“Your Majesty the Queen!”
Laila, who was sewing, quickly raised her head at the soft reproachful voice. Discovering Mel’s stern eyes looking at her, Laila tried to discreetly hide the sewing material she was holding behind her back, but it was futile.
“Your Majesty, did you not hear what the royal physician said? I told you not to do anything that requires sitting in one place and concentrating as much as possible.”
Mel, who had become the lady-in-waiting to the Queen, had grown more mature and strict over the past few years. Laila looked at Mel with a pretend pout on her lips, then brought out the hidden sewing material and placed it on her lap.
“This much is fine, Mel.”
Then Mel replied as if she had been waiting for this.
“Your Majesty, it is not fine at all! Have you forgotten how much you suffered when giving birth to the princess? Your Majesty was in so much pain that not only I, but even His Majesty almost lost his breath!”
Laila sighed deeply and tapped the table, saying,
“How long ago was that, that you keep bringing it up so pettily every time?”
Mel replied with a triumphant expression, slightly raising her chin.
“No matter how petty you say it is, I will keep mentioning it whenever Your Majesty does this.”
Laila, who had been moving her lips with a dumbfounded expression, leaned back in her chair with a sigh of defeat. As she leaned back against the soft backrest, her considerably swollen belly beneath her dress became clearly visible.
Mel said,
“The royal physician has said multiple times that you need to be especially careful this time since it’s twins, but what if you keep doing this and harm your health?”
Laila wanted to retort that this much couldn’t possibly harm her health, but if she did, Mel’s nagging would surely continue for at least two hours. Nevertheless, when Laila glanced furtively at her sewing material, Mel took a breath and spoke again.
“And you know you can leave things like this to the seamstresses. My goodness, what are the heads of staff doing?”
“This is something I want to make myself. Mel, you know what this is.”
That was precisely the part Mel couldn’t understand. If what Laila was making were Eustar’s shirt or perhaps socks for Princess Aline, who was now three years old, there would be no need to nag this much.
Mel said,
“It’s because I know that I’m saying this. Is there any need for Your Majesty to personally make something to send to Marchioness Himierd?”
Laila, who had briefly parted her lips before quietly closing them, caressed the unfinished sewing with her fingertips.
“She’s struggling alone in a faraway place. After all, even after the negotiations ended, she took on the role of being in charge, and it’s uncertain when she’ll return home, so I want to do at least this much for her.”
“Your Majesty, really…”
Before Mel could finish speaking, the sound of the large door to the Queen’s chambers opening was heard. A young servant quickly and silently ran in, bowed, and said,
“His Majesty has arrived.”
As Laila tried to stand up, Mel quickly supported her.
“Thank you, Mel. Please escort His Majesty inside.”
The servant quickly disappeared again. After a brief sound of measured footsteps, Eustar entered Laila’s room. As she tried to curtsy, Eustar rushed over so hastily that his crown almost fell off and grabbed Laila.
“Are you going to keep doing this?”
Eustar said in an anxious voice. Before Laila could answer, Mel, as if she had been waiting for this moment, chirped to Eustar about the previous incident.
“Your Majesty, the Queen simply won’t listen to me, so I might as well retire to the countryside and take up farming. Look over there. The royal physician has said multiple times that she should refrain from tasks that require focusing her eyes and concentration as it can cause eye strain or headaches, but as soon as I leave for a moment, she’s holding a needle like this.”
Laila glanced at Mel with a pretend look of annoyance, but Mel’s attitude remained confident.
Eustar narrowed his eyes and watched Laila as if looking at a child who had misbehaved, then said,
“Is this true?”
Laila retorted,
“Mel’s nagging is getting worse by the day. How can someone so young worry so much?”
“From what I see, it seems Mel should be praised.”
For a moment, Laila looked at Eustar with wide eyes as if she had been betrayed. As he tried his best to hold back his laughter, Mel naturally handed Laila’s hand over to Eustar and said,
“I’ll entrust this sewing to the seamstresses, so don’t worry, Your Majesty. I’ll take my leave now.”
