I had no intention of revealing my secret to him.
If I were really his wife, not a substitute empress, I would have confessed to him about the fire deity within me.
‘Don’t abandon me. Keep me by your side. Then I’ll melt your icy body!’ I would have shouted, appealing like an advertisement in the imperial newspaper.
Suddenly, I recalled that Princess Resilia suffered from cold limbs and almost burst into laughter unknowingly.
“I’m thinking of having tea with Duke Martins in a while, will the Empress join?”
Around the end of the meal, Emperor Rinel, wiping his mouth with a napkin, spoke.
He seemed to be watching to see what my answer would be.
“We already had tea in the morning at the audience chamber. I will join you next time.”
“We?”
Emperor Rinel twisted his lips at my answer and stopped talking.
“Well, Duke Martins is someone who came with you from the Shatoneil Kingdom, the Empress would rely on him a lot. Right?”
“Even so, now I am a person of the Rafion Empire.”
At my answer, his somewhat sunken mood eased, and a faint smile formed on his lips.
“Yes. No matter how your previous life was, now, you are also my woman.”
For a moment, a cool light flickered in his eyes.
Could he… start suspecting my identity?
The sense of dread crept in as I saw his hardened face since bringing up Duke Martins.
[Star Icon][Star Icon][Star Icon]Although it was time to go to bed, Emperor Rinel did not come to my room.
Not that I was particularly expecting him to.
In the Shatoneil Kingdom, the king and queen did not spend every night together either.
I can’t really tell if it’s because they can’t or won’t, but they don’t sleep in the same bed every night like some nobles or commoner couples.
Knowing such a fact, I didn’t fully believe when he said he would come to the Empress’s Palace for dinner.
Sharon gave me a scented candle, good for a sound sleep, and placed it on a table a little distance from the bed.
I gently grabbed Sharon’s arm.
“Sharon, thank you.”
“Huh?”
Sharon blinked her eyes and smiled lightly.
“If it weren’t for Sharon, life here would have been much harder. I’ll count on you in the future.”
“You flatter me. If you select your own maids who are pleasing to you, Your Highness, life in the palace will become easier.”
At Sharon’s words, I nodded but still questioned.
“Is there someone who can ease my mind as well?”
“Of course, there will undoubtedly be noble young ladies with good character.”
“Yes, and you know… I don’t know how long I’ll be able to be with Sharon, but I promise to repay you before I step down from this position.”
“What… are you talking about? Step down?!”
Sharon looked at me with a puzzled face, her head held high.
“Ah. No, I just meant to say that.”
“Your Majesty the Empress, please don’t even think about such a thing! It’s something that should never happen!”
“Yeah, okay.”
Thinking that I should soothe Sharon, whose expression had become too serious, I purposely showed a brighter smile.
I’m sorry, Sharon.
But that horrifying thing, that thing that should never happen, I am causing it….
“You should rest now, Sharon.”
“Yes, Your Majesty the Empress. Please sleep well.”
Sharon had placed the last water jug on the nightstand before leaving the room.
I sat on the bed, taking in the splendid and spacious bedroom, and lay down.
A terrible silence could be felt.
[Star Icon][Star Icon][Star Icon]Sure enough, the symptoms started.
I woke up from sleep with a burning sensation all over my body and a severe thirst.
Water, I want to drink water……
I kicked off the blanket and gasped for breath.
It’s hot……
Another hot night came, which I had to overcome alone.
No matter how high my body temperature rose, the symptoms were hard to believe for others because the heat did not show on my skin and I did not sweat.
“Water… cold water…”
I weakly stretched out my arm towards the water jug that Sharon had placed on the nightstand next to the bed.
Suddenly, something like a water glass appeared in my hand out of thin air.
Is it a dream?
I opened my eyes heavily with a strange feeling.
As soon as I opened my eyes, I saw something blue for a moment.
The blue light gradually came closer to me……
“Huh?!”
It covered my lips.
And cool water flowed into my mouth between the touched lips.
“Are you awake now?”
Emperor Rinel.
It was his voice.
Cold Male Lead Became My Clingy Husband (Female-Dominant)
Feng Bai Su transmigrated into a matriarchal novel, becoming the sister of the female protagonist and the Seventh Princess of the Feng Ling Kingdom.
After working herself to death in her previous life, finally reincarnating as a princess, she only wanted to be a lazy fish who could eat, sleep, and play.
Until she met the male protagonist from the book, Wei Jing Mo, and he took a liking to her!
Wei Jing Mo is the top young man in Feng Ling City, talented in both appearance and ability, from a prestigious family, with a cold and otherworldly appearance, a figure like the bright moon in the hearts of noble ladies. It was thought that only the most powerful and talented noble lady in Feng Ling City would be worthy of such a brilliant young man. Who knew that this young gentleman would secretly admire the infamous Seventh Princess?
Short scene 1:
Feng Bai Su looked at the young man crying like a pear blossom in the rain before her, and couldn’t help but doubt her life.
Wasn’t the male lead described as a cold and otherworldly figure in the book?
Then who was this poor little thing crying with swollen red eyes and tear-stained face?
Short scene 2:
Wei Jing Mo stared intently at Feng Bai Su who was about to go out, wanting to say, “Be careful on the road.”
Before he could speak, Feng Bai Su suddenly bent down and bit his cheek.
Her peach blossom eyes were full of disdain: “Tsk! You’re so clingy!”
Wei Jing Mo: “…”
A talented fox spirit female lead with a flirtatious appearance but actually abstinent VS A cold-looking but actually naive and clingy little jealous male lead
