Sheng Jinzhi is the beautiful, haughty eldest daughter of the Marquis of Yongning's household. One day, she rescues a beautiful "maid."
Later, she discovers that the maid is actually a handsome young man, as lovely as Pan An.
So she takes him in as her live-in son-in-law and orders him around, making him massage her shoulders, rub her legs, and warm her bed. If she gets upset, she even makes him kneel on a washboard.
She is very pleased with her son-in-law, except that she thinks he lacks ambition and isn't capable of supporting a household.
When she sees that he isn't any good at studying, she gives him some capital and sends him away to do business.
Who knew that after half a year away, he would come back with the biggest "business deal" of all?
Sheng Jinzhi never dreamed that the son-in-law she'd bossed around and made grovel before her was once the radiant Crown Prince, and was now the newly enthroned emperor.
Her first thought is to pack her things and run, so she can avoid being torn to pieces and left without a whole corpse.
But before she can even climb over the wall, he scoops her down into his arms.
Staring at him in disbelief now that he is emperor, Sheng Jinzhi watches as he gently wipes the dust from her palm with a handkerchief and says, "My lady, you said that if this business venture lost money, I wasn't allowed to come back and see you. Look, I'm back, and I haven't let you down."
Coming soon: Historical romance, Where Did Father Go?
Bai Er Nainai, Duan Suqian, is quiet and dignified. She has a husband who's a hopeless case and a brilliant son.
Among the daughters-in-law of the Bai household, Duan Suqian keeps a low profile and is the least noticeable of them all.
When her sisters-in-law are squabbling like fighting roosters, Duan Suqian is teaching her son to study hard and make something of himself.
When her sisters-in-law are acting jealous and picking fights with their husbands, Duan Suqian is still teaching her son to study hard and make something of himself.
Everyone in the Bai household says that Bai Er Nainai is an honest woman. Even her most demanding mother-in-law says that she never tries to outshine others or stir up trouble, and is as proper as they come.
But one day, this very proper, honest Bai Er Nainai is suddenly accused of having a lover. And her brilliant son, it turns out, isn't the son of Second Master Bai.
How can this be?! The elders of the clan are furious and insist on finding out who her lover is.
But once they start investigating, they find that the man in question is none other than the emperor himself.
Theme: Life is full of surprises
When are you going to do this New Emperor, this white-eyed wolf?
"The Second Prince and the Today's New Emperor" gave the author a big clue~ Isn't it three?