Cheating Men Must Die - Vol. 1 Ch. 15 - The Palace Harem is a Mess -- Koi Do Not Bring Blessings
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Well that koi scheme was unexpectedly easy to prove.
To be fair to Liu, most reincarnators shouldn't be that intelligent just because they live two lives. Isekai reincarnators usually have unusual knowledge because their extraordinary circumstances are what make the story. It makes total sense for a random person to not be equipped to take full advantage of reincarnation.
Hmm...I'm wondering what's going on with the maid there. If she's helping set Liu up, then she's probably in it for the Ninth Prince. I would be impressive if she planned to get that savage beating just to get the lover she wants.
But this is not only bad for said Ninth Prince, but pretty bad for her. Was she used as a pawn? If so, just how was she persuaded to do so?
To be fair to Liu, most reincarnators shouldn't be that intelligent just because they live two lives. Isekai reincarnators usually have unusual knowledge because their extraordinary circumstances are what make the story. It makes total sense for a random person to not be equipped to take full advantage of reincarnation.
Hmm...I'm wondering what's going on with the maid there. If she's helping set Liu up, then she's probably in it for the Ninth Prince. I would be impressive if she planned to get that savage beating just to get the lover she wants.
But this is not only bad for said Ninth Prince, but pretty bad for her. Was she used as a pawn? If so, just how was she persuaded to do so?
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@Psychronia The thing with the maid started in Chapter 6.
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@elegant_insanity I know the maid thing started earlier on. It still doesn't clarify what the game is here.
There are four main parties here:
There's Su-and as an extension of her schemes, Shu.
Then there's Liu, who's a schemer, but not nearly as clever of one as she thinks an is falling for the trap at the moment. As an extension of her schemes, we have the Ninth Prince who may or may not be a lover, but at the very least helped with the koi scheme(with the servant who actually did it and is present as a witness as an extension of that).
Then there's the Emperor who is, frankly, a dipshit that's easily swayed and deceived.
And finally, there's the maid, who betrayed Su as a spy, got sent to Liu as a counter-spy, and is used here as further evidence of infidelity. She's not considered part of anyone's side but her own because her loyalties are a jumbled mess. And it's her side whose motivations I'm confused about.
Is she an unwitting pawn like the Emperor and Koi servant who genuinely didn't know about her involvement with the evidence? Or is she actually working with Su in the conspiracy to bring Liu down? The latter is basically what the prior chapter setup implies-as well as Liu's comment; she's in on the conspiracy out of self-interest and personal love for the Ninth Prince. But if so, her current standing is completely against the idea of self-interest because both her and her loved one's lives are at risk at the moment.
There are four main parties here:
There's Su-and as an extension of her schemes, Shu.
Then there's Liu, who's a schemer, but not nearly as clever of one as she thinks an is falling for the trap at the moment. As an extension of her schemes, we have the Ninth Prince who may or may not be a lover, but at the very least helped with the koi scheme(with the servant who actually did it and is present as a witness as an extension of that).
Then there's the Emperor who is, frankly, a dipshit that's easily swayed and deceived.
And finally, there's the maid, who betrayed Su as a spy, got sent to Liu as a counter-spy, and is used here as further evidence of infidelity. She's not considered part of anyone's side but her own because her loyalties are a jumbled mess. And it's her side whose motivations I'm confused about.
Is she an unwitting pawn like the Emperor and Koi servant who genuinely didn't know about her involvement with the evidence? Or is she actually working with Su in the conspiracy to bring Liu down? The latter is basically what the prior chapter setup implies-as well as Liu's comment; she's in on the conspiracy out of self-interest and personal love for the Ninth Prince. But if so, her current standing is completely against the idea of self-interest because both her and her loved one's lives are at risk at the moment.
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I think the maid might be entering into together in death territory. Or she may just be swinging wildly at this point trying to save herself using what she knows to tell them what they want.
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@Psychronia The maid knows the plan and has helped in the plan. As for getting captured, I'm not so sure she expected that. To her, she most likely thinks by helping Luxia take Ruyan down, Luxia would reward her loyalty by helping the ninth prince in some way so he would not die and so the maid can pursue him or whatever. In addition, her family would be safe. But obviously, she doesn't know Luxia well at all.
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@Psychronia, I think you're overcomplicating things by not taking power levels into account, the maid doesn't really need any motivation besides like, the immediate threat to her life if she doesn't go along with Su's plan. It's the equivalent of a gun to her back. A crush on the emperor might explain why she's not torn up abt betraying Liu but besides that she really doesn't have much agency
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@Psychronia, I personally think that the maid is doing this because love turns to hate. Screw the ninth prince for falling for his brother's wife and Shu for stringing him along.
Poor Shu, thought she was omniscient and just capturing targets, only for fate to mess with her and have a body stealing (more omniscient) person come and destroy it all.
Poor Shu, thought she was omniscient and just capturing targets, only for fate to mess with her and have a body stealing (more omniscient) person come and destroy it all.
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@sleepyknight That makes sense in-universe. My problem is that I this sorta contradicts the earlier implication that she'll be a willing participant. It's a waste of narrative setup, and Liu's comment implies that she's part of the setup too.
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@psychronia, i mean yeah, the way she was set up you'd think she'd have had more of a role, but the reason I don't think she does is bc aside from betraying Lui there wasn't much she could really do. Also, there's not much she stands to gain as an independent actor, exposing Liu won't make the ninth prince love her, and doing it in front of the entire court just makes her look like a liar or an idiot or both, either way if she doesn't have someone in power supporting her she's pretty much done for
what are you guys argue for? everything is so simple?
Liu the reincarnator knows almost everything but not all (accoring to MC, she doesnt know about her maid crush ninth and ninth sets the Koi up).
While MC as the player knows everything about the story she s gonna play and can use cash shop items to play.
Shu can step to the stage because the MC manipulate the story. well, the story does not state it but let s think like butterfly effect.
then, everything changes according to. think realistically, the maid life is not significant. MC knows the story and plans everything.
the maid existence is worth only this moment as an alibi to bring Liu downs and clear the game. let s assume ninth survive this trial (i just assume, i m not read raw).
Does the maid have a chance with ninth? Nah.... what if she dies from this trial, she will expose MC? No, MC family is very famous and influential.
just her words the maid family can vanish without a trace as hostages from past ch.
Liu the reincarnator knows almost everything but not all (accoring to MC, she doesnt know about her maid crush ninth and ninth sets the Koi up).
While MC as the player knows everything about the story she s gonna play and can use cash shop items to play.
Shu can step to the stage because the MC manipulate the story. well, the story does not state it but let s think like butterfly effect.
then, everything changes according to. think realistically, the maid life is not significant. MC knows the story and plans everything.
the maid existence is worth only this moment as an alibi to bring Liu downs and clear the game. let s assume ninth survive this trial (i just assume, i m not read raw).
Does the maid have a chance with ninth? Nah.... what if she dies from this trial, she will expose MC? No, MC family is very famous and influential.
just her words the maid family can vanish without a trace as hostages from past ch.
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@sleepyknight Yes. And that is why I am confused. The crux of my initial question, essentially. The set up and current development are not in agreement.
@skyscar It's not really an argument so much as me being puzzled and some folks trying to help me with that, but it's taking multiple replies to get both sides' points across.
@skyscar It's not really an argument so much as me being puzzled and some folks trying to help me with that, but it's taking multiple replies to get both sides' points across.
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