Sister, I'm the Queen This Life (330 Chapters Left to Complete) - Chapter 364
And now, as if by magic, the exact figure Ariadne had quoted came from Leo III’s mouth.
“Let’s settle at thirty-five percent.”
Alfonso swallowed hard. Leo III watched his son’s reaction with amused eyes.
The king had deliberately demanded a tax rate so high that merchants would find it unacceptable, wanting to see just how deeply his son was entangled with the merchant class.
If Alfonso’s relationship with them was merely based on a single transaction, the prince would be unable to accept the king’s proposal right then and there.
In that case, he’d have no authority as a mere figurehead—he’d need to return, relay the figure, obtain approval, and come back.
Conversely, if the merchant class had significantly solidified their support behind Prince Alfonso, he could immediately accept the king’s offer, as he’d possess full discretionary power.
Leo III waited patiently for his son’s response, fully convinced Alfonso would reject the proposal.
After all, his son had only recently returned from years abroad and, to be honest, showed little talent for intrigue.
There was simply no way he could have established such a firm support base so soon.
In Leo III’s view, being straightforward and principled was admirable in appearance but offered no real advantage in governance.
Smiling, Leo III prepared to dismiss his son.
“Well then, perhaps you need more time to think—”
“No.”
Thus, when Alfonso responded firmly, the king was considerably startled.
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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