Lena, not far away, was looking at Reihardt. While gazing at the blonde hair revealed under the black hat, when Etienne looked at her face, she read an anxious expression in Lena’s eyes.
Empress Lena, once called Marigold, and the mother of Ludvi, the Crown Prince.
‘Why didn’t I think of that?’
In my past life, I restored a paper in prison. On that paper, there was a drawing of a marigold.
At that time, it was difficult to identify the culprit with just that, but it was connected to Reihardt’s hobby of drinking flower tea. When he drank marigold tea, someone had poisoned it.
But what if that wasn’t the case?
‘That marigold could also symbolize Empress Lena, right?’
With that thought, she decided to investigate.
‘I need to confirm. I have to make sure of everything.’
As Etienne was contemplating this while searching her own body, the butler discreetly handed her a small bag.
“Would you like to use this?”
Etienne opened the bag, checked its contents, and expressed satisfaction.
“Thanks. This should be enough.”
She needed to tell Reihardt to suspect Empress Lena, but she couldn’t discuss it with him at the moment. She pondered on how to convey that message to Reihardt and found an answer.
“Etienne.”
Responding to the call that signaled her turn, Etienne picked up a chrysanthemum. She stepped forward, looking at the splendid throne where the emperor would be seated, and gently placed the chrysanthemum in her hand.
Despite experiencing it twice, the emperor’s death still felt unfamiliar to her.
‘I will assist Crown Prince Ludvi in safely ascending the throne.’
Conveying the words she could offer, Etienne, in silent contemplation, also bowed her head toward Reihardt. Reihardt did not make eye contact.
As is customary for everyone, Reihardt, having lightly nodded to Etienne, awaited the next person.
Knowing that he intentionally kept his distance from her, Etienne didn’t just leave. Instead, she closed the gap between her and Reihardt. Even though she noticed his surprise, she didn’t back away.
As if she had something to say to him, Etienne attempted to whisper, and Reihardt, looking puzzled, obediently lowered his head.
“I’m sorry I couldn’t tell you in advance.”
Etienne apologized for the lingering issue in her heart, and Reihardt, with a faint smile, nodded as if to say it was okay.
Without responding to the gaze questioning whether that was what she wanted to say, Etienne stepped back.
With courtesy extended to other nobles, Etienne left with her parents, and Reihardt, without the opportunity to observe her further, greeted another person.
While exchanging whispers, Etienne held the note handed to Reihardt in her hand.
Late into the night, after the extended mourning procession concluded, Reihardt, looking fatigued, rubbed his temples wearily.
“Please rest soon.”
Alex, attentively assessing his condition, spoke. Reihardt had to guard the place with the emperor’s throne from dawn to late at night for the next few days.
Therefore, Alex hoped that the Crown Prince could get some more rest. Nodding in agreement, Reihardt turned his body.
However, he was not heading to the bedroom but to another place. After a moment of contemplation, Alex asked,
“Where are you going?”
The Crown Prince couldn’t have forgotten the way to my room. Alex wore a puzzled expression as Reihardt took something out of his pocket.
“I’m going this way.”
Handing him a note, as if saying, “See for yourself,” Reihardt gestured. Alex unfolded the note to confirm the location.
“It would be better to take a deserted path. I’ll lead the way.”
Alex, having immediately grasped who he was going to meet, turned away from Reihardt and spoke. Reihardt o
Many people come to the imperial palace, and while it is difficult to keep things under control, it is not entirely bad. After all, I can hide my schemes within it.
Empress Lena looked at her reflection in the mirror. A blonde beauty, now with a bit less vitality due to having a grown-up son, people still likened her to marigolds.
As beautiful as she was, she became the Emperor’s wife and had lived quietly until now.
“But not anymore.”
Determined, Empress Lena immediately summoned a maid who was like her own limbs.
“You called, Your Majesty.”
“There is something you must do for me.”
Sensing the danger in Empress Lena’s eyes, the maid nodded.
“Yes, Your Majesty.”
“This needs to be placed in the Crown Prince’s room…”
As Empress Lena’s words continued, a sense of seriousness spread across the maid’s face.
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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