Jessica didn’t notice the madness in those violet eyes.
“I-I am a maid who cleans the empress’s feet.”
“I see.”
Lexus’s pupils softened gently.
“Above all, that pleases me the most.”
“What?”
Lexus twisted Jessica’s wrist and lifted her up.
Lexus found an empty room and pushed Jessica inside.
Jessica, lying on the bed, propped herself up.
“Your, Your Majesty!”
Lexus suppressed Jessica, who tried to get up.
“Isn’t that what you wanted?”
“But, but today…”
“Right, because it’s today, will you understand if I say I like you more?”
Jessica turned her head to look at Lexus.
Only then did Jessica realize the role Lexus wanted her to play.
Lexus intended to humiliate Lenisha using Jessica.
Today, Lexus wasn’t the only one who had been tormented all day.
Lenisha, too, had to endure being tormented by maids while preparing to meet the emperor.
Jessica remembered Lenisha sighing with a bored face.
She also remembered the expensive things that made up Lenisha.
Duke Rotera had given Lenisha only the best.
Her husband was the same.
For Jessica, the best she could hope for was to be the stable boy’s son.
However, Lenisha, even after holding the emperor, didn’t know happiness.
‘I am different!’
Jessica nodded her head.
“Yes, Your Majesty. I’m fine with that. Please give me a new name.”
“A new name?”
“Yes. I don’t like being called a maid who cleans feet. I want to be someone who lives for the emperor. Please give me a new name for a new life.”
“You ask for a lot. Quite audacious.”
Lexus lightly kissed Jessica’s lips.
Still, the woman’s whimpering didn’t annoy him, probably because the headache that had been bothering him had subsided.
Lexus set the table as he pleased.
“Canary, from now on, you will be called Canary. A bird singing for me.”
The apron was torn off Jessica’s chest by the emperor.
Jessica smiled with a joyful smile.
Canary!
That was Jessica’s new name.
It was all just a daydream.
Canary, who was forcibly awakened from the dream in the midst of the disturbance, got up.
Maids rushed into the room, pushing past them.
Among them, the matron stood at the forefront.
“Let the sinner come and receive the royal decree!”
Sinner.
Canary laughed mockingly.
“Did Barbara confess?”
The matron stared at Canary with indifferent eyes.
She was a woman who brought fire to the already chaotic palace.
How many more heads would roll because of this?
This shouldn’t have happened! A person without qualifications should not bring about such a catastrophe!
“Barbara confessed that the child has a separate father.”
“… What happened to Barbara?”
“Today, she is scheduled to be executed.”
Canary’s heart crumbled at the stern announcement.
Canary closed her eyes. Tears flowed.
Now she regretted.
What if she hadn’t held Lexus’s hand that day?
Even then, she was nothing more than a bird in a cage, so what did she want so much?
“If she had lived as an ordinary maid, would this fate have awaited Canary?”
Canary shook her head.
“The sinner is now heading to the underground prison. And the sinner’s son will stay in the temple until the truth is revealed!”
“The truth is revealed…?”
“There was already a confession, but it could be a noble bloodline! According to the judgment of the temple, the child’s fate will be decided.”
Canary chuckled.
In the end, it turned out like this.
She had lived too recklessly.
Now, there was no one by Canary’s side.
The path to return to the gods was lonely as well.
“… Please spare the child’s life, at least.”
The matron coldly nodded.
A close maid carried the baby and left the room.
The crying of the baby lingered in Canary’s chest.
All of this was her fault.
Canary was imprisoned in the underground dungeon.
Lenisha stared at the chessboard.
One of the chess pieces that she had been rolling in her hand fell to the floor with a light thud.
“Miss Lenisha.”
Turiel, who was taking Haelin’s place, showed a surprised expression.
Tears were falling down Lenisha’s cheeks after hitting her cheek.
“… Are you sad?”
“Well, I don’t know what’s sad.”
Lenisha calmly wiped away the tears.
Canary would meet a miserable end there.
Lexus would never forgive the deceived Canary.
The betrayal must have felt more significant.
Unlike Lenisha, Canary was someone he made into an empress with his will.
Probably, the reason he hadn’t killed Canary so far was also because of that.
Lexus had lost something too.
“Do you think Canary is pitiful?”
Turiel asked cautiously.
“Maybe.”
Lenisha also remembered the day she first met Canary.
A little girl with unkempt hair.
The eyes of the girl who thanked her for saving her were greedily watching Lenisha.
She was a child who couldn’t hide her insides.
Being born as a maid, Lenisha thought she might cause trouble no matter what.
Now that Canary had reached the position of empress, her greed must have been satisfied.
Lenisha smirked.
“It’s not that girl, but her life that is pitiful.”
Lenisha picked up the fallen pieces and placed them back in their positions.
“Checkmate.”
Lenisha’s pink lips moved.
“I captured the queen.”
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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