Darkness settled over the grey open space.
A man in a dark brown robe entered the place, looking around anxiously. Fortunately, no eyes were following him.
A sigh[Dash].
Just as he was about to breathe a sigh of relief, his face changed in shock as he discovered another man stepping into the open space with rugged steps. My goodness.
“Your Highness!”
The man called out to the other in a scolding voice.
Then the other man scolded him back.
“Did I not tell you not to call me that when we’re outside?”
“Shouldn’t you at least be disguised before saying something like that?”
To reveal his face so brazenly and yet tell people not to address him as Your Highness.
“It’s night. And people don’t care about others’ faces as much as you think.”
“Some do, some don’t.”
People are more interested in a handsome face, after all.
But the man, not wanting to waste precious time in such an argument, quickly got to the point.
“Why did you suddenly want to meet? Could it be…….”
“…….”
“You want to return to the palace?”
A glimmer of hope flashed in the man’s grayblue eyes.
“No.”
“…….”
Well then.
“Why did you call me if you’re not returning?”
“There’s something you have to do for me.”
The man said in a grumpy voice, and the other man handed him a letter sealed with wax.
“Send this by tomorrow morning.”
“What is this?”
He asked, taking the letter.
“You don’t need to know.”
“Where should I send it?”
“Ant Street, number 13.”
“Who lives there?”
“Shebine Claude.”
“Shebine Claude…….”
The man wanted to ask who that was, but gave up as he knew he wouldn’t get an answer. He didn’t really need to know anyway.
He was a servant, and the other was his master. Even if this place wasn’t the palace, and even if the seat he sat in wasn’t that of the crown prince, their relationship had not changed. And it would never change.
He put the letter in his pocket and called his master again.
“Your Highness.”
“What now?”
“……I apologize.”
“What are you trying to say?”
The man asked, and the servant answered.
“When will you stay there?”
“…….”
“One season is left. Once the season passes, the throne…….”
“I know.”
The man cut off the servant’s words.
“I will return within that time. Definitely.”
Though the voice was gentle, the servant felt the weight of the power in those words.
Even in the darkness, he saw the eyes that sparkled distinctly.
(This is a time separator.)
Mirabel woke up Liz from the early dawn.
“Uh, what’s going on?”
Liz rubbed her eyes and asked as she got up.
“What do you mean what’s happening? Today is the day of your blind date. You didn’t forget, did you?”
“Forget it. I remember it too well…… yawn.”
Liz yawned so wide that her mouth seemed to tear, and spoke again.
“But the blind date is at noon. Why get up this early?”
“Oh, dear, it’s noon, so you have to start preparing now. Get up quickly. Okay?”
Under the insistence of Mirabel, Liz reluctantly got up and was forcibly summoned to the bathroom.
The bathtub was filled with rose petals, and aromatic oil had just been dripped into it. Liz immersed her body in the water slowly, starting from her toes.
The feeling of her stiff body loosening in the warm water was very pleasant. Maybe she could get a little more sleep……
“Miss, I’ll give you a massage.”
“Aack!”
But the massage attendants waiting by her side pinched her vigorously, and Liz snapped awake. Were they torturing her under the guise of a massage?
Liz suddenly reviewed her memory, wondering if she had done something wrong to them.
‘Hmm, it doesn’t seem like much…….’
Maybe she had acted a little wild when she was young and immature, but surely they wouldn’t do this over that.
But soaking in the petals made her feel strangely sensual. For instance, like a new bride preparing for her wedding night.
Of course, this was just a blind date, but someday, her wedding night would come. Once, she had wished for Kain to be her partner, but now…….
‘I’d rather die.’
After being thoroughly soaked in petals, she was immediately handed over to the makeup attendant.
A number of cosmetics and creams, too many to count, were applied to the face in turn. Even when going to a banquet, she would apply several layers, but today it seemed as if she was putting in more effort.
After all, at a banquet, the lighting would do some of the work, so a moderate amount of decoration would suffice, but this was her home. There was no grand chandelier. She had to compete honestly with her bare face alone.
Mirabel took care of her hair.
Liz looked contentedly at her braided and puffed hair at Mirabel’s fingertips through the mirror.
But she frowned slightly at the final step.
She was unhappy with the way Mirabel carefully combed her bangs down to not leave any gaps on her forehead.
“Mirabel, lift my bangs.”
Mirabel stopped combing at Liz’s request.
Mirabel spoke cautiously so as not to go against Liz’s mood.
“That… It looks more challenging and beautiful if you let your bangs down, my lady.”
But Liz was adamant.
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.
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