Heat rose to my face in shame. How could this be! A confidant of the future 13th prince was in the residence of the 6th prince!
The writer’s name was clearly Ungwi. My head is all confused. So is Ungwi a confidant of the 6th prince, later going to the 13th prince? Or is he already a confidant of the 13th prince?
I hope it’s the former, but after the 13th prince was mentioned and I praised his appearance, the look Ungwi gave me bothered me.
The gaze that looked at me disdainfully… could it be because he is already a confidant of the 13th prince?
My hand, holding the chopsticks, trembles with shame. Damn. If Ungwi is a confidant of the 13th prince, he will surely tell this story, right?
He will tell about how the 6th and 2nd princes scorned the 13th prince, and how I praised the 13th prince’s appearance! Ah, damn!
But well, other than being embarrassed, it’s better to be caught praising rather than slandering.
Maybe the 13th prince will hear my story from Ungwi and think I really admire his face…
“Phew….”
‘Life is not easy.’
But the matter did not end here. As a loud commotion was heard outside, the aide who guided me earlier rushed up and announced,
“6th Prince, Your Highness. 9th Princess has arrived.”
‘9th Princess?’
The unmentioned 2nd prince asked the 6th prince,
“Did you invite her?”
The 6th prince shook his head right away.
“No.”
What kind of chaos is this? It’s bewildering that the 13th prince’s confidant turned out to be the 6th prince’s aide, and now the unexpected 9th princess?
Ridiculous as it may be, I was the lowestranking here, so I had no right to speak.
The 2nd and 6th princes exchanged glances, but didn’t ask me anything.
The two princes looked troubled, but they didn’t have the courage to turn away the empress’s daughter, so the 6th prince allowed it.
“Bring her in quickly.”
“Yes.”
After a brief wait, the 9th princess entered, exuding an arrogant air. Her round, small, chrysanthemumlike face was slightly flushed as she radiated an unusual atmosphere from the moment she stepped in.
“You nobleman!”
Then, as expected. The 9th princess, ignoring the two princes, first pretended to know me.
The 2nd and 6th princes looked at me simultaneously.
I smiled as if embarrassed, but the 9th princess, undeterred, approached and playfully covered her mouth with a handkerchief, smirking.
“I heard there was a feast here. Had I known this foreigner would be here, I would have come at once!”
No, you did come at once. I haven’t even had a few spoonfuls of food yet.
I could banter with others, but not with the princess.
However, the 9th princess seemed completely unconcerned and winked at her aide, who quickly brought a chair and placed it next to the 6th prince.
Sitting almost in front of me, albeit angled to be next to the 6th prince, as she couldn’t sit next to me without being married.
“Brother. You should have called me for such an occasion.”
The 9th princess, visibly smirking, said playfully as she took her seat. The bewildered 6th prince finally realized the situation and laughed.
“How thoughtless of me.”
But as he couldn’t jest about the princess’s marriage, he just looked at me and grinned mischievously.
The 2nd prince, too, alternately looked at me and the 9th princess, then shook his head and made a pointed comment,
“I thought you could become friends. Maybe you’ll become family.”
The 9th princess chuckled at this and petulantly retorted,
“Don’t say such things, second brother.”
The 2nd prince smiled as if his younger sister was adorable and raised his glass.
‘No one here asks for my opinion.’
I was caught by the 9th princess’s cute glance and hurriedly picked up my spoon and lowered my head.
The 9th Princess is objectively much cuter than my younger sister. If I were a real man, I would be deeply moved by the interest of the 9th Princess, the daughter of the Empress.
Unlike some other countries, in our Flower Sound, there is no law that says that being the Princess’s husband means that you can’t participate in politics.
But I was not a man but a woman. Though I was dressed as a man, I could never marry a woman. Naturally, the interest of the 9th Princess was poison to me.
But the 9th Princess, unaware of this, spoke to me with a bright smile.
“I thought you, the foreign minister, rarely attended royal banquets. What brings you here today?”
“Do you think that a lowly person like me would avoid a royal banquet for some noble reason? I simply struggle to manage my time properly, so it’s hard to handle even the tasks given to me.”
“You, the foreign minister, are truly humble.”
“It’s an honor to be seen in that light, Your Highness.”
“I really like your voice.”
“……I’m flattered.”
“You should come more often. Don’t just be stuck in that dreary Moon Dance Palace. Okay?”
I looked at the 6th Prince for help, but the 6th Prince only laughed with an amused face.
How much awkward and difficult time must have passed?
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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