“She won’t be able to do anything bad to Ariana right after the trial. Seojehu won’t allow it.”
“Seojehu… that’s exactly the problem.”
Theodore clicked his tongue.
Seojehu had ascended to his current position around the same time as Theodore. Even after Theodore had passed on his position to his son, Seojehu remained in power.
When Theodore was Dongjehu, Seojehu had not aimed his sharp blade at the empire. He had kept a good relationship with Theodore.
However, as soon as Theodore stepped down, Seojehu began to subtly reveal his dark intentions. When Russell became wary, Seojehu sent Rachel as a gesture of friendship.
Langsti was suspicious of Rachel, but others foolishly trusted her. Because of their past good relationship with Seojehu, they accepted Rachel as family without suspicion.
And this was the result.
The Emperor had fallen out of favor, his granddaughter stolen, and now they were about to lose her again.
“We can’t just wait. Something must have happened!”
As Russell strode towards the reception room door, a servant who had gone outside to check the situation returned with urgent news.
“Seojehu is leaving the empire.”
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The number of people visible outside the window increased. Stores tightly packed along the street came into view.
‘Here it is.’
Finally, they reached the bustling area.
I was scared of the pain that would be inflicted on this body, but it wasn’t scarier than going back to the empire.
‘The pain is temporary. If I don’t escape now, I’ll face death.’
Ariana steeled herself and lunged toward the carriage door.
“Ah!”
Rachel reached out too late; her hand only grazed Ariana’s hem. Ariana flung open the door of the carriage and jumped out.
Before people could even react to Ariana suddenly jumping from the carriage, she drew the dull knife she had stashed in her skirt pocket.
It was a dull knife, likely more painful when piercing the skin.
But she didn’t hesitate.
Grasping the knife with both hands, she plunged it into her own abdomen. The dull knife tore through her skin. The pain arrived even before the sound of ripping flesh. It was agonizing, making her whole body shudder, but she didn’t stop.
When the knife was halfway in—
Doo-doo-doo-doo [Dash] The sound of hooves struck the ears.
A robust brown horse brushed past Ariana, blocking the front of Seojehu’s carriage.
Ariana looked up at the man who had ridden the horse, holding back a scream. A red uniform adorned with gold embroidery.
‘Royal Knight?’
There was no way to know why a Royal Knight had appeared at this moment. Seojehu and Rachel, who had come down to capture Ariana, were also looking at the Royal Knight with astonished expressions.
‘What to do?’
It was uncertain whether the appearance of the Royal Knight was a good or bad thing.
She had to decide whether to plunge the knife deeper at this point or run away while Seojehu and Rachel were distracted, but she couldn’t think clearly due to the severe pain.
‘Let’s run away.’
For now, that seemed best.
Even if she was caught midway, they wouldn’t forcibly load Ariana onto the carriage with a knife stuck in her abdomen. The knife was still embedded, so not much blood had come out yet, but if need be, she could pull it out.
As Ariana staggered to her feet, the knight spoke in a commanding voice.
“By royal decree.”
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At the same time, Dongjehu Russel, who was leaving the mansion to stop Seojehu, was also facing a Royal Knight.
Russel and Theodore accepted the royal decree with incredulous expressions.
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Everyone present kneeled at the words of the Royal Knight. It was to accept the royal decree. Only Seojehu, the ruler of the West, remained standing, bowing his head as he waited for the knight to recite the royal command.
“Ariana Bronthe’s custody trial has come into question by a witness who has directly appealed to His Majesty the Emperor. His Majesty has ordered an immediate retrial. Rachel Bronthe and Ariana Bronthe must appear in the high court within one hour.”
A witness who questioned the trial results.
Ariana didn’t understand what the Royal Knight was talking about.
Questioning the results meant a witness on Ariana’s side. However, Ariana had already used all the witnesses she could. There were no new witnesses left to testify on behalf of Ariana.
‘Odmil? No, Odmil is dead. Even if he were alive, he’s not influential enough to move His Majesty. Who could it be?’
As soon as the Royal Knight left, Seojehu turned his head sharply and glared at Ariana. Quickly adjusting her dress, Ariana concealed the knife embedded in her abdomen.
‘I can’t let him see this.’
What was supposed to be her means of escape could turn into poison. If Seojehu saw the knife in her abdomen, he would use it as an excuse to delay the trial and find out who the new witness was to eliminate them.
Ariana clenched her teeth, pushing the knife in deeper and covered the knife handle with the voluminous sleeve of her dress.
It was excruciating as if she could faint at any moment, but she mustered all her strength to keep a straight face as she looked at Seojehu.
Seojehu approached and lifted Ariana up by her arm that was lying on the ground. As she moved, the knife shifted, causing unbearable pain that could have made her faint.
Seojehu brushed off Ariana’s dress like a kind grandfather and spoke as he held her in one arm.
“This worked out very well, didn’t it?”
His voice, dripping through gritted teeth, was tinged with anger.
Ariana endured the pain and calmly responded.
“It would seem so.”
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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