The Price is Everything of Yours (76 Chapters Left to Complete) - Chapter 115
The Marquis and Catherine were promptly led into a small reception room of the main palace upon entering the fortress. Just as Neris was about to instruct someone to serve tea, Cledwin appeared with Aidan in tow.
Cledwin brushed off the cold wind and took the seat of honor in the reception room with a beastly strength evident in his movements. The Marquis felt intimidated by the sight, yet he did not rise from his seat and instead forced himself to speak calmly.
“It’s been a long time.”
The Cledwin the Marquis remembered was merely a child before entering the Academy. Of course, they had exchanged letters for a few years afterward, but in the Marquis’s heart, this grandson had always remained nothing more than an inexperienced boy.
Naturally, he knew Cledwin would have grown into an adult by now—but seeing him as such a tall man with sharp, unwavering eyes was both unfamiliar and startling.
Cledwin crossed his legs and spoke lazily.
“How many years has it been? I can’t quite recall. It seems you’ve acquired a new title, Marquis.”
It was an unkind remark, essentially saying, ‘I am receiving you now as Grand Duke, so show proper respect.’ Neris suppressed a smile, while the Marquis’s face twisted in discomfort.
Yet the appropriate response to such a remark was clear. It was, after all, a principled truth—and they were in the Grand Duke’s stronghold.
Ever since the elders had rebelled years ago and every last one of them lost their heads, White Swan Fortress had become an impregnable citadel. Though many were headstrong, no one who entered this fortress lacked loyalty—
except those recently captured.
And hadn’t the Marquis himself played a part in rooting out even those rebels? Thus, his proper course of conduct was obvious.
‘Sidney wouldn’t have spilled my name so easily.’
Unless one cared little for their family’s lives—but it never hurt to be cautious.
“…My apologies, Your Grace.”
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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The male lead being so proud of his wife is honestly adorable, even when he gets jealous.
And the female lead is so elegant and beautiful—I can’t wait to see this scene illustrated
Haha, did the ML really just say that to the FL? He’s so cute when he gets a little jealous.
Can’t wait for next chapter
The ML is so considerate of his wife. He treats her with so much care and gentleness, even when she doesn’t say a word—he just understands her. He’s honestly so perfect, I can’t 😭
I really hope the FL can overcome these painful feelings soon. I can’t bear to watch her suffer this much. 💔