The Price is Everything of Yours (76 Chapters Left to Complete) - Chapter 252
“I report to the Dowager Duchess! Open the gates and cooperate with the Imperial Court. This is the Emperor’s command!”
The Dowager Lady Muriel had become a spectacle for the locals.
The Dowager Duchess, a member of the Imperial family, usually lived quietly in the capital. Although recently she had become the center of high society—hosting a fair number of events—even then, she had never been ostentatious.
But ever since the Crown Prince declared war on Maindlant and began demanding war funds from all sectors, sudden intense interest had focused on her residence.
Especially since other imperial relatives and nobles, however reluctantly, had contributed at least some funds, while the Dowager Duchess had locked her doors entirely and begun refusing all communication with the Imperial Court.
The Imperial Court sent knights who harangued her daily. This served both as an example for defying imperial orders and as a blatant expression of their desire to seize the Dowager’s wealth.
The Dowager, childless and friendless, was one of the wealthiest figures in the capital—surely an appetizing sight to her nephew.
“I repeat: this is the Emperor’s command!”
A knight bearing the Imperial Sun emblem on his chest shouted before her firmly locked gates. He certainly carried presence. Though the word ‘imperial command’ had been so overused since the Crown Prince assumed governance that it had lost much of its luster.
Naturally, this commotion was audible even inside the house. The Dowager Duchess, gazing out the window in her reception room, remarked indifferently,
“The dignity of the Imperial Court has fallen to the ground. How dare that ruffian loiter before my home, prattling on about imperial decrees.”
“Lord Ralph likely finds it difficult to recover his standing and thus desires your position. To achieve that, he must first make himself noticeable.”
Normally, the Dowager Duchess received guests alone, but today someone answered her. She glanced sidelong at the man who had replied so confidently.
“You’re calm. Do you really think they won’t drag you away first if they enter my house? My nephew has been obsessively scheming behind the scenes to capture the Morier Trading Company’s children.”
Aaron of the Morier Trading Company, Joane’s aide, gave a wry smile.
When male lead is the homewrecker
“I know she doesn’t love him.”
I’ve read the novel below twice already. Girls, I’m highly recommending it to you!
The female lead? Not a good person.
The second male lead? Not a good person.
The male lead? Willingly plays the third party, breaking up the female and second male lead’s relationship despite all the warnings from his friends—so yeah, he’s definitely not a good person either.
Basically, nobody in this novel is simple-minded or without scheming.
The female lead starts off as the male lead’s secretary, but don’t worry—later on, she takes over the company while the male lead steps back to support her. He won’t steal her spotlight, overshadow her, or dull her shine.
I love novels where men are out here snatching wigs, tearing each other down, and going to war just to win the female lead’s affection. And this is exactly that kind of novel. Most of Hai Dai Ran’s works have this dynamic. You’ll see the male characters’ emotions being pushed to the absolute extreme.
There’s even a scene where the second male lead exposes the male lead online for being a homewrecker. The brotherhood immediately gangs up on him, dragging him through the mud. I find it compelling —it completely flips reality on its head, where usually, women are the ones fighting over a man and getting torn apart by the sisterhood.
For me, female leads in the novels I read should only struggle in their careers, not in love. But if the brainless romantics in the story are all men? I have zero complaints.
I’ve pretty much read all of Hai Dai Ran’s novels and even translated all of them—her works are just my thing. I’ll slowly upload everything here. One day, when my website is official, I hope I can invite her to join as one of the star authors.
Here’s the story synopsis:
One-line summary: She is his lifelong obsession, to the point where he was willing to be a third wheel, scorned by society, just to wedge his way into her relationship with her fiancé.
Cold-hearted and indifferent female lead + Scheming and subservient CEO male lead
Intro 1:
“I know she doesn’t love him.”
With blood trickling from his clenched fist, Rong Xiu gazed at the woman before him, his eyes clouded with anguish. Hidden in the wardrobe, he had witnessed Fan Xia – the woman he desperately loved – in an intimate embrace with her fiancé. Yet his heart still yearned for her, defying all reason.
Fan Xia, the elegant and composed assistant, carried something mysterious in her eyes whenever she looked at her fiancé, Wen Lan Sheng. Strange occurrences began to surface – secret meetings with the young Gu Jin Yi, an unexplained withdrawal of 5,000 yuan… Then suddenly, her fiancé’s sister, Wen Jing, violently attacked her.
In this matriarchal society, Rong Xiu had risen to become the chairman of a powerful healthcare conglomerate, breaking through gender prejudices. But for the first time, he willingly stepped into the shadows as the other man, disregarding his friends’ warnings to become her secret lover.
Because he had discovered the truth – Fan Xia wasn’t the pure angel everyone believed her to be. And perhaps, he was the only one capable of helping her execute her mysterious plan…
Intro 2:
Rong Xiu’s biggest regret in life was missing out on Fan Xia.
He secretly loved Fan Xia for 7 years.
Watched her go public with her boyfriend.
Watched her kiss her boyfriend at their wedding.
Until that man blissfully nestled in Fan Xia’s arms, obtaining everything he could only dream of.
The crazy jealousy stripped away his hidden secret love, layer by layer, burning like wildfire.
Fan Xia, how can I have you!
【Reading and Trigger Warning Guide】
1. Female dominant, male submissive, male pregnancy
2. Male lead schemes his way to the top, male competition
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