Blurb One: Xiaoman doesn't remember her father at all. She thinks her father should be like the "Uncle" everyone calls the Grand Secretary: tall, able to pull her out of a dark pit in an instant, and able to lift her up to a high tree branch so she can reach out and pick flowers and fruit.
When her mother wanted a divorce, she asked Xiaoman if she wanted a father. Xiaoman pointed at the "Uncle" beside her, so her mother married him, just as Xiaoman wanted! From then on, Xiaoman had a new father who adored her to the moon and back!
Her uncle tried to scare her: "Your stepfather is someone the whole court can't out-argue. Be careful, or he'll scold you to death one day!"
Instead, her new father held Xiaoman in his arms and coaxed her in a sweet voice: "Xiaoman, my precious girl! From now on, just tell your dad what you want and I'll buy it for you. Don't accept things from those people outside, understand? They're all bad people. Only your dad is good!"
Her mother worried about Xiaoman: "Your new father's mother is stubborn, rigid, and strict about rules. Be a good girl and don't go bother her, okay?"
Instead, when Xiaoman fell ill, her new grandmother, who never liked leaving her courtyard, came rushing in and shoved her way between Xiaoman's parents. "How are you looking after this child?! How did you let Xiaoman get sick? Move aside! Let me see my granddaughter!"
The young emperor had always regarded the young Grand Secretary Qu as a second father, believing that Qu had stayed unmarried so he could devote himself to helping the emperor. Then, out of nowhere, he got the shock of his life: the man he'd treated like a second father had gotten married! And now, because Qu wanted to go home and see his daughter, he no longer urged the emperor to study or held him to the same strict standards!
Jealous, the young emperor declared, "I want to see what the person who came out of nowhere to steal my second father can do!"
After slipping out of the palace in disguise and meeting Xiaoman, the young emperor said, "This little sister is adorable! Grand Secretary Qu, I'm taking her to the palace to play!"
Blurb Two: Before being reborn, Shen Fengshu learned that her husband, who had been dead for more than a decade, was alive and well. Under a false identity, he had married the woman he had long admired and had a son with her!
Her in-laws, whom she had served with devotion for more than a decade, had known all along. They kept it from her in tacit agreement, while constantly reproaching her for failing to bear her late husband a son and provide him with an heir, making her even more willing to sacrifice everything for them!
More than a decade later, her "dead" husband came back to life. Since she had already poured all her dowry into the Lu family's business and helped it recover, he couldn't wait to bring his beloved wife and only son to seize the family fortune!
After being reborn, Shen Fengshu looked at her still-young daughter and made up her mind. Before the Lu family could find a way to devour her substantial dowry, and before her in-laws could deliberately raise her daughter into a stiff, obedient little doll, she would get a divorce! She would give her daughter a splendid, brilliant life!
Please note before reading:
1. This is entirely fictional! The history is the history of the heroine's world, not real history!
2. Everything, from the setting to the other elements, serves the plot. This isn't meant to reflect reality.
3. The titles, official ranks, honorifics, customs, and traditions in the story are a blend of different dynasties, so don't use real history as a reference.
Theme: Even Xiaoman can have it all.
It's a bit cute, is it just a first-time shop with so much time?