“Khalid, look at this.”
With a pretty smile, Belia handed a letter to Khalid as he entered the room.
“Why does the letter make you so happy?”
“Check it quickly.”
Khalid quickly read the letter handed by Belia.
The letter was from Luness. It conveyed that the completion of the antidote was imminent. It was a story that would make Belia happy, as there had been concerns about the delayed development of the antidote.
“Fortunately. I was worried that the progress would continue to be delayed.”
“Yes? If I send a letter like this, the completion will be soon.”
Khalid brought the letter close to the candle flame and set it on fire. After watching the paper burn completely in the fireplace, he approached Belia.
“You’ve hidden some people in the Imperial Palace, haven’t you?”
“More than five.”
“…They should be taken care of properly.”
“If their skill in secretly taking away tea leaves from the Empress is any indication, there’s no need to worry.”
The tea leaves secretly taken away by the Empress for the manufacture of the antidote allowed them to identify the poisonous ingredients. It was possible because people were infiltrated before anyone suspected.
They would be entrusted with a very important task of handing the antidote to the Empress in the future.
Khalid embraced Belia.
“Rather, today, hug me a bit, Belia.”
Belia looked at Khalid with a worried expression in response to his weak voice.
“What happened?”
“…Did you have a conversation with Raul yesterday?”
“Oh, did you hear that?”
Smiling as if embarrassed, Belia came out of Khalid’s arms, took his hand, and led him to the sofa.
“In fact…”
“Hush, wait a moment.”
Khalid quickly interrupted Belia’s explanation. Then he concentrated on the sound for a moment.
For a long time, he had informed the servants not to come near the bedroom at night. He didn’t want to show his private life to them.
So unless it was something urgent, the servants didn’t come near the bedroom. But just now, he felt someone’s presence nearby.
If it was just passing by, it wouldn’t have been easy to notice within the room. However, he heard the sound of the door opening. And there was only one place where the sound of the door opening could be heard.
Khalid spoke with an amazed expression.
“Someone seems to have entered my room.”
“What?”
And at this moment, the faces that simultaneously popped up in Khalid and Belia’s minds were.
Erzé Kinetra.
Belia’s room and Khalid’s room were connected internally, allowing them to move freely between them. So, there was a way to go to Khalid’s room without going outside.
And the one who illegally invaded the room right now probably didn’t know that the rooms were connected.
“…Khalid.”
Belia called him with a worried voice.
What if the intruder is really Erzé?
What was she thinking when she secretly entered Khalid’s room again?
“It’s okay. Rest. I’ll handle it.”
Khalid comforted Belia with a soft voice.
But Belia quickly grabbed Khalid’s hand trying to leave him alone.
She couldn’t just let him go like this.
“Let’s go together.”
Belia stood up from the sofa.
Then, with a determined expression, she took the handle of the door leading to Khalid’s room.
There was no hesitation in turning the handle.
As soon as the door opened, the sight of Erzé sitting on Khalid’s bed came into view.
“Erzé. What are you doing here?”
Erzé was a bit surprised, not expecting Belia to appear. She sighed as if in defeat and slowly got up from the bed.
“I didn’t know the rooms were connected.”
Muttered Erzé, looking at the door where Belia and Khalid had appeared. Then, she raised her head and coldly stared at Belia.
Since Erzé came to the palace, it was the first time she had such an expression, so it felt a bit unfamiliar.
No, in fact, it was a familiar face.
A sinister gaze filled with malice and a sly smile. Because Erzé had exactly that face when she saw herself in her previous life.
Khalid looked at Erzé with a cold expression.
“…I told you once that if you caught my eye again, I would kill you. Have you already forgotten?”
“Your Highness.”
Erzé slowly approached Khalid. She was dressed in thin muslin pajamas that revealed her bare feet; attire that seemed designed to seduce someone.
“The princess is evil.”
She stood directly in front of Khalid, glaring at Belia.
“I genuinely liked the princess….”
Belia couldn’t understand what Erzé was saying.
“The princess is a good person.”
“I’m saying this because of what happened yesterday when you scolded me, right?”
Belia asked with a bewildered expression. But Khalid was faster than Erzé in responding.
“Belia. You don’t need to explain anything. Just have her leave the palace immediately.”
Khalid walked over to a corner where a bell was placed and shook it. The clear sound of the bell echoed.
“People will come soon, and you’ll be disgracefully driven out of here.”
“I… I did this for you…”
“For me? What right do you have?”
Ignoring Khalid’s question filled with contempt, Erzé continued trembling but pressed on with her words.
Male lead is a Destined Young Husband (Female-dominant)
One-sentence summary: Wife-master, listen to my explanation!
Li Ruantang, a young lady from a prestigious family, stumbled and fell. When she woke up, she saw a noble and beautiful young man sitting by her bedside, wiping away tears.
The young master had slightly reddened eyes, and his every move exuded charm.
The sight made Li Ruantang’s eyes hot and her heart flutter. After all, she had made a bet with the young master Meng from the neighboring family. If she couldn’t marry a husband before the end of the year, she would have to admit defeat and give up the jade she had worked so hard to obtain.
Outside the window, the flowers were in full bloom.
Rather than losing the bet, the jade, and her face, Li Ruantang calculated that it would be better to seek marriage with the young master in front of her, killing three birds with one stone.
…
Meng Jun never thought that an accident during a spring outing would lead to them rolling down a cliff and into a river, yet still survive.
Now they were trapped in an unknown village, and Meng Jun had overheard that the family who had rescued them had their own intentions.
After all, it was Li Ruantang who had lost her mind and sought marriage first. He was only trying to protect himself!
Glancing at Li Ruantang, who was listing her own merits, the young husband’s voice softened, and he blushed as he lied, “W-wife-master, Wife-master, don’t you remember me?”
The young husband’s voice was clear and handsome, coaxing Li Ruantang’s heart to be soft and sweet, and she spared no effort to protect him.
It wasn’t until they returned to the capital that Li Ruantang suddenly remembered.
When they had fallen off the cliff, in order not to implicate Wei Yunruo, whom he secretly admired, the young husband had instead pulled her, who was slightly farther away, down the cliff with him…
Short summary by Yuushi L: Initially, the male lead (ML) liked another girl, while the female lead (FL) liked the ML. Both fell off a cliff. The FL temporarily lost her memory, and the ML, fearing others might take advantage of him, claimed FL was his wife while they were staying in a village. Later, when they returned home, the FL regained her memories and remembered that the ML liked someone else, so she kept her distance from him. However, during their time living together in the countryside, the ML’s view of the FL had completely changed. From this point, his pursuit of the FL begins.
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