I Was Framed After Poisoning My Nemesis

Sweet and calculating faux-white-lotus, real-viper x expert judge of fake virtue, sharp-tongued, devoted, childish, clingy, and mad as a dog

Who is a sweet schemer’s natural enemy? Obviously, it’s a sarcastic expert at spotting fake virtue.

The young master of the Duke of Zhenguo’s household is just such a person. He has slain countless enemies on the battlefield, and with his keen eye, he can survey the capital and tell the white lotuses from those who reek of fake sweetness.

If you want to know who the biggest sweet schemer in the capital is these days, look no further than the Shen family’s Fifth Young Lady, Shen. She’s entangled with many of the capital’s talented young men, and now she’s trying to worm her way into their ducal household.

Seeing his brothers and friends all falling into the trap laid by Shen the Sweet Schemer, Young Master Huo flew into a rage and decided to expose Fifth Young Lady Shen’s false virtuous facade.

“Ten thousand taels. Stay away from Imperial Preceptor Chu.”

“Twenty thousand taels. Keep your distance from Grand Academician Cui.”

After finally helping his good friends escape their rotten romantic entanglements, Huo Liqing realized that his own father seemed to be visiting the Shen residence rather often lately...

Looking at his meager savings, Young Master Huo gritted his teeth. The man was his own father, after all, and it was his duty to guide him toward goodness and help him turn back from the wrong path.

“One hundred thousand taels, final offer. You are not to see my father again!”

Fifth Young Lady Shen blew a strand of tea leaf from her cup. Once the tea had cooled a little, she took a small sip and said slowly, “Young Master Huo, he’s your father, your own flesh and blood.”

“Then the price goes up.”

The Shen family’s young lady wasn’t just a sweet schemer, she was a bloodsucking demon!

Young Master Huo sharpened his knife, determined to teach her a lesson.

Fifth Young Lady Shen, Shen Wenshu, was elegant and refined. Though she was an unfavored concubine-born daughter, she had a skill in making incense to her name, earning her praise from all sides.

The Imperial Preceptor, a first-rank official, was her close friend. They drank tea and discussed philosophy in perfect comfort. A third-rank Grand Academician regarded her as his soulmate and invited her to stroll in the rain and enjoy the scenery.

With all the capital’s talented young men falling at Shen Wenshu’s feet, at last someone righteous couldn’t stand by any longer.

He offered her money to stop and leave those pillars of the court alone.

This kindhearted man complained that she was a sweet schemer, yet spent money to settle matters for everyone. Truly, he was a great philanthropist with money to burn, the capital’s own saintly white lotus.

She took his money, but didn’t cut ties with her close friends. When Young Master Huo came to call, she tearfully said, “They came to see me. I couldn’t bear to leave them standing outside, so I let them in.”

Breaking your word and turning on people, Shen the Sweet Schemer, you really live up to your name.

Huo Liqing had wasted his money, and he wasn’t going to let this go!

A new wager had opened at the gambling houses in the capital: who would win the battle between Young Master Huo and Fifth Young Lady Shen? The odds were one to one hundred.

Everyone bet on Young Master Huo. He was a powerful figure who fought on the battlefield and wielded enormous influence. How could a mere concubine-born girl possibly compete with him?

Then one day, in a private room at a restaurant in the capital, Fifth Young Lady Shen was sipping tea and enjoying its fragrance when Young Master Huo charged in with a knife.

Yikes, someone was going to die.

Everyone burst through the door. Young Master Huo was crouched on the floor, looking up at Shen the Sweet Schemer with tearful eyes. Choking back a sob, he said, “Fifth Sister, can’t you show me some affection too...?”

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