I slowly walked towards the aristocratic ladies, meeting each of their eyes.
As expected, the ladies who caught my eye did not immediately look away.
They stared at me as if to confront me, but as the distance grew closer, they finally slightly lowered their gaze.
Their little faces all wore expressions ready for a fight.
Even so, I don’t hit women.
I released the tension from my clenched fist.
No matter how much they glared at me, their position was to kneel before me and offer their greetings now.
I stopped walking, leaving about five steps between me and the ladies.
Neither a close nor a far distance.
But a distance where I could clearly see the look of contempt in their eyes.
If they thought I would awkwardly fumble and be the first to laugh, they were mistaken.
I responded to their deliberate silence with silence.
I did give a slight eyebrow twitch, as if the atmosphere was extremely uncomfortable.
Then the ladies’ laughter gradually disappeared.
As time passed, they started to glance at each other.
Ah, it seemed like they had collectively decided not to greet me until I showed a flustered expression and opened my mouth?
If it was such a childish game, I could easily join in.
I tightly closed my lips, lifted my head, and looked down at them.
The ladies were increasingly uncomfortable with my gaze, and unlike at first, one by one, they started to avoid my eyes.
Among them, a few still met my gaze without avoidance, smiling and enjoying my gaze.
Ah, I see.
There must be candidates for the harem among them.
“Greetings, Your Majesty the Queen!”
In the midst of everyone’s silence, the lady closest to me couldn’t withstand the pressure and was the first to greet me.
“It’s an honor to meet you.”
“To see the faces of the dignified ladies of the Lapeon Empire up close is really an honor for me… I guess? Which family do you belong to?”
As I was speaking, I turned my gaze back to the lady who had greeted me first and asked.
“I’m Ellie Josephine from the Earl of Josephine…”
Starting with Lady Ellie, the ladies next to her continued to greet me.
A few of them came forward and halfkneeled before me, saluting respectfully.
I repeated each of their names and families, as if I was memorizing them, with a calm expression.
In response to my actions, most of the aristocratic ladies changed their attitudes and outwardly bowed their heads to me, pretending to be friendly.
I also made eye contact with the four ladies who had broken into my bedroom yesterday, claiming to be my maids.
One of them, who had been the most confident, suddenly jumped forward.
“I’m Melanie from the Duke of Herotus.”
“Ah, Lady Melanie.”
She was fired as my maid and immediately became a harem candidate?
Lady Melanie was even more confident than yesterday.
While receiving greetings from the ladies, I locked eyes with the last one in line.
The look in her eyes as she looked at me was much colder than the others.
She didn’t even kneel, just slightly bowed her head in greeting.
“I’m Catherine from the Duke of Calleos. I really wanted to see you, Your Majesty.”
I felt hostility in her voice.
Lady Catherine seemed to want to show, through her expression and tone, that she was in a superior position to me, the Queen.
“I’m not sure if I’ve lived up to Lady Catherine’s expectations. Should we all sit down and talk?”
At my reply, a haughty smile briefly crossed Catherine’s face.
It was a smile that made you want to slap her back, it was so annoying.
When I sat down first, the ladies also began to sit down one by one.
“I’m sorry, Your Majesty. Have you heard that there might be someone in our group who will become your harem?”
Lady Catherine asked, gently waving her highquality fan adorned with gold.
“… I heard on my way here.”
I replied in as calm a tone as possible.
“Feeling upset, aren’t you? It seems His Majesty was a bit hasty. Welcoming the Empress and bringing in the harem so quickly…”
Lady Melanie leaned her head forward to offer me a sympathetic look, but her eyes were smiling.
I didn’t particularly respond to her false sympathy, just faintly lifting and dropping the corners of my mouth.
“Ah, Lady Catherine. I thought you were prideful and haughty, but this matter surprised me even more.”
This time, Lady Melanie discreetly addressed Lady Catherine.
“Eh? What do you mean?”
Lady Catherine looked sideways at Lady Melanie with an expression like looking down on a subordinate.
“That’s not something to discuss in front of Her Majesty the Empress…”
Lady Melanie glanced at me with a look asking if it was alright to speak.
Considering she was looking at me while talking about Lady Catherine, did that mean the story would be awkward if I knew?
The ladies were already starting to alternate glances between Lady Melanie, Lady Catherine, and me with curiosityfilled eyes.
“Please, speak freely, Lady Melanie.”
