AGMATSWHLMAR Chapter 51

After that, Ruan Tang began working with the Empress’s people, attending various official duties of the royal family members, and suddenly became active in the Dias aristocratic circle.

This really surprised many nobles in Dias.

Although Ruan Tang was nominally a Duchess and favored by Auston, he was actually just a tool for procreation. In their eyes, Duke Auston was also a dying man who was about to be killed by the Emperor like a cunning rabbit being killed and a hunting dog being cooked.

Although Auston’s fierce reputation was well-known in the Imperial Star and everyone feared him, there were actually not many people who really took him seriously.

People feared his power and had to avoid his sharp edge, but no one didn’t persuade themselves in their hearts not to argue with a dying person before swallowing that breath.

As for Ruan Tang, although everyone feared Auston and was outwardly respectful to him, in reality, no one really took him seriously in private.

But now, Ruan Tang had gained the Empress’s favor and had the potential to jump from a tool for procreation to a confidant under the Empress. He began to contact official duties and the core of power with the Empress’s faction, attending various public events and charity banquets, which was different from the past.

Although Auston, in everyone’s eyes, was a discarded pawn who would be abandoned no matter who ascended to the throne… the Empress held great power. Everyone knew that the Emperor hated the Empress after so many years of struggle between them, but he couldn’t touch her and could only constantly endure and compromise due to the pressure of her family’s power.

Now that the Crown Prince was dead, the Empress still had Duke Auston, the eldest son, who could bear an Imperial heir for her…

In the future, in the struggle between the Emperor and Empress, who would win and who would lose was still unknown?

“Dr. Ruan…” Because of this, many people in the Imperial Star’s aristocratic circle thought highly of Ruan Tang and no longer called him Duchess, but changed their address to Dr. Ruan.

Even though Ruan Tang had left the First Research Institute, the identity of Duchess only represented that he was just an appendage of a Duke, but the respectful title of Dr. Ruan represented that they saw him as a person.

“Oh, dear Dr. Ruan, you look so beautiful tonight.” The bejeweled and glittering noble ladies came forward to greet Ruan Tang with great enthusiasm, as if they were old acquaintances, and were many times more intimate than the distant reverence of the past.

Because of the change in these people’s attitudes, Ruan Tang once again recognized the fickleness and reality of this circle. But he didn’t show it on his face at all and could laugh and talk with them: “I dare not compare with you, you are the truly radiant one…”

He was just beginning to come into contact with official duties and the core of upper-class communication in this circle, and he knew that there were many things he needed to learn. Therefore, he always kept a humble attitude and spent his time observing people’s expressions and moods.

Ruan Tang originally thought that although the Empress had promised to give him a chance, she wouldn’t actually help him much. All the rules and handling of official duties would have to be quietly observed by him from the Empress’s confidants, slowly explored, and then he could stumble onto the right track.

After all, in his eyes, the people around the Empress were all foxes who had cultivated for thousands of years. No matter what his identity was, it was impossible for them to be happy to see him seize their job opportunities and take away their position in the Empress’s heart… In Ruan Tang’s original prediction, these people should be respectful to him on the surface, but not take him seriously in their hearts, not be happy to see him grow up, trip him up behind his back, and even stab him in the back.

Therefore, Ruan Tang had always been carefully guarding against them, trying to absorb knowledge from their behavior and enrich himself.

Unexpectedly, a few of the old people seemed to have been reminded by someone, and they treated him so sincerely that they taught him a lot of really practical things, saving Ruan Tang a lot of detours…

If he didn’t know what kind of person the Empress was, Ruan Tang would have almost thought that the Empress was treating him like her own son.

That’s why she would let the old people who had cultivated into Refined around her support him like this.

In Dias Imperial Star, every aristocratic family would have many Alpha children. From birth, they were destined to compete for the family’s resources and power. The successful ones would get the best resources and the vast majority of the assets, while the losers could only stay away from the core of power. Even Alphas had to be used as tools for family marriages, exchanging benefits, and serving the most successful leader.

The Ruan family had an unusually large number of children, as many as twenty or so, and the competition among them was extremely fierce.

Although Ruan Tang was not favored and had always stayed away from disputes due to his Omega identity, he had always been watching coldly, influenced by what he saw and heard. In addition, he was naturally studious and had some understanding of this area.

Moreover, due to the genes of Ruan Ming in his bones, Ruan Tang learned quickly in this area.

In almost no time, with the help of several old people who harbored goodwill towards him for some unknown reason, Ruan Tang revealed his brilliance within the Empress’s sphere of influence, showing his amazing abilities and talents, like a rising star, a newly unsheathed sharp blade.

Making it impossible for the Empress and everyone within her sphere of influence to ignore him.

Originally, not many people in the Empress’s forces took Ruan Tang seriously, but after Ruan Tang really showed his amazing abilities, many people had different thoughts and began to test Ruan Tang, trying to find loopholes in him, force him to break, and knock him down.

