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

Seeing that no one was around, Duan Yuchuan immediately grabbed her chin and said...

"You think your father is some kind of benevolent person? Let me tell you, the blood flowing in the veins of our Duan family is rotten to the core!"

"You're insane! Insane!"

Duan Yuyan tried to break free from his grasp, but unfortunately, her strength was no match for a man's.

Duan Yuchuan suddenly smiled wickedly, the mockery on his lips no longer able to be suppressed.

"Think about it carefully. Our father murdered his brother to seize the throne, and you're about to be married off to the Western Regions. Who will support you then? What if that brat Helian Nash finds out about you in the Western Regions...?"

"Who is that because of?"

Duan Yuyan was naturally unwilling to be outdone, so she raised her head and glared at him.

Duan Yuchuan caught a glimpse of the imperial physician approaching them out of the corner of his eye. His expression immediately changed, and he quickly adopted a kind demeanor, helping Duan Yuyan up from the ground.

"Are you okay, sister?"

Before he could finish speaking, and before Duan Yuyan could react, she turned around and saw the imperial physicians approaching.

"Doctor Shu."

Duan Yuyan suppressed her discomfort and nodded slightly in acknowledgment.

Ever since the thirteenth prince left the palace, Physician Shu had been serving Consort An, all in order to help her give birth to the sixth prince safely.

"You two are here..."

Physician Shu was over fifty years old, and with a full head of white hair, he had reached the age to retire and return to his hometown. If all went well, he would resign and leave the capital when the sixth prince was born.

He looked up at the two of them. Duan Yuyan was covered in dust, clearly from some conflict between them.

Duan Yuchuan smiled broadly.

"My younger sister wasn't watching where she was going and tripped and fell. She's throwing a tantrum now."

He caught a glimpse of Man'er walking towards him out of the corner of his eye and instinctively spoke.

"Help the Fourth Princess to get ready. Don't neglect your mistress."

"Yes, Third Prince."

Man'er nodded and hurriedly helped Duan Yuyan leave Yong'an Palace.

As Duan Yuyan stepped out of the palace gate, she turned her head and caught sight of Duan Yuchuan talking with Physician Shu. Her delicate face was instantly filled with anger.

She had naturally heard what her brother had just said to her, but right now...

She has something more important to do...

"Man'er".

"Yes, princess."

Man'er helped her walk slowly along the palace path.

"Do me a favor."

"Yes, Princess."

Aren't you going to ask me what's wrong?

Duan Yuyan suddenly stopped and looked up at Man'er, the maid who had been following her.

Man'er clearly hadn't expected Duan Yuyan to ask her this question. She lowered her head meekly and answered softly.

"Since the princess has given me this task, she must trust me. Since the mistress trusts me, I should also trust the mistress."

Few people pass by on the palace road at noon.

The scorching sun turned their faces flushed red. Duan Yuyan disliked bringing unimportant servants with her when entering the palace, so she only brought Man'er with her this time.

She wasn't surprised by Man'er's words.

Right now, she had no time to speculate about a servant's thoughts. Today's events had been too much of a blow for her, to the point that she had even begun to doubt herself.

Is it really because I made my brother hate me so much...?

But who is she?

She is Duan Yuyan, the most noble fourth princess of Nanyang. She has never done anything wrong, so why should she talk about that sickly brother?

Correct

They're the ones in the wrong!

Thinking of this, a fierce glint flashed in Duan Yuyan's cold eyes, as if murderous intent was surging within her. She suppressed her resentment and spoke softly.

"Go and kill someone for me."

"Whom does the princess want to kill?"

"Helenash".

"..."

As night fell, the streets of Nanyang were nearly deserted.

In the dark alley where no one noticed

A nimble woman flipped over and entered the back gate of the Pei residence.

The candlelight flickered, and Pei Nanyue, dressed in a pink dress, sat on the side of the study, looking at the teacup in her hand.

Her slender hands fiddled with the porcelain plate in her hands, her calm face showing no emotion whatsoever.

She slowly raised her head and looked at the woman sitting in the main seat, who was none other than Consort Ning, one of the most favored concubines in Nanyang.

"Your Highness is in high spirits, visiting my Pei residence so late at night."

Pei Nanyue spoke first. She truly hadn't expected that Consort Ning would dare to leave the palace late at night, and even enter her Pei residence right under the Emperor's nose.

She vaguely remembered that the last time the two of them met was when the Crown Prince was about to go to war.

More than a month has passed in the blink of an eye.

She had intended to find a pretext to enter the palace, but she never expected that A-Meng would wake her up and say that Consort Ning was looking for her. So she hurriedly got up, changed her clothes, and came to see her.

At this moment, Consort Ning was dressed extremely discreetly, her all-black night clothes seemingly telling everyone that she had sneaked away.

She snorted coldly and glanced at the teacup in Pei Nanyue's hand.

"No one knows I came here once I came out, and you must have heard about what happened today."

"Naturally, I've heard that Consort An's pregnancy... is not very stable."

Pei Nanyue didn't rush to drink the tea, but instead casually put the teacup back down.

Ning Wan'er looked displeased. She had thought the girl was kindly telling her this, but she hadn't expected that this girl, who had been staying at home for so long, knew everything that was happening outside.

"Then why didn't you come looking for me when you knew? Why did you wait for me to come looking for you?"

Deep down, she didn't trust this girl.

Even though she had been living in the deep palace for a long time, never venturing out of the inner palace, it was probably fine that nothing concerned her.

Ever since Pei Nanyue came to see her, Consort An had repeatedly tried to intrude into her Chengqian Palace, making her increasingly unhappy.

If it weren't for this, she wouldn't have risked leaving the palace late at night to find her.

Pei Nanyue sensed Ning Wan'er's mood and quickly looked up at her with a slight smile.

"Your Majesty misunderstands. I was planning to enter the palace during the fasting period in a few days to meet with Your Majesty."

She was not lying, of course. Right now, every move the Pei family made was under the emperor's surveillance. Whether she went out or not, her every word and action had likely already reached the palace.

If one were to rashly enter the palace to meet...

This is bound to cause some trouble.

"I'll trust you this once. If Consort An's pregnancy really doesn't survive, what will you do? And what about your Pei family? Ever since you told me you wanted to form an alliance, your Pei family hasn't shown any sincerity."

In Ning Wan'er's heart, she still had many questions about this alliance.

After all, a major upheaval is inevitable in the palace right now.

If she hadn't planned ahead, she feared that when things got really bad, she wouldn't have known what to do.

Pei Nanyue remained calm and echoed her words.

"Yes, in Her Majesty's eyes, it seems that my Pei family has no sincerity. Now, my Pei family... truly has no sincerity to offer Her Majesty."

Her words made Ning Wan'er frown, and her face showed some displeasure.

"Miss Pei, what do you mean by that? Are you perhaps going to back out?"