‘Teria and Ibena?’
They were maids who resided with me in the cold palace.
“Really.”
“I’m not hungry. Your Highnesses?”
In Ibena’s hand was a roundshaped bread.
“Give it to me!”
As Ibena gently shook it, Louis frantically jumped to grab the bread.
The bread was teasingly just out of the child’s reach, rising gently in the air.
“You have to jump higher!”
The maids’ laughter grew louder every time Louis jumped for the bread.
“Didn’t we tell you earlier?”
“Hurry and try it. It seems like it’ll suit you.”
The two maids taunted the child with incomprehensible words.
‘No, if you’re going to give it, just give it.’
At the moment when I couldn’t wait any longer and was about to step forward.
“Woof woof. Give it a try?”
…What did she just say?
I doubted my ears for a moment, thinking I’d heard wrong.
“Really, you’ll give it if I do?”
Louis cocked his head and asked.
The child couldn’t take his eyes off the bread, clutching his hungry stomach.
“Of course.”
The maids nodded at Louis’s reaction.
They even remembered to egg Louis on, standing in front of him and urging him to hurry and imitate them.
As if they were showing pity on a discarded dog.
“Louis. Don’t do it.”
“Ah, why? I’m hungry.”
Evan pushed Louis behind him.
Evan glared menacingly at the maids with whining Louis behind him.
“It’s because Lord Evan is so stiff.”
“Oh, come on, don’t be like that.”
Teria scolded Ibena next to her.
But it wasn’t that she was taking the child’s side.
“Learn by watching Lord Louis.”
Teria showed an even kinder smile.
Her eyes, full of superiority, sparkled.
Whether she was enjoying the fact that a commoner was commanding royalty like a dog, her face was filled with joy.
“Now, hurry up and bark…”
“Don’t touch Louis!”
When Teria reached out to touch Louis, Evan immediately slapped her hand away.
Teria gently rubbed the back of her hand that Evan had hit.
Soon, her face changed like a demon.
“Are you insane…!”
Teria raised her hand into the air.
Just as her potlidlike hand was about to slap Evan’s cheek.
Thwack!
“Aagh!”
Something flew and hit Teria’s head with a thwack and fell down.
The rolling can stopped with a rumbling sound. On it was printed ‘12%.’
“Who is it!”
A shrill voice pierced my ears.
I could no longer hold back and stepped forward.
“It’s me.”
“Oh, Lady Aileen?”
Ibena called my name in surprise and relief.
She had been worried that an inspector had come.
“What are you doing?”
“We were playing with the princes.”
The maids were still composed.
“Playing?”
“Yes.”
I asked again, but the answer was the same.
I decided to change the subject of my question.
“Princes, were you playing with the maids?”
As I knelt on one knee to lower my posture, my eyes met those of the children.
“Eh? Wasn’t it playing?”
“Shut up, it’s not that.”
Evan scolded Louis.
Even in this situation, Evan was still hiding his younger brother behind him.
Eventually, the child, glaring at me, succumbed to his anger and spoke.
“…You won’t believe me anyway.”
In Evan’s eyes were distrust, caution, and suppressed anger.
The small child’s body trembled.
What those swirling emotions were hiding was undoubtedly fear.
‘I should have grabbed a trash bag instead of chocolate.’
Put them all in and tie it up.
My heart ached with a sharp pain.
I didn’t need to hear more.
I stood up from my place and approached the maids.
Snap!
Slap!
“Aagh!”
The successive sounds of blows rang out along with screams.
“You’re all fired as of today.”
“WWhat is this……!”
Shock spread across the faces of the maids who clutched their slapped cheeks.
I briskly dusted off my icy palms.
‘Even so, something that even Aileen didn’t do?’
Aileen never inflicted punishment on the children that could leave a scar in case of emergencies.
It was all for their safety, but how could a maid dare do something that even Aileen wouldn’t do?
The most important thing here was that the right to fire them and the qualification to punish them all belonged to Aileen.
“BBut……!”
“You know that a royal is a royal, even if neglected, right?”
The maids flinched greatly at my words.
Royal insult was high treason. However, there was still a distinction of rank here.
“If rumors get out, I’ll just be beheaded, but you won’t die easily. So leave right now.”
If they dawdled any longer, I wouldn’t hesitate to finish them off with a slap.
With a bright smile on my face, in contrast, the maids’ faces paled.
Eventually, they packed their belongings and left the palace.
I watched them disappear and faced the twins.
“Your Highnesses.”
Louis and Evan blinked their round eyes at my call.
“The maids were rude. I apologize as a chambermaid who should manage them.”
I knew my words were contradictory.
But it was something I had to do.
‘The children need a protector.’
It was clear that the same situation would repeat itself even if I left the palace.
‘Then I might as well change Aileen.’
As a proper adult.
I resolved to protect the children.
When scheming men desperately battle for her favor in the male harem
This one’s also on my reread list! The rivalry, scheming between the men in the imperial harem are just as intense and thrilling as in classic palace drama novels, where concubines fight to the death. Give it a read, girls! I promise you won’t be disappointed.
Synopsis:
“I am not worthy of her… but I still want to be by her side, even if only as a loyal dog…”
Those were the painful whispers of Yue Guanyi – the proud Crown Prince of the Great Qi, who was torn between deep love and a guilty conscience. Despite holding the supreme power of the Imperial Guard, he still could not forget the dark past when he was sold into a brothel.
Fate played a cruel twist when Qiu Shuzhi – a young female official who had just passed the imperial examinations with top honors – stepped into his life. She did not know that she was the one who had saved him from a tragic fate many years ago. And now, her heart was the target of pursuit for both Yue Guanyi and the powerful Empress Dowager Qin Qing.
While Yue Guanyi only dared to silently care for and protect the one he loved from afar, the Empress Dowager Qin Qing openly expressed his feelings and did not hesitate to take advantage of his power to approach Qiu Shuzhi. The covert struggle between the two most powerful forces in the imperial court began…
Trigger warning: All men in this novel are yandere style.
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