“Darling, what did you talk about with Her Majesty the Empress earlier?” Duchess Esmond asked during the meal. Since Liz’s departure, the unchanging expression on René’s face had been bothering her. “I didn’t say anything special.” “Really?” “No. Mom.” When René, with a twinkle in her eye, spoke warmly, Duchess Esmond felt relieved. In truth, she didn’t completely trust Liz. Words might claim the absence of ill feelings, but the depth of a person’s heart remains unknown. She wondered if the Empress harbored some unresolved issues related to the strained social relations between their families.
“By the way, about that woman,” the second son brought up unexpectedly. René couldn’t figure out who ‘that woman’ referred to. “Why Her Majesty the Empress?” The eldest son Adrian understood and said, “Doesn’t something seem different? She turned completely different from the elegant Berium we used to know.” “How was she before?” René asked, her eyes sparkling.
“Doesn’t something seem different? She turned completely different from the elegant Berium we used to know,” the second son said unexpectedly. René, with a sparkle in her eyes, asked, “How was she before?” “Before… well, she was somewhat like that. Pretty, but with a style that lacked warmth. Also lacked manners.” “Right, brother. I thought the same. Everyone was surprised that such a girl became the Empress.”
As the second son spoke, the third son chimed in. Then the second son raised another question, “How did the Empress meet the Emperor? People say they met from the time the Emperor lived in seclusion. Did she really know his status when they met?” René didn’t think so. From what I saw, Liz wasn’t a calculating person. However, her brothers had a different opinion.
“If that’s the case, we need to take another look. I thought she was just foolish.” “Pfft!” At the second son’s words, the third son burst into laughter. Mother tried to scold her sons, but did so somewhat passively. She seemed to want to laugh herself.
Adrian, the eldest son, and René were the only ones who didn’t laugh. Polite Adrian didn’t want to be in the same class as his childish brothers, and René… Her mind was occupied by worries.
“For you. It’s written that you’re on the verge of suffocating with that expression on your face.” “For me, you’re going to make her carry clothes? Truly merciful.” “Not clothes shopping.”
“…” “You’ll do what you’re good at. If you’re by my side, you don’t have to pretend to be elegant.” She considered it a sophism. It seemed like a way to seduce the Esmond family to her side. Fortunately, it worked well since she had a face to show.
However, even so, she found it refreshing. Rather than dying of boredom inside the fence, she wanted to experience something new. After the mocking subsided, a temporary silence fell over the dining table.
René thought it was the right time. “Hey, Mom.” “Yes, speak, our daughter.” “What if I become a maid for Her Majesty the Empress…?” Clang! The tableware made a loud noise as it hit the plate. It was three times louder with the voices of the three people. Adrian’s knife looked precarious on his fingertips.
Just as the clear resonance subsided, Duchess Esmond spoke. Her complexion had turned pale. “What are you talking about? What position are you going to take for someone?” “I want to be a maid for the Empress.” The second son answered instead.
“Did she say something like that while I was away?” “…” “Good grief.” The lady was angry. “Disgusting, daring to propose a maid to my daughter? Like mother, like daughter, indeed.” The position of a maid for the Empress was not so low as to anger her to that extent. Rather, it was a position that many noble daughters wanted, but Duchess Esmond knew nothing about such things.
To her, the only thing that appeared in her eyes without hurting was the sight of her daughter sitting modestly in her seat with the appearance of her mother and daughter.
In order to draw the Esmond family to my side, I thought of scheming. It worked out well since there was a chance to see each other’s faces.
However, even so, it felt refreshing.
I wanted to experience something new rather than escaping from boredom and dying while confined within the walls.
After the mocking ended, a temporary silence descended upon the dining table.
René thought it was the right time.
“Hey, Mom.”
“Sure, speak, our daughter.”
“I was thinking, what if I become a maid for Her Majesty the Empress…?”
Clang! The tableware made a loud noise as it hit the plate. It was three times louder with the voices of the three people. Adrian’s knife looked precarious on his fingertips.
Just as the clear resonance subsided, Duchess Esmond spoke. Her complexion had turned pale.
“What are you talking about? Whose maid are you going to become?”
“The maid of Her Majesty the Empress.”
The second son answered instead.
“Did she say something like that while I was away?”
“…”
“Good grief.”
The lady was angry.
“Disgusting, daring to propose a maid to my daughter? Like mother, like daughter, indeed.”
Male lead is a Destined Young Husband (Female-dominant)
One-sentence summary: Wife-master, listen to my explanation!
Li Ruantang, a young lady from a prestigious family, stumbled and fell. When she woke up, she saw a noble and beautiful young man sitting by her bedside, wiping away tears.
The young master had slightly reddened eyes, and his every move exuded charm.
The sight made Li Ruantang’s eyes hot and her heart flutter. After all, she had made a bet with the young master Meng from the neighboring family. If she couldn’t marry a husband before the end of the year, she would have to admit defeat and give up the jade she had worked so hard to obtain.
Outside the window, the flowers were in full bloom.
Rather than losing the bet, the jade, and her face, Li Ruantang calculated that it would be better to seek marriage with the young master in front of her, killing three birds with one stone.
…
Meng Jun never thought that an accident during a spring outing would lead to them rolling down a cliff and into a river, yet still survive.
Now they were trapped in an unknown village, and Meng Jun had overheard that the family who had rescued them had their own intentions.
After all, it was Li Ruantang who had lost her mind and sought marriage first. He was only trying to protect himself!
Glancing at Li Ruantang, who was listing her own merits, the young husband’s voice softened, and he blushed as he lied, “W-wife-master, Wife-master, don’t you remember me?”
The young husband’s voice was clear and handsome, coaxing Li Ruantang’s heart to be soft and sweet, and she spared no effort to protect him.
It wasn’t until they returned to the capital that Li Ruantang suddenly remembered.
When they had fallen off the cliff, in order not to implicate Wei Yunruo, whom he secretly admired, the young husband had instead pulled her, who was slightly farther away, down the cliff with him…
Short summary by Yuushi L: Initially, the male lead (ML) liked another girl, while the female lead (FL) liked the ML. Both fell off a cliff. The FL temporarily lost her memory, and the ML, fearing others might take advantage of him, claimed FL was his wife while they were staying in a village. Later, when they returned home, the FL regained her memories and remembered that the ML liked someone else, so she kept her distance from him. However, during their time living together in the countryside, the ML’s view of the FL had completely changed. From this point, his pursuit of the FL begins.
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