There were even people with ulterior motives who ran to Auston to spread rumors and stir up trouble–

After all, it was well known that the relationship between Duke Auston and the Empress was strained, and Ruan Tang was Auston’s most beloved wife.

Although it was previously well known that he was a tool for procreation that the Empress had stuffed to Auston, those transactions were only between the Ruan family and the Empress. It seemed that Ruan Tang and the Empress had very little contact, as if to avoid suspicion…

But now, Ruan Tang was thriving within the Empress’s sphere of influence, so what would Auston think? Would he despise Ruan Tang because of this?

Thinking of this, all those who didn’t like Ruan Tang eagerly awaited the opportunity–

“Duke, the Duchess has been incredibly close to Her Majesty the Empress recently, and they get along very well. She has almost overshadowed our position in Her Majesty’s heart.” This councilor, who had official business dealings with Auston, went to Auston and said something that was neither heavy nor light to provoke him.

At least half of Ruan Tang’s current glory came from Auston’s favor of him. If he lost Auston’s favor, even if he was now thriving in the Empress’s camp, he would probably be in a mess and have no time to take care of other things, right?

Originally, he thought that Auston would be furious when he heard these words, but unexpectedly, after hearing the councilor’s words, he looked as a matter of course: “Isn’t it normal to overshadow you? My wife is so good-looking, she is much more likable than your old dried meat.”

Councilor: “…”

Was that what he meant?

The councilor who was responsible for stirring up trouble suddenly stalled, and after a long while, he reorganized his thoughts and said: “However, being close to Her Majesty the Empress is a good thing, but it should be an Omega’s duty to take care of the family and their Alpha, especially since Dr. Ruan’s identity is still Duchess… Your Grace, don’t you think so?”

“The Duchess is thriving in the circle now, but even the time to stay at home is less, which is inevitably derelict in her duty… Those who know him know that he wants to share the Empress’s worries, but those who don’t know may think that his willingness to socialize is to change to another Alpha?” He relied on his familiarity with Auston and immediately said in a tone that was extremely considerate of Auston.

He believed that he was proud in front of the Empress, and he was also well-received in front of Auston, so he was not so afraid of Auston, thinking that Auston would not do anything to him…

“Presumptuous! How can you criticize my Omega? Our relationship is fine, does it need you, a straight-A cancer patient, to meddle in our business?” Unexpectedly, Auston, who was still amiable in the previous second, suddenly became furious when he heard him insidiously saying bad things about Ruan Tang, and slammed the table over: “Saying that he wants to change to another Alpha… aren’t you cursing me to be a dead man?”

He knew what this person wanted to do, and he also knew that it was not easy for Ruan Tang, who had just come in, to squeeze into that circle.

Therefore, he wanted to use this person to kill the chicken to warn the monkey and establish this prestige for Ruan Tang.

Making it easier for Ruan Tang to step on his shoulders and go up.

The councilor had never seen Auston so angry before, and was immediately frightened pale: “Your Grace, I…”

He was clearly trying to say bad things about Ruan Tang and didn’t mean to say anything about Auston, how could Auston misinterpret it like this?

“Someone, drag him down and break his legs!” Auston didn’t give him a chance at all, and brought the adjective “capricious” to the extreme, saying coldly.

The councilor immediately screamed in fright: “Your Grace, I don’t mean that, I’m the Empress’s man, you can’t treat me like this…”

“If you’re the Empress’s man, then break both legs!” Auston said nonchalantly.

All the people who carried out these punishments in the Auston Duke’s Mansion were robots. No one paid attention to him, and they dragged him away from Auston’s presence.

All the people who didn’t like Ruan Tang were waiting for the good news from the person who went to Auston to fan the flames, hoping that Auston could suppress Ruan Tang’s power.

Unexpectedly, Auston broke the legs of the person who said bad things about Ruan Tang in front of him and threw him directly out of the Duke’s Mansion.

Afterwards, Auston’s favor of Ruan Tang remained the same.

It almost made those who were waiting to see the show faint, and they shouted, how could this be?

At this time, shouldn’t Duke Auston despise Ruan Tang, hate Ruan Tang, and retaliate fiercely, even kill him, to be happy?

The Empress was Duke Auston’s most hated person, Ruan Tang had become the Empress’s man, why didn’t Auston hate the crow on the roof as well as the house? Why was he still protecting him so much?

Sure enough, this madman’s brain circuit was different from normal people’s.

Everyone was shocked and didn’t expect Auston’s infatuation with Ruan Tang to have reached such a degree. While they were shocked, they were even more impressed by Ruan Tang’s means of controlling his Alpha.

He was able to make Auston, that madman, listen to him to such an extent, which was really not simple.

After hearing about this, the Empress not only did not show any glory to the councilor who had his legs broken by Auston, but instead became more satisfied with Ruan Tang and looked at him with different eyes.

She liked such a smart and capable Omega.

Being able to control her Alpha to such an extent as an Omega was also a manifestation of ability in the Empress’s eyes.