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

Shen Mu naturally knew, but when he looked up, he suddenly saw that the carriage at the palace gate looked somewhat familiar, and quickly said...

"Wait a minute, who's in that car?"

He pointed to the carriages surrounded by guards at the palace gate, which looked like they were preparing to escort someone out of the palace.

Xie Qiao and Hao Jing turned around together and, following the direction Shen Mu pointed, saw Eunuch Tao standing in front of the carriage, instructing the guards.

Clearly, the person sitting in this car is an important figure.

"Who could it be so late?" Hao Jing frowned, clearly unable to guess.

"Perhaps it's the fourth princess?"

Xie Qiao naturally thought of Duan Yuyan, who had caused a scene at the Embroidered Uniform Guard.

"That can't be right, she's the most noble fourth princess after all—"

Haojing didn't quite believe Xie Qiao's answer, after all, the Fourth Princess was notoriously domineering in Nanyang, all because she was favored by the Emperor.

"It should be her." Shen Mu's voice came from behind the two of them, and they immediately turned around to look at him.

"Is it really the Fourth Princess? Why is she being escorted back to her residence by guards? Could it be that the Emperor punished her for causing a scene at the Embroidered Uniform Guard?"

Hao Jing couldn't help but shake his head, and Xie Qiao glanced at him.

"To disobey the imperial decree and be escorted back to the princess's residence in such a low-key manner at this time is already the greatest face the Emperor has given her." He was a step behind Haojing, so he naturally went to the palace to make a round to see if there was anything else he had overlooked.

Unexpectedly, they saw Eunuch Tao walking towards Yong'an Palace from the corner tower, accompanied by some guards.

If he remembered correctly, when he was in the Embroidered Uniform Guard, Eunuch Tao invited the Fourth Princess to accompany him to meet the Emperor.

Clearly, when Eunuch Tao went to Yong'an Palace, the Fourth Princess must have been there.

"You know that too?" Hao Jing couldn't help but sigh. He thought that next time, he might as well let Xie Qiao take his place in the intelligence-gathering mission.

Shen Mu didn't want to pay attention to the two of them. Right now, he needed to go back to the Embroidered Uniform Guard to see Thirteen.

When Xie Qiao and Hao Jing came to their senses, they realized that Shen Mu had already disappeared.

"Hey, where is the master?" Xie Qiao was naturally surprised that Shen Mu had left, as he hadn't finished reporting what he was about to say.

Hao Jing glanced at him, then pretended to be mysterious and said...

"I went back to the Embroidered Uniform Guard to find that girl."

"The one in the dark room?" Xie Qiao scratched his head; at times like this, his brain couldn't keep up with Hao Jing's.

"I have to say, we really complement each other."

Haojing couldn't help but roll his eyes, and walked with him toward the Embroidered Uniform Guard.

In the dark room

Thirteen was just about to rest when Shen Mu knocked on the wooden door of the secret room.

"Have you rested?"

"I'm not in yet, do you want to come in?"

Are you available now?

"OK."

Thirteen suddenly remembered that when she broke her leg and wanted to sleep in the house, Shen Mu had stood outside the house asking her if she could come in.

Compared to Zhou Jinghuai barging into her room without warning every time...

It's clear that Shen Mu has always viewed her as a woman!

Did Shen Mu discover his identity all along?

Thinking of this, when Thirteen saw Shen Mu enter the room, her face suddenly turned red. She quickly covered her face with the quilt, leaving only her bright black eyes showing.

As Shen Mu gently closed the door and turned around, he saw the person curled up on the bed and couldn't help but be surprised.

"What are you doing?" His voice was a little hoarse.

"N-nothing, I'm just a little cold."

"Cold?" Shen Mu paused, looking at the blankets covering Thirteen, which were clearly still thick quilts.

"Shall I get you another set of bedding?" He pondered for a moment, wondering if there were any extra blankets in the dark room.

"No need!" Thirteen exclaimed instinctively, which made Shen Mu notice something amiss.

Shen Mu didn't leave the room, but went straight to her bedside and checked her temperature.

"You don't have a fever, so why is your face so red?"

Shen Mu naturally noticed that Thirteen's face was flushed and assumed that he had caught a cold again.

He didn't have time to think much before turning around and preparing to leave the room to find Haojing.

"Wait a minute!"

"What's wrong? I'll go call Haojing to take a look at you." Shen Mu thought that Thirteen had other instructions, so he stopped when he heard this.

"I...I'm fine! He...Haojing has taken care of me for so many days, you should let him rest." Thirteen was a little flustered, afraid that Haojing would notice her shyness when he came later.

It's not a cold or fever at all!

Shen Mu remained silent for a moment, then slowly nodded.

"Okay, then I won't go. But are you really okay?"

"It's okay! I'm fine." Thirteen shook his head vigorously.

Right now, she has no idea that she has been completely exposed.

A hint of a smile seemed to flash across Shen Mu's eyes as he lifted his leg and picked up a round stool to sit down not far from the bed.

The distance between the two was such that they could hear each other clearly, and their positions were not inappropriate for the daughter's family.

Thirteen watched Shen Mu's actions thoughtfully, becoming even more certain that Shen Mu had known she was a woman long ago, when she broke her leg.

After all, he didn't care about Shen Mu's rules for him back then.

On the contrary, looking at it now, she is still better than that old fox.

Too naive!

"Did you need something?" Thirteen asked first, noticing the awkward atmosphere between them.

"There is something I'd like to discuss with you."

On his way here, Shen Mu had already taken off his official robes and changed into a loose robe, which made him look much more elegant and less ruthless.

There was an unspoken emotion in his eyes that Thirteen couldn't quite understand.

"Discuss it with me?"

Thirteen frowned slightly; she hadn't expected Shen Mu to seek her advice.

Although she had been rescued by Shen Mu for several days, the two of them had not yet broken through the barrier between them.

At present, she neither admits nor denies that she is Mr. Thirteen.

"Yes, I will be traveling to the southern border with the Crown Prince in a few days." Shen Mu's expression was somewhat serious.

"Is this the Emperor's will?" Thirteen hadn't expected that this was the matter he wanted to discuss with her.

Although she was focused on finding Sun Youzhi, she was clearly struggling in the capital without Shen Mu as her right-hand man.

After all, she hasn't recovered her divine power yet.

I'm afraid he won't even be able to maintain his male body.

"Yes, His Majesty has already found someone to temporarily replace me in all matters concerning the Embroidered Uniform Guard, so I came to ask for your opinion."

Shen Mu thought about it for a long time on the way here, and finally decided to give the right to choose to Thirteen.

Thirteen frowned upon seeing this, and poked his head completely out of the blanket.

"What do you mean by asking me? Are you saying you're going to the Southern Barbarians?" She naturally didn't understand Shen Mu's words.

Shen Mu lowered his head and nervously clutched his robe. He had been trying to find the right words in his mind for a long time, but he didn't know how to start.

Thirteen was amused by Shen Mu's appearance and wanted to laugh, but because she was still feeling guilty, she had to grit her teeth and hold back.

"I want to ask you if you would be willing to go to the Southern Barbarian lands with me?"