It was a smooth and flexible movement without a moment’s hesitation. Laila watched Mel’s retreating figure with disbelieving eyes and said,
“You’re all going too far. Eustar, you too. Let go of this.”
Eustar hugged her tightly, laughing in a pleasant voice.
“I can’t do that. We’re doing this because we’re worried about you, so don’t get too upset. Don’t you remember? When you were giving birth to Aline…”
“Stop. Mel has already used that one.”
Eustar slightly raised one eyebrow and sat on the sofa. Then he sat Laila sideways on his lap and kissed her cheek a couple of times.
“They say everyone was anxious seeing you struggle then, but no one was as worried as I was. I thought I was going to lose you right there and was shaking so much. If the princess had been born just five minutes later, I would have grabbed Muge and begged him to do something with magic.”
If Eustar had really made such a request, it was clear what expression Muge would have had. Laila shook her head as if she couldn’t bear it.
“Why are you all so worried? I’m fine, really.”
Ignoring Laila’s words, Eustar gently placed his hand on her rounded belly that was swollen like a small hill.
“Are the twins growing well?”
Laila looked at him for a moment and then gave a light snort. She overlapped her hand on top of his and gently caressed the skin.
“Everyone’s watching me so I can’t do anything, I’m worried they’ll be born lazy.”
“Ah, don’t worry about that. Laila, if they take after you, there’s no way that will happen. But if they take after me, I can’t guarantee anything…”
Eustar smiled mischievously.
However, Eustar himself was also busy dealing with state affairs from early dawn to late night without a moment’s rest. Yet, he still managed to find time to come and check on Laila several times, which was not something an ordinarily diligent person could even attempt.
“You’re the one doing the most work here, what are you saying?”
“It can’t be helped. There’s a lot to do to prove that Tentinella has been dismantled, all the Syncs have disappeared, there are no more magical beasts, and the curse on the Hyanmorik family has been lifted.”
The Kingdom of Sierow had almost cut off exchanges with neighboring countries due to the Syncs and the magical beasts and ghosts that emerged from them. If the internal situation had been as complicated as before, it might have been different, but at this point when things had been somewhat settled and it was time to move forward, it was necessary to consider the country’s external image.
“Did you receive another letter from Himierd?”
At Eustar’s question, Laila opened her eyes wide as if wondering how he knew.
“The sewing material.”
Eustar answered as if he had seen right through her heart.
“You make something for Himierd when a letter arrives. Of course, you used to make things more often and more before…”
Laila quickly said,
“Himierd didn’t ask me to do this. I just want to send something because I’m concerned.”
Eustar nodded and gently massaged her shoulder, replying,
“I know. But as Mel said, wouldn’t it be better to leave such things to the seamstresses? No matter who makes it, your feelings of concern for Himierd will be well conveyed.”
Even so. Laila thought.
She knew that Eustar and Mel were right, but she didn’t feel good about just giving orders to the seamstresses and sending it as a gift. The tone of Himierd’s letters was very polite, and she seemed to be accepting her given fate so calmly that it made Laila even more worried.
Himierd, who was still staying in the old city of magicians, was the administrative decision-maker dispatched from the capital. Of course, she couldn’t handle all the city’s affairs alone. Since the administrative decision-maker should originally be a city resident, a representative was elected by vote from among the magicians whose reason and logic remained clear, and they oversaw the city’s affairs together with Himierd.
For Himierd, who had planned to quietly leave Sierow after the negotiations ended, it made a deep impression that Eustar trusted her and assigned her to the task once more. She had moved all her belongings from the capital to the city, prepared to dedicate her life there.
Concerned about this, Laila had started sending Himierd things that could remind her of the capital, one or two at a time. These days, when a letter arrived, she would send along needlework appropriate for the season.
Laila said,
“I think I would feel lonely there alone. It’s an unfamiliar place. Of course, she must have made friends there too, but…”
Laila paused for a moment, choosing her words, then sighed lightly.
“Anyway, we all know that she’s a fastidious person.”
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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