An English Major's Journey to Promotion as a Palace Official

“Great master! Grant me a job!” After English major Shu Ran was battered by the autumn recruitment season, she went straight to Yonghe Temple to pray with all her heart. When she woke up the next morning, there was good news: she had received a job offer, and it even came with a government position. The bad news: the workplace was in ancient times. Just after transmigrating, Shu Ran was saddled by her stepmother with an engagement to a man who would leave her a widow in all but name, and was then dragged off to a banquet to meet potential matches. Who could have known that at the palace banquet, a foreign envoy would launch into a string of English, while their own interpreter stumbled through a translation and got the most crucial term in the trade negotiations, exclusive jurisdiction, wrong? Shu Ran: !! Wasn't this the perfect opportunity? It was like getting hired directly by the boss! Shu Ran immediately stepped forward and exposed the foreign envoy's scheme on the spot. Not only did she get rid of the dreadful engagement, she also became the first female diplomat in the Great Xuan Dynasty. From then on, she provided interpretation on diplomatic missions, translated works from the Western barbarians, and even opened a school to teach foreign languages... Shu Ran thrived in her new position. Not only did she rise to high office, she also received a year-end bonus from her direct superior, the Crown Prince, along with the man himself. #Both leads are each other's first and only partner Coming soon next door: Moon Sinking into the Cold Abyss (Possessive Pursuit). Please add it to your reading list~~ Blurb: Lan Zhaoyu lost her parents at a young age. Fortunately, the emperor and empress took her in and treated her like their own daughter, and she grew up blessed with the emperor's favor. When she was seven, the emperor and empress wanted to betroth her to the Third Prince. Lan Zhaoyu was unwilling. Then she overheard the proud, aloof Third Prince scoff behind her back: “Hmph. She's spoiled and willful. Who would want to marry her?” Lan Zhaoyu flushed with anger. She stormed out and shoved him to the ground, then ran to the emperor and empress and burst into tears. “Your Majesty! Your Majesty! I'd rather become a nun than marry him!” The emperor and empress felt for her and promised to find her a suitable husband someday. Later, she did indeed find a good match. Her husband was a famous top-three graduate in the capital, born into a prominent Jiangnan family. He was gentle as jade and learned in the classics. In their three years of marriage, they played the qin, burned incense, and made tea with snow. She painted, while he held his brush aloft and wrote calligraphy. Together, their words and paintings harmonized, and they lived the kind of life that made people envy mandarin ducks and immortals alike. Until that year, when a palace coup suddenly erupted and rival factions vied for power. In the end, the Third Prince, whom she had always disliked and who had always disliked her, trampled over a mountain of corpses to take the throne. That same year, Lan Zhaoyu accidentally fell into the water. When she opened her eyes again, she was in the imperial palace. Towering red walls, layer upon layer of curtains. From then on, she was imprisoned in the secluded palace, never to return. * What Wen Jingming regretted most in his life was leaving his wife for a time and obeying his mother's orders to find a doctor for his cousin. When news of her death by the river arrived, his hair turned white overnight. For years afterward, he could do nothing but grieve for her with boundless sorrow. Until he unexpectedly learned that his wife was still alive. He was overcome with joy. But when he heard her voice again, it came from inside the emperor's hall. Guards held him down before the jade steps as he heard her muffled sobs from within. His eyes nearly burst with rage, and his heart broke. #Aloof, obsessive prince → proud young lady × gentle young master from a prominent family #Possessive pursuit + chasing his wife after she leaves #Content note: Both male leads have only been with the heroine. She has only been with the second and first male leads. #The ending is undecided, probably two different endings Theme: Knowledge changes one's fate