“I guess so. With more time alone, I started thinking about what I did wrong and pondering how to live in the future. It was a good time.”
Leharht’s surprised expression at Rudvi’s simple answer was evident. Rudvi had changed so much that Leharht couldn’t quite figure out how to react.
“You’ve really changed.”
Hearing Leharht muttering quietly, Rudvi chuckled and turned towards his mother, who had taken a seat next to him.
Her expression brightened since his appearance, and she looked at her son as if she had been waiting.
“I’m sorry I couldn’t come right away.”
“No need.”
Lena, the Crown Princess, gestured that it was okay, wiping away her tears and taking out a handkerchief. Rudvi held her hand and comforted her as if to reassure her.
“In the future, I’ll become a son to be proud of.”
“You are already a son to be very proud of.”
Regardless of any rumors circulating in the imperial court, Lena supported Rudvi. As her precious son, it was only natural for him to rule over others since his birth, and he was a being who could have anything he desired.
Thinking that such a son had been dismissed, her heart couldn’t help but feel heavy. Moreover, her son couldn’t even experience the adult ceremony that should have been splendid enough to be unforgettable throughout his life. Now, looking at the boy who had become an adult on his own, now nineteen years old, tears welled up in her eyes.
“Well, how about becoming even more proud?”
With Rudvi’s playful tone, Lena Huang Bi, stealing a tear, looked at her son. Wondering what her good son was thinking, she couldn’t help but be curious just by looking at his face.
“I’m going to get married.”
“Married?”
Lena Huang Bi, of course, and everyone present was surprised. It was an unexpected statement.
Rudvi carefully observed everyone’s expressions. Overall, they were mostly surprised, but there was a greater sense of curiosity. And when he looked at Leharht’s face, he almost burst into laughter involuntarily.
‘Yeah, there’s no way you wouldn’t know.’
That unusually perceptive guy couldn’t possibly be unaware. Rudvi locked eyes with Leharht and, as if to show off, opened his mouth.
“I’m planning to marry Etienne Claire.”
He dropped the bomb here, just like he had at the fountain. Amid the prevailing silence, Leharht pursed his lips.
“Whose decision is this?”
Anger was gradually welling up in his eyes. From the moment Etienne’s name was mentioned, Leharht’s composure vanished. Tension thickened between the two.
“The Crown Prince must be busy; stop causing trouble. Come and escort the Crown Prince to the office.”
Although Rudvi dropped the bomb, the empress issued an imperial decree to bring the Crown Prince to the office.
“Crown Prince, please calm down.”
“Do I look calm? I have to go and ask what his intentions are.”
Alex grabbed Leharht’s waist as he tried to approach Rudvi, who had been chased away a moment ago.
Not knowing what happened inside, Alex followed the order given by the empress’s knight.
Later, he found out that Crown Prince Rudvi had declared his intention to marry Etienne.
“If you go and throw a punch, Lena Huang Bi won’t stand by quietly. She said that if Crown Prince Rudvi is treated as he was, you should do the same to the Crown Prince.”
“If that’s possible, go ahead.”
“It’s entirely possible. You know, Crown Prince Rudvi was imprisoned for the crime of attempting to harm you. Despite the Crown Prince denying any ill intentions, you’ve been locked up for two years. Think about it the other way around. If you could be sentenced to death for just one punch, wouldn’t they try to execute you the same way?”
Despite Alex trying to reason with him, Leharht couldn’t calm down.
“I’m proposing to Etienne. Why should I stay still?”
“Etienne hasn’t accepted it yet. If she rejects, it won’t continue between them.”
“Reject? Well… if Etienne rejects, that’s it.”
He overlooked what would be naturally considered. When Leharht calmed down, Alex, as if relieved, secretly sighed.
“Why didn’t I think of that?”
“…Exactly.”
Alex decided not to mention that among the aristocracy, when someone declares their intention to marry, most of the time, an engagement is arranged. If Leharht knew, he might get excited again and try to find Rudvi.
‘If Ferdinand hears about this, it will be chaotic.’
While the Crown Prince could be restrained by himself, there was no one to restrain Ferdinand.
“On the debutante day, I explicitly proposed to Etienne. Before that, we need to somehow create a reason for her to reject. Somehow.”
Leharht, with a more serious expression than when planning his own death, began to contemplate.
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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