When The Silver Bell Of Charlotte's Pharmacy Rings (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 140
If only that incident had never happened. People whispered as much when the revolutionary government collapsed all at once. They claimed that had the kind-hearted and amiable Count Duplay not perished in the inferno, King Ryuen’s new monarchy would never have begun.
‘The rumors from back then….’
When the Duplay estate was engulfed in flames, the fire wardens and constabulary responded far too slowly given the scale of the disaster. Moreover, although officials declared the fireplace in the drawing room as the fire’s point of origin, nobody believed it. There were witnesses who claimed to have heard a loud explosion at the Duplay residence just before the fire broke out.
Furthermore, roughly six or seven servants lived on the estate as resident staff—loyal retainers who had long sworn to die alongside Count Duplay should the revolutionary government take his life. It might have been plausible if only one or two had perished, but the fact that every single one of them failed to escape even a single step from the manor seemed undeniably suspicious.
Matiel spoke.
“In the end, it remains unknown who actually attacked Count Duplay. After all, the revolutionary government denied involvement until their final breath.”
King Ryuen finally grasped Matiel’s implication and glared at him, his face twisting in anger.
“Duke Elinak, are you even aware of how outrageously disrespectful you’re being right now—to the soldiers who gave their lives for the restoration of the monarchy, and to me, the King?”
“I am fully aware. In fact, Your Majesty, if you had used Count Duplay as a catalyst to bring down the revolutionary government, I would feel far more at ease. But if that’s not the case….”
“If it isn’t, then what?”
“As I mentioned earlier—Crest Morren’s planted seed was one of exceedingly low probability, requiring every condition to align perfectly before it could even sprout. With all due respect, the restoration of the new monarchy was much the same. Yet Count Duplay’s death became the spark that utterly shattered the revolutionary government, torn apart by soldiers, citizens, and partisans alike.”
Bang! The sound of a fist striking the table echoed. King Ryuen’s face burned crimson as he spoke.
“Don’t spout such nonsense, Duke Elinak! Are you suggesting that dreadful creature—that vampire who nearly killed my daughter—laid the cornerstone of this monarchy?”
“According to my deduction, he did not erect a foundation for Your Majesty’s reign. Baron Barrett and I visited a small island village to investigate a man connected to Crest Morren. Cursed by Morren, he murdered his own nephew and then took his own life. On the wall beside his corpse, this was written.”
“What was written?”
Male lead is a Divorced Husband
She said to him: “Tell me, what makes you like me? I’ll change it!”
Liu Changning transmigrated into a female cannon fodder character in a female-dominant novel.
After reading the first half of the novel’s plot, the first thing she did upon transmigration was to divorce the Pan Jinlian-style male protagonist she had just married.
She indulged herself, pretending to be ugly and poor.
But as time passed, the way that man looked at her became more and more unusual…
Liu Changning was dumbfounded: Tell me, what makes you like me? I’ll change!
――
This lifetime, Pei Yuanshao was rejected by the same woman twice!
The first time, she drove him away. Forced by the situation, he endured the waves of anger in his heart, yielding and humbling himself.
That person lay slanted on a rocking chair, her sallow face emotionless: “If you don’t want a divorce, go cook!”
Pei Yuanshao’s face was dark and gloomy: “You!”
The second time, after the crisis in Jinling City was resolved, the new emperor sent someone to pick him up. He turned around, stammering: “I… I have to go. If you keep me…”
That person lay on the kang bed, her back to him, as if she had long anticipated this day, crisp and clear: “Goodbye!”
Pei Yuanshao was so angry his fingers trembled: “You… you!”
The mission of family and country made him restrain himself, averting his eyes and turning to leave this broken household.
Two years later, they met again. Seeing her ethereal face, his body shook like a sieve.
“She was originally a ‘she’!”
At the Qionglin Banquet, the top scholar of the imperial examination, a talented person with exceptional speech and conduct, all the unmarried young gentlemen from aristocratic families looked at her with shy and timid eyes.
The peerless imperial official Pei Yuanshao felt the anger in his heart erupt. He pointed at the woman surrounded by the crowd at the Qionglin Banquet, his thin lips slightly curled: “Little sister, I wants that person to be the wife-master of my Mingde Prince Manor.”
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To be honest, Tae Mi is my favorite character in this novel.
Wow that’s grotesque. I didn’t think this novel was going to be so gorey