The Second Life Liliana
Chapters 130. Black on white

Liliana asks Max to leave, but Max insists on staying there before he talks to Liliana.

His heart fretted uneasily unsettled because it had not spoken to the woman. He won't leave before he talks to Liliana.

"Your honor, if you keep forcing me to talk to a hot head like this. I'm not sure I can speak well with your majesty. We'd better talk when our heads are cold."

"But my heart is not calm,"

"It's late, it's people's hours of rest. Aren't you tired of playing with Miss Julia?" liliana asked with a sarcastic smile on her lips.

Max choked with widened eyes staring at Liliana. "Lilly..."

"If you don't leave now, I won't talk to you anymore" the woman threatened Max with a sharp glare.

It's not good if he stays here, everyone will talk bad about him again. I don't care about my reputation, but his reputation as a future king.

Max sighed, he sighed and chose to give up when he heard Liliana threaten him. "Well, I give up. I'll be back now. But you have to promise me, that tomorrow we have to talk."

"Alright, I promise you your honor" Liliana said with a faint smile.

Max says goodbye to Duke Geraldine, and he still sees her as his father-in-law. "Dad, I'm going home." Max bowed his body in front of the Duke with great respect.

"Your majesty, you don't have to bend your body in front of me like this" Duke Geraldine said, feeling uncomfortable with the king's treatment of his candidates.

"This is my status as your son-in-law, father." said Max politely.

Not long ago he was angry because he wanted to meet Liliana. Now his attitude is very polite. But you're the man who hurt my daughter, I can't let you be by my daughter's side anymore.

Max leaves Duke Geraldine's residence and he returns to the palace. However he is escorted by kstaria duke Geraldine. Meanwhile duke Geraldine talks to her daughter about her relationship and the crown prince.

They were both in the Duke's office, with a warm fireplace because it was raining early in the morning.

"Lily, I'm gonna ask you..Are you going back to the crown prince?" duke Geraldine asked as she looked at her daughter sitting not far from the fireplace.

Liliana looked up, she looked towards the Duke. "Dad, do I have a way to get back with her again? It doesn't seem like anything, does it?"

"Lily, I honestly don't want you to go back to the crown prince. But, if you still want to be with him and you still love him, Dad will do his best to get you back with him. Even if you have to challenge everyone"

"No dad! I don't want to take the complicated path, if I go back with her, I'll just be a concubine in her palace. Julia Norton, she'll definitely occupy the Queen's seat someday. This is all I say not because I do not want to fight for my love, but I realize that I am not worthy of the royal family. No matter how deeply I love your highness the crown prince, I cannot be by his side by constantly enduring the pain. He must be king of this land, or Queen Freya will harm him." The woman spoke with tears flowing from her eyes.

The path that Liliana had to take would be very difficult, a cruel court politics awaited her. Not to mention the pain of Max's betrayal to her, she couldn't rely on love at times like this. For him loving Max is pain

"So, how did you decide? You really don't want to go back with her?" duke Geraldine asked his daughter seriously.

Liliana nodded while crying, "Yes, father.." her voice was raucous.

This is all to save your position as King, Max. Even if I'm not the one beside you.

"Well, I only hope for your happiness." Duke Geraldine hugged his daughter while comforting her. "You take it easy, after your official position is removed. I'll find you a nice guy, you won't have any trouble getting a partner" Duke Geraldine told his daughter.

Women who have been divorced by the king, basically will have trouble remarrying. Liliana is like the King's outcast woman who was dishonorably divorced.

The pain of the divorce is still felt by Liliana, even though she knows Max was forced to divorce her for the sake of saving everyone.

The next day, the royal hall was filled with nobles who asked Liliana to abdicate and replace her with Julia. The nobles pleaded and knelt in front of Max. They even dared to threaten Max with his position as crown prince and handed power to the Queen.

Max was furious that the nobles and ministers dared to make such ridiculous requests. "Pierre... Do you think all this makes sense? They asked me to remove the crown princess and replace her with Norton's daughter?" Max hissed annoyed after he ruffled the documents on his desk.

"Your Majesty, forgive me.but all this makes sense. They would definitely take advantage of this opportunity to pressure the crown princess down from her post because of her own majesty. His majesty divorced the crown princess without a second thought, causing chaos.."

Plaque!

Max throws one of the documents on the table at Pierre hard. "Are you blaming me? You dare?"

