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 Rezef considered his words, and his expression became slightly twisted.
 “But Cayena, you realize that you nearly died.”
 Cayena lightly nodded her head, acknowledging the statement.
 “That’s right.”
 ‘Because of you.’
 Knowing the truth, Cayena could see clearly how Rezef carefully weaved his words.
 “Are you perhaps afraid of retaliation? If so, please don’t worry. I’ll ensure that nothing like this ever happens again.”
 Cayena tiredly shook her head.
 Because she hadn’t completely healed yet, it was quite burdensome for her to have such a difficult conversation.
 She had already spent a lot of energy talking with the ladies-in-waiting.
 Though Cayena would have liked to rest, this was a conversation she had to finish, even if she passed out at the end. This was her intent.
 “No. I’m not afraid.”
 She exhaled, a feverish breath spilling out of her mouth.
 Rezef and the ladies-in-waiting in the room held their breaths. This sadness was something they hadn’t expected from the ridiculous Cayena.
 “There’s no need to play a game that you’ll lose, Rezef.”
 Rezef couldn’t understand her words.
 He was the one who had arranged for the poison to be used, and he had also established himself a suitable alibi. He had already selected which targets he would remove with this opportunity, and all he had to do was to send them to the guillotine. This game was completely set in his favor; there was no way that he couldn’t win.
 At least, that’s what he thought.
 “Everyone, please leave this area for a little while.”
 At her request, everyone left. The only ones left in the room were Cayena and Rezef.
 “Rezef,” Cayena called. She spoke so calmly and composedly that Rezef felt strange.
 “You can’t forget that there are more things happening than what you can see with your eyes.”
 “What are you…?”
 “Do you know how many people I’ve danced with in the banquet hall? And how many people brought me food and drinks? Under these circumstances, it’s far too difficult to determine who had poisoned me. On the other hand… These circumstances are perfect to pick the culprit.”
 Cayena struggled to remember quickly what had happened regarding this incident.
 Rezef could never have predicted this to happen to his plan.
 “There was a young nobleman who was obsessed with me, wasn’t there?”
 She recalled the person that Rezef had led to the guillotine.
 It was her previous husband.
 She recalled that Viscount Gillian had yet to receive his inheritance, so she merely referred to him as a ‘young nobleman.’
 “That is…”
 “Do you intend to execute him and destroy his entire family? Good. He’s one of Kedrey’s vassals. It’s not a bad choice.”
 That was the whole reason Rezef had concocted this plan.
 The Gillian family was renowned for keeping splendid horses. The price of a single one of their horses surpassed that of a mansion. And the Duke of Kedrey had such a family as his vassal.
 The Kedrey family was militant, holding the largest and strongest army in the Empire as they protected the western border. They stood in the way of Rezef’s path to the throne, and he was eager to reduce their influence in any way possible.
 Even if Duke Kedrey wasn’t implicated in the crime, the word that one of his vassals attempted treason would cause him great embarrassment.
 Gently, persuasively, Rezef replied to Cayena. “There must be some misunderstanding, Cayena. That isn’t…”
 Cayena wasn’t about to let him interrupt her. Despite her throbbing head, she pressed on.
 “However, Rezef, poisons obtained from the black market may change hands many times. It’s clear that there will be two or three records from the black market on their accounting books, but can you really condemn them on such flimsy evidence?”
 Rezef thought that Cayena was going to say something amazing, but now, he barely stopped himself from laughing at her.
 “I’m not sure what you’re trying to say, Cayena. It’s already obvious how the poison came to the Imperial Palace. I only need to publicize this affair to take care of the issue, and then it will all be over.”
 ‘Though I don’t know how she knew I was trying to implicate Duke Kedrey, her way of thinking is still simple.’
 Speaking admonishingly, like she was dumb, Rezef said, “Are you acting like this because of Raphael Kedrey, perhaps? If so, you have nothing to worry about.”
 Cayena almost bit her tongue. Raphael had been her first love. He was also the male lead of the novel.
 Rezef thought that Cayena was dissuading him from his actions because of Raphael, that she was trying to protect the man she loved.
 This was how he rationalized her actions. She wasn’t acting so differently, after all.
 But though it was true that Raphael was Cayena’s first love, and that she had long loved him unrequitedly, that was a long time ago.
 Cayena had lived far too long to feel that sweet excitement anymore.
 “My maternal grandparents are involved in the black market. If you try to attack the Kedrey duchy with their connections to the black market, it’s likely that they will counter-attack.”
 “…!”
 It was a reason that Rezef couldn’t have predicted from Cayena.
 The Kedrey duchy would not be quiet if he saw the destruction of one of his vassals.
