The Sinister Empress's Favor

The day Yin Shuangjin presented as a Kunze, she slaughtered everyone in Xuan Shuang Palace.

The world knew only that the tyrant had murdered her father, imprisoned her brother, and slaughtered the palace servants, her imperial robes soaked in blood. No one knew that on that day, she crushed the last dose of a forbidden drug in her palm, enduring piercing pain as she concealed the cold, delicate scent of plum blossoms.

A Kunze can't inherit the throne?

No matter. Then everyone who knows can die.

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Gu Qianxun, whose readers had condemned her for writing a rushed ending, transmigrated into the political intrigue novel she had written herself.

The good news: She was the Regent, second only to the emperor and above all others. The previous night, she had drugged Yin Shuangjin, the story's great villain, and discovered that she was a Kunze. This could give her a chance to take control.

The bad news: Her contacts outside the palace had made a mistake. As soon as the drug wore off, Gu Qianxun was forced to kneel before the tyrant.

"The Regent certainly planned this well. Did you truly think that exposing my identity would put the throne within your reach?" Yin Shuangjin looked down at her with a cold laugh. The beauty mark beneath her eye was like a drop of blood.

Gu Qianxun gazed at the hem of the other's black-and-gold dragon robe and lowered her eyes obediently. "I wouldn't dare, Your Majesty. When I said last night that your scent was intoxicating, I meant it."

The Empress's pupils contracted. She slashed Gu Qianxun's face, leaving a streak of blood. "You think I wouldn't dare kill you? I hate betrayal more than anything, "

"Then kill me." Gu Qianxun smiled as if she didn't care. Suddenly, she seized Yin Shuangjin's wrist and pressed the sword's edge against her own neck. "See for yourself. In this world, is there anyone but me who is truly devoted to you?"

Madness flickered in the cool woman's eyes. "When Your Majesty was imprisoned in Xuan Shuang Palace all those years ago and suffered one assassination attempt after another, have you truly forgotten who saved you?"

Theme: The realm is a beautiful landscape, and I decide its fate.