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Chapter 1: The Mafia Queen and the Idiotic Scheming 7th Daughter
Zexel open her eyes and saw an ancient room under her eyes. She almost burst out an emotion if not for a headache that immediately occurs to her head.
A fraction of memory process to her head as her headaches begun to become unbearable. She restrains herself to scream as the sweat dripped to her body uncontrollably.
She doesn’t know what’s happening that she just wants to slice off her head to her body so that pain will fade away. But after an hour, the pain gradually lessens as she understands what’s happening.
All she remembers was she save a person she loves dearly, but in the end she just become a stepping stone to his success.
She was a Mafia Queen, the highest position in the underworld. Everyone bows to her presence, as she was emitting a dangerous aura that no one can surpass not even the man she loves.
After Zexel use her body to prevent the bullet that will shot to that man’s body, the man told her that it was all his scheme so Zexel will give him the most powerful throne in the underworld.
That man only sticks to her so that he can obtain her power. And because of her love to this guy, he succeeds to his plan.
Zexel now understand that every man who have a high IQ have a low EQ. She was considered as genius in her generation but still fall for a scheme that her love one prepare for her. But who knows what will happen.
Zexel down her defense towards that guy when she completely trusts him with all her heart.
She’s now blaming herself for being stupid and vow to herself that she will never love again.
But before she thinks about anything else, she begun to analyzing the situation.
After browsing the host’s memory, she now understands what’s happening. The host body was Fan Lihua, the seventh daughter of Pingjing[1] Dynasty’s Prime Minister. She was on a parallel world which led her to an Ancient Chinese Dynasty like era.
But in this world, power and cultivation was the system that controls the whole world. Where the law of jungle is highly followed by everyone.
She can be call as genius in this era. But she was only second to the number one beauty of the Capital which is the Fifth daughter of Prime Minister.
She was a scheming and vicious girl as she can’t even maintain her facade. She doesn’t want to become only second to her sister. She uses every method she can use to surpass her sister.
But after 17 years of scheming, she still cannot surpass the Fifth Sister and the Eldest First Wife’s Daughter mixed up on the scene.
In just a blink of eye the coward and weak Eldest Miss of the Prime Minister’s household become a capable woman after she woke up from being coma after her engagement broke up to the Crown Prince which is the guy that she fancies as so as her Fifth Sister.
In the end, from being the second, she became the third for being genius to the whole capital. Which makes her envy stronger towards the first and second genius of this World.
Her Eldest Sister become a reborn woman of an assassin also from the Modern Era she used to come. That girl was a Chinese assassin that died because she became more and more powerful as her organization feared that she makes use of her powerful background to deal with them.
In the end, she adapts the Eldest Daughter’s body and become the most powerful woman in the whole Pingjing Kingdom.
Zexel don’t know how to react. She used to read a lot of novels before specially Chinese and English traditional novels. A lot of main lead was like her Eldest Sister here.
From being the number one assassin, she will transmigrate to an weak and coward Di[2] Daughter if not a General, it was Prime Minister. Then she will deal every scheming girl in the world and she will use her modern idea to conquer the world. An enigmatic and black bellied [3] guy or prince will be the main lead’s partner which the main lead’s par towards scheming.
The main female lead will find the male lead hard to deal and a person who she cannot mess with.
In the end of the story, the main lead will become the Emperor of the new ascend dynasty.
She knows how to speak Mandarin. Specially the traditional way of speaking with it. She was a quarter of British quarter of Filipina a quarter of Chinese and a quarter of Greek. In short she has a mixed blood. She was a multilingual person so did not even worry about speaking with others.
She used to stay in Fifth Avenue in State which is the location of her Mafia’s Head Quarter.
Now that she was occupying this body, and possess the memory of this body’s future, which is a brutal death. She will just change her fate and start a new life.
She stands up to her bed and sit in front of her big mirror. She saw a beautiful but delicate looks of this body. From her view, there are still a hidden beauty in this body.
