Lady Lenisha. That title suddenly tickled her ears.
Arriving in a foreign land, she felt that she had become a noblewoman.
But she liked the sound of it.
It felt as if Lenisha, who had been the empress, had become human Lenisha.
“What’s going on?”
Was there a problem besides this castle being in chaos?
Linday shook her head furiously.
“This castle… this castle looks like it’s about to collapse! There’s no hope!”
“You would say that.”
And after Linday, it was Isabella who ran to Lenisha.
“Leni! Lenisha!”
A girl, gasping for breath, ran and knelt before Lenisha, panting.
Her pale face was flushed. It was the result of tearing through and running around the castle.
“Why are you like this, Isabella?”
“Here! It’s so much fun! There are mice and birds living in the castle! And deer too!!”
Isabella stomped her feet.
She seemed ready to run off again.
A completely opposite reaction to Linday.
Lenisha looked at Linday with a smile.
“So it seems. Isabella finds this place very fun, doesn’t she?”
“Lady Lenisha…”
Lenisha gestured to a maid with a crabby face.
“Helena, take Isabella and explore the castle more. It’s fortunate that the child is enjoying it.”
“Yes, Duchess.”
Helena grabbed Isabella’s hand and disappeared.
She would prevent the child from getting hurt.
Looking around, even the knights were glancing at Isabella.
With all the attention on her, nothing could happen.
Watching the child babbling excitedly, Lenisha opened her lips.
“Linday.”
“Yes, Lady Lenisha.”
“You are a noblewoman of a distinguished family. This situation may not be easy to adapt to. It’s going to be hard.”
Lenisha turned her head towards Linday.
“Lady Lenisha! I don’t want to go back…!”
“But, I need you. Linday, because of you, I was able to beautifully manage the inner palace. Sometimes, when looking after outside matters, I was able to get through because of you. So, please, stay by my side this time as well.”
Lenisha’s words stopped Linday, who was about to refuse.
This was the first time Lenisha spoke like this directly.
Linday’s eyelashes fluttered.
Lenisha was sincerely asking now.
“Linday. Can you help me?”
Linday, with a face about to cry, nodded vigorously.
“…Yes!! If Lady Lenisha wishes, I will do anything!”
Lenisha smiled faintly.
But it felt like she had won a great battle since Linday was staying.
“Thank you.”
(This is a time separator.)
The ones who went down to the village for groceries and immediate food as soon as they arrived at the castle returned after an hour had passed.
“Was there anything to eat?”
“There was almost nothing. This hard barley bread was almost all there was. And we could only gather dried meat and preserved foods.”
“But it’s better than having nothing.”
Lenisha replied gently and then checked what Casius and the knights had brought.
“Hmm. Good. With this, we can hold out for a while.”
Lenisha chewed on a piece of dry, jerky meat as if to demonstrate.
Casius, who had thought Lenisha wouldn’t eat it, looked at her in surprise.
She swallowed the tough and chewy food with water, filling her stomach, and then spoke to Casius.
“There’s so much to do, Casius. We can’t live in a place like this, can we?”
“…Indeed. The castle is a complete mess.”
“Where is the room to fix it? But at least they say they’ve prepared our bedroom to some extent.”
“What do I need to do?”
Lenisha stared into Casius’s clean eyes.
“Do you trust me?”
Casius nodded as if it was obvious.
“You are the only one I can trust, being driven to the edge of a cliff. I trust you.”
It was a crisp and clear answer.
Casius stepped closer to Lenisha.
He then grabbed Lenisha’s wrist. A hot surge of energy flooded into Lenisha.
Casius bowed his head towards Lenisha.
“Isn’t it true that I’m the only one you can trust, Lenisha?”
His voice was mixed with hope.
“That’s true.”
Lenisha let out a laugh and caressed Casius’s cheek.
“It’s just us. How romantic.”
Casius pulled away from Lenisha.
He then even caught Lenisha’s free wrist.
Casius let out a long breath.
“Romantic? Your tastes often seem vile, Lenisha.”
Including destructive words.
“So what should I do now?”
Casius asked again.
‘He’s like a puppy indeed.’
Lenisha chuckled lightly. Lenisha brushed off Casius.
He no longer hesitates to touch Lenisha now.
Thanks to spending a week homeless, blocking the dawn wind with his whole body.
“Linday. Go and bring only two bags of gold coins.”
“Yes, Lady Lenisha.”
Linday handed the pouch to Casius once again.
Casius looked at the number of gold coins in the pouch and raised his head with a surprised face.
“What are you planning to do with this?”
“First, Casius. You need to take this money and hire people to fix the castle. And those who are weak among them should buy the necessary things for construction and food from the neighboring fiefdom. This also includes the amount to rent a carriage.”
“Is that enough?”
“For now. What we are trying to do now is like building a castle. Slowly … one by one.”
Casius beckoned the knights and gathered them.
“My Lady.”
“Sir Terion.”
When scheming men desperately battle for her favor in the male harem
This one’s also on my reread list! The rivalry, scheming between the men in the imperial harem are just as intense and thrilling as in classic palace drama novels, where concubines fight to the death. Give it a read, girls! I promise you won’t be disappointed.
Synopsis:
“I am not worthy of her… but I still want to be by her side, even if only as a loyal dog…”
Those were the painful whispers of Yue Guanyi – the proud Crown Prince of the Great Qi, who was torn between deep love and a guilty conscience. Despite holding the supreme power of the Imperial Guard, he still could not forget the dark past when he was sold into a brothel.
Fate played a cruel twist when Qiu Shuzhi – a young female official who had just passed the imperial examinations with top honors – stepped into his life. She did not know that she was the one who had saved him from a tragic fate many years ago. And now, her heart was the target of pursuit for both Yue Guanyi and the powerful Empress Dowager Qin Qing.
While Yue Guanyi only dared to silently care for and protect the one he loved from afar, the Empress Dowager Qin Qing openly expressed his feelings and did not hesitate to take advantage of his power to approach Qiu Shuzhi. The covert struggle between the two most powerful forces in the imperial court began…
Trigger warning: All men in this novel are yandere style.
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