Britney chuckled at the magazine brought by the maid.
Alford had not been able to snatch Lishi from Kay’s hands, and Britney had not expected him to.
She just wanted to plant in Kay and the others’ minds that Lishi was a depraved woman.
The magazine featuring an article about Lishi was not a credible one, dealing with ghosts and vampires.
But once a scandal about a noble family is published, everyone would buy and read it, so the article wouldn’t take long to spread.
“Iris is going to be driven out soon. The guardian family of the relics would never harbour such a dirty and depraved girl.”
She had not yet heard that Iris was holding a wedding with Kevrant.
The opposition from the Green family was clear.
“Or maybe Earl Green impulsively took Iris and is now regretting it. The girl has a dark and boring personality. She just has a pretty face, right?”
She was thrilled at the thought of the day when Lishi would be driven out and crawl back into the duchy.
“Miss, Lady Mundy is here.”
Britney, who was giggling while reading the magazine, jumped up at the maid’s words.
“Katrina? Let her in.”
Britney’s friend of the same age, Katrina, was the young mistress of Duke Mundy, and Britney’s favourite friend.
Because she was just dumb enough to be treated like a maid.
“Brin, Brin, Brin! Have you seen this?”
Katrina was as boisterous as ever.
In her hand was the same magazine that Britney had just been reading.
Britney surreptitiously hid the magazine behind a cushion and asked with a look of ignorance.
“What’s that?”
“Look at this, look at this. I thought you wouldn’t know anything. As always, you’re too indifferent to social affairs.”
Looking at Katrina, who spoke as if pitying her, Britney blinked her eyes in innocence.
Katrina opened the magazine.
“This article!”
It was a short but intense article published on one side of the magazine.
[The Secret Private Life of a Certain Countess]The magazine did not mention the real name, but throughout the article it used expressions such as ‘a holy family’, ‘a family under the blessing of the holy kingdom’, ‘a family guarding the relics’, so anyone could tell it was the Green family.
“This ‘flower of a certain duchy known throughout the continent of Elrend’ is referring to Iris, right? And the holy family refers to the Green family.”
“Ah……”
“Really? Really, Iris, she married Earl Green? Earl Green?”
“Uh huh……”
“What happened? Wasn’t she supposed to marry Viscount Hoochis originally? I heard Iris was so into Viscount Hoochis, she followed him around.”
“That’s what I’m saying. But then… somehow……”
She could never say that Kay had proposed to Iris himself.
“I guess an earl is better than a viscount… I heard that Iris caught Earl Green’s weakness and threatened him to marry her.”
“Really? What’s Earl Green’s weakness?”
“I don’t know. I mean, not exactly… it just had that kind of nuance.”
When talking with Katrina, Britney always added ‘this is not exactly true. I don’t really know. It’s just a guess.’
That way, she had a way out if there was a problem later.
“Gosh, how could that be? Iris, I didn’t see her like that but she’s really scary.”
“No, Iris, she’s nice. It’s probably just a rumour.”
“How could it be? Earl Green suddenly proposing to Iris is strange enough. Besides… how long has it been since Iris married Earl Green, and she’s already having an affair? No, no. Since she was originally in a relationship with Viscount Hoochis, did she have an affair with Earl Green?”
“Eh, no. An affair, what… but… Viscount Hoochis seems to have been hurt a lot. He came here a while ago and cried a lot.”
“I heard that Viscount Hoochis is staying at your mansion… He cried a lot, huh.”
“Yeah. It was sad. I felt sorry for him.”
“That must be really so. But it’s a bit strange.”
Katrina rested her index finger on her chin and tilted her head.
“Why didn’t Earl Green and Iris have a wedding?”
“Hmm… I wonder.”
“Oh, is it because their family opposes it? The old Earl Green is really strict. And let’s not even mention the character of the old countess.”
“Maybe… that could be the case…”
“It’s not a matter of perhaps, it’s certain. I saw Zeresien Green at the tea party I attended last time.”
“Zeresien Green… The younger sister of the Count of Green? I heard she doesn’t usually attend such parties.”
“It seems she often attends parties of close friends. Anyway, I saw her there once and she was terrifying. Really prickly.”
“Really?”
Britney was on the verge of bursting into laughter, but she barely managed to hold it in.
That should do it.
Talkative and sociable Katrina will spice up this matter and spread it here and there.
The story told by the Duchess will stick in people’s minds stronger than the stories told by the maids of the Green Count’s household.
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Wyvern Green, an old count who had passed his title to his son a long time ago, was sitting in the garden bathed in radiant sunlight, having tea with his wife, Herena.
The leisurely time of the elderly couple was shattered by a hurriedly arriving aide.
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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