She can still enhance this body’s current beauty. Even if she was vicious and scheming Mafia Queen in her era, she never forgets to maintain her beauty.
Whose girl who doesn’t like to become a beautiful? Even her wants to become beautiful woman.
She also decided to protect the eldest Di daughter of her jerk Father who have a lot of concubine [4]. She will conquer this world with her eldest sister.
But for now, Zexel decided to stroll to familiarize herself to this world which she wanted to conquer just like her world because she doesn’t like to become weak and second to someone. She wants to be the highest person to this world. Much higher to her sister’s achievement to her future.
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1: Pingjing (平静) - Calm
2: Di Daughter(第) - First Wife’s Daughter
3: Black Bellied - Bad
4: Concubine - another term for Mistress but has a proper marriage to other side
Chapter 2: The Fifth Sister and the Eldest Sister
When she came out of her room, her three maids bow to her. Their name was Fan Yi, Fan Er, and Fan San. She doesn’t know but she frowns as she knows their name. It was simply as giving them a name of number. The previous host just add to her surname the number one, two, three in Chinese.
That was simply too lazy for naming her maid. But she was also too lazy to change it. “Young Mistress, do you have a command?” Fan Yi as Zexel. She just stared coldly and then she speaks.
“Don’t follow me,” she coldly said. She wears a Light Purple Hanfu with a Dark Purple Lily embroidery. She walks elegantly and refine as she leaves her courtyard. She already browses the host’s memory so she will not be lost her way.
As she walks out of the courtyard, Zexel heard a tiny foot walk sound so she begun to alert herself on who is that person.
“This Lady did not expect to bump you here Hua Mei-Mei[1]. How are you? Do you want me to accompany you to your destination?” It was none other than Fan Qinyou her Fifth sister. She was with her maid named Dong ju.
‘Bitch, let’s see what scheme you have on your sleeves now. So this Lady will make you an entertainment’ Fan Qinyou said to herself as she sees her mortal enemy.
“Really Jie-Jie[2]? You want to accompany me? I’ll go to the Kitchen now because this Mei-Mei don’t like her meal,” Zexel pretend as if she disgusts something which makes Fan Qingyou paled.
No one in the Fu[3] know that Fan Qinyou’s most hated place was the Kitchen. Nobody knows why other than Fan Lihua but she did not even realize that she knows it.
“Oh? In Kitchen? Mei-Mei this Lady forgot that she was called by Father. You should go now,” Fan Qingyou tried to keep her Facade but as a Disguise Master, Zexel saw it clearly that’s why she secretly smirks.
Fan Qingyou even murmur the word bitch a lot of times. She taught that Fan Lihua did not heard it but as a Mafia Queen, her sense is much sensitive to others.
Plus, Fan Qingyou forgot that as a Cultivator, specially people with higher cultivation, they can easily hear a lot of sounds if they want to.
If not for her pretense she would probably laugh but she’s too lazy to do it. She stroll for one shichen[4] until Zexel decides to go in her Eldest Sister.
She wanted to be close to this girl. She pitied her as she died at the young age before she even experience happiness. This was the thing that she wanted to give in her sister.
She knows how sad to be lonely because that was her life before. She was only 13 in this body while her eldest sister is 15 right now. There still 2 years before she died and she wanted to make that two years her happiest moment of her life.
Her second intention was to have an alliance to the assassin that will transmigrate to her body two years later right now.
It was already at Shen[5] hour when she reach the Hua Kai Pavilion[6] the whole place was really too old. The flowers are all dead, even the Plaque was worn out and you can even tell that the place was already abandoned and not anyone was living inside.
But the truth is, this is the place of the weak and coward Di Daughter of the Prime Minister. The host only know a little to this sister of since she doesn’t even bother to looked for her.
They only have less than ten meetings before the death of this girl. She doesn’t know why does even if she was a Di Daughter, no one even paid attention to her.
