《Substitute Bride Phoenix, The Tyrant's Pampered Demon Empress》Chapter 2
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Minister Liu and the Empress were brother and sister, so his career soared with the Empress' rise to power and influence.
In his twenties, he was appointed the position of Senior Minister.
In his mind, he looked down upon people of lower status.
Liu Rushuang's mother was a songstress named Wu Xiyu, who fell for Minister Liu. She set him up by drugging him and getting pregnant with Liu Rushuang just to enter the Minister's manor as a concubine.
However, Minister Liu looked down on Wu Xiyu for being a songstress, so he would always give her the cold shoulder.
As time passed, people in the Minister's manor disliked Wu Xiyu and her daughter Liu Rushuang, and pushed them around.
In the end, Wu Xiyu got sick and never recovered, leaving Liu Rushuang alone in this word at barely four years old.
Minister Liu wanted to kill this daughter of his.
But Liu Rushuang personally approached Minister Liu to request to leave and have nothing more to do with the Minister Liu manor.
Just like that, Minister Liu sent Liu Rushuang to a monastery to live and perish on her own.
It wasn't until the political marriage in the Capital, did he find and sent for her return.
Madam Liu and her two daughters Liu Ruyue and Liu Ruxing never liked Liu Rushuang.
Ever since the day after the imperial decree half a year ago, when Liu Rushuang returned to the Autumn Jade Courtyard, she's been strategizing at every turn.
Madam Liu wore a luxurious, dark red, embroidered dress, a dangling hair pin made of jade with ruby inlaid upon her black hair, and amethyst teardrop earrings. She looked radiant with her speechlessly glamorous jewels.
The two women following behind Madam Liu were skinnier; one was the eldest daughter who wore a white sheer dress. The plum blossoms that bloomed proudly in the courtyard matched her arrogant and cold attitude. She stood out just like the snowy plum blossoms.
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The second daughter was the slightly chubbier one in the hazy, emerald, silk dress. She had her hair up in a gorgeous topknot with a tasseled hairpin that swayed gently in a captivating. She looked quite sensational and stood out just as much as Liu Ruyue.
Liu Rushuang was quick to hear their movements, so she put her book down by her bed and looked out the window with a completely helpless look on her face. What are they going to use to make life difficult for her this time?
Liu Ruyue followed Madam Liu into the bedroom and shot a cold glare at Liu Rushuang lying in bed.
"Third little sister, you have quite the gall! Don't you know that you're meant to curtsy?" said Liu Ruyue with a stern look.
When Liu Rushuang heard this, she slightly furrowed her brows and raised her hand to her leg. Then, she lifted her skirt to reveal a frighteningly red leg.
"Ah!" Shrieked the three people who entered the room before stepping back.
Madam Liu's heart shuddered, but calmed down when her two daughters supported her by her arms.
"In this manor, you may not know the most about etiquette but this time, you're going to have a political marriage, so I personally hired a nanny to come by later to teach you etiquette. You may be stupid, but you must study diligently!" Came a flat voice which sounded rather cold.
"Mother, let's hurry up and leave!" cried Liu Ruxing urgently, as her hand wrapped around Madam Liu's arm suddenly tightened. She completely froze whilst still staring at Liu Rushuang's exposed leg.
"Not only do you come from a lowly background, you're also frequently sick. Mother, let's quickly leave this unlucky place!" Liu Ruyue agreed with what her sibling said and gripped tightly onto Madam Liu's arm, hoping to leave early once everything was said.
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"Lowly you say?" Liu Rushuang suddenly smirked coldly. A murderous glint flashed across her eyes, as she thought about how her songstress mother who was bullied and died from illness.
"Alright! I'm done giving advice that I'm obligated to give. From here on, you're on your own." Madam Liu clenched both hands into fists. A shady vicious glint flashed across her eyes at the thought of Liu Rushuang's mother. After she coldly finished speaking, she turned around with her two daughters' support and left.
Liu Rushuang cold-heartedly watched them leave. She clapped both hands together and conjured her inner breath. The redness in her leg immediately disappeared and her skin glowed snowy white, and returned to it's slender and smooth texture.
