He was startled for a moment, then sighed in relief after confirming the voice.
And he handed over a letter.
“It’s a letter from Duke Anton of Kilkis Kingdom.”
“…What, what is it?”
He shouldn’t have felt relieved at all.
A letter from the person he feared most in the world.
The man who received the letter couldn’t easily read the contents of the letter.
‘Did they find out about the child being abducted from the harbor? No… it can’t be. That woman. That woman will surely kill me.’
He recalled the day he made a contract with the Duke.
The woman wielding dark power.
He caressed his own hands, now black as if turned into the devil’s hands by the contract with the power that woman wielded.
The excruciating pain from that time came back to him.
He hesitated for a long time but eventually opened the letter.
However, the content was different from what he expected.
“I’ll send the enemy spy soon, so be prepared. – Duke.”
[Star icon]In the Imperial Palace’s greenhouse, where the melodious songs of exotic birds could be heard despite it being winter, under the filtered sunlight, there was a noble being having an elegant tea time.
“How are you, Ivanhoe.”
Charles, who prepared the tea for the unusual guest, spoke casually while taking a leisurely sip.
And in front of him was a rather awkward-looking red-haired child.
“Um, Your Excellency, this tastes…, good.”
Ivanhoe was a thorn in the side.
He was bothered by the maids who looked at him with disdain, stamped as an unruly friend due to the realistic reports from the escort knights.
But Ivanhoe wasn’t an ordinary child.
Normally, he wouldn’t care about maids or anything, but today…
“Lord Ivanhoe, please use your little finger not randomly but to support the bottom of the teacup.”
“Uh, ugh! You know, Mia unni. I’ll learn it! I got nervous and forgot.”
The maids who deliberately brought up Mia secretly laughed, enjoying the joy of victory.
When the lively Mia stepped forward, even the unruly troublemaker had to calm down.
“So, Ivanhoe Yeonga, what brings you here?”
Caught up in the atmosphere, Ivanhoe, who was originally tense, tapped the table with small hands, reminding himself of the original purpose.
[Dash]Bang!“Your Excellency! It’s from Nia’s mom! How can you do this to Ivanhoe!? You sent a letter, but no response!”
Then, Mia stepped forward as well.
“Ivanhoe Yeondam, the person in front is the princess. Such behavior is not appropriate.”
“Oh, uh, uung! Myan!”
Such a well-behaved friend.
Even the princess, who was seeing her for the first time, was fidgeting with etiquette.
But still, Charles had something to say to Ivanhoe.
“Calm down, Yeonga. I’ve been ignored too.”
“What? Did Your Highness send… a letter?”
Not only sent it but also pleaded day and night to send it to Emperor Caius.
But Ivanhoe couldn’t let Ivanhoe see such a whining appearance.
Charles just nodded calmly, imitating the manners of any noblewoman.
Seeing the princess like that, Ivanhoe grabbed his split hair with both hands and fell into despair.
It was a disaster. He trusted only the princess! Even the princess, who seemed to shake the world, seemed helpless in this situation.
The child couldn’t contain the anger in the face of longing and the desire to see friends.
In the end, Ivanhoe exploded.
“Ah! Isn’t this too much, Jinchae!? Ivanhoe, you’re pretending! It’s snowing so much, how can you rely on me all through the vacation!? Huh!?”
“Ivanhoe Yeondam. Be careful of your behavior in front of the princess.”
“Ah, even talking to myself is not allowed!? Everyone is too much… Yoyoy!!! Yee-it~!!”
Ivanhoe, who revealed his frustration and vented it, began to swing his arms rapidly as if punching into the air.
Seeing the adorable tantrum, the maids who were watching couldn’t help but burst into laughter.
And Mia, who had been holding back laughter, observed the child for a while and said with a slightly cheeky face.
“It’s strange. I received an invitation.”
A very audacious face.
“……!!”
How dare a lower-ranking maid shake a letter in front of the princess.
However, the eyes of the children looking at it were like kittens chasing dandelions.
What entered the sparkling eyes of these children was not just an invitation.
It was a golden invitation to visit a friend, a dream invitation.
Mia also knew that and was teasing, but…
‘I’ll bring a gift for my sister. Wait for me, Nia!’
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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