The Empress is not the Emperor's lover

#25: Approval (1)

전정국

Why are you showing this to me?

유여주

Do you know that in all those incidents, the families of the deceased commoners submitted petitions?

전정국

...

Since the Empress usually manages most of the affairs happening within the country, it was natural that Jeong-guk was unaware of them.

유여주

I hold all the families' positions regarding the incidents written there.

It was clear that if the petition were to become known all at once, public sentiment toward the Emperor would plummet.

전정국

Are you threatening me right now?

유여주

You know that well.

유여주

This isn't a transaction or a contract; it's blackmail.

전정국

Ha—I guess the Emperor of the other empire is really that great? You want to bring him in so badly that you'd even go so far as to threaten your lover?

유여주

A lover? Your Majesty

유여주

The Empress is not the Emperor's lover.

유여주

We are merely partners working together to make the country prosper; Your Majesty and I are no longer lovers. Please do not be mistaken.

The female lead finishes speaking and leaves.

박지민

Huh? Her Majesty the Empress

The first thing I saw as soon as I came out was Jimin holding tea and snacks.

유여주

Let's go somewhere else for a moment.

Seeing the serious expression on Yeoju's face, Jimin quietly followed her.

박지민

You had a fight with His Majesty the Emperor, didn't you?

유여주

You're quick-witted.

박지민

Well, it happens all the time.

유여주

(Chuck) Every day? Not every day!

박지민

Well, I noticed the two of them fight every time they meet.

유여주

Because the two of us always had completely opposite views.

Naturally, the thoughts of Jungkook, who was at the top of the food chain from birth as the sole Crown Prince, and Yeoju, who had lived under poor parents, were bound to be different.

Therefore, Jeongguk always prioritized the nobility and public sentiment over commoners, while Yeoju prioritized commoners over the nobility and public sentiment.

유여주

In a way, Your Majesty and I might not have been a good match.

박지민

Why?

유여주

We're always different, you know. In no way, the two of us have even a single thing in common.

박지민

I've heard that sometimes people are attracted to opposites.

유여주

The reason opposites attract is that at first, you mistake the curiosity you feel towards someone completely different from yourself for attraction.

유여주

However, as time went by, that affection did not last.

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