Poisonous Goddess: I'm just lazing around in the mortal realm.

Pei Suisui stopped fiddling with her hands, her bright eyes staring straight at Shen Mu, as if she could see some flaws in his face.

Shen Mu sat quietly in the armchair, his expression indifferent. His gaze toward Pei Sui Sui was cold and distant, making him seem unapproachable.

"So you know her identity?" His tone was so calm that no one could detect any flaw in his answer.

"Lord Shen... should I... know?"

Pei Suisui felt an unprecedented pressure surging towards her. Large beads of sweat slid down her cheeks, and her hands, hidden in her sleeves, clenched tightly.

She has absolutely no idea what Shen Mu is thinking!

"The fact that Miss Pei Er came to my place today must mean that I already care about her. Why shouldn't I know her identity?"

The candlelight flickered, casting shadows on Shen Mu's profile and outlining his cold and stern face.

Before Pei Suisui could speak, he continued...

"Please rest assured, Miss, she is doing well here. It's just that her injuries are quite serious and she hasn't fully recovered yet." Shen Mu's tone softened as if she had mentioned Thirteen's name.

Pei Suisui bit her lip. It wasn't that she didn't believe Shen Mu's words, but she was still very worried about Thirteen's health.

"Can I go see her then?"

"Do not……"

"Can't we just consider it a favor I did for you by bringing you the wheelchair that day?" Pei Suisui quickly said when she saw that Shen Mu was about to refuse.

At that time, she remained unconscious in the house after being pushed off the cliff by the Fourth Princess.

But later she heard from Aru that Shen Mu had specially sought out Ameng and sent a wheelchair to Thirteen in her name.

It was because of this incident that Pei Suisui dared to personally come to the Embroidered Uniform Guard to ask Shen Mu for information about Thirteen's whereabouts.

"..."

Shen Mu, on the other hand, did not expect Pei Suisui to bring up this matter to shut him up. He leaned back and became thoughtful.

Seeing that Shen Mu didn't seem to intend to refuse, Pei Suisui hurriedly said...

"Sir, I suppose you're sending her the wheelchair in my name, but you probably don't want her to know it was you who sent it?"

"Are you threatening me?" Shen Mu turned his head slightly, and the coldness emanating from him instantly startled Pei Suisui.

Pei Suisui swallowed hard and quickly explained.

"What I mean is... I just want to see if she's alright. Can I just take a look and leave?" She tried to soften her tone, afraid that Shen Mu would get angry and reject her again.

Shen Mu gave her a deep look and slowly spoke.

"Haojing, come in."

"grown ups?"

Haojing, who was standing outside the door, naturally heard the conversation between the two inside. As soon as he heard Shen Mu calling him from inside, he couldn't wait to open the door and come in.

As soon as he entered, he saw Pei Suisui standing in the room with her face pale with fright, while his master was leaning against the armchair in front of the desk, motionless.

"My lord, is there something you need from me?" Hao Jing asked, somewhat puzzled.

"Take her to the dark room. The girl in the dark room is a friend of the second young lady of the Pei family."

Shen Mu casually tossed a folded document onto the table, propped his head up with his hand in an impatient manner, and revealed a hint of bloodlust in his eyes.

"Yes!"

Seeing that Shen Mu's expression was somewhat subtle, Hao Jing quickly led Pei Sui Sui out of the side room without thinking too much.

"grown ups?"

Pei Suisui naturally didn't understand what Shen Mu's actions meant.

But seeing Haojing's panicked reaction to Shen Mu, she vaguely sensed that something was wrong.

Haojing quickly gestured to her, indicating that she should leave the courtyard with him first.

Pei Suisui nodded and quietly followed Haojing until they had been out of the courtyard for quite some time before Haojing finally spoke.

"That's a sign that your lord is about to get angry, perhaps he's rarely being threatened!"

"Did you hear that?"

Pei Suisui, who was following behind him, frowned slightly. Shen Mu hadn't mentioned anything when Hao Jing entered the room, so how did he know? It was she who threatened Shen Mu.

"what?"

Hao Jing hadn't expected to let something slip. He turned around and saw Pei Sui Sui's angry gaze, so he quickly waved his hand and explained.

"What I was trying to say is, since Lord Shen allowed me to take you to the secret room, there must be some kind of deal between you and him, right?"

He noticed Pei Suisui's gaze was somewhat intense, and guiltily touched the back of his head.

Although he had already guessed that the one who was recuperating in the dark room and was personally rescued by Shen Mu was Thirteen.

But even now, seeing that Shen Mu could tacitly allow ordinary people other than them to enter the secret room to visit Thirteen, he feared that he too might suddenly be able to sense...

Thirteen is different from his own parents.

"It's not a transaction. Lord Shen's reputation in Nanyang is second to none."

Pei Suisui said with a hint of self-deprecation

If it weren't for Thirteen, she wouldn't have wanted to have much contact with this Commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard.

After all, everyone in Nanyang knew that the Fourth Princess was infatuated with him.

Regardless of whether the Emperor truly intends to send the Fourth Princess to the Western Regions for a political marriage, just looking at how much he previously doted on this daughter...

If the Fourth Princess really forced Shen Mu to have her...

It's not impossible.

Thinking of this, Pei Suisui's expression turned somewhat indifferent.

Although she has rarely gone out recently, based on what she had read in the scripts, she could tell that Shen Mu was not unaware of his attitude towards Thirteen.

She hadn't thought about it that way before, but ever since Thirteen revealed her true self to her, she had a vague feeling that Shen Mu's feelings for Thirteen were not the same as hers for Thirteen before.

Before she discovered that Thirteen was a girl, she always treated Thirteen as a brother.

But Shen Mu didn't seem to see things that way in her eyes.

"Miss is joking. The one who holds the most power in Nanyang right now is still your father, Prime Minister Pei."

Haojing naturally held this Prime Minister Pei in high regard. After all, anyone who had such an unpredictable boss would have long since broken down and found an excuse to leave him to avoid being affected.

Only Prime Minister Pei was different from ordinary people. He had been able to wholeheartedly assist the Emperor of Nanyang for more than ten years, which truly made him admire him.

"Hmph, Lord Hao is joking. Shouldn't it be your Embroidered Uniform Guard that holds immense power in the court?"

Without Shen Mu around, Pei Suisui naturally reverted to her original arrogant young lady persona.

She gave Haojing a cold look, as if all the anger she had suffered in the side room was being released at once.

"What are you talking about, Second Miss?"

Haojing quickly smiled apologetically, explaining that he hadn't been working in the palace for the past few days and naturally didn't know what had happened there.

"The Embroidered Uniform Guard is directly under the Emperor, and according to custom, I am not allowed to be here."

Pei Suisui naturally understood that her visit to Shen Mu today was indeed a rash act.

"What does the Second Miss mean?"

When Hao Jing saw Pei Sui Sui stop, he also withdrew his step forward. He turned his head slightly and looked at Pei Sui Sui, who was wearing a black cloak.