Kendall struggled with his arms held behind his back, but he couldn’t beat Yuri Hsien, and he couldn’t beat Kalri either.
“Kashan poison is a very scary poison that spreads all over the body once it gets inside, and unless you take an antidote, you carry it in your body for the rest of your life. It only activates when cursed, and is otherwise no different from water.”
Kalri made Kendall turn around and look at him with a cold face, holding his chin.
“As far as I know, Kashan poison is a tricky poison that is hard to activate even for a decent magician. Yet you… how on earth did you manage to activate it without even reciting a spell, without a wand? That’s questionable.”
“It’s a setup… Your Grace. It’s unfair.”
Tears welling up in fear, Kendall appealed to Duke Ulgen with golden eyes, but it was in vain. Kalri quickly covered her eyes with his bare hands as he noticed her eyes shining strangely.
“I’ve heard that an excellent magician can hypnotize or brainwash someone just by making eye contact.”
Kalri muttered lowly. Kendall’s body jerked violently. A surprised Yuri Hsien immediately looked at Ulgen.
“Surely not to my father…?”
“We need to make sure. May I take this woman away?”
“Yes, please do.”
At the quick response, Kalri smiled briefly. Here, Kendall following Kalri meant her death. Yet Yuri Hsien did not hesitate.
‘Her purpose is truly definite.’
Even if you hate someone to death, hesitating to actually kill them is not uncommon.
That fleeting compassion could lead to a mistake, letting them stab a blade into your throat. But Yuri Hsien, who had sharpened her blade, made a decision in one stroke.
‘A true ruler clearly distinguishes when to have compassion and when not to.’
Words her master had said about Yuri Hsien surfaced in Kalri’s mind.
[She’s the only one who can reign so beautifully.]He had said she was a girl who naturally stood above all. Kalri agreed deeply with his master’s judgment in this fragmentary situation.
“If you have anything to say to this woman next time, it will be to her corpse, so say it now if you have anything.”
Kalri spoke in a chilling, yet reassuring way.
Yuri Hsien started to say something, then closed her mouth.
“No. I have nothing to say. Not even to tell her to repent or regret trying to harm my father. It’s a waste of words.”
It’s wise to remove her from sight when still filled with hatred and anger, not leaving even a word of regret. Yuri Hsien thought this way and turned her head firmly away from Kendall.
“No, no, please, wait. I can explain everything. Yuri Hsien, I’m your mother! Yuri Hsien!”
Kendall, blinded by Callie, raged. She twisted her body and wildly thrashed her legs. The sound of glass cups breaking underfoot was heard.
“My goodness, attempting to assassinate His Grace, the Duke…”
“Could the carriage accident also perhaps…?”
The servants rushed over, and a brief commotion arose as they peered at the situation. Everyone was looking at Kendall with horror. Shame was not the issue.
“I can explain everything!”
As she was being dragged by Callie, Kendall screamed in fury. If she slipped away even a little, she would die. That thought rang an urgent bell in her head.
“Save me, please! Just once, I’ll do anything! I’ve been wronged! It’s a false charge!”
Behind Kendall, who now didn’t even know what she was saying, someone touched their lips and shouted.
“Don’t worry, Mom! If Mom is really innocent, the truth will surely be revealed!”
It was Lapin, who had earlier been so anxious. Nowhere was to be found the earlier anxiety, even as her birth mother was being dragged to the underground dungeon, Lapin did not lose her cheerfulness.
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
