He led the family well and smoothly handled the business.
Until he went up to the capital for a new business, he was a respectable businessman.
Of course, there was a bit of a woman problem.
But isn’t it natural for a good man to have one flaw?
Diana hoped that her older brother would meet a good woman, but had no interest in such matters.
And then it happened.
The crown princess sided with the woman who had seduced her fiancé and broke off the engagement.
The rumor spread like wildfire, and Diana could not set foot anywhere in the social circles.
Her older brother cried out every night, drinking.
Diana, too, of the same Groban family, was not invited anywhere.
The siblings spent every night in tears.
Then one day.
A letter arrived with the royal seal, as if God had not forsaken the Groban family.
Anix, with a faint hope that maybe the unfair treatment imposed on him would be rescinded, opened the envelope.
Sadly, the letter was from the empress.
But it contained a very tempting proposal.
Anix immediately called Diana.
Older brother, what’s the matter?
We’ve got an opportunity, Dana.
He handed the letter to Diana.
It contained the empress’s offer to become Diana Groban’s guardian, and an invitation for an interview.
Neither of them cared why the empress was paying attention to such a family.
They just lunged at the lifeline that appeared before them.
Diana, with her older brother’s sendoff, headed to the palace.
“The Empress commands you to enter.”
Diana rose from her seat and went inside.
Dazzled by the beautiful and brilliant interior, Diana was taken aback.
“Are you Diana Groban?”
The empress, a stunning beauty despite her middle age, stared intently at Diana.
She quickly bowed her head, glancing at the steward behind her.
“Yes, Your Highness.”
“Sit down and look up.”
Diana sat in the chair provided and raised her head.
The empress and the steward examined Diana carefully, as if inspecting a commodity.
“Her appearance is a bit disappointing, but she’s usable enough.”
Diana blushed at the criticism she had never heard before.
She was quite pretty in Groban’s territory.
“Don’t worry, Your Highness. Men marry goddesses but cheat with plain women, don’t they?”
Disappointed at the words of the chief eunuch, the Empress nodded.
She asked Diana.
“Did I ask if you could risk your life to send a letter? Can you do it?”
“Of course. I will do anything you ask.”
“Yes, you must. If you succeed, I will sponsor you and secretly assist the Groban Earl family.”
At the Empress’s words, Diana nodded.
She had the confidence to do anything.
Even if it was an illegal act.
“The law will soon change. As a royal, you will be able to have a secondary wife.”
“A secondary wife…”
The empire was basically monogamous.
Even if there was a husband, you could not have multiple wives.
Even if the first wife died and he remarried, it was hard to be looked upon favorably.
And now a secondary wife.
“The royal family tends to die young. Even if they exist, they often die early. The number of imperial grandchildren is the foundation of the royal family. We’ve been too complacent so far.”
Diana’s big eyes blinked.
“So I’m considering placing you as the Crown Prince’s secondary wife.”
Diana’s face hardened at the Empress’s words.
To be brought up with a promise of marriage and then to be the Crown Prince’s secondary wife.
Although Diana did not desire an extraordinary husband, she at least wished to live a sweet and ordinary life.
Looking at Diana’s hardened expression, the Empress gave a compassionate smile and said,
“As the Crown Prince’s secondary wife, you can enjoy power comparable to the Crown Princess. Moreover, I, the mistress of this palace, will be behind you. How could the mere Crown Princess look down on you?”
The Empress tempted Diana.
She would be able to acquire all kinds of wealth and power, and the Groban Earl family’s status would return to normal, she began to waver.
“If you only succeed, I will make you the Crown Princess.”
It was quite a difficult task, but there was no reason it could not be done.
If Diana failed to win Nathaniel’s heart in the end, she could be framed for treason and dethroned.
“What will you do? Rather than just being the wife of an ordinary man, wouldn’t it be better to become the Crown Prince’s secondary wife and ascend to the position of Empress of the country?”
Perhaps in a normal situation, Diana might have refused as well.
But there was Milia, who had become Empress just as she said.
Not even a secondary wife, but a main wife who survived and stood at the pinnacle of power.
Diana began to harbor hope that maybe she could do the same.
“Yes, I will do it.”
Although it looked like she was reluctantly nodding, the Empress saw her lips curl up.
Milia comforted her shoulder and stood up.
“Chief Eunuch, prepare a room for the young lady of Groban. Discard the country clothes, and dye her hair blonde. Oh, and start over with her etiquette training.”
“Yes, Your Majesty.”
At the Empress’s words, the chief eunuch led Diana out of the room.
After the two left and the door closed, silence enveloped the reception room.
Milia walked to the window and looked outside.
Everything was ready.
Now only execution remained.
Male lead is a Love-Obsessed Merman
When he discovers she has gone, he risks everything to pursue her on land, enduring agonizing pain to transform his tail into human legs…
One-line summary: Male lead chases female lead. The male lead’s love is a bit sick, an invincible love brain.
Synopsis
During a voyage at sea, Jiang Yang accidentally captures a merman.
Servant: I heard that mermen are fierce and brutal.
Jiang Yang looks at the merman obediently rubbing her palm like a puppy: “You call this fierce and brutal?”
Servant: I heard that mermen have no human nature.
Jiang Yang looks at the merman with wet puppy eyes, obsessively calling her ‘A Yang’ like a childish infant: “You call this having no human nature?”
With great difficulty, she releases the merman back into the sea and returns to shore.
Who would have thought that in less than half a month, the merman, who should have been freely wandering in the South China Sea, would shed his scales, endure the pain of losing his tail, transform into human legs, and come ashore to find her?
He kneels at her feet, rubbing her palm, with merman tears rolling down: “A Yang, don’t abandon me.”
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