 While investigating, he would discover that Countess Hamel, a relative of Cayena’s mother, the deceased Empress, was embezzling the Emperor’s property. That would lead to the downfall of Count Hamel, and Rezef was suspected for a time to have manipulated the evidence and led a biased investigation.
 ‘You can’t let that happen. Count Hamel will be an important bargaining chip for me.’
 After losing her connection to her mother’s family, Cayena lost all her power, unable to do anything without Rezef by her side. Thus, her obsession with Rezef continued to grow, and Rezef was able to control her more easily.
 ‘Tampering with the evidence and the investigation isn’t a big problem. The poisoning case, too, will end up fizzling out on its own.’
 Cayena did not want the Hamels to lose their power, thus being unable to help her, but she didn’t want the poisoning incident to have been in vain.
 She exhaled, exhausted, and looked at Rezef.
 “Do you really need to put yourself at risk just for this slight chance?”
 Rezef’s expression turned completely stiff.
 Loosening the tension, Cayena said, “Have you heard the fable of the wind and the sun? The wind was unable to blow away a man’s coat by force, but the sun was so warm that the man had no choice but to shed his coat.”
 “Yes,” Rezef replied, wondering why Cayena was suddenly speaking of story books.
 Cayena smiled gently as she met his eyes.
 It was a face that believed that the dynamics of the room had been shifted.
 ‘…This doesn’t make sense.’
 It really didn’t. Rezef felt pressured by her, as if he needed to avoid her gaze.
 He felt like he was a child who had been caught red-handed by an adult while pulling a naughty prank.
 Rezef bit the inside of his mouth.
 This was the first time that he realized that Cayena was his elder sister, a princess of the Imperial bloodline.
 “Don’t try to bring down the Kedrey duchy. Instead, make them one of yours.”
 Rezef sighed inwardly.
 ‘I want that more than anyone else.’
 Rezef had long attempted to use Cayena’s beauty to bring Raphael, the Kedrey family’s next duke. However, though Cayena had fallen in love with him, Raphael remained unmoved.
 Rezef had already given up on manipulating Raphael through Cayena.
 “Cayena, I’m not sure what you are talking about. What does that dukedom have to do with me?”
 Cayena paid no attention to his words and continued to set guidelines for how to make use of the poisoning incident.
 “Doesn’t this incident give us a pretext to do many things?”
 “What do you mean by that?”
 “I want a lady-in-waiting from a trustworthy family. Someone whose identity I know and who will not hurt me.”
 Rezef was surprised by Cayena’s sudden remark.
 ‘What exactly are you thinking, Cayena?’
 “What about Lady Olivia Grace?”
 “You mean the lady who is sponsored by the Kedrey family?”
 Was she being serious? Rezef knew how much Cayena hated Olivia, having watched her from the sidelines. The fact that Duchess Kedrey chose to sponsor Olivia herself offended Cayena and made her jealous.
 There was nobody involved in high society who didn’t know that Cayena hated Olivia.
 “Yes. Lady Grace is of a mid-ranking nobility.”
 It wasn’t high enough to be the court lady of a princess, but Olivia had more than enough talent.
 “Her family is also deeply intertwined with the Kedrey duchy, which may as well be an iron castle.”
 It was actually unclear how much the Kedrey duchy valued the Grace family, but the social world did acknowledge that the two families’ relationship was unusual.
 Cayena used that point to persuade Rezef. But actually, there was a separate reason why Cayena wanted Olivia as her lady-in-waiting.
 ‘If this world follows what I know of its future, this is the woman whom Rezef will fall in love with.’
 It was the same as the novel as well as in Cayena’s first life.
 Rezef would want Olivia this time, too. And if she chose Raphael over him, he would try to kill her.
 Cayena continued talking, pretending that she only wanted to win over Olivia for Rezef’s sake.
 “Society will interpret the Grace family’s actions as an extension of the Kedrey duchy’s intentions.”
 “…Is this really all right?” Rezef asked, suspicious.
 Cayena smiled. “I can’t continue doing whatever I please.”
 This was what she had foreseen, and it was more efficient to keep Olivia close by so that she could deal with the situation.
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 Cayena, the Imperial Princess, was known as the most beautiful woman in the Empire. She was a woman who knew nothing but evil and luxury.
 However, she was destined for ruin: she would be used as a chess piece by her younger brother to secure his throne and killed by her crazy husband.
 “I’ll make you the Emperor.”
 “… Sister, are you referring to me?”
 “In exchange, give me freedom.”
 She had to change things before she became that Cayena.
