The Empress' Scandalous Paramour (5 Chapters Left to Complete) - Chapter 35
I stepped into the reception room, halted briefly, then moved again.
Outwardly, my motions remained perfectly smooth—no one would have noticed my momentary start.
But inwardly, I was quite startled, for an utterly unexpected face stood before me.
‘What? Why are you here?’
My first emotion was warmth, followed swiftly by surprise.
His hair, tied back neatly, carried the hue of unripe olives, and his eyes matched that shade exactly.
His stern, fastidious appearance was completed by tightly fastened collar buttons, a monocle perched over one eye, and custom-made gloves he always wore—thanks to his innate obsession with cleanliness.
I hadn’t mistaken him.
‘Paiwel!’
Infamous even in Hell as the most viciously sharp-tongued critic imaginable. A negotiation and bargaining prodigy who’d never part with even a single grain of barley at a loss.
Exquisitely sensitive over the smallest coin, he’d scrutinize every period in every document until his subordinates trembled in dread—an unparalleled mid-level administrator.
He was the very capable aide all my elder sisters had so ardently coveted—and then some!
And now he stood before me, mingled among other aide candidates.
‘Could it be… you came here knowing it was me?’
Eager to speak with him immediately, I shortened each interview beyond what I’d originally planned—then kept Paiwel behind alone.
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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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Karamel57 Chapter 36Meriem grinding demon cores like it’s a full-time job while simping in silence is actually insane 😭 and the Empress really said “I’ll just drop a nationwide husband audition”?? chaos incoming fr.
Karamel57 Chapter 37this is giving soft chaos + power couple energy 😭 meriem really went from baby to MENACE real quick… empress just sipping tea like she didn’t create that whole monster 💅
Karamel57 Chapter 38meriem really said “i’m joining AND i’m not letting you go” 😭 bro upgraded from loyal puppy to full clingy husband energy… meanwhile empress in denial like girl be serious 💀
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Paiwel really said “I’ll give you half my soul… but also triple my salary” 😭 bro got priorities straight. Lowkey MVP tho.