“Is it now time to meet the princess?”
Muttering to herself as if casting a spell at her reflection in the mirror, Mayana energetically opened the door and went out.
But was she too energetic? Suddenly, a maid who had been in the living room was about to scream, but tightly shut her mouth. All the color had drained from her face, and she was trembling all the way to her shoulders.
She looked Mayana up and down and suddenly frowned.
“You, what is it?”
The intention to question her was clear, but her voice was so soft that one had to strain to hear it. Perhaps she was conscious of the princess who was supposedly sleeping in her bedroom.
Mayana answered,
“I, I mean, I am Mayana, assigned to be the princess’s personal maid from today.”
The maid facing her looked younger than Mayana by a year or two, but Mayana cleverly remembered what Joslyn had said.
[There’s a hierarchy among servants here too. Understand?]
Of course, in any noble household, there was a hierarchy among the servants. For example, ordinary maids could never outdo the housekeeper, and if a newcomer in the kitchen overstepped the head chef, they might face a knife.
Such extreme cases were rare, but there were strict rules among the servants. However, if they were of similar age, even a few years of seniority made no difference, and they often got along as friendly colleagues.
‘There must be one of two reasons she said that. Either she thinks I have never been a maid, or she is not talking about a general hierarchy……. Looking at my appearance, she must not think I have never been a maid. So the answer must be the latter.’
While Mayana logically thought this through, the maid was now glaring at Mayana with her arms crossed, having taken complete control.
“The princess’s personal maid? I didn’t hear about that.”
“It was a sudden decision.”
“Did the butler hire you?”
“No, Valterminster Duke himself hired me directly.”
At that moment, the maid’s complexion changed completely. The transformation was so intense that Mayana seriously worried if such a drastic change in blood pressure was okay.
The maid said,
“The Duke has never personally hired a servant before.”
Mayana tilted her head nonchalantly at her attitude.
“Well, it seems that the princess does not have a personal maid at the moment, so perhaps he thought he should hire someone for his precious daughter as soon as possible?”
“You think the Duke deals with things so casually?”
“Why don’t you ask the Duke directly?”
The maid’s eyebrows shot up in anger. She didn’t realize that Mayana was doing this on purpose. If she had, she would have been even angrier…….
Mayana drove the point home.
“I am skilled at sewing, and since I had many siblings, I am used to caring for young children. Don’t worry about the princess, senior.”
“Who’s your senior? Many siblings? Ha, you must be a country bumpkin. Probably ran away from a farm to the capital. Lucky to catch the Duke’s eye. But you better not act smart.”
“Of course, senior. I will behave humbly.”
The maid’s face turned red as she stomped through the living room. After the heavy door silently closed, an irritated voice was heard from outside.
“There are such kids wherever you go.”
Mayana shrugged her shoulders as if it were nothing. It wasn’t pleasant, but she could endure it as she had experienced it to the point of nausea at the Povek estate. Those annoying attitudes…….
‘It’s probably better that I only have to be by the princess’s side. I’ll be busy attending to her; will there even be time to suffer from such attitudes?’
Mayana thought.
Left alone, she looked around the spacious and elegant living room with admiring eyes, and soon her gaze fell on the corridor leading to the bedroom. Jocelyn had said that after a nap, the princess must be allowed to do her piledup homework.
‘Homework…’
At seven years old, she thought it must be something like writing letters.
Entering the princess’s bedroom, Mayana was surprised once again. The bedroom was as spacious as the living room, filled with valuable and elegant furniture. Rather than a sevenyearold’s room, it seemed a room suitable for a mature woman of twentyseven.
What caught her eye the most was the large bed, slightly away from the window. It was large enough for three adults to lie side by side, and the middle of the sheet, pulled up almost to the pillow’s edge, was bulging.
Mayana could immediately tell that the bulge was Princess Ariante. It looked like a shoulder, much more prominent than the rest, and she could see it rising and falling very shallowly with each breath.
‘Isn’t it stuffy…’
The princess’s room was on the cool side, but it was early summer now. Even with thin sheets, covering up to her head like that, she was sure to be sweating profusely.
Mayana carefully rolled up the sheet, only up to the chin to make breathing easier, and then quickly planned to leave the room.
But the moment Ariante’s face appeared from under the sheet, Mayana stopped breathing and widened her eyes.
“My goodness…”
Male lead is a clingy little husband
One-line summary: The male lead is initially an arrogant, noble, love-deprived brat, later a cute, clingy, scheming little jealous one.
Introduction:
One day, Lu Yuner’s soul transmigrates into a female-dominant world. She enters the Imperial Academy and takes up the position of a doctoral instructor, teaching classes and grading schoolwork.
One day, she encounters the young prince Su Qingwan secretly skipping class from the male academy.
As a result, Su Qingwan is punished.
From then on, Su Qingwan sees Lu Yuner as a “thorn in his side”.
But before long, this “thorn” becomes the person he cherishes most, and he goes to great lengths to win Lu Yuner’s affection.
Mini scene 1:
One day, the sun is high in the sky but Su Qingwan still hasn’t gotten up for class.
Servant Xiaoyuan: “Young prince, it’s time for class. You’ll be late otherwise.”
Su Qingwan says arrogantly: “I’m not going. I am the esteemed prince, my status is so noble, why should I suffer this hardship? Besides, isn’t learning all this just to please women? Hmph, they’re not worthy!”
Mini scene 2:
After Su Qingwan falls for someone, he completely changes. He no longer skips class and diligently learns how to be a good husband and father. But he discovers that Sister Yuner is always surrounded by admirers.
Drunk and overcome with jealousy one day, he clings to Lu Yuner, crying beautifully like a pear blossom in the rain.
Su Qingwan: “Qingwan likes Sister Yuner.”
Lu Yuner: “Young prince, you’re drunk.”
Su Qingwan: “Qingwan isn’t drunk. Qingwan likes Sister Yuner, likes you so much, likes you to bits…” Before he can finish, Lu Yuner’s eyes flash with emotion and she leans in closer.
[Reading Guide]
1. The female lead is gentle, gracious, humble and polite but not weak. The male lead is initially an arrogant, noble, love-deprived brat, later a cute, clingy, scheming little jealous one.
2. 1v1, a bit torturous in the beginning but definitely sweet later on.
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