Duke, This Will Sting for a Moment (30 Chapters Left to Complete) - Chapter 23
“Oh. Such a mistake.”
Justin flexed and relaxed the hand that had thrown the dagger at Frost, then flicked his wrist carelessly and grinned.
His sapphire-like blue eyes curved sweetly beneath long golden lashes.
“My hands have grown rusty from wielding nothing but a pen all day. Were you startled?”
“No, not really. I’m quite fine, Your Majesty.”
Frost wiped away the droplet of blood trickling down his cheek with the back of his hand, his expression impassive.
“Not at all. You’re the fortunate one. I’m the disappointed one—I was aiming for your neck. Isn’t it the most vulnerable vital point on the body?”
Justin drew a bright, boyish smile onto his lips.
“Was it my clumsy hand, or perhaps my dagger—adorned with too many jewels, making it dull—that missed its mark? Tsk. Can even a true knight’s blade be without fault?”
The Emperor snatched a dagger from the thigh of his nearby guard.
Simultaneously, Leo stepped forward, readjusting his grip on his sword toward the Emperor, while the Emperor’s shadowy guards emerged, encircling Justin in a tight ring.
Aaron and the Emperor’s knights tensed their bodies tautly, gripping their sword hilts with both hands as if ready to thrust at Frost at any moment.
“It seems life in the Imperial Palace has grown rather dull for you. The seat of the Empire’s sovereign shouldn’t afford such idle leisure that you’d travel all the way to the distant North just to indulge in childish pranks.”
“Childish pranks, you say.”
In the air, deep, emotionless blue eyes clashed sharply with paler blue ones.
The Male lead Always Seduces Her with His Beauty (Matriarchy)
Xin Jiao Zhou is the leader of the world’s premier sect. She has just experienced betrayal from all sides, was poisoned in an assassination attempt, and faced death squad attacks while the poison was taking effect. After finally clearing out the scum from her sect, she was drugged again while trying to detoxify.
After waking up from a night of unconsciousness, she gained a “beautiful and kind-hearted” husband.
Xin Jiao Zhou: “???”
He fell ill.
She came to see him, bringing breakfast.
As she put down the breakfast and was about to leave, his hand slipped while holding the spoon. “Clank!”
She turned around upon hearing the noise.
He looked up at her, his eyebrows drooping: “My hand… has no strength.”
“Shall I… feed you?” she asked tentatively.
He opened his mouth cheerfully: “Ah—”
Thinking she was drowning, he jumped in without hesitation to save her, but nearly drowned himself. In the end, it was she who swam over to rescue him, giving him air underwater.
After emerging from the water, his ear tips turned red. He lightly brushed his cheek, tucking his sideburns behind his ear, revealing delicate, pink-tinged ear tips. He lowered his gaze, too embarrassed to look at her.
Xin Jiao Zhou: He’s truly beautiful, kind-hearted, and adorable.
A certain someone when disciplining subordinates behind the scenes: “If they don’t obey, just kill them.”
What’s that? She might already have someone she cares about in her heart? A certain someone: Find out who it is, kill them, and then there won’t be anyone.
What? She met a man by the riverside? What? That man even hurt her? A certain someone: Whichever hand hurt her, chop off his entire arm.
Love at first sight without realizing it, gradually falling in love, slowly getting closer…
Family and national grudges, schemes and desires, good and evil, crime and punishment, she and he face the future together, seeking justice with passion!
A naturally dark female lead who could accidentally destroy the world but is actually an honest person VS a weak, pitiful, and helpless but skilled fighter, beautiful white-cut black male lead
My heart is not of stone, how steadfast is your love? — Tao Yuanming “Imitating the Ancients (No. 3)”
— Reading Guide —
Cold female lead & dramatic black lotus with hidden yandere traits male lead
Hahahaha!!! She is so funny!!!!!! How she changed so much!
I love how she realized she loved him from the begining. But I die seeing him jealous of himself.
Awww