For some reasons, she was underestimated and misunderstood by many and it irked her to some extent but she was also very pleased by it as it allowed her to accomplish her goals without much struggle on her part, dark eyes scanned the room and crimson red lips curled into an evil smile.
She wore elegant robes of black, red and blue with a large black veil adorned on the top of her elaborate headdress and covered some of her face with her dark as midnight hair done up in a big beauty queen style, her pale complexion merely added to her subtle beauty.
A dark smile found it's way onto her face as blood red nails scratched the surface of her throne, circling in a trance like motion as she became almost giddy with the thoughts of her previous masterplans and her cunning. Licking her lips, a dangerous glint appeared in her eyes.
Speaking in a soft, high-pitched voice to resemble that of a pleading woman as she began to mock. "Oh no, please my dear citizens. Please don't let me be misunderstood while my actions may be devious in nature, they are all for the best."
Evil laughter filled the air and her hand daintily covered her mouth. "Oh, yes. They are for the best. The best for me that is."
Jia Nanfeng was a very powerful woman, very beautiful, very deadly, very venomous and very intelligent. In her eyes, she was perfect. In the eyes of the others, she was a demonic Empress but even they had to admit the land under her control was begin to flourish and prosper.
She was able to manipulate her way to the throne quite easily, twisting everyone's perspectives and she ensured her husband's position as Emperor by crafting simple yet correct responses to questions that he was being tested on. She was very successful with that and had everyone fooled. It was one of her proudest moments.
But unfortunately everything must come to an end at one point or the other. Unbeknownst to her, for the first time, someone had attached strings to her and was gaining control. The puppeteer was slowly morphing into a puppet.
Nanfeng was a master at convincing and conniving. She was after all able to get her husband, the poor unintelligent and disabled soul who she loved in her own twisted way, to become Emperor despite the fact there were clearly better options.
She manipulated her way into removing two threats in her early career with a soft, pleading voice and eyes full of so much pain that it killed whoever glanced her way and so she tugged on the strings in her hands a little tighter and cut off the strings of Sima Liang and Sima Wei, ending their lives and any of their plans to depose her. Those pathetic beings thought they could mess with her? Fools, idiotic fools.
Jia was no Empress He, she was not simply going to allow anyone to get in her way in her path to conquest like the Empress of the disgraced and dismembered Han Dynasty did. Empress He was average at deceiving but Jia was amazing at it and puppets that she liked to toy with had no clue that every move they made were because of her actions.
After she had removed those fools Wei and Liang out of her way, there was nobody left to oppose her rule and she was limitless in her power and as a result, repulsing rumours had been spread by mere peasants. They were unable to fathom the idea that a woman could do a better job than a man could.
When she heard the latest one that was committing adultery with numerous men and killed them afterwards in order to silence them, she just laughed. If people were that stupid to believe it then why should she was her time trying to convince them not to? And that was one of the tamer rumours, she didn't bother to delve into the darker ones.
Her last and very recent conquest that she completed successfully with no problem was the Crown Prince, she had always disliked that brat and while she hadn't taken action against him many people had started to pressure her. Peer pressure was never an issue for her but when people that she liked, which was very rare as hardly anyone was able to impress her, thought she should do something, she'd occasionally listened.
This was one of those times when she listened. It was also the first time when she worked with someone, Sima Lun was a Prince and one of those rare people who Nanfeng liked. She decided to take his advice and had the Crown Prince, a brat named Yu, assassinated.
It was also the first time someone had been able to manipulate her and Nanfeng fail to see through it, the dark puppeteer's game was about to come to a very violent end. Lun was the son of Sima Yi, Jia Nanfeng was the daughter of Jia Chong. Both men were very intelligent, both men were full of schemes and ploys.
These traits had been passed down onto their children, Jia Nanfeng had simply just utilized her brains faster then Lun but she had grown content once the last known threat to her had been put down. Too content and that was all someone as crafty as Lun needed to take advantage of her.
And so when the man burst into her room with a sword in his hand, Jia Nanfeng was for the first and last time in her life confused and frightened. "Sima Lun! I am the Empress! What is the meaning of this! Disarm yourself now and I will allow you to live!" She screamed shrilly, pushing back further into her throne as if it'd protect her.
No one had ever come this close to taking her life before, no one was ever going to become this close and no one ever should've of. Her skills were unmatched but she had become lazy, she knew that and that was why she was scared. The only one responsible for the downfall of this puppeteer was her own neglect and ignorance.
Sima Lun chuckled as he stalked towards her menacingly, "Empress, Empress, Empress, it was quite a shock that you failed to realize just what you were getting yourself into. I wanted the throne, Yu was just a decoy so I could get one step closer to my goal. And that decoy gives me the perfect excuse for killing you. Traitor to the Empire."
Her eyes widened as she scurried away to safety but in her haste she tripped over and fell, crawling away in blind panic. Or so it seemed, Jia Nanfeng was always prepared even when caught off guard. She was a deceiver and deceivers knew how to play the poor little me card very well.
As he stood over the top of her and prepared to stab, she suddenly lashed out with a hidden black dagger and got to her feet. "You are a fool Lun, no one can put me down. I am invincible." Her trademark evil smile returned to her face. The dagger had managed to pierce Lun and she pulled it out, expecting blood to flow.
The blood never did flow and she looked up, annoyance on her features as she soon realised, Lun had very tough armour on underneath his loose robes and her dagger only cut through those robes and their multiple thick layers. "Any last words?" Lun taunted as he raised his sword.
Jia Nanfeng dropped her dagger in defeat but smiled up at Lun cunningly. "Yes, in fact I do."
"You'll never be as good as me, I am the best. You're rabble, pathetic rabble. Enjoy the throne, it's not going to last very long."
Lun growled and stabbed Jia Nanfeng multiple times and slashed her furiously, ripping her skin and slicing through her muscles. Blood dripped onto the floor, blood exploded onto the walls and the once beautiful throne was now coated a deep, dark red.
But Empress Jia Nanfeng never screamed, never flinched, never even reaction to the pain. Her blue eyes had a evil glint and the cunning smile was on was her face and even when her head was parted from her body, as the elegant body dressed in the lovely outfit toppled over, the head continued to stare.
And it cut through Lun's souls, freezing him to the bones as her last words echoed in his head. He may have killed the dark puppeteer but her moves were so pre-determined and clever that even from the grave, she'd be able to pull more strings and enact revenge on him.
"You'll never be as good as me, I am the best. You're rabble, pathetic rabble. Enjoy the throne, it's not going to last very long."
And I've finally updated! It's a miracle aha though I should apologise that it is short, it was so delayed because Empress Jia Nanfeng was a very difficult character for me to write, despite the fact I love femme fatales like her and can normally write manipulators. A very intriguing character in history with just such a beautiful Blast design, it is my favourite out of all the Jin girls and one of the top designs in that game. I'm pretty pleased with how this managed to turn out though. Reviews would be very much appreciated.