'In your story, you are justice, you are everything. Considering the bigger picture and being considerate of others is for sages. You are the beautiful disaster cradled in the monarch's palm. As long as the scales in his heart tip in your favor, you win.'
'Seventy percent truth, thirty percent fiction.'
A glint of moisture flashed. The forced tears concealed the cunning and calculation in Jiang Xian's eyes.
Her mind raced, treating her appeal as an impromptu, unscripted speech.
