“I don’t know if I can convey it immediately, but I’ll try to find an opportunity.”
He didn’t pry any further into how Bonis became Prince Tesler’s government.
She, too, seemed to have no idea.
The final judgment would be up to the Empress and the former Empress.
“Thank you! Thank you so much…”
The carriage gradually came to a stop.
“It seems we’ve arrived. Please disembark.”
After Captain Markrom got off the carriage, he reached out his hand to Bonis.
Suppressing the surging tension, Bonis stepped down from the carriage.
“Captain Markrom!”
At that moment, Stian, the chief courtier, hurriedly descended the main palace stairs.
“What’s going on, Stian?”
Captain Markrom noticed Stian’s urgent expression and asked.
Stian quickly approached Captain Markrom, holding a message from Lionel to his ear.
Nodding in response to Stian, Captain Markrom lowered his voice and spoke to Bonis.
“Miss Bonis, what you told me needs to be conveyed directly to Empress.
“Yes?”
“Let’s go. She’s waiting. Follow me.”
“It seems like it’s time to go…”
After changing into the dress, I paced around the bedroom, biting my nails anxiously.
“Empress!”
Sharon, who went to check on me, rushed into the bedroom.
“Empress, Captain Markrom is bringing Lady Bonis. They are coming up the stairs!”
“Really? Are they really coming?”
I kept asking Sharon because I couldn’t believe that Bonis was coming here.
Sharon responded the same way each time, reassuring me.
Knock, knock.
With the sound of a knock on the bedroom door, I took a deep breath and opened it.
“It looks like she’s arrived!”
Sharon ran to the bedroom door, quickly opened it, and reported.
As Captain Markrom entered the bedroom, he reported, “Empress, Lady Bonis has been brought.”
“Thank you. You’ve done well.”
The sound of my pounding heart echoed in my head.
I loosened my tightly clasped hands, which were holding each other to the point of sweating, and settled my nerves.
“As you heard, time is not plentiful. Have a brief conversation, and Empress, you should move to the dining hall first.”
“I know.”
“Then, you two, talk. I will wait outside.”
After Captain Markrom bowed and left, Bonis cautiously stepped into the bedroom.
As soon as Sharon closed the door after entering, only Bonis and I were left in the room.
“Bonis!”
“Sister! Oh, no, Empress!”
Without any need for words, we hugged each other, confirming each other’s condition.
“I’m sorry, really sorry…”
Sadly, those were the first words that came out of my mouth after seeing Bonis again after a long time.
“I missed you!”
Bonis’s voice was without a hint of resentment.
I gently touched Bonis’s left hand, wrapped in bandages.
“Your little finger because of me…”
The words didn’t come out properly, as if a stone was blocking my throat.
Then, strangely, Bonis patted my back as if comforting me.
“I’m really okay. I’m relieved that you’re safe. Oh, by the way, the word ‘sister’ keeps slipping out…”
“When it’s just us two, you can call me comfortably.”
“But that’s not allowed anymore.”
Seeing Bonis’s smiling face, I felt a stronger desire to kill Prince Tesler.
“Don’t you resent me? If it weren’t for me, you wouldn’t have had to go through all this…”
Carefully holding her left hand, I looked down at the area where the damn pink diamond ring had been, now replaced by white bandages, on her left little finger.
Seeing it with my own eyes, my anger surged even more.
“It’s almost healed. It doesn’t hurt at all now.”
“Even though the pain has subsided now, it must have hurt continuously before. I won’t let that bastard get away with this!”
“But, you already know about Prince Tesler, right? Do you know why I suddenly became part of that trash’s government?”
“Yeah… I told him I wanted to bring you in as my maid.”
“And then he said he would make me part of the government?”
“No, he said I couldn’t because I’m already part of the government.”
“You crazy bastard!”
Bonis bit down hard on her lower lip.
“Don’t worry; I won’t let that trash make you part of his government. Never.”
“Do you have any plans… or something?”
“There’s something more trustworthy than a plan.”
“What is it? Courage, confidence, swordsmanship, or something like that… No?”
Bonis made a sly joke, listing my strengths.
“No.”
I shook my head and laughed lightly.
“Really?”
“I have him.”
“Him?”
“My husband. Emperor of Laphion. He’s my man.”
Bonis smiled at my last words, but her gaze still looked uneasy.
Putting aside the short conversation with Bonis in the bedroom, I moved to the dining hall first.
As I entered the dining hall, Lionel, seated at the head, and Prince Tesler, seated diagonally, both looked at me simultaneously.
“The dress suits you better.”
Lionel stood up from her chair, guiding me to her side.
“Thank you, Your Majesty.”
“Is your hand okay?”
“Yes, thanks to the prompt first aid, it healed quickly.”
Prince Tesler, with an unfriendly look, stared at Lionel with dissatisfaction.
“What were you talking about?”
I asked, looking at both of them alternately as I sat down.
“Empress, it was a conversation that you wouldn’t find interesting.”
Prince Tesler’s tone contained a hint of ignoring me.
“What was it about?”
Was it a troublesome political talk or maybe something about finances?
“How does the prince know about that? Whether the Empress is interested or not is none of his business.”
Lionel sipped wine and delivered a slight reproachful remark to Prince Tesler.
“What were you talking about?”
Instead of mixing words with trash, I asked him again with a fragrant smile.
“It was about the hunting competition.”
“Ah.”
“We were discussing things like how to cut a boar’s throat in one go, whether shooting a bird is easier than shooting a cheetah, and such.”
As Lionel finished speaking, Prince Tesler glanced at me with a look that said, ‘See, these are topics you wouldn’t be interested in.’
I chuckled lightly.
“It seems like you were having an interesting conversation.”
Prince Tesler had an expression that indicated he thought I was intentionally saying insincere things to please the emperor.
It wasn’t unreasonable for the prince to think that way, considering he probably believed I had no knowledge of swordsmanship.
“Now that it has come up, let me express my concern. I’m worried about the Empress. The guests from the southern continent are skilled in martial arts, and there is no need for concern even in the hunting grounds. However, isn’t it different for the Empress?”
Worry about yourself.
I might mistake you for a hyena and aim my bow at you.
It was quite awkward to figure out what expression to show to Prince Tesler, who pretended to be concerned about me.
Just as I tried to brush it off with a forced smile, Lionel, as if waiting for the moment, spoke up.
“That’s why we assigned a new bodyguard to the Empress throughout the entire hunting competition.”
“A new bodyguard? Many knights participate together in the hunting competition. Is it necessary to specifically assign one?”
Prince Tesler answered with a sly smile.
“Well, you see, that’s because of the incident.”
At that moment, Lionel, who had been wearing a smile, picked up a knife placed in front of her, held it up with a stern face, and then said,
“In truth… a while ago, one of the courtiers was murdered in the Empress’s palace support.”
She made a motion as if stabbing something while speaking.
Prince Tesler moved his Adam’s apple prominently and asked,
“Such an incident… occurred?”
Tension filled the air.
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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