Despite much suspicion, no one stood up for Dension.

The royal family tried hard to close the case, well-known to everyone.

The Duke of Verdium, long disgusted by the royal family’s corruption, had withdrawn his long-standing loyalty, earning the Emperor’s animosity.

Despite several requests from Dension, the Emperor never allowed a reinvestigation until his death.

All that was left for him were his loyalists and knights who stayed at the estate due to injuries. On his seventeenth birthday, he inherited the title of Duke.

Too young to rule and unaware of how to protect himself, the young Duke began to govern his territory.

But Biare was determined not to just watch him continue this lonely battle.

‘There must be a way to protect you. So don’t worry, Sion.’

After bathing, Biare opted for a black dress, prompting a questioning look from her dressing maid.

“Miss, are you planning to go somewhere?”

Biare didn’t respond, but her choice of attire pointed clearly to one destination.
“That place is only accessible to the heads of noble families, isn’t it?”

“Yes, I’m aware.”

The funeral of the Duchess was restricted to the heads of families only, as the Verdium estate wanted to conduct a quiet funeral due to not having fully uncovered the details of the incident.

‘I’ll just confirm that Sion is alive, that’s all.’

Biare wanted to see, even from a distance, that Dension was indeed alive.

The maid seemed puzzled as to why Biare, with no apparent ties, would want to go to the Verdium estate.

However, seeing her serious reflection in the mirror, the maid silently helped her prepare.

Biare picked a random jewel from her box and handed it to the maid.

“Don’t tell anyone and arrange for a private carriage.”

Reluctantly accepting the jewel, the maid complied with her mistress’s wishes.

“There’s a passage used only by the servants.”

Wrapped in a robe, Biare discreetly boarded the arranged carriage, avoiding the staff, and headed for the duke’s estate.

At the Verdium estate, flags announcing the Duchess’s death flew high.

‘May they find eternal peace.’

The funeral, hastily arranged due to the unexpected accident, was conducted quietly amidst a somber atmosphere.

It must have been a continuous ordeal for the seventeen-year-old Dension to bear.

Having confirmed his survival from afar, Biare finally breathed a sigh of relief.

‘Sion, I’m relieved you’re alive.’

A complex mix of relief that he was alive and regret that she couldn’t approach him filled her heart.

She longed to offer him comfort, but she couldn’t dare to.

‘Did I cause his unhappiness?’

Overwhelmed with emotion and a lump in her throat, she tried hard to suppress her feelings.

All she could do was watch him from a distance.

‘Let’s not be greedy. This is enough.’

This distance was the line Biare had drawn for herself in relation to him.

Realizing she was indeed back in the past after seeing him, she closed her eyes tightly, then opened them and headed back to the duke’s estate.

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.

_____

Please help me, I want to bring you the best possible things.

If you find any chapter or novel with poor translation and editing quality, let me know by commenting directly under that novel or chapter. I will retranslate it as soon as possible.

[Touch the gear icon in the bottom right corner of the screen to move to the next chapter if you want.]