unknown.
The palace staff thought so.
“Ha.”
Standing in front of the bedroom, Merem involuntarily took a short breath.
Occasionally, he used to enter her bedroom even in ordinary times.
When Leonarda was sick or going through a tough time, there were times when he wanted to be a support and stayed by her side.
But today, unlike those times, there was a noticeable tension.
‘She would probably ask, “What are you thinking with that mischievous grin?”…’
Why couldn’t I let go of this anticipation?
Then, it happened.
“If you came, come in.”
At the sound of the calm voice from inside the door, Merem almost literally felt his heart come out of his chest.
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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