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

"..."

Duan Yuan looked at his daughter's increasingly dark eyes and clearly swallowed back the words that were about to come out.

He suddenly sat down on the stool and began to chuckle softly. Only now did he realize that his daughter was no longer the same as he remembered.

It seems that the little princess who used to chase after me and act cute in her childish voice has turned into a shrew who will not give up until she gets what she wants and who doesn't care about human life at all!

Duan Yuan began to have some doubts about the auspicious omens that appeared in the sky when the Fourth Princess was born. He thought they meant that a lucky star had been born, which would ensure the prosperity of Nanyang for a hundred years.

His gaze toward Duan Yuyan grew increasingly cold. He truly doubted whether his daughter could guarantee the prosperity of Nanyang.

When Duan Yuyan saw that her father was silent, she naively thought that he was lying to her and that he was only silent because he had lost face after she exposed him.

So she slowly stood up, grabbed Duan Yuan's sleeve, and knelt down on the ground.

"Father, I never ask anything of you, but this time I must marry Shen Mu!"

"What are you doing!" Duan Yuan looked at Duan Yuyan with displeasure. He stood up and broke free from Duan Yuyan's pleas for mercy.

"You're getting more and more outrageous!"

He frowned as he watched Duan Yuyan, who had been thrown to the ground, sprawl out and throw a tantrum.

"Father... Yan'er begs you." Duan Yuyan's voice trembled slightly, completely unaware that Duan Yuan's face was turning increasingly ashen.

"I think you've lost your mind! Even if Shen Mu disagrees, looking at you like this, I still think you should give up on this marriage!"

His entire life's scheming and plotting was solely for the purpose of becoming emperor, yet he never imagined that at the end his daughter would be so disappointing because of a man!

Duan Yuan grew angrier the more he thought about it. Instead, he put his hands behind his back and slowly walked to the door, where he happened to see Eunuch Tao rushing back.

As Tao Gonggong was cleaning the bloodstains from his hands after dealing with the palace maid, he looked up and met the emperor's gaze. He understood immediately and hurried into the room.

Duan Yuan glanced at Duan Yuyan, who was still lying on the ground, thinking that she could get what she wanted by acting cute, and then looked up and instructed Eunuch Tao.

"Take the princess back to her princess residence. I don't think she'll need to go out for the next few months. I remember Mou'er telling me about the Khan of the Western Regions a few days ago. I think that Prince Helian is quite good."

After saying that, Duan Yuan walked out, completely ignoring his daughter who was shouting and looking disheveled behind him.

Since she is a lucky star that can ensure Nanyang's prosperity for a hundred years, then let her be a qualified princess, marry Helian Nash, and stabilize the Western Regions. That is the right way.

next morning

Haojing stared at the medicine in Thirteen's hand with some heartache. It was the life-saving medicine that Zesuo had given to Shen Mu, and Thirteen had swallowed it directly.

Thirteen frowned, thinking it was him looking at him with concern, and hurriedly tried to comfort him.

"You don't need to be so sad. I just broke my leg, I'm not dead."

Hao Jing was slightly taken aback, his gaze shifting upwards to meet the look Thirteen was giving him. He quickly realized that Thirteen had misunderstood him.

"What are you thinking? I'm just worried that the Fourth Princess won't recover from her injuries anytime soon, so it's up to us to capture the Demon Lord."

"That's true, but I didn't see you catch it, did I?" Thirteen, on the contrary, seemed somewhat relaxed.

"You, I'm telling you..."

Haojing was speechless for a moment, unsure whether he should tell Thirteen that the medicine was Shen Mu's life-saving medicine.

Thirteen leaned against the relatively clean pile of straw, already quite content.

After all, in the dark room of the princess's mansion, he had always been lying in that damp corner, without even a glimmer of light.

She looked at Haojing, who seemed hesitant to speak. Standing there, a tall young man, his awkward manner made her curious.

"What's wrong with you? You've been like this ever since you came in. Has your master assigned you another task?"

Since her last late-night conversation with Shen Mu, she had gained a general understanding of the relationships between these people from his words.

Hao Jing and the others, like Shen Mu, all came from the Azure Feather Divine Realm.

Shen Mu is their master, Xie Qiao is the most skilled in martial arts among them, while Hao Jing is the worst. However, Hao Jing is skilled in medicine and poison. The poison that was used on the Third Prince was obtained by him and given to Shen Mu.

Their mission in descending to the mortal realm was the same as hers: to eliminate Chongming, the demon king.

Hao Jing couldn't help but roll his eyes, thinking to himself that this thirteenth prince would never understand his master's good intentions.

"You seem to be doing quite well here. Was this arranged for you by Young Master Zhou?"

Thirteen nodded and smiled at Haojing.

"The room he arranged for me is pretty much the same as my courtyard, except for the lack of freedom. But I'd like to ask you, is Sui Sui... alright?"

Her tone was hesitant, recalling how she had been tortured by the Fourth Princess yesterday, to the point of fainting from the pain, and had no chance to ask where Pei Suisui, who had been thrown off the cliff by the Fourth Princess, had gone.

"She is still alive and was taken back to the Pei residence by Young Master Zhou."

Upon hearing this, Thirteen's expression brightened; thankfully, Pei Suisui had survived. He quickly asked...

"Have you gone to check on the Pei residence? I saw the Fourth Princess's men push Pei Suisui down yesterday..."

She couldn't help but frown; this fourth princess was truly too audacious. She showed such utter disregard for human life.

"I didn't go. Don't forget I'm a member of the Embroidered Uniform Guard now," Hao Jing kindly reminded Thirteen, even though he had already sent away all the guards in the dungeon outside.

However, in Nanyang, all members of the Embroidered Uniform Guard were forbidden from having any contact with any officials.

Including him and Shen Mu, unless the Pei family was raided by the emperor or he went to their residence to convey the emperor's will.

They, the Embroidered Uniform Guards, were not allowed to move around freely without an imperial edict. It was only through Shen Mu's arrangement that they risked their lives to sneak into the Dali Temple dungeon.

The Shen family's spies are now operating in the shadows, while their own are in the open. There are certain things that must be guarded against.

Seeing the worried look on Thirteen's face, and remembering that Zhou Jinghuai had mentioned the Pei family to him yesterday, he hurriedly explained...

"However, I heard that the Emperor sent a royal physician to examine you, so don't worry. There shouldn't be any problems."

"The imperial physician..." Thirteen's brows furrowed even more unconsciously.

The imperial physicians in Nanyang are truly useless. If they were reliable, how could they have delayed the Third Prince's treatment for eight years without success? Sending them to examine Pei Sui Sui's injuries now is nothing short of a joke.

Thirteen pondered for a long time, thinking that relying on the imperial physician wouldn't be enough, and hurriedly said to Haojing...

"I think your medical skills are not bad either. Why don't you find an opportunity to go and see me later?" She was really worried about Pei Suisui.

After all, Pei Suisui had saved him first, and then disobeyed the emperor's will. That's why she deliberately let Duan Yuyan capture her and push her off the cliff by her men.

Fortunately, Pei Suisui is still alive.

Haojing was taken aback. The words he wanted to say in refusal stuck in his throat, and he couldn't utter a sound for a long time.

He always felt that if he refused Thirteen's request, Shen Mu would find out and assign him the same task again.

He noticed a strong sense of pressure in Thirteen's gaze, making it impossible for him to refuse. For a moment, he even mistook Shen Mu for someone else beside him.