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D for Depression
''Look at me'' he said in a demanding tone, making me flinch.I hesitantly looked up, finding a per of dark orbs staring at my face.''See, it wasn't so hard now, was it?'' he said, half smiling at me.''I want to g-go home'' I chocked out, as the leftovers of my tears spilled out.He quickly nodded, cupping my face and wiping the pools under my eyes.''I know, I know'' he answered, looking at me worriedly.''H-home'' I said once again, as I tried to take a step forward away from him.He quickly step in the same direction, blocking my path.I felt my breath picking up again and I started to shake. Sensing my discomfort, he put his forehead on mine and whispered:''Breath with me. Ok baby?''Mature content ahead 🚨I do not own any of the images or gifs, that are used inside the story. All the credits go to their rightful owners.
8 90The Diviner
Quinn has a rare and powerful gift that was borne from rage and trauma, and the anger she can't let go of makes her an unpredictable and dangerous weapon of last resort for a kingdom on the brink of war. Diviners like Quinn are venerated yet feared, protected yet exploited. Bonded to the Queen, they are forced to endure hardship and sacrifice to protect her empire. After a near loss in a key battle and the death of the Diviner of Fire, the Queen calls for aid from the mercenary soldiers of the allied territories to the East. When a striking warrior named Kiran is assigned to protect and train Quinn, the pair discover that the enemy has already reached the gates, and the adversary is more powerful than the kingdom ever imagined. Time is running out for Quinn to harness her power. The enemy is closing in around them. Impossible sacrifices haunt every decision Quinn makes. As she fights to keep what little she's claimed as hers, Quinn learns that her destiny might not lay in the hands of fates or kingdoms, but in her own.
8 155The Vampire Always Bites Twice
Criminal necromancer & vampire private eye team up to solve the case of the missing barista.***When a client drops dead in her parlor, former necromancer turned fortune teller, Isla, has no choice but to illegally resurrect the poor gal. Better that than go back to jail for keeping a corpse, am I right? The gal's just a Tourist. Isla is certain nobody will notice... At least she was until a handsome vampire strolled in.When vampire private investigator, Gregorio, is hired to find where another vamp misplaced their favorite barista, he never expected the case to lead him into the parlor of a fraudulent psychic with a secret. Or that that psychic would be so distractingly attractive. Neither expected they'd need to team up to find the not-dead girl before both the authorities and a lovesick vampire discover there's a new reanimated corpse in town. Sparks fly and blood splatters as Greg and Isla investigate Philadelphia's underground magical Society, negotiate with the werewolf mafia, dodge arrest by anti-necromantic wizards, and occasionally pop off for late night cheesesteaks.💀⚰️🖤🍷🦇☕🦇🍷🖤⚰️💀See final chapter for reviews, awards, & accomplishments. Reviews may contain spoilers.
8 177Haven In Your Arms (ON-GOING)
-Lily Stevenson and Mickel Martinez Love Story-***Lily Stevenson is just a simple girl with a simple life live in Castile, New York. She owns a small café in Castile. Life was never been easy for her. She felt unsafe all the time whenever she remembers the day her parents have been killed in front of her. But thanks to the criminal psychologist who help her, justice has been served to her parents.She live peacefully in Castile until one day she found out that she has Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia. She thought, she's all alone now. No one would mind if she die. So she didn't think of treating herself.On the way of giving up with her life she met a man in her café named Mickel Martinez. Her decision starts to crumbled. Her heart is in chaos, whenever he's around it can't stop beating so fast. That's when it hit her. She wants to live more now to be with him. Mickel gives her comfort and whenever he's around she felt safe. He made her happy and loves her so deeply.She loves Mickel so much that she decided to spend her remaining days together with him. And she can't help but pray that maybe... just maybe some miracle will happen.Started: May 27, 2020Ended:
8 182Brightside
"I shook out of my sad thoughts and tried to look at the brightside. It was hard to find one at first but I did. I clung on to the thought of me being successful and far far away from here."Read my other books Proclivity and Lighter😁Shoutout to @DepresseionsLesbian for motivating me to start this story
8 212Decisions of our lives
A princess but abandoned by her own family. A would be wife but abandoned by her own would be husband. A sister but doubt and hated by her own real brother.A daughter but hated and disowned by his own father. They all agree to throw her out of their house into some orphanage. so many relationships and so many heartbreaks. But what's her fault?
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