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

three days later

It was the day the Crown Prince led his troops on a campaign.

Thirteen leaned against the soft, comfortable carriage, never expecting anyone to come looking for her at this time.

Yi Sisi, dressed in plain clothes, sat directly in front of her, looking out of place with Pei Suisui, who was dressed in men's clothing beside her.

The two exchanged a glance and then looked at Thirteen together. Clearly, even Thirteen hadn't expected the carriage to be so lively.

She raised her eyelids and glanced at Yi Sisi.

"You've come to see me today, young lady. Could it be that you also wish to go to the Southern Barbarian lands with me?"

Thirteen was dressed in a moon-white gauze dress, which Shen Mu had sent to her early in the morning, and it fit her surprisingly well.

Her bright, delicate face was fair with a rosy glow, and she possessed a refined and ethereal beauty. Beneath her arched eyebrows, a pair of clear, bright eyes fluttered, as if they contained a galaxy of stars.

Her long, black hair fell to her side, and she sat there like a goddess descended to earth, dazzling and radiant.

Yi Sisi nodded slightly, naturally also stunned by Thirteen's appearance today.

"Young lady, you may not know this, but I've come to give you a gift."

Although she was dressed in a low-key manner today, she is also a stunning beauty, and upon closer inspection, she has a unique charm.

"A gift? I've never met you before..." Thirteen hesitated, thinking back to when she made the deal with Yi Sisi using the antidote, she hadn't revealed her true form.

To be precise, the two of them should not know each other at the moment.

"I have never met you before, but it is fate that we met your carriage at the city gate." Yi Sisi smiled, which made Thirteen slightly lost in thought.

But Pei Suisui, who was sitting to the side, looked closely and asked, "What does 'encounter' mean?"

Just as they left the city, this girl Yi Sisi had her sights set on their carriage and deliberately blocked their way. In order to avoid being discovered by others, Thirteen brought Yi Sisi into the carriage.

Thinking of this, Pei Suisui slightly turned her head away, a hint of hostility in her voice.

"This method of stopping a carriage, young lady, must have been used to death at the Drunken Immortal Pavilion long ago, right?"

"Sui Sui!" Thirteen quickly called out to stop her.

Pei Suisui looked at Thirteen with some grievance, and it was clear that there was anger in her eyes. At the moment, she also needed Thirteen's help, so she had no choice but to obediently shut her mouth and sit there quietly.

Yi Sisi glanced at Pei Suisui out of the corner of her eye. Having seen countless people, she naturally recognized the identity of the person next to her when she got on the bus.

She wasn't angry at Pei Suisui's words; instead, she spoke gently.

"Everyone knows how to use this method, but it depends on who you use it for, or whether you use it well or not, right, Miss Pei?"

Although she was the most beautiful courtesan at Zuixianlou and should have been considered inferior, she was not afraid of the Pei family's influence in the carriage.

"you--"

Pei Suisui raised her head and glared at Yi Sisi. According to the Emperor's wishes, she and her sister should be staying in the Pei residence at this time.

However, she could naturally understand the Emperor's meaning: he was threatening their father's life with the lives of the two sisters, and she naturally did not want to put her father in a difficult position.

This talented woman disguised herself as a man and sneaked out, hiding in Thirteen's carriage early in the morning.

But she didn't expect that Yi Sisi would suddenly appear out of nowhere and easily expose her identity, which really startled her.

Pei Suisui, who could be easily seen through by Yi Sisi, naturally felt a little guilty, so she simply turned her body away as well.

Thirteen glanced at Yi Sisi without showing any emotion, and said softly.

"Let's not beat around the bush, what gift are you going to give me?"

Yi Sisi nodded and smiled, then pulled out a letter hidden in her sleeve and handed it to Thirteen Dao.

"This is a thank-you gift for Mr. Thirteen's preparation of the antidote for me last time. I only hope that your journey to the Southern Barbarians will be successful and that you will achieve your goals."

"A thank-you gift?" Thirteen paused as she took the letter. She hadn't expected that Yi Sisi would recognize her so early on.

She carefully unfolded the letter, which contained only twenty names.

Thirteen didn't understand, and she frowned slightly.

"what is this?"

Yi Sisi chuckled softly, lowering her eyes to hide a hint of sadness.

"The list of assassins that the Southern Barbarians planted in your Nanyang army this time."

"A death squad member?" Thirteen was somewhat surprised. She didn't quite understand, as her relationship with Yi Sisi hadn't reached the level of risking her life for each other.

She glanced at the letter in her hand, and suddenly felt at a loss.

Even Pei Suisui, who had become one with the carriage, was somewhat surprised. Since she was born, what she disliked most were those women who sold their lives in brothels.

Not to mention risking their lives to deliver a list of spies for the sake of the country.

Although she didn't know much about military strategy and politics, she could clearly understand from Yi Sisi's words that this list was important to the soldiers in Nanyang at the moment.

Yi Sisi looked up at Thirteen, who was still lost in thought, and reminded him.

“I originally thought that you were a strategist who had joined the Third Prince’s camp, but ever since you completely broke off contact with the Third Prince, I have realized that Heaven has given me another chance.”

She lowered her eyes, as if trying to hide the deep sorrow within them.

"So you already knew my identity from the beginning?" Thirteen was naturally a little surprised, since she had clearly used her divine power to make her male appearance extremely convincing.

Ordinary people wouldn't notice anything amiss.

"Young lady, you may not know this, but although you are dressed as a man, your subconscious behavior cannot be hidden. This is one of the reasons why I was able to detect your identity."

"Then why don't you expose it?"

Thirteen unconsciously curled her fingers, naturally wondering what kind of place the Drunken Immortal Pavilion was.

Those who could sit in the position of the most beautiful courtesan inside were by no means ordinary women of the night.

The fact that her identity could be exposed so quickly showed that Yi Sisi's abilities were something she had underestimated.

"Whether I expose it or not is none of my business. Just like this list today, if I weren't from Nanyang, it would just be an ordinary piece of paper."

Yi Sisi's lips curled into a self-deprecating sneer.

"I appreciate your kindness, young lady. But there is something I don't know. Could you please answer it for me?"

She carefully tucked the letter into her sleeve, then looked up and met Yi Sisi's probing gaze.

"You don't trust me?" Yi Sisi raised an eyebrow slightly; she could naturally understand Thirteen's caution at this moment.

"I want to know, you already knew about Minister Xu's beheading and public display of his head, and this mess had nothing to do with you. So why did you still risk sending me this letter?"

Thirteen recalled that Sisi cried in front of her because her father was framed by Vice Minister Xu and died unjustly.

Having unexpectedly found himself trapped in a brothel and unable to protect himself, he had exchanged a bottle of colorless and odorless poison with An Jinglian's information that day, intending to poison Minister Xu to death.

Unexpectedly, Shen Mu later framed Minister Xu for burning down Mingyue Palace, leading to his execution and public display of his head at Caishikou in the east of the city a few days ago.