Perhaps because of her lack of mother that’s why no one taught her something.
When she got there, her closest maid was the one who met her in the entrance. The maid was named Dao Lu. The maid was trembling to death as she saw the figure of Zexel.
She doesn’t even greet Zexel because of her fear. “Where is your Young Mistress?” The maid hesitate for a bit because she doesn’t want to betray her Mistress or let Zexel hurt her.
“Relax, This Sister won’t do anything rash,” she casually said. Dao Lu can’t do anything as she was weak and can’t do anything to save her mistress.
Dao Lu kowtow to Zexel which makes her shock. “Nubi[7] did not do it intentionally, please forgive, Nubi,” her voice was trembling as so as her body.
Zexel laugh as she helps Dao Lu to stand up. “It’s okay, where is your Young Mistress?” She asked her again.
Dao Lu became confuse to Zexel’s action. She knows how vicious and scheming Zexel was so she was really hesitating.
“Si-sister?” Zexel looked to the direction where the low voice came from. She saw her sister who came out of her room.
Zexel looked carefully to her sister. She frowns as she saw that her sister looks like a skeleton. She was clearly malnourished and looks like she will be blown by the strong wind.
“Dao Lu, go to the Kitchen and tell them to prepare a meal here in Hua Kai Pavilion,” Zexel give her Violet Jade with her name to Dao Lu as if she saying that it was all her command.
“If they make the things difficult to you, free to use it. Now go,” she coldly said. Because of Dao Lu’s fear she immediately run towards the Kitchen.
Fan Yaoli, the Di Daughter of the Prime Minister. The eldest among the 15 children of the Prime Minister.
“Sister Lihua, is there anything you want?” She can hear the fear in her sister’s voice but she ignores it and grab Fan Yaoli’s hand and go inside her sister’s Room.
“Lay down there and don’t ever stand up until the food came out,” Zexel ordered her sister.
Fan Yaoli obediently lay to her bed while she was confused why her seventh sister become nice to her.
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1: Mei-Mei (妹妹) - Younger Sister
2: Jie-Jie (姐姐) - Older Sister
3: Fu (屋) - Courtyard
4: Shichen (时间) - One hour ancient time two hours in modern time
5: Shen (申) - Monkey Time 3-5 pm
6: Hua Kai (盛开) - Flower Bloom
7: Nubi (奴隶) - Maid’s way of addressing herself
Chapter 3: Unleashing her power in Fu
It’s already a lot of minute passed but Dao Lu still not in the Hua Kai Pavilion which makes Zexel too irritated. Fan Yaoli even reduce her presence in front of Zexel since she was afraid that she’ll beat her like what Fan Qinyou did to her.
Zexel hated to wait so she decided to go in the kitchen to see what’s happening. But before she leaves, she told Fan Yaoli just to lay on bed until she came back.
Fan Yaoli obediently nod as Zexel leaves her courtyard and walks towards the kitchen.
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Meanwhile Dao Li immediately reach the Kitchen as she finds the Head Chef of the Prime Minister’s Fu.
It was Chef Shen Junhwa, a lot of people was currying favors to him since he has a high standing in the Fu. He has the most Favored Concubine, Su Wei An as backing so he was too arrogant and liked to command others.
Su Wei An was Fan Qingyou’s Mother she used a lot of method to deal with Fan Yaoli’s Mother before so she will have the most power in the Fu.
“Do you think Su Yiniang[1] will like this? You’re only making this too cheap. It’s not even fit on Su Yiniang’s noble standing? Make another dish now!” Shen Junhwa even scold everyone he likes until Dao Lu talks to him.
“Chef Shen, Young Lady Fan Lihua ordered you to make a meal and send it to my Young Miss’ Place,” Dao Lu politely said.
In just a second, Shen Junhwa laugh and smirk to Dao Lu because he did not even believe that the seventh daughter will even eat in Hua Kai Pavilion.