"I'm just giving you my opinion, Your Honor. If her Majesty had not divorced the crown princess in haste, the nobles and faction ministers of Her Majesty would not have intervened like this. Didn't your majesty think about how her current crown princess feels? What is his reputation in everyone's eyes? If I were to become the noble crown princess, I would also definitely be worried and hurt. Perhaps, I will also leave this palace." Pierre felt the pain Liliana felt.

Max was astonished to hear Pierre's words piercing into his heart. "True, it was me who made things complicated. I was wrong." Max held his throbbing head due to the many problems that occurred in the palace.

While Max was busy calming the nobles, Liliana came to the palace to meet the queen. "Woah..What is this? The wasted crown princess came to see me?" the Queen blatantly insulted Liliana. Even the ladies beside her were laughing at Liliana.

Liliana clenched hands tightly squeezing her skirt, she endured the tears and heartache of being underestimated. He bowed his body in front of the Queen. "Sincerely My Majesty the Queen."

"An honor to me, crown princess. or should I call you miss? I'm confused as to what your current position is?" ask the cynical Queen.

Hold Liliana, you're here to protect Max's position as King. All this trouble will be over if I leave.

The Queen invited Liliana to talk to him. Liliana did not speak at length, she requested that the Queen help her to relinquish the position of crown princess.

"I'm so surprised, why are you doing this? Don't you want to be next to the crown prince?" ask the Queen with a sarcastic smile.

"I won't tell you why. Your Majesty please just sign this letter," Liliana said as she handed the Queen a piece of paper.

The letter reads about the decline of the crown princess. "Your Majesty, don't you want all this?" liliana asked with a serious and tense face.

"Right, I wouldn't be a hypocrite. I really want you to step down from your position, but do you really want to do this?" the Queen asked as she stared intently at Liliana.

I wanna do this? What is the importance of my feelings now? If I don't relinquish this position, then he will be the one who gets hurt from being pressured by the ministers.

Liliana thought long about the future of Istvan's kingdom if Max lost his position. She is forced to ask the Queen for help, as only the woman can help her get Max to let go.

The two women spoke seriously. Since there was nothing to lose if the Queen signed the letter, the Queen agreed.

After speaking with the Queen, Liliana requested that the Queen not talk about their meeting with Max. The Queen agreed, she ordered everyone there to keep Liliana's arrival a secret to the Queen's palace.

"After this what will you do, Miss Liliana?" asked the Queen to Liliana, she was curious after her position dropped. Where the woman is going.

I was so happy to see this woman sad, even though she wasn't dead. Better to see him suffer.

"This is none of your business, Queen" replied Liliana Ketus.

"Oh well if you don't want to say it, I won't force it. But, are you really going to go see the crown prince now?"

"Yes, maybe this is the last time." Liliana muttered softly.

Liliana left the Queen's palace after talking to her. He walks with Daisy to the crown prince's palace. All the guards and ladies and gentlemen there looked at Liliana with pity.

"Your Majesty, why don't we just go home? They're..."

"Daisy, don't mind. Let's just walk ahead. And don't call me noble anymore, right now I'm just a miss from the Duke's family."

Steady Liliana! You've faced worse things than this in the past.

"Your highness..."

How can you withstand all this humiliation with such a thin body, miss? How could they look at you like this?

Daisy feels hurt because Liliana was treated with disrespect.

Oh my God, why is my head spinning like this.

Liliana entered into the crown prince's palace, although a sharp gaze continued to lead to her. He tried not to care about everyone there.

Eugene and Laura are seen walking in the hallway of the crown prince's palace, they cross paths with Liliana. "Sister-in-law!" Welcome Laura to Liliana.

"Greet me, your highness the princess."

"Why is sister-in-law acting formally like this to me?" asked Laura astonished.

Oh yeah, I forgot. I can't show it as if I'm no longer the crown princess of this kingdom. They only know after I'm gone.

"I'm sorry. But, does Princess Laura know where the crown prince is?" Liliana immediately shifted the question.

"Your majesty is in her study" replied Eugene.

Without speaking at length and to shorten the time. Liliana goes straight to Max's study alone because she asks Daisy to come back. He needs time with Max.

The checklet!

"I told you, get out of here!!" Max took the documents on his desk. He was about to throw the document at the person who had already opened the door of his study.

"Are you going to throw me, Max?" liliana asked with a smile on Max.

Max choked and immediately moved from his seat when he saw the beautiful red-haired woman in front of him. "Liliana?"

The woman looked at Max with a wounded look, but her lips were smiling.

"Let's talk while walking." take the woman to the crown prince of Istvan kingdom.

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