The Beauty Offered to the Powerful Minister

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Fan Yin is the best pipa instructor at the Shiwai Tower,

but the man she has loved for years gives her as a gift

to the powerful minister of the court.

"Once you kill the Duke Who Guards the Nation, I will never let you down for the rest of your life."

She doesn't believe in empty promises, but she owes him for saving her life all those years ago.

The Duke Who Guards the Nation stands The Outcast, second only to the emperor and above all others.

Cold-blooded and ruthless, he has not touched a woman in years.

Six beautiful female assassins have met their deaths at his hands.

Everyone says Fan Yin will be the seventh.

She stands before the steps with her pipa in her arms. The duke's icy fingers lift her chin.

His smile is cold and amused.

"How do you plan to kill me? With your pipa strings, or that face of yours?"

"Why not try both? If you have what it takes, my life is yours."

"But if you don't..."

Though afraid, she leans softly into his arms,

"Does the duke dislike me? ... Why is your heart beating so fast?"

She is ready to risk her life and step into the assassination plot.

But she doesn't know that the Duke Who Guards the Nation strokes the nape of her neck as if petting a cat.

The seventh beauty?

No, the last one.

★The story outline is set. The blurb details may be revised from time to time.

[Blurb posted and screenshot taken: 2026-5-20]

[Blurb revised and screenshot taken: 2026-8-1]

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