“Do you think, I’ll believe you that Lady Fan Lihua will eat in that cheap, lousy and abandoned Pavilion of the Eldest Miss. You’re thinking too highly to yourself as your Master. Ha! Like Master, like servant,” Shen Junhwa said arrogantly.
“Get out here, you’re polluting the place. If I don’t know you just want to steal food here since we don’t even give you and your lousy Master a food since yesterday,” Shen Junhwa walk in Dao Lu’s opposite direction but Dao Lu grab his arms and walk in his front.
Shen Junhwa feel so disgusted as he even brushes off the part where Dao Lu grab him a while ago.
“Chef Shen, it’s true Miss Fan Lihua really ordered you to make a meal and bring it in my Miss’ Place,” this time, Dao Lu make Shen Junhwa see the Jade of Zexel. His eyes immediately filled with shock but a seconds, he snaps out and immediately command the guards.
“Guards! Give this slave a good beating. She robbed the Young Lady Fan Lihua’s Jade!” He shamelessly said.
He smirks as a thought of favoring Su Yiniang, he will have a good reward again. The guard shown up and drag Dao Lu to the punishment hall.
But Dao Lu struggles to the guard’s grip. Shen Junhwa even snatch the Jade to her hands and smirk to her.
“Nubi tells you the truth. Nubi really just follow Lady Lihua’s order,” she was crying for being helpless to this kind of scheme. She doesn’t know what will do until a voice stop them.
“Put her down!” A cold voice of Zexel chilled the guard’s spine as is they are facing their death. They immediately follow her order and bow down.
The guards wanted to retreat but Zexel did not even give them a chance.
“I was not informed that a mere Head Chef can even make you follow his order. Oh? I really didn’t know that he was also have a noble birth,” Fan Lihua glared to the guards and walks in front of Shen Junhwa.
She bows slightly to him which make Shen Junhwa freeze and started to sweat. “Noble Shen, this lady is asking for your forgiveness for making you a food for me to eat in my sister’s place. I should not let Dao Lu to ordered you since you are the personal Chef of the Noble Concubine Su Wei An. What should I do to forgive me?” Zexel even act pitifully in front of Shen Junhwa.
Shen Junhwa sweat even more and paled in front of Zexel. Zexel wanted to laugh as she saw Shen Junhwa.
Shen Junhwa can’t even refute on Zexel since it was his first time being humiliated like this. A hate arouses to his heart as he cursed the Lady in front of him.
“I don’t dare Lady Lihua. It’s a misunderstanding, it was really a misunderstanding,” he rashly denied on what Zexel said.
Zexel not only she did not even forgive him. She even told everyone that Chef Shen has a noble birth that he was making food for Su Wei An and only for Su Wei An.
She just even insults Su Wei An that she was acting like she was above all even with her father. And as a daughter of Prime minister, she needs to bow down to him for acting like that.
“What’s happening here?” A manly voice heard in the far corner of the Kitchen. Dao Lu the people in Kitchen and the Guards even kowtow immediately as they heard that voice.
Even Zexel bow down but before he bows, she presses Chef Shen’s acupuncture so he will not be able to bow even if he can have moved.
“Fan Lihua greets Father,” Zexel greets her Father, Fan Xuan Yan. Even if she was unwilling, she needs to because she still too weak here.
“Why you’re not bowing Chef Shen? Are you looking down on my status?” Fan Xuan Yan coldly said.
“I…” Chef Shen don’t even have a time to refute when Zexel speak.
“Father, Lihua just want to eat with sister Yaoli but Chef Shen did not even want to make us food. His action even tells me that he was too noble to makes us food and he will only make food for Su Yiniang. Father, Lihua is sad and hungry,” she activates her crocodile’s tears [2]. She brings out her handkerchief.
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1: Yiniang (母亲) - Concubine mother
2: Crocodile’s tears - A false, insincere display of emotion such as a hypocrite crying fake tears of grief.