Super wholesome!
FL is an 8 year old girl whose mother is a former noble who married a man who ran off with all their money and left them destitute. FL works every single day and her mother becomes a drunkard and occasionally beats her. She still loves her mom and thinks she is like a goddess among humans because she is so pretty. She forgives her for everything because "she's going through alot". Her mom even tells her that she would have been better off if FL was dead. Then suddenly one day, FL's mom wakes up in a panic and her whole demeanor changes. She hugs and shows a ton of affection for her daughter suddenly. She thinks the alcohol finally made her mom crazy. But really her mom traveled back in time after being killed in the future. FL still doesn't know that. Her mom says she needs to meet the emperor and needs the hidden money our FL has been saving for rent. When FL refuses she pretends to be okay with it but then steals the money and disappears. After working that day, mad for the first time at her mom, FL is approached by a coach and a guard. They manipulate her by saying her mom is sick so she can go to the palace with them. Her mom ended up signing a contract marriage agreement with the emperor and now she is a princess. The contract is only until the crown prince, the emperor's nephew, comes of age and can take the throne. Meanwhile our FL wins the hearts of literally everyone. Took the crown prince a sec and he stood her up at a tea party, but now he's a protective older brother. She seems to have a 6th sense for danger and senses when someone has really bad intentions or when something really bad may happen. She meets the son of the family that is pretty much the princes enemy and has been attempting to assassinate him, and has a crush on him. The maid girl is descended from a family of crows and is my favorite. The crown prince misunderstood the emperor this whole time because he thought that was who was trying to kill him. But our FL and her mom are stirring things up and fixing relationships. FLs mom and the emperor seem to be....ahem...having a lot of meetings and getting bullied quite often. Hahaha. I love how this is seen through the naive eyes of a child and how much comedy that brings knowing what she is oblivious to. Anyways, just left off with the fjord kid and crown prince coming face to face and the FL breaking up the fight and forcing Fjord to let her treat his injury from where the prince punched him.
I love this. I wasn't sure that ai would from the start, but it is such a refreshing take following the kid of the person who was reincarnated and in a contract marriage rather than the person themselves. FL is so oblivious in the most wholesome of ways. Honestly, I can finally give another 5/5*
My Mom Entered a Contract Marriage