Of course, it was a light kiss, and it was a kiss that happened because she unilaterally pushed for it… But still, a kiss was a kiss.
After sending Ishaar away, Hershis forcefully pulled himself together and called for a courtier.
“Your Majesty, did you summon me?”
“I will go to the Empress’s Palace right now.”
“Yes, Your Majesty. I’ll prepare accordingly.”
The courtier respectfully withdrew, and Hershis put on his jacket.
But he changed his mind and took off the jacket again.
Cain didn’t wear his jacket well. He always wore shirts and left a few buttons undone. About three?
So, today, he thought about unbuttoning one more button.
Liz liked Cain’s chest, and since Cain’s chest was now exactly like hers, she might want to hug him, remembering the old days.
Having reached a reasonably rational conclusion like that, Hershis, lastly, tousled his bangs like Cain and left his office.
“Your Majesty, why are you so late?”
Liz welcomed Hershis sincerely.
If he didn’t come in another ten minutes, she planned to go to the main palace herself.
It was just before the moment when the curiosity that had been matured for a long twelve hours was about to ferment.
“Did you wait for me?”
“Well, yes. How long have I been waiting?”
“Why?”
‘I have something to ask.’
… He didn’t say that purely because of intuition.
There was a hunch that the reason this man wanted might not be what he said it was.
“Well… just.”
Hershis stared into Liz’s eyes as if he would penetrate into her soul, then burst into a light laugh. It was a pleasant smile.
Liz led him to a comfortable chair, feeling relieved. Suddenly, a trivial question came to her mind.
‘Why is he dressed in a shirt today? The uniform suits him better. It would have been better to neatly comb up his bangs. Why are the buttons so unbuttoned? I want to lock them.’
But she left those questions as mere questions buried in her chest.
Liz slowly seized the opportunity, laying out various everyday stories. She had endured for twelve long hours, but she couldn’t bring out her curiosity recklessly. That would be an act inconsistent with what she said, ‘I just waited for him.’
“Ah!”
Taking advantage of the pause in the conversation, Liz suddenly brought up the main topic as if she had just remembered.
“I heard that the security at the Empress’s Palace has increased. Why… did you do that?”
“It seems like a mouse is running around. Lately.”
Hershis said, tapping his temple.
“… A mouse?”
‘A mouse? Was there a mouse in the palace?’
Liz couldn’t understand, but she decided to move on to the next question.
“Why did you reduce the Empress’s lessons?”
“Because you seem tired.”
“Why did you tell me not to prepare for the national wedding?”
“Because it might be troublesome for you.”
Hershis’s arm rested on the armrest.
“I’ve been waiting to ask you about that.”
“…”
Suddenly stabbed at the heart, Liz lost her words. Hershis stood up.
In the moment when she thought he might leave, he moved behind Liz to the window and closed the slightly open window.
‘It suddenly felt cold.’
“I don’t plan to ask you to do anything that might make you tired in the future.”
Hershis returned to his original place, sitting on the edge of the nearby bed.
Liz turned her chair to face him.
“What about the duties of the Empress?”
“Among the empresses in history, only a very small number of women have truly helped the emperor by leading social circles and entertaining guests excellently. Rather, isn’t it more common for the imperial family to be disturbed by indiscriminate extravagance and indulgence?”
“……. ”
“Just be the Liz I know. That’s enough.”
There was no coercion in the calm voice. However, Liz felt a stronger resistance than when she was coerced.
“I want to be that minority.”
“……. ”
“Let me become that; you said you would respect my rights no matter what.”
Hershis’s gaze turned sharper at Liz’s insistence.
Despite the piercing gaze, Liz didn’t turn her head and faced him to the end. If she looked away, the opportunity seemed to disappear forever.
The opportunity to become a wise empress like the original female lead…
“What if I get tired? Will you chase me away again?”
At the unexpected words, strength drained from Liz’s eyes.
“…Chase away? Who is chasing whom?”
“You chasing me.”
Hershis’s gaze wasn’t as fierce anymore.
With a puzzled expression, Liz recalled the memories of last night.
“I chased you away? No, I just…”
“When you said you were tired, I asked you to leave. People say I chased you away.”
Hershis’s gaze sank to the floor.
‘That’s what he thought.’
Liz finally understood.
Knowing that all of this happened because of a misunderstanding made her feel strangely relieved, as if it were a lie.
And at the same time, he seemed pitiful. Just like a large dog lying down, seemingly lifeless, after being ignored by its owner…
‘I thought he was like an unbreakable jug, impervious even if thrown away, but surprisingly, he had a fragile, glass-like side. I need to be careful.’
With a resolution, Liz extended an apology.
“If you were upset, I’m sorry. That wasn’t my intention.”
Hershis raised his eyes.
Looking at the red mark in the center of his eye, Liz waited for Hershis to speak.
He soon spread his arms.
“Shouldn’t you comfort someone who’s hurt when you know they are?”
“……. ”
It was truly his style.
Liz burst into an incredulous laughter and stood up from her seat.
Slipping between his arms, she sat on his firm thigh. Her arms naturally wrapped around Hershis’s neck.
Perhaps due to the shadow cast by him, his eyes seemed even deeper.
Suddenly, the intense and passionate kiss from two nights ago came to mind.
Are they going to do it again today?
In the strange tension, unable to even breathe comfortably, he said.
“We’ll do something different today.”
“Yes? What else…?”
Before finishing his sentence, her field of vision flipped.
When she regained consciousness, she was lying on a warm sheet.
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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