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 Born into a wealthy family, Gu Shenwei was spoiled and carefree. However, at the age of 14, his entire family were brutally murdered, and he was caught by some bandits who sold him into slavery. As a slave boy, he entered Golden Roc Fort by chance and found the man who had slaughtered his family. He endured insults and worked hard to improve his kung fu while working as a slave boy. He learned from and plotted against his enemy under the enemy’s nose. He became increasingly ambitious as he became more and more powerful. He would only be satisfied if he completely destroyed his enemy—by fair means or foul. Gradually his bitter experience turned him into a totally different person.
 This is a kung fu fiction that is full of mysteries and surprises. This is a story dealing with love, betrayals and distances. This is the journey of an ordinary boy who, against all odds, fought against formidable foes. This is a tale regarding a person who felt abandoned by the world made unremitting efforts to create a new world of his own, in which he was alone.
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 System: You are the only human who meets the binding requirements of this system, please bind with me!
 Su Yu: I have money, good looks, power and influence, why should I bind myself to you?
 System: You haven’t fallen in love ye-
 Su Yu: Aiya! My stomach is hurting all of a sudden!
 Su Yu bound himself to a system; his only task is to scatter some IQ to the brainless male protagonists. The soft-headed male protagonist chases after the female protagonist, the male protagonist with some intellect chases after him. He feels that something is not quite right…
 Su Yu: System, is there something common between these male protagonists?
 System: Yes, they are all male protagonists.
 Su Yu: …Suddenly I don’t feel like talking anymore.
 Male Protagonist who has been scattered with some IQ: Then don’t talk, just kiss me.
 Su Yu: …Suddenly I don’t feel like doing the task anymore.
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 Once she woke up, Gu Xuejiao became the arrogant and willful stepsister of the book’s male lead. Her specialty resided in breaking the relationship between the male and female lead… she is the nth female character. 
 Gu Xuejiao thought about this character´s ending. A desolate, abhorrent annihilation… and decided it’s better to continue to practice the Wu San workbooks she just finished in her last life. 
 The Cheng family watched in alarm: 
 The girl who was rebellious, and only served to let others worry; asked with a simple expression: 
 “Do you think it’s better for me to apply to Tsinghua University or Beijing University?” 
 Cheng family: …. 
 Note: Wu San workbooks is the Chinese version of Barron’s and Princeton’s for the SAT 
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 When people are poor, they breathe wrong. 
 Ding, congratulations to the host, you will get a certain amount of money every time you breathe. 
 Ding, you get a spicy consumption card when you eat a crayfish with explosive taste. 
 Ding, your sleep quality is very high today. Gain energy + 20% of your daily buff. 
 Different Shenhao system, everything in life will bring surprises. 
 Coach, I want to learn to race!
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 When others transmigrate, they are responsible for having babies with the male protagonist, and have a happily ever after. She is also a female protagonist when she transmigrates into various novels, but the female protagonist after the happy ending, when love between the couple is weathering, when the male protagonist is tired of the female protagonist, when he is cheating with a mistress, etc., and many other chicken feathers.
 [Host, the task assigned to you by the system is, ‘After happy ending, the female protagonist’s bleak divorce life!’]
 “Go away, s*upid system! I want to transmigrate to before ‘Happy ending’!”
 One sentence introduction: Today is another day of happily divorcing.
 Chicken feathers: small annoyances
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 [Woman disguised as a man + rebirth revenge + double agent of the heroine + super cool text! Su Su Su! ] 
 In the previous life, Qin Zheng was personally sent to the test bench by his close relatives. 
 In her new life, she was full of hatred, disguised herself as a man, and transformed herself into the strongest spy. From then on, she became the advertised lover in the dream of women all over the world! 
 Abusing Bailian, tearing up her scum father, and kicking her stepmother, in this life, she has become a prosperous one. 
 One day, the handsome “he” became her, and the whole people were boiling! 
 Facing the crazy pursuit of thousands of men. 
 A certain evil man smiled coldly and swore an overbearing oath: “Whoever touches a woman, die!” 
 Qin Zheng: “I want to kill you first!”
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 On their wedding night, she gnashed her teeth, yelling, “Your Highness, that’s shameless!”
 Set off by the flickering light of red candles, he curved the corner of his mouth into a wicked grin, “Actually, I can be more shameless…”
 …
 When they met for the first time, he was the young prince who lived in his day of brilliance, while she was the pampered princess of the adjacent state.
 When they met again, he became the crippled underdog suffering from frustration, while she became the lackluster hostage stranded in an alien land.
 In his mid-life, he was defeated in the fight and had his legs broken; his wife passed away and he didn’t have anything left except his father’s detestation… After constant blows took the edge off his spirit, all he wanted was nothing but serenity.
 In her teen-age, her state perished and her home lost; she lapsed into an awkward situation after being abandoned and having her marriage annulled… As endless hardships isolated her from happiness, everything she wished for was no more than peace.