I became curious as to what she was talking about since she seemed so amused and was taking her time.
“The prideful Lady Catherine accepted this matter, which shows that she still… Ah, the present Lady Catherine used to be His Majesty the Emperor’s…”
Lady Melanie inflated everyone’s curiosity and at the crucial moment, dragged out her words.
I turned my gaze to Lady Catherine.
She seemed to already know what Lady Melanie was about to bring up.
However, while she looked awkwardly embarrassed, she didn’t actively stop Lady Melanie, who was prepping to reveal something.
If it was a secret she really didn’t want to be revealed, she would have shut Lady Melanie up, even if it meant twisting her mouth, but it didn’t seem that serious.
As I continued to watch Lady Catherine, she seemed to sense my gaze and raised her voice towards Lady Melanie.
“Lady Melanie, it’s not polite in front of Her Majesty the Empress!”
You raising your voice in front of me isn’t polite either, is it?
Without realizing it, my grip on the teacup tightened. The tea in the cup swirled around.
“I don’t mind, so continue.”
I shrugged my shoulders and told Lady Melanie to continue in a nonchalant manner.
I didn’t know if I appeared calm, but Lady Melanie nodded her head.
“Yes, His Majesty the Emperor and Lady Catherine were…”
Lady Melanie leaned in to check Lady Catherine’s complexion before continuing.
“Engaged.”
A short gasp slipped through my lips as I was about to sip my tea.
“……Ah!”
I was startled by the hot tea.
I was even more surprised by the unexpected news.
Ex-husband Wants Reconciliation
One-line summary: Chasing the wife to the crematorium (making an effort to attract someone who has become indifferent), the female lead doesn’t look back, the second male lead takes the position.
Intro:
To repay the kindness of the older generation, Su Mu crossed into a female-dominated world and became a live-in daughter-in-law of the Yan family, single-handedly saving the Yan family from fire and water.
But her husband, Yan Jiyue, the eldest son of the Yan family, treated her with sarcasm and never showed her a good face.
It wasn’t until after Su Mu’s death that this pampered and arrogant young master shed a few fake tears and pretended to want to die for love.
This life’s kindness was enough. If there was a next life, she would definitely kick Yan Jiyue away.
Who knew that the heavens would be so kind as to allow her to be reborn, returning to the time when she had just married into the Yan family.
Su Mu glanced at the Yan eldest son, who still spoke coldly to her, and threw a divorce letter in front of him.
“Let’s divorce!”
***
Yan Jiyue never imagined that he would be reborn. He happily went to find Su Mu, wanting to make up for the mistakes he had made in his ignorant youth.
Wasn’t the reason the heavens allowed him to be reborn to let him reconcile with Su Mu?
But when he pushed open the door to Su Mu’s room, the person lying on the bed was another man.
Su Mu’s personal attendant, Xie Yi.
Yan Jiyue hated him so much that his teeth itched. In front of Su Mu, Xie Yi was a gentle and considerate whisperer of sweet nothings, but in reality, he was vicious-hearted and deliberately sabotaged their husband and wife relationship.
In the previous life, it was he who secretly hid in Su Mu’s coffin and committed suicide, stealing a step ahead of him to be buried with Su Mu.
Yan Jiyue’s eyes were filled with hatred as he cursed, “What kind of thing are you? Your background is lowly, what right do you have to occupy Su Mu?”
Xie Yi looked at the sleeping Su Mu and no longer pretended to be a whisperer of sweet nothings.
He proudly stuck out his belly, “I have the right because my belly is capable of giving the Wife-master a daughter.”
***
Yan Jiyue was consumed with jealousy. He spread rumors that Xie Yi had once been branded with the mark of a “harlot” on his chest.
But on the night Xie Yi cut off the flesh bearing that mark, Su Mu suddenly realized something was amiss.
“How did you know the exact moment I was poisoned? And why did you show up a month early?”
Xie Yi remained silent, blood from his wound soaking through his robes. His sapphire eyes brimmed with anguish – or was it just a flawless act?
Between a once-arrogant husband now seeking redemption, and a gentle soul willing to die for her – who truly held the darkest secrets? And could it be that Su Mu and Yan Jiyue weren’t the only ones given a second chance at life…?
[Reading Guide]
1. True divorce, chasing the wife to the crematorium, the female lead doesn’t look back, the male lead is Xie Yi.
2. The ex-husband did not cheat, he just realized too late and didn’t realize that he liked the female lead.
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