 …
 “Lu Zhishan, when I first met you, I didn’t think I’d marry you…too old,” after years passed by, one day, she lay on his laps mumbling, with a kind of hazy beauty on her boozy face, “and lame.”
 “Mu Nanzhi, you have the wrong memory. At our first meeting, I’m neither old nor limp.”
 “…When was that?”
 “When people were celebrating your first birthday,” that man assumed all gentleness and joy crept on his eyes and brows, “On that day, you were ‘drawing lots’ in the rear hall. I also sneaked there to have a look. But, out of my expectation, you directly grabbed my true-love knot.”
 …
 How vivid the red love pea is embedded in the exquisitely carved dice,
 Just as my feelings for you deep in my bones.
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 Even though Gu Yunxi was created from the accumulation of the resentment of souls, there was not a bit of ruthlessness nor cruelty in his nature, only a desire to cultivate. Just as he achieved his human form, he was sent to reincarnate. Under the control of Heaven, he experienced life after life of suffering, dying a terrible death every single time. After thousands of reincarnations, thousands of terrible deaths, he finally accumulated enough power to escape from the Laws of Heaven. He swore to get revenge on this blind Heaven’s Law that’s unable to differentiate good from evil.
 So what if it’s the Heavens? He will stir up the rights and wrong, the good and evil!
 You want me to accept this life and die, but I just won’t! I want to live, to rebel against the heavens, to reverse this joke of a destiny!
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 Before all this, Qin Wanwan was the happiest Second Generation Immortal in the Immortal Realm.
 She was a salted fish, a waste, but her parents bribed various outstanding figures who had fame and prestige to fabricate her achievement.
 Until one day, Jian Xingzhi, who had fought with people all over the world, came over to fight her out of admiration of her strength. With a slash of his sword, she transmigrated from the Immortal Realm to the novel “Strongest Mary Sue” and became the vicious Supporting Female, Qin Wan.
 Later, she befriended a fellow transmigrator and learned under him.
 Qin Wanwan, “Are you also a transmigrator?”
 Jian Xingzhi, “Mn.”
 Qin Wanwan, “Then, what is your name, and what did you do before?”
 Jian Xingzhi, “My Daohao name is Sui Heng. My given name is Jian Xingzhi. My heart and soul are dedicated to cultivating the way of the Sword. I have no interest in world affairs. Jianghu people call me Long Aotian.”
 Qin Wanwan, “……”
 She knew.
 She knew it by heart who this st*pid as*hole was.
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 A red lotus birthmark, it encompasses the complicated love story of four humans. 
 A carefully planned betrayal that was prepared a long time ago, one of the most eminent assassins travels into an alternative plane. 
 Is it all just unplanned and because of luck? Or is it fate working in a mysterious way? 
 His impeccable countenance and demeanor. Her ravishing beauty that no one could take their eyes off of, just like a flower in its finest state. 
 The night was unusually dark. 
 Who was fated for each other? Who was each other’s nemesis?
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 This novel is also known as The Schoolgirl Secret Agent
 She is an international ace agent,An amazing doctor, God of Assassination, However due to a box she accidentally rebirthed and became an ordinary junior high school student. Weak and incompetent, That scum woman wants to put her head into the toilet. The gambling father, borrowed a lot of money and now they are being chased by loan sharks for debt? There is also a group annoying people in her life. The reborned Yunxiao sneers: I want to know how to write the dead words! She returned from the wind, high-profile attack, if people dared to bully me, they are courting death!
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 Annan transmigrated to a new world – the Land of Dense Fog. He had become a rare elite NPC who possessed the player’s system.
 However, he had the heart of a player.
 I like to stir up matters, and unbridled. But, I’m a kind player. The ally of justice who is favored by this world.
 I’m on a main mission. As the righteous player, I’m following my destiny to eradicate you, the evil NPC!
 Dear player, I’d recommend you to stop running away. The mission is completed. I’m the righteous NPC now to punish you, the evil players…
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 In the long dark night, the crimson moon hangs high in the sky.
 Hoarse whisper patrols the streets. The brass steam engine is emitting blood mist.
 Your brain is in ecstasy; your eyes are enchanted.
 With cracked skins, it sprouts new flesh.
 In the gray mists, shirek cries come from the flesh wall that consumes thousands of corpses…
 “Stop crying, our players don’t bite. They just want to play with you.”
 The Solitary Schemer, Number 1 Player, Land of Dense Fog’s Savior, Leader of 13 Saints, Friend of 12 Upright Deity, Pioneer King, “The Righteous One,” Gatekeeper of Forth Disaster, Crownless Deity, the great Annan advised kindly.
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